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1.
Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat ; 75(1-4): 123-39, 2005 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15789620

RESUMEN

In contrast to conventionally used immunoassays, thin layer chromatography (TLC)--by prelabeling of cells with radioactive arachidonic acid (AA)--allows to differentiate between cellularly built and added prostanoids and thus to investigate feedback effects of prostanoids on their own release. PGD2, TXB2 and PGE2 released from zymosan-stimulated Kupffer cells were separated with distinct RF-values, corresponding to those of the pure substances. Quantification of PGD2 and PGE2 gave comparable results with TLC and immunoassays, but measurement in the presence of added prostanoids was only possible with TLC. Moreover TLC was superior to immunoassays in having a longer linear range while being comparably sensitive. Cellularly built TXB2 in its radioactively labeled form was not detectable by TLC. Inhibition of TXB2 release by externally added AA or technical artifacts were excluded, suggesting that the cellular AA-pools used for prostaglandin and thromboxane synthesis differ in their accessibility for added AA. Thus, TLC is a simple, sensitive and precise method for the quantification of cellularly built prostaglandins but not of thromboxane even in the presence of added prostanoids.


Asunto(s)
Macrófagos del Hígado/química , Macrófagos del Hígado/citología , Prostaglandinas/análisis , Animales , Separación Celular , Cromatografía en Capa Delgada/métodos , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática , Masculino , Prostaglandinas/aislamiento & purificación , Ratas , Ratas Wistar
2.
Biol Chem ; 385(3-4): 239-47, 2004.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15134337

RESUMEN

Glucokinase (GK) is the key enzyme of glucose utilization in liver and is localized in the less aerobic perivenous area. Until now, the O2-responsive elements in the liver-specific GK promoter are unknown, and therefore the aim of this study was to identify the O2-responsive element in this promoter. We found that the GK promoter sequence -87/-80 matched the binding site for hypoxia inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) and upstream stimulatory factor (USF). In primary rat hepatocytes we could show that venous pO2 enhanced HIF-1alpha and USF-2a levels, both of which activated GK expression. Furthermore, transfection experiments revealed that the GK sequence -87/-80 mediated the HIF-1alpha- or USF-2-dependent activation of the GK promoter. The binding of HIF-1 and USF to the GK-HRE was corroborated by electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA). However, the maximal response to HIF-1alpha or USF was only achieved when constructs with the -87/-80 sequence in context with a 3'-36 bp native GK promoter sequence containing a hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (HNF-4) binding site were used. HIF-1alpha and HNF-4 additively activated the GK promoter, while USF-2 and HNF-4 together did not show this additive activation. Thus, HIF-1 and USF may play differential roles in the modulation of GK expression in response to O2.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Unión al ADN/fisiología , Glucoquinasa/biosíntesis , Hepatocitos/enzimología , Proteínas Nucleares/fisiología , Factores de Transcripción/fisiología , Animales , Sitios de Unión/fisiología , Regulación Enzimológica de la Expresión Génica , Glucoquinasa/genética , Glucoquinasa/metabolismo , Factor 1 Inducible por Hipoxia , Subunidad alfa del Factor 1 Inducible por Hipoxia , Masculino , Oxígeno/metabolismo , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Elementos de Respuesta/genética , Transfección , Factores Estimuladores hacia 5'
3.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 101(12): 4302-7, 2004 Mar 23.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15010533

