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International Immunology 2007 19(11):1303-1311; doi:10.1093/intimm/dxm101
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Divergent roles of IFNs in the sensitization to endotoxin shock by lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus

Thao Le-Thi-Phuong1, Laure Dumoutier1,2, Jean-Christophe Renauld1,2, Jacques Van Snick1,2 and Jean-Paul Coutelier1

1 Unit of Experimental Medicine
2 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, Université Catholique de Louvain, UCL MEXP 7430, Avenue Hippocrate 74, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgium

Correspondence to: J.-P. Coutelier; E-mail: jean-paul.coutelier{at}uclouvain.be

The effect of mouse infection with lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus (LDV), a usually non-pathogenic virus, on concomitant bacterial endotoxin shock was analyzed, in terms of lethality and cytokine production. A strong enhancement of susceptibility to the shock was observed in mice acutely infected with this virus. It correlated with a sharp increase of tumor necrosis factor and leukemia inhibitory factor production and was controlled by the mouse genetic background. The viral infection led to an imbalance in the cytokine response to LPS, with an enhancement of pro-inflammatory cytokines, including IL-18 and IFN-{gamma} and a delayed secretion of anti-inflammatory IL-10 that could result in exacerbated macrophage activation. Enhanced IFN-{gamma} production was involved in the virus-induced susceptibility to shock. In sharp contrast with other viral infections, IFN-{alpha}/ß diminished IFN-{gamma} production and the resulting increased response to LPS in LDV-infected animals.

Keywords: cytokines, LPS, macrophages

Transmitting editor: A. Radbruch

Received 5 December 2006, accepted 3 September 2007.


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