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Objective:To study the effect of IL-17 on viral myocarditis in mice. Methods:We randomly selected 20 wild type BALB/c mice as the control group,20 IL-17A-/- mice for IL-17A-/- group,20 IL-17A-/- mice for IL-17 group. Each mouse had intrap-eritoneal injection of Coxsackie virus B3 (Coxsackie virus B3,CVB3) to construct VMC model. The serum levels of IL-17 were detected by ELISA method,and Th17 cells were detected by flow cytometry. After 3 days of treatment with CVB3,100 μg IgG antibody was injected intraperitoneally in control group and L-17A-/- group,and 100 μg IL-17mAb was injected with IL-17 group. Mice myocardium was collected at 3rd,7th and 14th days,respectively,after CVB3 treatment. Pathological examination was carried out on the myocardial sections of mice and stained with H&E. Virus titer in mouse myocardium was examined. The contents of TNF-α,IL-6,IL-23 and IL-17 in myocardial tissue were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Results:We successfully constructed the model of mice with viral myocarditis. The levels of Th17 and IL-17 in serum of IL-17 group were significantly lower than those in control group and IL-17-/-group. On the fourteenth day after CVB3 treatment,the degree of myocardial tissue damage in the control group was significantly higher than that in the IL-17A-/- group and the IL-17 group(P<0. 05),the degree of myocardial injury in IL-17 mice was higher than that in the IL-17A-/- group. The virus titer of the control group was higher than that of IL-17A-/-group and IL-17 group,and the control group was increased with the increase of CVB3 treatment phase (P< 0. 05). After the IL-17mAb was injected,the virus titer of IL-17 group was higher than that of IL-17A-/- group. The levels of IL-17, IL-23, IL-6 and TNF-α in IL-17-/- group and IL-17 group were significantly lower than those in control group. The levels of IL-17,IL-23,IL-6 and TNF-αin IL-17 group were significantly higher than those in IL-17-/-group (P<0. 05). Conclusion:IL-17 is an important inflammatory factor in viral myocarditis,and IL-17 deletion can protect myocardium from viral myocarditis in mice.