Toll-like receptor expression in C3H/HeN and C3H/HeJ mice during Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection

Infect Immun. 2003 Nov;71(11):6653-7. doi: 10.1128/IAI.71.11.6653-6657.2003.

Abstract

Here, we have investigated the mRNA expression of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR-2), TLR-4, and MD-2 in spleens and livers of C3H/HeN mice (carrying wild-type TLR-4) and C3H/HeJ mice (carrying mutated TLR-4) in response to Salmonella infection. During Salmonella infections, TLR-4 is activated, leading to increased TLR-2 and decreased TLR-4 expression.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Liver / pathology
  • Macrophages / physiology
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / genetics
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / physiology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C3H
  • Neutrophils / physiology
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / genetics
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / physiology*
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / immunology
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / metabolism*
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / pathology
  • Salmonella typhimurium / growth & development
  • Spleen / pathology
  • Toll-Like Receptor 2
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4
  • Toll-Like Receptors

Substances

  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Receptors, Cell Surface
  • Toll-Like Receptor 2
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4
  • Toll-Like Receptors