Machnicki M, Zimecki M, Zagulski T
Laboratory of Immunobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw.
Int J Exp Pathol. 1993 Oct;74(5):433-9.
The effects of bovine lactoferrin on the serum cytokine levels, induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in mice, are described. Bovine lactoferrin (BLF) introduced intravenously, 24 hours before i.v. injection of 50 micrograms of LPS, significantly lowered the serum concentration of TNF-alpha. Doses of BLF lower than 100 micrograms as well as pretreatment of mice with BLF on days 6-2 or 12-2 hours before LPS challenge, were not effective. Moreover, BLF induces by itself a relatively high level of IL-6, peaking at 1 hour following injection. Pretreatment of LPS-injected mice with BLF causes, in addition, a small but statistically significant drop in IL-6 level. Human albumin, used as a control protein, did not cause any changes in the cytokine levels. The data reported herein provide a satisfactory explanation with regard to preventive activity of LF in infection.
描述了牛乳铁蛋白对小鼠体内脂多糖(LPS)诱导的血清细胞因子水平的影响。在静脉注射50微克LPS前24小时静脉注射牛乳铁蛋白(BLF),可显著降低血清肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)浓度。低于100微克的BLF剂量以及在LPS攻击前6 - 2天或12 - 2小时用BLF预处理小鼠均无效。此外,BLF自身可诱导相对较高水平的白细胞介素-6(IL-6),在注射后1小时达到峰值。用BLF预处理注射LPS的小鼠,还会使IL-6水平出现小幅但具有统计学意义的下降。用作对照蛋白的人白蛋白未引起细胞因子水平的任何变化。本文报道的数据为乳铁蛋白在感染中的预防活性提供了令人满意的解释。