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Abdelhafez OH, Fawzy MA, Fahim JR, Desoukey SY, Krischke M, Mueller MJ, Abdelmohsen UR. Hepatoprotective potential of Malvaviscus arboreus against carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury in rats. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0202362. [PMID: 30138328 PMCID: PMC6107176 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2018] [Accepted: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. is a medicinal plant belonging to family Malvaceae with both ethnomedical and culinary value; however, its phytochemical and biological profiles have been scarcely studied. Accordingly, this work was designed to explore the chemical composition and the hepatoprotective potential of M. arboreus against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced hepatotoxicity. The total extract of the aerial parts and its derived fractions (petroleum ether, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, and aqueous) were orally administered to rats for six consecutive days, followed by injection of CCl4 (1:1 v/v, in olive oil, 1.5 ml/kg, i.p.) on the next day. Results showed that the ethyl acetate and dichloromethane fractions significantly alleviated liver injury in rats as indicated by the reduced levels of alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), total bilirubin (TB), and malondialdehyde (MDA), along with enhancement of the total antioxidant capacities of their livers, with the maximum effects were recorded by the ethyl acetate fraction. Moreover, the protective actions of both fractions were comparable to those of silymarin (100 mg/kg), and have been also substantiated by histopathological evaluations. On the other hand, liquid chromatography-high resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC‒HR‒ESI‒MS) metabolomic profiling of the crude extract of M. arboreus aerial parts showed the presence of a variety of phytochemicals, mostly phenolics, whereas the detailed chemical analysis of the most active fraction (i.e. ethyl acetate) resulted in the isolation and identification of six compounds for the first time in the genus, comprising four phenolic acids; β-resorcylic, caffeic, protocatechuic, and 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acids, in addition to two flavonoids; trifolin and astragalin. Such phenolic principles, together with their probable synergistic antioxidant and liver-protecting properties, seem to contribute to the observed hepatoprotective potential of M. arboreus.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Julius-von-Sachs-Institute of Biosciences, Biocenter, Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Julius-von-Sachs-Institute of Biosciences, Biocenter, Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (MJM); (URA)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
- Department of Botany II, Julius-von-Sachs-Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (MJM); (URA)
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Li ZW, Kuang Y, Tang SN, Li K, Huang Y, Qiao X, Yu SW, Tzeng YM, Lo JY, Ye M. Hepatoprotective activities of Antrodia camphorata and its triterpenoid compounds against CCl 4-induced liver injury in mice. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2017; 206:31-39. [PMID: 28506899 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2017.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY RELEVANCE Antrodia camphorata (AC) is a rare and precious fungus indigenous to Taiwan used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of liver injury. Triterpenoids are the major bioactive constituents of A. camphorata and have been reported to possess hepatoprotective activities. To meet the increasing demand, artificial cultivation techniques have been developed. AIM OF THE STUDY This study aims to evaluate the hepatoprotective activities of AC samples derived from different cultivation techniques and to dissect the main active triterpenoid compounds. MATERIALS AND METHODS The ethanol extracts of five batches of AC samples, including wild growing fruiting bodies, cutting wood culture fruiting bodies, dish cultures, cutting wood culture mycelia, and submerged fermentation mycelia were orally administered (50mg/kg or 200mg/kg) to ICR mice for 7 days. On the last day, CCl4 (0.2%, 7mL/kg, i.p.) was used to induce liver injury, and the activities of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were determined 24h after the injection. Moreover, a HepG2 cell model treated with CCl4 (0.35%) was used to screen the protective activities of 29 AC triterpenoids. After incubation for 6h, viabilities of the cells were tested using MTS assay. The in vivo hepatoprotective activities of antcin B and antcin K were further studied on the mice model by ALT and AST tests and histopathologic examinations. To elucidate the mechanisms, the mRNA levels of iNOS, COX2, TNF-α and IL-1β, and the protein levels of NF-κB (p65/p-p65), iNOS and COX2 in liver tissues were determined. RESULTS The wild growing or cutting wood culture fruiting bodies, and the dish cultures of AC showed more potent activities than the mycelia (P<0.001). At 20μM, 16 of 29 triterpenoids showed significant protective activities, increasing HepG2 cell viability from 46% of the CCl4 group to >90%. Antcin B and antcin K could dose-dependently (10 or 50mg/kg, 7 days, i.g.) decrease the serum levels of ALT and AST, and decrease the incidence of liver necrosis. The effects of 50mg/kg of antcin K or antcin B were almost identical to those of 100mg/kg silymarin. Furthermore, qRT-PCR and Western blotting analyses revealed they could down-regulate IL-1β, TNF-α, iNOS, COX-2 and NF-κB in liver tissues at both transcriptional and translational levels. CONCLUSION The results indicate that cultivation techniques remarkably affect the hepatoprotective activities of AC. Antcin K and antcin B are the major hepatoprotective compounds of A. camphorata, and the mechanism is related with anti-inflammation. Given its high natural abundance and good oral absorption, antcin K could be a promising drug candidate for liver injury.
