The effect of toll-like receptor 4 in the aqueous humor of endotoxin-induced uveitis

Int J Mol Sci. 2012;13(2):2110-2118. doi: 10.3390/ijms13022110. Epub 2012 Feb 16.

Abstract

In our previous study, we found that acute anterior uveitis (AAU) could be induced in wild-type mice (C3H/HeN), but it could not be induced in TLR4 gene-deficient mice (C3H/HeJ), we concluded that the translocation of transcription factor nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) may play an important role. In this study, we examined the concentration of different cytokines in the aqueous humor of C3H/HeN mice and C3H/HeJ mice with the aim of exploring the role of different cytokines in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and TLR4-mediated signal transduction in the development of AAU.

Keywords: Anterior Uveitis; Cytokine; Toll-like receptor 4; aqueous humor; cytometric bead array technology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aqueous Humor / chemistry
  • Aqueous Humor / metabolism*
  • Endotoxins
  • Interferon-gamma / analysis
  • Interferon-gamma / metabolism
  • Interleukin-1 / analysis
  • Interleukin-1 / metabolism
  • Interleukin-10 / analysis
  • Interleukin-10 / metabolism
  • Interleukin-6 / analysis
  • Interleukin-6 / metabolism
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C3H
  • Signal Transduction
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 / physiology*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / analysis
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism
  • Uveitis / metabolism*

Substances

  • Endotoxins
  • Interleukin-1
  • Interleukin-6
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Interleukin-10
  • Interferon-gamma