Physiological stress exacerbates murine colitis by enhancing proinflammatory cytokine expression that is dependent on IL-18 |
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Authors: | Matsunaga Hisayuki Hokari Ryota Ueda Toshihide Kurihara Chie Hozumi Hideaki Higashiyama Masaaki Okada Yoshikiyo Watanabe Chikako Komoto Shunsuke Nakamura Mitsuyasu Kawaguchi Atsushi Nagao Shigeaki Sekiyama Atsuo Miura Soichiro |
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Institution: | Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Psychological stress is an environmental factor considered to be a precipitating factor of inflammatory bowel disease. Interleukin (IL)-18 plays a role in stress-induced aggravation in some diseases. The aim of this study was to establish a model of murine colitis exacerbated by psychological stress and to clarify the role of IL-18 in this model. Male C57Bl/6 mice and IL-18(-/-) mice were used for this study. The mice received dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) for induction of colitis. Some mice were exposed to psychological stress using a communication box. Body weight, colonic length, and histological inflammation were measured for assessment of colitis. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and IL-18 expression in the colon and IL-18 expression in the adrenal gland were analyzed using real-time PCR. The effect of anti-IL-18 antibody was also investigated. Effects of TNF-α and IL-18 on cytokine expressions were studied using the colonic epithelial cell line LS174T. Induction of psychological stress in DSS-treated wild-type mice significantly exacerbated colitis with enhanced expression of proinflammatory cytokines and IL-18. However, induction of psychological stress in DSS-treated IL-18(-/-) mice did not aggravate colitis compared with that in the IL-18(-/-) group given only DSS treatment. Stress-induced aggravation of colitis was ameliorated significantly by anti-IL-18 antibody treatment. IL-18 did not enhance TNF-α-induced expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 or IL-8 in LS174T. We established a model of colitis exacerbated by psychological stress. Psychological stress enhanced IL-18 expression and plays a proinflammatory role in stress-induced aggravation of colitis. |
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