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  • Title: Modulation of endotoxin-induced inflammation in the bovine teat using antagonists/inhibitors to leukotrienes, platelet activating factor and interleukin 1 beta.
    Author: Waller KP.
    Journal: Vet Immunol Immunopathol; 1997 Jul; 57(3-4):239-51. PubMed ID: 9261962.
    Abstract:
    A leukotriene biosynthesis inhibitor (MK886), a platelet-activating factor (PAF)-receptor antagonist (WEB 2086), a recombinant human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) and a polyclonal antibody to recombinant bovine IL-1 beta (anti-rBoIL-1 beta) was used to investigate the involvement of leukotrienes, PAF and IL-1 beta during endotoxin-induced inflammation in the bovine teat cistern. Endotoxin alone was infused into one teat cistern and endotoxin in combination with an inhibitor/antagonist was infused into another teat cistern of the same animal. Teat cistern samples were taken before infusion and at 3.5 and 7 h after infusion, and the numbers of neutrophils were counted. Saline infusion was used as control. The inhibitors/antagonists were also tested in combination with leukotriene B4 (LTB4), PAF and rBoIL-1 beta, respectively. MK886 or WEB 2086 significantly reduced the accumulation of neutrophils mainly between 3.5 and 7 h after infusion, indicating roles for leukotrienes, probably LTB4, and PAF in neutrophil accumulation during endotoxin-induced inflammation. As WEB 2086 also reduced cell accumulation between 0 and 3.5 h, PAF was implicated also in the early influx of neutrophils. WEB 2086 almost completely inhibited PAF-induced cell accumulation between 0 and 3.5 h. LTB4 did not induce significant cell accumulation in the teat cistern. IL-1ra did not affect endotoxin-induced neutrophil accumulation whereas anti-rBoIL-1 beta reduced total cell accumulation and, to some degree, accumulation between 0 and 3.5 h after infusion. Infusion of IL-1ra significantly inhibited cell accumulation induced by rBoIL-1 beta. Anti-rBoIL-1 beta also significantly reduced neutrophil accumulation induced by rBoIL-1 beta, but to a lesser degree. The results suggest roles for leukotrienes, most likely LTB4, and PAF, and to a lesser extent IL-1 beta, during endotoxin-induced neutrophil migration into the bovine teat cistern. The potential of the inhibitors/antagonists as therapeutic agents for bovine mastitis should be investigated.
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