Interleukin-1-induced nonspecific resistance to bacterial infection in mice is not mediated by glucocorticosteroids.
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Vogels, M T
RESUMO
Preexposure to a low dose of interleukin-1 (IL-1; 3 to 30 micrograms/kg) 24 h before a lethal gram-negative bacterial infection prolonged survival in normal and granulocytopenic mice. To examine whether this protective effect is mediated by glucocorticosteroids, we first measured corticosterone concentrations in mice after administration of 80 and 800 ng of IL-1. IL-1 induced a dose-dependent increase in corticosterone levels in plasma. Next, the corticosterone peak induced by a protective dose of IL-1 (800 ng) was simulated by administration of synthetic human adrenocorticotropic hormone 1-24 (ACTH) in normal and neutropenic mice. Although corticosterone levels induced by pretreatment with IL-1 or ACTH were virtually identical, the ACTH-induced corticosterone peak was not associated with protection against Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in normal mice and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in neutropenic mice. This indicates that the protective effect of IL-1 pretreatment against gram-negative bacterial infection is not mediated by elevated levels of glucocorticosteroids. In addition, we found that plasma corticosterone concentrations during K. pneumoniae infection were significantly lower after pretreatment with IL-1 than after pretreatment with ACTH or vehicle, probably reflecting the better physical condition of IL-1-treated mice.
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