Evidence that Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF) is not Constitutively Present in Vivo The Association of TNF with Freshly Isolated Monocytes Reflects a Rapid in Vitro Production

1988 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. HOFSLI ◽  
J. LAMVIK ◽  
J. NISSEN-MEYER
1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.S. Madretsma ◽  
G.J. Donze ◽  
A.P.M. van Dijk ◽  
C.J.A.M. Tak ◽  
J.H.P. Wilson ◽  
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Cytokine ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 770-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Facci ◽  
Federico Cusinato ◽  
Alessandro Negro ◽  
Giovanni Monastra ◽  
Anna Signorelli ◽  
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1990 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 776-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
AL Jones ◽  
JL Millar ◽  
BC Millar ◽  
B Powell ◽  
P Selby ◽  
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Parasitology ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Jenkins ◽  
S. Spiers ◽  
J. B. Dixon ◽  
S. D. Carter ◽  
S. May

SUMMARYThe regulatory role of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) was investigated in murine infection with tetrathyridia of Mesocestoides corti. Recombinant TNFα reduced macrophage larvicidal activity in vitro. M. corti primed mice for TNF release in response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in vivo. TNF activity was amplified 100-fold at 14 days post-infection (p.i.), with a further rise at day 28 p.i. Maximal inflammatory reaction was observed histologically in the liver at the height of TNF activity. Hepatic necrosis was located within inflammatory foci, but not within the vicinity of the parasite itself, suggesting that TNF may contribute to the pathogenesis of infection. Peritoneal cells from infected mice, when stimulated with tetrathyridia in vitro, showed a 4-fold increase in TNFα activity at day 14 p.i. However, when peritoneal cells were stimulated with LPS in vitro, a marked increase in TNFα secretion was observed at 2 months post-infection followed by a slow decline. It is suggested that impaired macrophage effector function, previously attributed to endogenous endotoxin, which gains access to peritoneal macrophages through an inability of the liver to detoxify endotoxin, may be mediated through TNFα.


1990 ◽  
Vol 269 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
A G Mackay ◽  
J D Oliver ◽  
M P Rogers

Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) has previously been shown to decrease lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity and mRNA levels in 3T3-L1 cells and in adipose tissue from rats and guinea pigs when injected in vivo, but not to alter LPL activity in human adipocytes incubated in vitro. The effect of recombinant human TNF on LPL activity and mRNA levels in rat epididymal adipose tissue incubated in vitro was examined. LPL activity and mRNA levels fell in adipose tissue taken from fed rats and incubated in Krebs-Henseleit bicarbonate medium with glucose. The addition of insulin and dexamethasone prevented these falls. TNF (400 ng/ml) produced a fall of approx. 50% in LPL activity after 2 h of incubation and of approx. 30% in LPL mRNA levels after 3 h. TNF did not decrease LPL activity in isolated adipocytes. These results demonstrate that rat adipose tissue incubated in vitro is responsive to TNF whereas isolated adipocytes are not.


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