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标题：17β-Estradiol Enhances Interleukin-18 mRNA Expression after Sensitization of Mice with Contact Hypersensitivity
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作者：Fumitoshi Sakazaki ; Masahiro Fujiyama ; Hitoshi Ueno 等
期刊名称：Journal of Health Science
印刷版ISSN：1344-9702
电子版ISSN：1347-5207
出版年度：2009
卷号：55
期号：3
页码：396-404
DOI：10.1248/jhs.55.396
出版社：The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
摘要：To clarify the mechanism underlying the enhancing effect of 17 β -estradiol (E2) on contact hypersensitivity (CHS) and the expression of interferon (IFN)- γ in mice, the mRNA expression levels of interleukin (IL)-18 were evaluated. Female BALB/c mice aged 3 weeks were ovariectomized, administered 3.2 μg of E2, and sensitized by 50 μl of 3% 4-ethoxymethylene-2-phenyl-2-oxazolin-one (OXA). Seven days later, CHS was elicited by the application of 7.5 μl of 1% OXA on the ear auricles. The auricles, cervical lymph nodes and spleens were excised, and gene expression was evaluated by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. E2 enhanced the expression of IL-18 mRNA in the spleen on the following day and in the ear auricles on days 4 and 7 after sensitization with OXA. The preadministration of an antibody against IL-18 receptor suppressed the CHS and reduced IFN- γ mRNA expression in E2-administered mice. IL-18 was present in the dermis of the ear skin and absent in the epidermis. E2 also enhanced the expression of IFN- γ and IL-18 mRNAs in splenocytes cultured with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). IL-18 protein was detected by flow cytometry in CD4⁺, CD8⁺ and NKG2⁺ lymphocytes among splenocytes cultured with LPS. These results suggest that E2 enhances lymphocyte activation in the sensitization phase of CHS, and that IFN- γ mRNA expression is enhanced in the elicitation phase of CHS.
关键词：17β-estradiol;interferon-γ;interleukin-18;contact hypersensitivity