RESUMEN

It has been proposed that hydroxyl radicals (.OH) generated in a perinuclear iron-dependent Fenton reaction are involved in O(2)-dependent gene expression. Thus, it was the aim of this study to localize the cellular compartment in which the Fenton reaction takes place and to determine whether scavenging of.OH can modulate hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1)-dependent gene expression. The Fenton reaction was localized by using the nonfluorescent dihydrorhodamine (DHR) 123 that is irreversibly oxidized to fluorescent rhodamine 123 while scavenging.OH together with gene constructs allowing fluorescent labeling of mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), Golgi apparatus, peroxisomes, or lysosomes. A 3D two-photon confocal laser scanning microscopy showed.OH generation in distinct hot spots of perinuclear ER pockets. This ER-based Fenton reaction was strictly pO(2)-dependent. Further colocalization experiments showed that the O(2)-sensitive transcription factor HIF-1alpha was present at the ER under normoxia, whereas HIF-1alpha was present only in the nucleus under hypoxia. Inhibition of the Fenton reaction by the.OH scavenger DHR attenuated HIF-prolyl hydroxylase activity and interaction with von Hippel-Lindau protein, leading to enhanced HIF-1alpha levels, HIF-1alpha transactivation, and activated expression of the HIF-1 target genes plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 and heme oxygenase 1. Further,.OH scavenging appeared to enhance redox factor 1 (Ref-1) binding and, thus, recruitment of p300 to the transactivation domain C because mutation of the Ref-1 binding site cysteine 800 abolished DHR-induced transactivation. Thus, the localized Fenton reaction appears to impact the expression of hypoxia-regulated genes by means of HIF-1alpha stabilization and coactivator recruitment.


Asunto(s)
Retículo Endoplásmico/metabolismo , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Hipoxia/metabolismo , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Genes Reporteros , Humanos , Subunidad alfa del Factor 1 Inducible por Hipoxia , Técnicas In Vitro , Oxidación-Reducción , Rodamina 123/metabolismo , Rodaminas/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo
4.
Lab Invest ; 83(12): 1733-41, 2003 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14691291

RESUMEN

Various inflammatory stimuli such as anaphylatoxin C5a, zymosan, and lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) have been reported both to enhance glucose output in the perfused rat liver and to induce prostanoid (ie, prostaglandin and thromboxane) release from Kupffer cells, the resident liver macrophages. Because prostanoids can enhance glucose output from hepatocytes, it was the aim of this study to compare the possible roles of prostanoids released after C5a, zymosan, and LPS in the mediation of hepatic glucose output. In perfused livers both C5a and zymosan immediately enhanced glucose output, reduced flow, and induced prostanoid overflow into the hepatic vein, but with different quantities and kinetics. Only the C5a-induced but not the zymosan-induced effects were abrogated by inhibitors of prostanoid signaling as the prostanoid synthesis inhibitor indomethacin and the thromboxane receptor antagonist daltroban. In contrast to C5a and zymosan, LPS had no effect on glucose output, flow rate, or prostanoid overflow. In isolated Kupffer cells, C5a and zymosan induced maximal release of prostaglandins D(2) and E(2) and of thromboxane A(2) within a period of 0 to 2 minutes and 5 to 15 minutes, respectively. In pulse-chase experiments, maximal prostanoid release was already observed after 2 minutes of continuous stimulation with C5a, but only after 10 to 15 minutes of continuous stimulation with zymosan. LPS-dependent prostanoid release was not seen before 1 hour. Thus, even though C5a, zymosan, and LPS induced prostanoid release from Kupffer cells, only C5a quickly regulated hepatic glucose metabolism in a prostanoid-dependent manner (due to the kinetics and quantities of prostanoids released).


Asunto(s)
Complemento C5a/farmacología , Macrófagos del Hígado/efectos de los fármacos , Lipopolisacáridos/farmacología , Hígado/metabolismo , Prostaglandinas/metabolismo , Zimosan/farmacología , Animales , Células Cultivadas , Escherichia coli/inmunología , Glucosa/metabolismo , Hemodinámica/efectos de los fármacos , Hepatocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Hepatocitos/patología , Indometacina/farmacología , Macrófagos del Hígado/metabolismo , Hígado/efectos de los fármacos , Hígado/patología , Masculino , Perfusión , Fenilacetatos/farmacología , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Sulfonamidas/farmacología , Tromboxanos/metabolismo
5.
Biochem Pharmacol ; 66(4): 643-52, 2003 Aug 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12906929

