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Estradiol plus progesterone treatment modulates select elements of the proinflammatory cytokine cascade in steers: Attenuated nitric oxide and thromboxane B₂ production in endotoxemia¹

J. L. Sartin^*,2, T. H. Elsasser, S. Kahl, J. Baker^*, J. A. Daniel^*,3, D. D. Schwartz^*, B. Steele^* and B. K. Whitlock^*

^* Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5520 and and Growth Biology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705

² Correspondence:
phone:334-844-5515; fax: 334-844-5388; E-mail:
sartijl{at}vetmed.auburn.edu.

Estradiol plus progesterone (EP) implants have been shown to favorably alter the time course or decrease the severity of many of the clinical manifestations associated with coccidiosis and endotoxemia in calves. This study evaluated the effect of EP treatment on plasma tumor necrosis factor- (TNF), thromboxane (TXB), prostacyclin (PRC), nitrite and nitrate (NO_[x]), and cortisol. Holstein steer calves were divided into four groups: control, EP, endotoxin (LPS), and EP+LPS (n = five/group). Estradiol/progesterone pellets (Synovex-S) were implanted subcutaneously when calves reached 20 wk of age. One week after implantation, calves were injected IV with endotoxin (i.e., lipopolysaccharide; LPS, 0.6 µg/kg of BW) or nonpyrogenic saline placebo. Body temperature was measured and blood was collected before injection and at 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 h thereafter. Plasma concentrations of TNF, cortisol, TXB, PRC, NO_[x], were measured. Body temperature increased in both LPS and LPS-EP calves, but had returned to normal by 6 h in the LPS-EP group (P < 0.05). Plasma TNF and cortisol increased after LPS (P < 0.01), but were not differentially affected by EP treatment. Likewise, EP did not affect the magnitude of increase in LPS-induced PRC, but EP decreased the magnitude of increase in TXB (P < 0.05). Plasma NO_[x]] levels were increased (P < 0.01) in calves after LPS; treatment with EP attenuated the LPS-associated increase in plasma NO_[x] levels. These results suggest that EP exerts specific effects on different components of the proinflammatory cytokine cascade. Although the initiation of responses mediated by TNF, cortisol, and PRC do not seem to be differentially affected by EP, components of the nitric oxide- and TXB-axis responses to LPS are decreased in calves pretreated with EP.

Key Words: Cattle • Cortisol • Endotoxins • Growth Promoters • Prostacyclin • Tumor Necrosis Factor

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