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Leakey JEA, Seng JE, Barnas CR, Baker VM, Hart RW. A Mechanistic Basis for the Beneficial Effects of Caloric Restriction On Longevity and Disease: Consequences for the Interpretation of Rodent Toxicity Studies. Int J Toxicol 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/109158189801700203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Caloric restriction in rodents has been repeatedly shown to increase life span while reducing the severity and retarding the onset of both spontaneous and chemically induced neoplasms. These effects of caloric restriction are associated with a spectrum of biochemical and physiological changes that characterize the organism's adaptation to reduced caloric intake and provide the mechanistic basis for caloric restriction's effect on longevity. Here, we review evidence suggesting that the primary adaptation appears to be a rhythmic hypercorticism in the absence of elevated adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) levels. This characteristic hypercorticism evokes a spectrum of responses, including reduced body temperature and increased metabolic efficiency, decreased mitogenic response coupled with increased rates of apoptosis, reduced inflammatory response, reduced oxidative damage to proteins and DNA, reduced reproductive capacity, and altered drug-metabolizing enzyme expression. The net effect of these changes is to (1) decrease growth and metabolism in peripheral tissues to spare energy for central functions, and (2) increase the organism's capacity to withstand stress and chemical toxicity. Thus, caloric restriction research has uncovered an evolutionary mechanism that provides rodents with an adaptive advantage in conditions of fluctuating food supply. During periods of abundance, body growth and fecundity are favored over endurance and longevity. Conversely, during periods of famine, reproductive performance and growth are sacrificed to ensure survival of individuals to breed in better times. This phenomena can be observed in rodent populations that are used in toxicity testing. Improvements over the last 30 years in animal husbandry and nutrition, coupled with selective breeding for growth and fecundity, have resulted in several strains now exhibiting larger animals with reduced survival and increased incidence of background lesions. The mechanistic data from caloric restriction studies suggest that these large animals will also be more susceptible to chemically induced toxicity. This creates a problem in comparing tests performed on animals of different weights and comparing data generated today with the historical database. The rational use of caloric restriction to control body weight to within preset guidelines is a possible way of alleviating this problem.
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- Julian E. A. Leakey
- Office of Research, National Center for Toxicological
Research, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA
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- Office of Research, National Center for Toxicological
Research, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA
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- Office of Research, National Center for Toxicological
Research, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Geriatrics,
Northwestern University, 303 E. Superior St., Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Office of Research, National Center for Toxicological
Research, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA
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- Office of Research, National Center for Toxicological
Research, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA
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Yeeprae W, Kawakami S, Yamashita F, Hashida M. Effect of mannose density on mannose receptor-mediated cellular uptake of mannosylated O/W emulsions by macrophages. J Control Release 2006; 114:193-201. [PMID: 16876282 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2006.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2006] [Revised: 04/10/2006] [Accepted: 04/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Carbohydrate grafted emulsions are one of the most promising cell-specific targeting systems for lipophilic drugs. We have previously reported that mannosylated (Man-) emulsions composed of soybean oil, EggPC and cholesten-5-yloxy-N-(4-((1-imino-2-d-thiomannosylethyl)amino)alkyl)formamide (Man-C4-Chol) with a ratio of 70:25:5 were significantly delivered to liver non-parenchymal cells (NPC) via mannose receptor-mediated mechanism after intravenous administration in mice. Since the efficient targeting through a receptor-mediated mechanism is largely controlled by ligand-receptor interaction, the effect of mannose density on Man-emulsions was studied with regard to both the disposition in vivo in mice and the uptake in vitro, using elicited macrophages which express a number of mannose receptors. After intravenous injection, Man-emulsions with 5.0% (Man-5.0-emulsions) and 7.5% (Man-7.5-emulsions) of Man-C4-Chol were rapidly eliminated from the blood circulation and preferentially accumulated in the liver-NPC compared with Man-emulsions with 2.5% of Man-C4-Chol (Man-2.5-emulsions) and bare emulsions (Bare-emulsions). The in vitro study showed increased internalization of Man-5.0- and Man-7.5-emulsions and significant inhibition of uptake in the presence of mannan. The enhanced uptake of Man-emulsions was related to the increasing of Man-C4-Chol content that corresponded to confocal microscopy study. These results suggest that the mannose density of Man-emulsions plays an important role in both cellular recognition and internalization via a mannose receptor-mediated mechanism.
