September 7, 2018
Cellular Physiology And Biochemistry : International Journal Of Experimental Cellular Physiology, Biochemistry, And Pharmacology
Product: ULTRA PURE LPS from Escherichia coli O111:B4
Reagents:
… Ultrapure LPS (Escherichia coli 0111: B4) was purchased from List Biological Laboratories (Vandell Way, CA, USA). This LPS does not contain contaminating proteins that could stimulate TLR2 nonspecifically. …
Experimental model:
C57BL/6 male mice at 8-10 weeks of age were used for the present experiments. Mice were housed in a temperature- and humidity-controlled environment on a constant 12:12-h light-dark cycle. All animal studies were approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of Jinzhou Medical University. Mice were fasted for 12 h with water ad libitum before the operation. Mice were anesthetized with 2% isoflurane, and common BDL was performed as previously described [26]. In brief, following a peritoneal cavity incision, the common bile duct was dissected and double-ligated with a 5-0 silk suture, and then the bile duct was cut between the ligatures. Controls underwent a sham operation in which the common bile duct was exposed but not ligated. A two-layer running suture was used for abdominal closure with 4-0 dexon and 2-0 nylon. Two concentrations of DA (25 or 50 mg/kg) were administered intraperitoneally daily at 9:00 AM beginning after the ligature on day 1. Four days after BDL, selected mice were subjected to an ileocecal vein injection of LPS under microscopy at a dose of 100 ng/ gram of body weight (gbw), 1 g/gbw or 5 g/gbw diluted with 300 l of PBS.