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Lysozyme from hen egg white ameliorates lipopolysaccharide-induced systemic inflammation in mice

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Lysozyme is an anti-bacterial protein that is widely distributed in nature. Our previous studies revealed that lysozyme shows anti-inflammatory effect on hyperinflammatory macrophages in vitro. The effect of lysozyme on lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation model mice was examined in this study. Oral administration of lysozyme at 2250 mg/kg body weight/day (high-dose group) significantly suppressed interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α levels in the serum. IL-6 level in the spleen was significantly suppressed by lysozyme at 450 mg/kg body weight/day (middle-dose group) and high-dose group due to the suppression of gene expression level. The gene expression levels of IL-1β and IL-12 were also decreased by lysozyme in the high-dose group. In addition, lysozyme significantly suppressed IL-6 level in the liver in the high-dose group. Our findings suggest that lysozyme mitigates inflammatory condition in vivo by suppressing inflammatory cytokine levels in serum and organs from LPS-induced inflammation model mice.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by a JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research C (15K07432). Animal experiments were accomplished at the Division of Genetic Research of the Advanced Research Support Center (ADRES), Ehime University.

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  1. The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8566, Japan

    Ayuka Tagashira, Kosuke Nishi & Takuya Sugahara

  2. Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8566, Japan

    Kosuke Nishi & Takuya Sugahara

  3. Food and Health Sciences Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8566, Japan

    Kosuke Nishi & Takuya Sugahara

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Tagashira, A., Nishi, K. & Sugahara, T. Lysozyme from hen egg white ameliorates lipopolysaccharide-induced systemic inflammation in mice. Cytotechnology 71, 497–506 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10616-019-00296-4

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