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- Wassana Yeeprae
- Department of Drug Delivery Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Ohta Y, Imai Y, Matsura T, Kitagawa A, Yamada K. Preventive effect of neutropenia on carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity in rats. J Appl Toxicol 2006; 26:178-86. [PMID: 16278809 DOI: 10.1002/jat.1122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The preventive effect of neutropenia on carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced hepatotoxicity was examined in rats. In rats treated once with CCl4 (1 ml kg(-1), i.p.), the serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), indices of liver cell damage, and the hepatic activity of myeloperoxidase (MPO), an index of tissue neutrophil infiltration, increased at 6 h after the intoxication and further increased at 24 h. The liver of CCl4 -treated rats showed an increase in the concentration of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), an index of lipid peroxidation, and decreases in superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and reduced glutathione (GSH) concentration at 6 h after the intoxication followed by a further increase in TBARS concentration and further decreases in SOD activity and GSH concentration at 24 h with increased xanthine oxidase (XO) activity at 24 h. Neutropenic treatment with anti-rat neutrophil antiserum (2 ml kg(-1), i.p.) at 0.5 h after CCl4 intoxication attenuated the increases in serum ALT and AST activities and hepatic MPO activity and TBARS concentration and the decreases in hepatic SOD activity and GSH concentration found at 6 and 24 h after CCl4 intoxication and the increase in hepatic XO activity found at 24 h after the intoxication. This neutropenia reduced the necrotic and degenerative changes with inflammatory cell infiltration in the liver cell of CCl4 -treated rats. These results indicate that neutropenia prevents CCl4 -induced hepatotoxicity in rats by attenuating the disruption of hepatic reactive oxygen species metabolism mediated by neutrophils accumulating in the liver tissue.
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- Yoshiji Ohta
- Department of Chemistry, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan.
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Orfila C, Lepert JC, Alric L, Carrera G, Béraud M, Pipy B. Immunohistochemical distribution of activated nuclear factor κB and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in carbon tetrachloride-induced chronic liver injury in rats. Histochem Cell Biol 2005; 123:585-93. [PMID: 15959796 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-005-0785-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/21/2005] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We investigated the immunohistochemical distribution of active NF-kappaB p65 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) subtypes alpha and gamma in the different phases of liver steatonecrosis and cirrhosis induced in rats after 3 and 9 weeks of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) intoxication. CCl4 treatment can induce changes in the expression of NF-kappaB and PPARs. Immunohistochemical analysis of liver tissue sections from rats with steatonecrosis or cirrhosis demonstrated a significant increase in the number of NF-kappaB-positive and TNF-alpha-positive hepatocytes and Kupffer cells. In healthy controls, no expression of active NF-kappaB was detected. In previous studies, we have demonstrated that Kupffer cells isolated from rats with CCl4-induced steatonecrosis produced more reactive oxygen intermediates than cells isolated from normal rats. These oxidants could activate NF-kappaB and lead to an overexpression of TNF-alpha, observed in liver tissue sections. After CCl4 ingestion, the rat livers demonstrated a significantly decreased number of hepatocytes expressing PPARalpha and PPARgamma and a significantly increased number of ED2-positive Kupffer cells expressing these transcription factors, compared to normal. The activation of the p65 isoform of NF-kappaB correlates negatively with transcription of the alpha and gamma isoforms of PPAR in hepatocytes, and positively in Kupffer cells. These results suggest that the regulation and the role of these two transcription factors differ in the two cell types studied.
