In vivo induction of apoptosis (programmed cell death) in mouse thymus by administration of lipopolysaccharide.

Abstract:

:In vivo administration of bacterial lipopolysaccharide to mice induced DNA fragmentation in the thymus. Fragmented DNA was confirmed by agarose gel electrophoresis and laser flow cytometry. DNA fragmentation was predominantly detected in the thymus of young mice, while it was undetectable in the spleen, bone marrow, and lymph nodes. DNA fragmentation in the thymus was roughly dependent on the dose of lipopolysaccharide injected and reached the peak about 18 h after the injection. The addition of lipopolysaccharide to in vitro cultures of thymocytes did not cause DNA fragmentation, suggesting that lipopolysaccharide was unable to induce apoptosis of thymocytes directly. The injection of lipopolysaccharide induced no significant DNA fragmentation in adrenalectomized mice. The injection of anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha antibody together with lipopolysaccharide partially inhibited the appearance of DNA fragmentation in the thymus. On the basis of the fact that DNA fragmentation is one of the characteristics typical in apoptotic cell death, it was suggested that lipopolysaccharide could induce apoptosis in the mouse thymus in vivo. This apoptosis in the thymus might be mediated mainly by the adrenal hormones, but it is likely that tumor necrosis factor alpha might also participate in it.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Zhang YH,Takahashi K,Jiang GZ,Kawai M,Fukada M,Yokochi T

doi

10.1128/IAI.61.12.5044-5048.1993

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-12-01 00:00:00

pages

5044-8

issue

12

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

journal_volume

61

pub_type

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