Abstract
C3H/HeJ (endotoxin-resistant) mice have been used widely in biological research. However, the mechanism of endotoxin (LPS) resistance is only partially understood. In this study, we first investigated the differences in response to PAF, a mediator of endotoxin shock, between normal and C3H/HeJ mice. We found that in control mice, PAF (2.5 micrograms/kg) caused shock, hemoconcentration, complement activation, intestinal hypoperfusion, and necrosis with 75% mortality, whereas all C3H/HeJ mice survived, without complement activation or intestinal injury, and manifesting only mild hypotension and hemoconcentration. PAF also caused elevated serum TNF-alpha in some control mice but not in C3H/HeJ mice. We also observed that PAF induces endogenous PAF production and intestinal phospholipase A2 activation in normal mice, whereas PAF production and phospholipase A2 are suppressed in C3H/HeJ mice. The low endogenous PAF production may account, at least in part, for the resistance to LPS and PAF of C3H/HeJ mice.
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