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Higashi N, Ishii H, Fujiwara T, Morimoto-Tomita M, Irimura T. Redistribution of fibroblasts and macrophages as micrometastases develop into established liver metastases. Clin Exp Metastasis 2003; 19:631-8. [PMID: 12498393 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020946300690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Fibroblastic tissue is an important component of malignant tumors, involved in the establishment of metastatic foci from micrometastases, and thought to prevent invasion of metastatic tumor cells into surrounding tissue. However, experimental models of fibrosis during the growth of micrometastasis into established metastases were not previously available. In the present paper, we performed immunohistochemical studies on experimental hepatic metastasis with colon 38 mouse colon carcinoma cells injected into syngeneic C57BL/6 mice. Early and late stages of metastatic nodules were examined for the distribution of endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and macrophages by the use of markers of these cells. One week after intrasplenic injection of colon 38 cells, micrometastases mainly appeared in the region of sinusoids accompanied with invasion of F4/80-positive Kupffer cells. Transitional metastases can be defined based on the histological appearance and intensive infiltration of both macrophages and fibroblasts. These transitional metastases were connected by protrusions of fibroblast-rich tissues co-localized with collagen-rich matrix and CD31-positive cells. This protrusion preceded fibrosis formation characteristics to established metastases associated with angiogenesis and segregation of tumor cells from host cells. Three stages can thus be classified during the development of hepatic metastasis in this syngeneic experimental system: micrometastasis, transitional metastasis, and established metastasis.
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- Nobuaki Higashi
- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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García L, Hernández I, Sandoval A, Salazar A, Garcia J, Vera J, Grijalva G, Muriel P, Margolin S, Armendariz-Borunda J. Pirfenidone effectively reverses experimental liver fibrosis. J Hepatol 2002; 37:797-805. [PMID: 12445421 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(02)00272-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Our group has been involved in searching for different strategies to ameliorate hepatic cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Pirfenidone in the reversion or prevention of cirrhosis experimentally induced in rats by chronic administration of CCl(4) and bile-duct ligation (BDL). METHODS Male cirrhotic Wistar rats (8 weeks of intoxication and then hepatotoxin was discontinued) received either oral saline or Pirfenidone at 500 mg/kg per day. RESULTS High levels of alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and alkaline phosphatase decreased significantly (P<0.001) in animals treated with Pirfenidone (n=11) with regard to saline-administrated animals (n=9). Prothrombin activity and bilirubins were also reduced. Computerized fibrosis index demonstrated a 70% decrease (P<0.001) along with less hydroxyproline content, reduction in activated HSC and higher active cell regeneration. A rearrangement of the parenchyma was also noted and gene expression of collagens I, III and IV, transforming growth factor beta-1, Smad-7, TIMP-1 and PAI-1 decreased considerably in treated animals. Cirrhotic rats in which CCl(4) was not discontinued displayed 40% liver fibrosis reduction. In a different cirrhosis model, 4-week BDL rats treated with the drug showed a significant 50% reduction in hepatic fibrosis (P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS This new drug might be useful in healing human disease.
