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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
DNA containing unmethylated CpG motifs is intrinsically immunostimulatory, inducing the production of a variety of cytokines and chemokines by immune cells. The strong Th1 response triggered by CpG oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) inhibits the development of Th2-mediated allergic asthma in mice. This work documents that CpG ODN-induced IL-12 production plays a critical role in this process, because intrapulmonary CpG ODN inhibits allergic inflammation in wild-type but not IL-12(-/-) mice. CpG ODN rapidly localized to alveolar macrophages (AM), thereby triggering the phosphorylation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase). AM cultured with CpG but not control ODN up-regulated IL-12 p40 expression and release, and these effects were blocked by the highly specific p38 MAP kinase inhibitor SB202190. Intrapulmonary administration of this inhibitor blocked the ability of CpG ODN to produce IL-12 in the lungs and reversed the anti-inflammatory effects of CpG ODN on allergic lung inflammation. These findings indicate that IL-12 production by AM is stimulated by intrapulmonary CpG ODN administration through a p38 MAP kinase-dependent process, and IL-12 is a key cytokine that mediates CpG ODN-induced protection against allergic lung inflammation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
169
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5955-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Asthma, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-CpG Islands, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Imidazoles, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Inflammation, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Interleukin-12, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Interleukin-12 Subunit p40, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Intubation, Intratracheal, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Macrophages, Alveolar, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Protein Subunits, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Pyridines, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12421981-p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
In vivo role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in mediating the anti-inflammatory effects of CpG oligodeoxynucleotide in murine asthma.
pubmed:affiliation
NIH Asthma and Allergic Diseases Research Center, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't