1. Expression of tlr4, md2 and cd14 in equine blood leukocytes during endotoxin infusion and in intestinal tissues from healthy horses.
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Fossum C, Hjertner B, Olofsson KM, Lindberg R, Ahooghalandari P, Camargo MM, Bröjer J, Edner A, and Nostell K
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- Animals, Electron Transport Complex II, Endotoxemia chemically induced, Endotoxemia veterinary, Endotoxins toxicity, Gene Expression Regulation physiology, Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (Phosphorylating) genetics, Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (Phosphorylating) metabolism, Horse Diseases chemically induced, Horse Diseases metabolism, Horses, Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase, Intestinal Mucosa metabolism, Lipopolysaccharide Receptors genetics, Lymphocyte Antigen 96 genetics, Protein Subunits, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction methods, Toll-Like Receptor 4 genetics, Gene Expression Regulation drug effects, Leukocytes metabolism, Lipopolysaccharide Receptors metabolism, Lymphocyte Antigen 96 metabolism, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary, Toll-Like Receptor 4 metabolism
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The expression of tlr4, md2 and cd14 was studied in equine blood leukocytes and in intestinal samples using real time PCR. The stability of three commonly used reference genes, glyceraldehyde-3P-dehydrogenase (GAPDH), hypoxantine ribosyltransferase (HPRT) and succinate dehydrogenase complex subunit A (SDHA), was evaluated using qbase(PLUS). The equine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (eqPBMC) examined were either stimulated in vitro with Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and ionomycin or with the CpG oligodeoxynuclotide 2216 (CpG-ODN 2216) or obtained from horses before, during and after infusion of endotoxin. Intestinal tissue from healthy horses was sampled at ileum, right dorsal colon and rectum. Ranking of the three reference genes used for normalisation identified the combination HPRT/SDHA as most suitable both when determined ex vivo in leukocytes obtained from experimentally induced endotoxaemia and in eqPBMC activated in vitro while HPRT/GAPDH were most appropriate for the intestinal samples. The relative amounts of mRNA for TLR4 and MD-2 increased threefold during in vitro activation of the cells with CpG-ODN 2216 but was decreased in cultures stimulated with PMA/ionomycin. A transient elevation in the transcription of tlr4 and md2 was also evident for equine blood leukocytes following endotoxaemia. The levels of mRNA for CD14 on the other hand remained unaffected both during the induction of endotoxaemia and in the in vitro stimulated PBMCs. A low steady expression of TLR4, MD-2 and CD14 mRNA was demonstrated for the intestinal samples with no variation between the intestinal segments analysed. Thus, the foundation for real time PCR based levels of analysis of mRNA for all three components in the equine LPS receptor complex in different intestinal segments was set, making it possible to carry out future expression studies on clinical material., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2012
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