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- Leonel García
- Institute for Molecular Biology in Medicine and Gene Therapy, CUCS, University of Guadalajara, Apdo. Postal 2-123, Guadalajara, Jal. 44281, Mexico
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Kitamura K, Nakamoto Y, Akiyama M, Fujii C, Kondo T, Kobayashi K, Kaneko S, Mukaida N. Pathogenic roles of tumor necrosis factor receptor p55-mediated signals in dimethylnitrosamine-induced murine liver fibrosis. J Transl Med 2002; 82:571-83. [PMID: 12003998 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3780452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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TNF-alpha has pleiotropic functions, but its role in liver fibrosis has not yet been clarified. To understand the pathophysiologic role of the TNF-alpha/TNF receptor (TNFR) p55 signals in liver fibrosis, 10 mg/kg of dimethylnitrosamine, a specific hepatotoxicant, was administered twice a week into the peritoneal cavity of both TNFRp55 knock-out (KO) and wild-type mice, and the severity of fibrosis was monitored histologically and biochemically. In wild-type mice, histologic analysis demonstrated evident fibrotic changes 1 week after the initiation of dimethylnitrosamine administration, consistent with increased liver collagen contents. Concomitantly, the numbers of Kupffer cells and activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) were increased in liver tissue. On the contrary, fibrotic changes were attenuated and the numbers of Kupffer cells and HSCs were decreased in TNFRp55-KO mice. Moreover, gene expression of TNF-alpha and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, which are involved in Kupffer cell activation or migration, was decreased in the liver of TNFRp55-KO mice. Collectively, TNFRp55-mediated signals may regulate activation of Kupffer cells and HSCs and eventually enhance fibrotic process.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Chemokine CCL2/genetics
- Chemokine CCL2/metabolism
- Collagen/drug effects
- Collagen/metabolism
- DNA Primers/chemistry
- Dimethylnitrosamine/toxicity
- Female
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Kupffer Cells/metabolism
- Kupffer Cells/pathology
- Liver/drug effects
- Liver/metabolism
- Liver/pathology
- Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental/genetics
- Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental/metabolism
- Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental/pathology
- Matrix Metalloproteinases/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Knockout
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/deficiency
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Signal Transduction
- Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms
- Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
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- Kazuya Kitamura
- Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicinal Sciences, Division of Molecular Bioregulation, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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Morio LA, Chiu H, Sprowles KA, Zhou P, Heck DE, Gordon MK, Laskin DL. Distinct roles of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and nitric oxide in acute liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride in mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2001; 172:44-51. [PMID: 11264022 DOI: 10.1006/taap.2000.9133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Macrophages are known to release a number of different inflammatory mediators with cytotoxic potential. In the present studies we analyzed the role of two macrophage-derived mediators, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and nitric oxide, in liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4). Treatment of mice with CCl4 resulted in a dose- and time-dependent induction of centrilobular hepatic necrosis. This was observed within 12 h with 0.3 ml/kg CCl4 and was correlated with increases in serum transaminase levels. CCl4 administration also caused increases in hepatic TNF-alpha mRNA expression and serum TNF-alpha levels, as well as inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS II) protein expression in the liver. To study the role of TNF-alpha and nitric oxide in hepatotoxicity, we used knockout mice lacking the gene for the 55-kDa TNF-alpha receptor (TNFR1/p55), the TNF-alpha cytokine, or NOS II. We found that CCl4 was significantly less effective in inducing hepatotoxicity in mice lacking TNFR1/p55 or the TNF-alpha cytokine. In contrast, CCl4-induced liver injury was increased in knockout mice lacking the gene for NOS II. This was associated with an increase in hepatic TNF-alpha mRNA expression and serum TNF-alpha levels. These data suggest that the hepatoprotective effects of nitric oxide in this model may be due in part to inhibition of TNF-alpha.
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- L A Morio
- Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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Schümann J, Tiegs G. Pathophysiological mechanisms of TNF during intoxication with natural or man-made toxins. Toxicology 1999; 138:103-26. [PMID: 10576587 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(99)00087-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Intoxication with different natural toxins or man-made toxicants has been associated with the induction of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF). These include endotoxin, superantigens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A, bacterial DNA, T cell stimulatory agents such as agonistic anti-CD3 mAbs or concanavalin A, alpha-amanitin, paracetamol, ethanol, carbon tetrachloride, dioxin, and dimethylnitrosamine. In this paper we compile and discuss the current knowledge on the pathophysiological role of TNF during intoxication with all mentioned toxins and toxicants. A possible role of gut-derived endotoxin in several TNF-dependent toxic events has been considered. The development of pharmaceuticals that selectively interfere with the detrimental pathways induced by TNF during intoxication with bacteria, viruses, drugs, or other chemicals requires detailed knowledge of the signaling pathways originating from the two TNF receptors (TNFR1 and TNFR2). Major characteristics of these signaling pathways are described and put together.
