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Interleukin 10 protects mice from lethal endotoxemia

M Howard et al. J Exp Med. 1993.

Abstract

Interleukin 10 (IL-10) decreases production of IL-1, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in vitro, and neutralization of IL-10 in mice leads to elevation of the same monokines. We test here whether this monokine-suppressing property of IL-10 confers on it the capacity to protect mice from lipopolysaccharide-induced shock, a monokine-mediated inflammatory reaction. A single injection of 0.5-1 microgram of recombinant murine IL-10 reproducibly protected BALB/c mice from a lethal intraperitoneal injection of endotoxin. This result was obtained whether the IL-10 was administered concurrently with, or 30 min after the injection of endotoxin. The protective effect of IL-10 was reversed by prior injection of neutralizing anti-IL-10 antibodies, and correlated with a substantial decrease in endotoxin-induced TNF-alpha release. These data implicate IL-10 as a candidate for treatment of bacterial sepsis, and more generally as an effective antiinflammatory reagent.

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