RESUMEN

Prostanoids, i.e. prostaglandins and thromboxane, regulate liver-specific functions both in homeostasis and during defense reactions. For example, prostanoids are released from Kupffer cells, the resident liver macrophages, in response to the inflammatory mediator anaphylatoxin C5a, and mediate an enhanced glucose output from hepatocytes as energy supply. In perfused rat livers, the thromboxane receptor antagonist daltroban enhanced C5a-induced prostanoid overflow and reduced glucose output. It was the aim of this study to elucidate whether daltroban interfered with prostanoid release from Kupffer cells or prostanoid clearance by hepatocytes, and/or whether it directly influenced prostanoid-dependent glucose metabolism in these cells. In perfused rat livers, daltroban enhanced prostaglandin (PG)D(2) overflow not only after infusion of C5a (15-fold), but also after PGD(2) (10-fold). Neither daltroban nor another receptor antagonist, ifetroban, or the thromboxane synthase inhibitor furegrelate enhanced prostanoid release from Kupffer cells. In contrast, all inhibitors reduced clearance, i.e. uptake and degradation, of PGD(2) by hepatocytes: within 5 min uptake of 1 nmol/L PGD(2) was reduced from 43+/-5 fmol (controls) to 22+/-6 fmol (daltroban), 24+/-6 fmol (ifetroban) and 21+/-6 fmol (furegrelate). PGD(2) in the medium was reduced to 39+/-7% in the controls, but remained at 93+/-9%, 93+/-11% and 60+/-3% in the presence of the inhibitors. PGD(2)-dependent glucose output in the perfused liver or activation of glycogen phosphorylase in isolated hepatocytes remained unaffected by daltroban. These data clearly demonstrate that the thromboxane-inhibitors reduced PGD(2) clearance by hepatocytes, presumably by inhibition of prostanoid transport into the cells. In contrast, they did not interfere with PGD(2)-dependent glucose metabolism, suggesting an independent mechanism for the inhibition of glucose output from the liver.


Asunto(s)
Benzofuranos/farmacología , Compuestos Bicíclicos Heterocíclicos con Puentes/farmacología , Inhibidores Enzimáticos/farmacología , Hepatocitos/metabolismo , Oxazoles/farmacología , Fenilacetatos/farmacología , Prostaglandina D2/metabolismo , Receptores de Tromboxanos/antagonistas & inhibidores , Sulfonamidas/farmacología , Tromboxano-A Sintasa/antagonistas & inhibidores , Animales , Células Cultivadas , Complemento C5a/farmacología , Hígado/metabolismo , Masculino , Tasa de Depuración Metabólica/efectos de los fármacos , Perfusión , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Tromboxano B2/metabolismo
6.
Thromb Haemost ; 89(5): 926-35, 2003 May.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12719791

RESUMEN

The hypoxia-inducible transcription factor HIF-1 mediates upregulation of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) expression under hypoxia. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have also been implicated in PAI-1 gene expression. However, the role of ROS in HIF-1-mediated regulation of PAI-1 is not clear. We therefore investigated the role of the GTPase Rac1 which modulates ROS production in the pathway leading to HIF-1 and PAI-1 induction. Overexpression of constitutively activated (RacG12V) or dominant-negative (RacT17N) Rac1 increased or decreased, respectively, ROS production. In RacG12V-expressing cells, PAI-1 mRNA levels as well as HIF-alpha nuclear presence were reduced under normoxia and hypoxia whereas expression of RacT17N resulted in opposite effects. Treatment with the antioxidant pyr-rolidinedithiocarbamate or coexpression of the redox factor-1 restored HIF-1 and PAI-1 promoter activity in RacG12V-cells. In contrast, NFkappaB activation was enhanced in RacG12V-cells, but abolished by RacT17N. Thus, these findings suggest a mechanism explaining modified fibrinolysis and tissue remodeling in an oxidized environment.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Unión al ADN/biosíntesis , Proteínas Nucleares/biosíntesis , Inhibidor 1 de Activador Plasminogénico/biosíntesis , Especies Reactivas de Oxígeno/farmacología , Factores de Transcripción , Proteína de Unión al GTP rac1/fisiología , Animales , Núcleo Celular/química , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/análisis , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/fisiología , Regulación de la Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Hepatocitos , Hipoxia/metabolismo , Factor 1 Inducible por Hipoxia , Subunidad alfa del Factor 1 Inducible por Hipoxia , Masculino , Mutación Missense , FN-kappa B/análisis , FN-kappa B/metabolismo , Proteínas Nucleares/análisis , Proteínas Nucleares/fisiología , ARN Mensajero/análisis , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Especies Reactivas de Oxígeno/metabolismo , Transfección , Proteína de Unión al GTP rac1/genética
7.
Thromb Haemost ; 89(4): 666-73, 2003 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12669121

