Interleukin-18 Facilitates the Early Antimicrobial Host Response to Escherichia coli Peritonitis
AUTOR(ES)
Weijer, Sebastiaan
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
To determine the role of endogenous interleukin-18 (IL-18) during peritonitis, IL-18 gene-deficient (IL-18 KO) mice and wild-type mice were intraperitoneally (i.p.) infected with Escherichia coli, the most common causative agent found in septic peritonitis. Peritonitis was associated with a bacterial dose-dependent increase in IL-18 concentrations in peritoneal fluid and plasma. After infection, IL-18 KO mice had significantly more bacteria in the peritoneal lavage fluid and were more susceptible for progression to systemic infection at 6 and 20 h postinoculation than wild-type mice. The relative inability of IL-18 KO mice to clear E. coli from the abdominal cavity was not due to an intrinsic defect in the phagocytosing capacity of their peritoneal macrophages or neutrophils. IL-18 KO mice displayed an increased neutrophil influx into the peritoneal cavity, but these migratory neutrophils were less activate, as reflected by a reduced CD11b surface expression. These data suggest that endogenous IL-18 plays an important role in the early antibacterial host response during E. coli-induced peritonitis.
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