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- J Schümann
- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Orfila C, Lepert JC, Alric L, Carrera G, Beraud M, Vinel JP, Pipy B. Expression of TNF-alpha and immunohistochemical distribution of hepatic macrophage surface markers in carbon tetrachloride-induced chronic liver injury in rats. THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 1999; 31:677-85. [PMID: 10576417 DOI: 10.1023/a:1003851821487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride, secondary hepatic injury occurs from inflammatory processes originating from products released by activated Kupffer cells, which play a central role in hepatic inflammation. The purpose of our study was to demonstrate, in rats, the relationships between a function of the hepatic macrophages, TNF-alpha production and the state of activation of these cells, characterized by their phenotype, in the different phases of the process and development of fibrosis in a carbon tetrachloride-induced cirrhosis model. The immunohistochemical localization of proinflammatory cytokine TNF-alpha and surface surface makers (ED1 and ED2) was studied in hepatitis and cirrhosis in response to 3 and 9 weeks ingestion of carbon tetrachloride. After carbon tetrachloride ingestion, accompanying the increased necrosis, immunohistochemical analysis of liver tissue sections demonstrated the significantly increased number of cells expressing ED1, ED2 and TNF-alpha, compared to normal. The number of cells expressing the surface phenotypic markers of liver macrophages increased and this change was concomitantly associated with an increased cellular expression of TNF-alpha. Local macrophage proliferation and influx of newly recruited blood monocytes resulted in an increase of the macrophage population. The populational changes involved difference in functional activity and enhanced TNF-alpha expression. This cytokine expressed in the carbon tetrachloride-induced inflammatory process is associated with the development of fibrosis and may contribute to disease severity.
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- C Orfila
- UPRES EA-2405, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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Fisher NC, Neil DA, Williams A, Adams DH. Serum concentrations and peripheral secretion of the beta chemokines monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 and macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha in alcoholic liver disease. Gut 1999; 45:416-20. [PMID: 10446112 PMCID: PMC1727646 DOI: 10.1136/gut.45.3.416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alcoholic liver disease is associated with increased hepatic expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) and macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha (MIP-1alpha). AIMS To determine whether concentrations of chemokines in the peripheral circulation reflect disease activity, and whether chemokine secretion is restricted to the liver or is part of a systemic inflammatory response in alcoholic liver disease. PATIENTS Fifty one patients with alcoholic liver disease and 12 healthy controls. METHODS Peripheral vein (and hepatic vein in patients undergoing transjugular liver biopsy) chemokine concentrations were measured by ELISA. Chemokine secretion and transcription in isolated peripheral mononuclear cells were assessed using ELISA and in situ hybridisation in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis. RESULTS Serum MCP-1 concentrations were higher in alcoholic hepatitis compared with cirrhosis or healthy controls. MIP-1alpha concentrations were below the assay sensitivity in most patients. Serum MCP-1 concentrations correlated significantly with serum aspartate aminotransferase and creatinine. In severe alcoholic hepatitis, MCP-1 concentrations were higher in hepatic compared with peripheral veins; in mild alcoholic hepatitis there was no difference. Mononuclear cell secretion of both MCP-1 and MIP-1alpha was higher in severe alcoholic hepatitis compared with healthy controls, and chemokine mRNA was identified in monocytes. CONCLUSIONS Serum MCP-1 concentrations are raised in alcoholic liver disease and reflect severity of hepatic inflammation. Monocyte secretion of both MCP-1 and MIP-1alpha is increased in severe alcoholic hepatitis. Both intrahepatic sources and peripheral mononuclear cells contribute to the raised serum MCP-1 concentrations.