RESUMEN

Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and protein kinase B (PKB) mediate growth and stress signals and have been implicated in the hypoxic response. Under hypoxic conditions, the expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is mainly controlled by the hypoxia-inducible factor HIF-1. However, the role of MAPKs and PKB in HIF-1-mediated PAI-1 regulation is not clear. Treatment with the p38 inhibitor SB203580 and the PI3K inhibitor LY294002, but not with the MEK1 inhibitor PD98059, abrogated hypoxia-dependent PAI-1 induction in HepG2 cells. Consistently, overexpression of PKB or of the p38 upstream kinases MKK6 and MKK3 and of JNK, but not of ERK, enhanced PAI-1 mRNA levels. In MKK3-, MKK6- and PKB-expressing cells luciferase (Luc) activities from a hypoxia-inducible PAI-1-Luc construct or from a HIF-dependent Luc construct and, concomitantly, HIF-1alpha protein levels were enhanced. These findings indicate that p38- and PKB-dependent signalling pathways contribute to enhanced PAI-1 levels in the hypoxic response.


Asunto(s)
Regulación Enzimológica de la Expresión Génica , Hipoxia , Sistema de Señalización de MAP Quinasas , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinasas/metabolismo , Inhibidor 1 de Activador Plasminogénico/biosíntesis , Animales , Northern Blotting , Western Blotting , Línea Celular , Densitometría , Inhibidores Enzimáticos/farmacología , Flavonoides/farmacología , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Humanos , Imidazoles/farmacología , Luciferasas/metabolismo , Masculino , Proteínas Quinasas Activadas por Mitógenos/metabolismo , Oxígeno/metabolismo , Plásmidos/metabolismo , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas , Piridinas/farmacología , ARN/metabolismo , ARN Mensajero/metabolismo , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Transducción de Señal , Factores de Tiempo , Activación Transcripcional , Transfección , Proteínas Quinasas p38 Activadas por Mitógenos
8.
Blood ; 101(3): 907-14, 2003 Feb 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12393531

RESUMEN

The expression of the plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) gene is enhanced by insulin both in vivo and in various cell types. Because insulin exerts a number of its biologic activities via the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and protein kinase B (PI3K/PKB) signaling pathway, it was the aim of the present study to investigate the role of the PI3K/PKB pathway in the expression of the PAI-1 gene and to identify the insulin responsive promoter sequences. It was shown that the induction of PAI-1 mRNA and protein expression by insulin and mild hypoxia could be repressed by the PI3K inhibitor wortmannin. Overexpression of a constitutively active PKB led to induction of PAI-1 mRNA expression and of luciferase (Luc) activity from a gene construct containing 766 bp of the rat PAI-1 promoter. Mutation of the hypoxia response elements (HRE-1 and HRE-2) in rat PAI-1 promoter, which could bind hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), abolished the induction of PAI-1 by insulin and PKB. Insulin and the constitutive active PKB also induced Luc expression in cells transfected with the pGl3EPO-HRE Luc construct, containing 3 copies of the HRE from the erythropoietin gene in front of the SV40 promoter. Furthermore, insulin and the active PKB enhanced all 3 HIF alpha-subunit protein levels and HIF-1 DNA-binding activity, as shown by electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs). Thus, the insulin-dependent activation of the PAI-1 gene expression can be mediated via the PI3K/PKB pathway and the transcription factor HIF-1 binding to the HREs in the PAI-1 gene promoter.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Unión al ADN/genética , Hipoxia/genética , Insulina/farmacología , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Inhibidor 1 de Activador Plasminogénico/biosíntesis , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas , Elementos de Respuesta , Animales , Regulación de la Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Factor 1 Inducible por Hipoxia , Subunidad alfa del Factor 1 Inducible por Hipoxia , Masculino , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinasas/metabolismo , Inhibidor 1 de Activador Plasminogénico/genética , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas/efectos de los fármacos , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt , ARN Mensajero/biosíntesis , ARN Mensajero/efectos de los fármacos , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Factores de Transcripción/efectos de los fármacos , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo
9.
Biochem Pharmacol ; 64(5-6): 903-11, 2002 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12213585

