Induction of C-reactive protein, serum amyloid P component, and kininogens in the submandibular and lacrimal glands of rats with experimentally induced inflammation.
Life Sci
; 69(3): 359-68, 2001 Jun 08.
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| ID: mdl-11441926
ABSTRACT
The mRNAs for acute-phase proteins and kininogens were found to be increased in the submandibular gland (SMG) and extraorbital and intraorbital lacrimal gland (ELG and ILG) in response to experimentally induced inflammation in rats; i.e., 24 hours after subcutaneous injection of turpentine oil, mRNAs for C-reactive protein (CRP), serum amyloid P component (SAP), and H- and T-kininogens were induced in the SMG, ELG, and ILG of rats, whereas these mRNAs were not detected in the same tissues of normal control rats. The induction of mRNAs for these inflammatory proteins by turpentine oil was preceded by a transient increase in the level of mRNA for tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) at 6 hours after subcutaneous injection of the oil. This was confirmed by injection of another inflammation inducer, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which induced the TNF-alpha mRNA in the same way at 6 hours as turpentine oil did. The up-regulation of acute-phase proteins including kininogens in the SMG, ELG, and ILG suggest the existence of a strict defense system in the exocrine glands.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Submandibular Gland
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C-Reactive Protein
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Kininogens
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Lacrimal Apparatus
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Life Sci
Year:
2001
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japan