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- N C Fisher
- Liver Research Laboratories, MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute of Clinical Science, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK
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Delgado-Rizo V, Salazar A, Panduro A, Armendáriz-Borunda J. Treatment with anti-transforming growth factor beta antibodies influences an altered pattern of cytokines gene expression in injured rat liver. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1442:20-7. [PMID: 9767086 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(98)00111-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The role of transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1) in mediating hepatic inflammation and regeneration after acute liver injury is beginning to be elucidated, yet its in vivo effect on the gene expression of the major pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines produced during that process is unknown. Our previous experiments demonstrated that anti-TGF-beta-treated animals presented profound histological changes as compared with control animals. Therefore, our hypothesis was that by blocking in vivo TGF-beta1 action, with polyclonal anti-TGF-beta antibodies, we could monitor by RT-PCR significative alterations on the gene expression of IL-1beta, IL-6, TGF-beta, TNF-alpha, IL-4 and IL-10 in liver-regenerated rats after administration of a single CCl4 dosing. Accordingly, we here report a completely different pattern of cytokines gene expression amidst those groups of rats. Pro-inflammatory cytokines gene expression in control animals showed a clear-cut pattern peaking at 1-2 days postinjury and declining thereafter. Interestingly, IL-6 was present in the control animals only between 12 and 24 h after CCl4 dosing. In the experimental animals, TGF-beta1 was mainly increased at 4 and 6 days, while IL-6 mRNA was completely absent. IL-1beta mRNA expression was also altered in the experimental rats, albeit TNF-alpha was nearly unaffected. IL-4 was fully absent in control rats, but remarkably expressed in experimental animals throughout the study. IL-10 was also more expressed in experimental animals.
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- V Delgado-Rizo
- Institute of Molecular Biology in Medicine, CUCS, University of Guadalajara, Apdo. Postal 2-500, 44281 Guadalajara, Jal, Mexico
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Dong W, Simeonova PP, Gallucci R, Matheson J, Flood L, Wang S, Hubbs A, Luster MI. Toxic metals stimulate inflammatory cytokines in hepatocytes through oxidative stress mechanisms. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1998; 151:359-66. [PMID: 9707512 DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Hepatocytes, as well as nonparenchymal cells, secrete proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines that are involved in the pathology of many liver diseases. In particular, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha), as well as members of the CXC family of chemokines, including interleukin (IL)-8 in humans and macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2 in rodents, have been implicated in both damage and repair processes associated with various hepatotoxins. In the liver, cytokine secretion is usually associated with nonparenchymal cells, particularly Kupffer cells. In the present studies, cytokine gene expression and secretion were investigated in hepatocytes treated with cadmium chloride (CdCl2) or vanadium pentoxide (V2O5). Using human Hep G2 cells and freshly isolated rodent hepatocytes, it was demonstrated that metals increase gene expression and secretion of CXC chemokines and TNFalpha. IL-8 and MIP-2 secretion induced either by the metals or H2O2 were inhibited by antioxidants such as tetramethyl-thiourea and N-acetyl-cysteine. In vitro neutralization experiments with TNFalpha and in vivo studies with TNFalpha receptor knockout mice indicated that the metals directly stimulate CXC chemokine secretion without the need for TNFalpha. Taken together these studies indicate that, in addition to other inflammatory mediators and acute phase proteins, cytokines and chemokines are produced by hepatocytes, which may participate in hepatotoxic responses. The events responsible for their expression involve cellular redox changes.
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- W Dong
- Environmental Immunology and Neurobiology Section, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Dong W, Simeonova PP, Gallucci R, Matheson J, Fannin R, Montuschi P, Flood L, Luster MI. Cytokine expression in hepatocytes: role of oxidant stress. J Interferon Cytokine Res 1998; 18:629-38. [PMID: 9726445 DOI: 10.1089/jir.1998.18.629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Inflammatory mediators, including cytokines and chemokines, are associated with the pathology of chronic liver disease. Interleukin-8 (IL-8) in humans and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2) in rodents, both members of the C-X-C family of chemokines, are particularly potent neutrophil attractants and have been implicated in chronic liver diseases. In the liver, cytokine secretion is usually associated with non-parenchymal cells, particularly Kupffer cells. In the present studies, chemokine gene expression and secretion were investigated in hepatocytes treated with various stimulators. Using human Hep G2 cells, it was demonstrated that, in contrast to lipopolysaccharides (LPS), both tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-beta) and H2O2 are potent inducers of IL-8, presumably acting via protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent pathways. MIP-2 expression occurred in freshly isolated rat hepatocytes following treatment with TNF-alpha, LPS, and to a lesser degree, H2O2. Both IL-8 and MIP-2 secretion were inhibited, although to varying degrees, by such antioxidants as TMTU, DMSO, catalase, and N-acetylcysteine. Furthermore, in vitro TNF-alpha neutralization experiments and transfection of Hep G2 cells with an IL-8 construct confirmed that TNF-alpha and H2O2 directly stimulate IL-8 secretion. RT-PCR analyses indicated that chemokine secretion induced by these agents operates via increased gene expression. Furthermore, a variety of cytokine genes were found to be expressed by hepatocytes, including MCP-1, cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC), and IL-6. Taken together, these studies indicate that hepatocytes respond to biologically relevant levels of common activators, including H2O2, to produce cytokines and chemokines that contribute to pathophysiologic and repair processes in the liver.