RESUMEN

The substrates oxygen and glucose are important for the appropriate regulation of metabolism, angiogenesis, tumorigenesis and embryonic development. The knowledge about an interaction between these two signals is limited. We demonstrated that the regulation of glucagon receptor, insulin receptor and L-type pyruvate kinase (L-PK) gene expression in liver is dependent upon a cross-talk between oxygen and glucose. The periportal to perivenous drop in O2 tension was proposed to be an endocrine key regulator for the zonated gene expression in liver. In primary rat hepatocyte cultures, the expression of the glucagon receptor and the L-PK mRNA was maximally induced by glucose under arterial pO2 whereas the insulin receptor was maximally induced under perivenous pO2. It was demonstrated for the L-PK gene that the modulation by O2 of the glucose-dependent induction occured at the glucose-responsive element (Glc(PK)RE) in the L-PK gene promoter. The reduction of the glucose-dependent induction of the L-PK gene expression under venous pO2 appeared to be mediated via an interference between hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) and the glucose-responsive transcription factors at the Glc(PK)RE. The glucose response element (GlcRE) also functioned as a hypoxia response element and, vice versa, a hypoxia-responsive element was functioning as a GlcRE. Thus, our findings implicate that the cross-talk between oxygen and glucose might have a fundamental role in the regulation of several physiological and pathophysiological processes.


Asunto(s)
Glucosa/metabolismo , Oxígeno/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal/fisiología , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , Animales , Expresión Génica , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Glucosa/fisiología , Humanos , Hipoxia , Subunidad alfa del Factor 1 Inducible por Hipoxia , Hígado/fisiología , Oxígeno/fisiología , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas/fisiología , Piruvato Quinasa/biosíntesis , Piruvato Quinasa/genética
10.
Biochem J ; 365(Pt 1): 223-8, 2002 Jul 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11950391

RESUMEN

Glucokinase (GK) is a key enzyme for glucose utilization in liver and shows a higher expression in the perivenous zone. In primary rat hepatocytes, the GK gene expression was activated by HNF (hepatic nuclear factor)-4alpha via the sequence -52/-39 of the GK promoter. Venous pO2 enhanced HNF-4 levels and HNF-4 binding to the GK-HNF-4 element. Thus, HNF-4alpha could play the role of a regulator for zonated GK expression.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Unión al ADN , Glucoquinasa/genética , Glucoquinasa/metabolismo , Fosfoproteínas/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , Animales , Secuencia de Bases , Sitios de Unión/genética , Células Cultivadas , Regulación Enzimológica de la Expresión Génica , Factor Nuclear 4 del Hepatocito , Hepatocitos/metabolismo , Oxígeno/metabolismo , Fosfoproteínas/genética , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas , ARN Mensajero/genética , ARN Mensajero/metabolismo , Ratas , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Transactivadores/genética , Transactivadores/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Transfección
11.
Lab Invest ; 82(4): 463-71, 2002 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11950903

RESUMEN

The proinflammatory anaphylatoxin C5a induces the release of prostanoids, ie, prostaglandins (PG) and thromboxane (TX), from the resident liver macrophages (Kupffer cells [KC]). Because KC themselves express prostanoid receptors, prostanoids--besides having paracrine functions--might regulate their own release in an autocrine loop. So far, such a possible feedback regulation has not been investigated systematically, probably because of methodological difficulties to measure newly synthesized prostanoids in the presence of added prostanoids. Here, after prelabeling of phospholipids with [(14)C]arachidonate, cellularly formed [(14)C]prostanoids were determined in the presence of added unlabelled prostanoids by thin layer chromatography. In cultured KC, recombinant rat C5a (rrC5a) rapidly increased PGD(2), PGE(2), and TXA(2) release, which was strongly reduced by PGE(2), but neither by PGD(2) nor by the TXA(2) analog U46619. The inhibitory effect of PGE(2) was mimicked by cAMP, indicating that the G(s)-coupled PGE(2) receptors type 2 or 4 were involved. Zymosan also enhanced prostanoid release from KC, but with slightly slower kinetics; this action was neither inhibited by PGE(2) nor by cAMP. Also in perfused rat livers, rrC5a enhanced prostanoid release from KC as shown by prostanoid overflow and thereby indirectly increased glucose output from hepatocytes. Again, PGE(2), but not PGD(2), inhibited rrC5a-elicited prostanoid overflow. This resulted in a complete inhibition of rrC5a-induced, prostanoid-mediated glucose output. Thus, PGE(2) can inhibit specifically the C5a-induced prostanoid release from KC via a feedback mechanism and thereby limit prostanoid-mediated hepatocellular defense reactions, eg, glucose release.


