SHARED ACTIONS OF ENDOTOXIN AND TAXOL ON TNF RECEPTORS AND TNF RELEASE
SHARED ACTIONS OF ENDOTOXIN AND TAXOL ON TNF RECEPTORS AND TNF RELEASE
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DOI:
10.1126/science.1970196
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发表时间:
1990-04-20
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
NATHAN, CF
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作者:
DING, AH;PORTEU, F;NATHAN, CF
Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exerts profound effects on mammalian hosts in part by inducing macrophages to release tumor necrosis factor-.alpha. (TNF-.alpha.); the mechanism involved are unresolved. The microtubule stabilizer taxol shared two actions of LPS on macrophages: it rapidly decreased TNF-.alpha. receptors and triggered TNF-.alpha. release. Both actions of taxol were absent in LPS-hyporesponsive C3H/HeJ mice. In recombinant inbred mice, the genes controlling responses to LPS and to taxol were closely linked. Dexamethasone blocked release of TNF-.alpha. by both stimuli but did not block the decrease in TNF-.alpha. receptors. Thus, a protein associated with microtubules may be a cellular target of LPS.