Diao Hongyan, Kohanawa Masashi
Division of Molecular Immunology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0600815, Japan.
Infect Immun. 2005 Jun;73(6):3745-8. doi: 10.1128/IAI.73.6.3745-3748.2005.
During a Streptococcus pyogenes infection in interleukin-6 (IL-6)-deficient mice, there is elevation of serum tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) levels, muscular necrosis, and death compared with infection of C57BL/6 mice. Anti-TNF-alpha monoclonal antibody treatment decreased mortality and muscular necrosis in the infected IL-6-deficient mice. These results suggest that IL-6 plays a crucial protective role via suppression of TNF-alpha production in S. pyogenes infection.
在白细胞介素-6(IL-6)缺陷小鼠感染化脓性链球菌期间,与C57BL/6小鼠感染相比,血清肿瘤坏死因子α(TNF-α)水平升高、出现肌肉坏死并导致死亡。抗TNF-α单克隆抗体治疗降低了感染的IL-6缺陷小鼠的死亡率和肌肉坏死。这些结果表明,在化脓性链球菌感染中,IL-6通过抑制TNF-α的产生发挥关键的保护作用。