Estrogen mediates the sex difference in post-burn immunosuppression
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Previous studies in our laboratory have demonstrated that cell-mediated immune function was suppressed in female, but not male, mice at 10 days after burn injury and was mediated, in part, by increased production of interleukin-6 (IL-6). Because 17beta-estradiol (E(2)) influences immune function after trauma and the hormone is known to regulate IL-6 production, the effect of E(2) on immune function after thermal injury was examined. Increased circulating concentrations of E(2) corresponded with suppressed delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) and splenocyte-proliferative responses, and increased circulating concentrations of IL-6 in female mice after burn. Ovariectomy restored the suppressed DTH response and decreased IL-6 concentrations, and administration of exogenous E(2) to both ovariectomized females and intact male mice resulted in a suppressed DTH response. In addition, in vitro treatment with E(2) suppressed splenocyte proliferation in a macrophage-dependent manner and enhanced macrophage production of IL-6. These results strongly suggest that the sex difference in cell-mediated immunity 10 days after burn injury is mediated by altered concentrations of E(2), which in turn modulate key macrophage-derived immunoregulatory cytokines.
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