Sellner, J. and Grandgirard, D. and Gianinazzi, C. and Landmann, R. M. and Leib, S. L.. (2009) Effects of Toll-like receptor 2 agonist Pam(3)CysSK(4) on inflammation and brain damage in experimental pneumococcal meningitis. Journal of neuroimmunology, Vol. 206. pp. 28-31.
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Abstract
TLR2 signaling participates in the pathogenesis of pneumococcal meningitis. In infant rats, the TLR2 agonist Pam(3)CysSK(4) was applied intracisternally (0.5 mug in 10 mul saline) alone or after induction of pneumococcal meningitis to investigate the effect of TLR2 activation on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) inflammation and hippocampal apoptosis. A dose effect of Pam(3)CysSK(4) on apoptosis was investigated by intracisternal application of 0.5 mug in 10 mul saline and 40 mug in 20 mul saline. Pam(3)CysSK(4) neither induced apoptosis in sham-operated mice nor aggravated apoptosis in acute infection. However, Pam(3)CysSK(4) induced pleocytosis, TNF-alpha and MMP-9 in CSF in sham-infection but not during acute meningitis. We conclude that TLR2 signaling triggered by Pam(3)CysSK(4) at a dosage capable to induce a neuroinflammatory response does not induce hippocampal apoptosis in the infant rat model of experimental pneumococcal meningitis.
| Faculties and Departments: | 03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Former Units at DBM > Infection Biology (Landmann-Suter) |
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| UniBasel Contributors: | Landmann-Suter, Regine |
| Item Type: | Article, refereed |
| Article Subtype: | Research Article |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0165-5728 |
| Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
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| Last Modified: | 24 May 2013 09:22 |
| Deposited On: | 24 May 2013 09:06 |
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