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A Critical Role for Sphingosine Kinase in Anaphylatoxin-Induced Neutropenia, Peritonitis, and Cytokine Production in Vivo ¹

Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

The aim of our study was to investigate the roles played by sphingosine kinase (SPHK) in the anaphylatoxin C5a-triggered responses in vivo. Our data show that i.v. administration of C5a triggers a rapid neutropenic response, but pretreating mice with the SPHK inhibitor, N,N-dimethylsphingosine (DMS), 10 min before the C5a i.v. administration substantially inhibited the C5a-triggered neutropenia. Similarly the i.v. administration of C5a caused a rapid increase in the serum levels of TNF- and IL-6, and this increase in cytokine levels was blocked by DMS. We then induced acute peritonitis with C5a. The C5a i.p. injection triggered a fast recruitment of neutrophils, later followed by monocytes, into the peritoneal cavity. Vascular permeability was also observed: when we i.v. injected Evans blue before C5a i.p. injection, we could observe a continued influx of the dye into the peritoneum. In mice pretreated with DMS, there was a significant reduction on the C5a-triggered neutrophil and monocyte infiltration, as well as a marked reduction on the Evans blue influx. Our data also show that the i.p. administration of C5a caused a rapid increase in TNF- and IL-6 levels in the peritoneal cavity, and this increase in cytokine levels was substantially inhibited in mice pretreated with the SPHK inhibitor. Taken together, these observations suggest a potential role for SPHK in the C5a-triggered inflammatory responses in vivo.

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