Asunto(s)
Complemento C5a/antagonistas & inhibidores , Dinoprostona/farmacología , Macrófagos del Hígado/efectos de los fármacos , Prostaglandinas/metabolismo , Zimosan/antagonistas & inhibidores , Ácido 15-Hidroxi-11 alfa,9 alfa-(epoximetano)prosta-5,13-dienoico/farmacología , Animales , Células Cultivadas , Cromatografía en Capa Delgada , Complemento C5a/farmacología , AMP Cíclico/farmacología , Retroalimentación Fisiológica/efectos de los fármacos , Glucosa/biosíntesis , Macrófagos del Hígado/metabolismo , Hígado/efectos de los fármacos , Hígado/metabolismo , Masculino , Perfusión , Prostaglandina D2/análogos & derivados , Prostaglandina D2/metabolismo , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Tromboxano A2/metabolismo , Zimosan/farmacología
12.
Gastroenterology ; 122(3): 697-708, 2002 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11875003

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND & AIMS: In normal rat liver, anaphylatoxin C5a induces glucose output from hepatocytes indirectly via prostanoids released from Kupffer cells. Correspondingly, it was found that hepatocytes, in contrast to Kupffer cells, did not express C5a receptors. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has been reported to enhance C5a receptor expression in murine livers. This might be the result of de novo expression in hepatocytes. METHODS: C5a receptor expression was investigated in hepatocytes after in vivo treatment of rats with LPS and in vitro stimulation of isolated cells with LPS and proinflammatory cytokines on messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein level, and functionally in isolated hepatocytes and perfused liver. RESULTS: In vivo treatment of rats with LPS induced C5a receptor mRNA and protein in hepatocytes with a maximum after 8-10 hours. At this time-point, C5a directly activated glycogen phosphorylase in isolated hepatocytes and enhanced glucose output in perfused livers without the involvement of prostanoids. LPS failed to induce C5a receptors in cultured hepatocytes in vitro, whereas interleukin (IL) 6 and IL-1beta, which are known to be released from Kupffer cells on stimulation with LPS, did so. In cocultures of hepatocytes with Kupffer cells, LPS induced C5a receptors in hepatocytes in an IL-6-dependent manner. CONCLUSIONS: Thus, IL-6 from Kupffer cells appears to be the main mediator of LPS-induced de novo expression of C5a receptors in hepatocytes.


Asunto(s)
Antígenos CD/genética , Hepatocitos/metabolismo , Interleucina-6/metabolismo , Macrófagos del Hígado/metabolismo , Lipopolisacáridos/farmacología , Receptores de Complemento/genética , Animales , Células Cultivadas , Técnicas de Cocultivo , Inhibidores de la Ciclooxigenasa/farmacología , Endotoxemia/inmunología , Endotoxemia/metabolismo , Endotoxemia/fisiopatología , Activación Enzimática/efectos de los fármacos , Regulación de la Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Regulación de la Expresión Génica/inmunología , Glucosa/metabolismo , Glucógeno Fosforilasa/metabolismo , Hepatocitos/citología , Hepatocitos/inmunología , Inmunosupresores/farmacología , Indometacina/farmacología , Interleucina-1/farmacología , Interleucina-6/farmacología , Macrófagos del Hígado/citología , Macrófagos del Hígado/inmunología , Masculino , Fenilacetatos/farmacología , ARN Mensajero/análisis , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Receptor de Anafilatoxina C5a , Sulfonamidas/farmacología , Factor de Necrosis Tumoral alfa/farmacología
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