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- W Dong
- Environmental Immunology and Neurobiology Section, National Institute of Environmental Health Science, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Tracy TF, Dillon P, Fox ES, Minnick K, Vogler C. The inflammatory response in pediatric biliary disease: macrophage phenotype and distribution. J Pediatr Surg 1996; 31:121-5; discussion 125-6. [PMID: 8632264 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(96)90333-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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PURPOSE Extrahepatic biliary obstruction in infants and children leads to ductal hyperplasia and portal fibrosis. Inflammatory mediators responsible for increased cellular proliferation and matrix deposition are hypothesized to result from the intrahepatic recruitment and activation of lymphocytes and macrophages (M phi). The authors previously showed components of this mechanism in studies that demonstrated increased adhesion molecule expression in biliary atresia, as well as evidence of altered hepatic M phi function during the course of experimental cholestatic liver injury. Therefore they sought determine the expression of macrophage receptor markers CD68 and CD14 in pediatric biliary disease. METHODS Sixteen liver specimens were snap-frozen and cryosectioned onto polylysine-coated slides. Sections were stained with murine monoclonal antibodies to CD68 (resident M phi) and CD14 (monocyte-M phi lipopolysaccharide [LPS] receptor) glycoproteins. The sections were analyzed using a semiquantitative scale of proliferation and were position-graded from 0 to 3 (maximal). RESULTS Blinded analysis showed that marked proliferation of CD68-positive cells occurred in five of the six patients with biliary atresia (BA) and in one patient who had severe cholestasis. Normal perisinusoidal liver M phi were found in specimens from patients with hepatitis (2), choledochal cyst (1), and congenital hepatic fibrosis (1). Similarly, expression of CD14 periportal M phi was found only in patients with BA or cholestasis (1.9 +/- 0.3 [mean +/- SEM]) and was absent in other diseases. Strong sinusoidal expression of CD14 was evident in all patients who had extrahepatic biliary obstruction. An early biopsy specimen from a premature infant with BA did not show cholestasis, fibrosis, CD68 Mø proliferation, or CD14 expression; however, another biopsy specimen, obtained further in the course of jaundice showed the progressive development of all features. CONCLUSION These findings suggest proliferation of resident M phi in association with cholestasis. The presence of the LPS receptor on periportal cells during cholestatic liver injury points to a potential source of cytokines responsible for the inflammatory reaction of biliary atresia.
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- T F Tracy
- Department of Surgery, St Louis University Health Sciences Center, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, MO 63104, USA
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Molecular biological investigations have become a predominant methodology applied to the study of alcohol-induced liver disease. The enzymatic pathways responsible for ethanol metabolism, and their genetic as well as environmental control, have become the focus of detailed investigation. More recently, the significance of cytokines in the pathogenesis of alcohol-induced liver disease has also become a major area of speculation. This review focuses on the advances made in studies of two important enzymes responsible for alcohol metabolism, alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase, as well as the investigation of the proinflammatory and profibrogenic cytokines involved in the process of hepatic fibrogenesis. The quality and quantity of new discoveries made in the field of alcohol-induced liver disease is impressive, especially when one realizes that molecular biological approaches have been employed in this area for only 15 years. However, in most cases the studies have been predominantly descriptive, with little direct relevance to the therapeutics of alcoholism and alcohol-induced organ injury. Because the groundwork has been laid, one hopes that the next 15 years will rectify this failure.
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- R Arnon
- Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Sauer JM, Hooser SB, Badger DA, Baines A, Sipes IG. Alterations in chemically induced tissue injury related to all-trans-retinol pretreatment in rodents. Drug Metab Rev 1995; 27:299-323. [PMID: 7641581 DOI: 10.3109/03602539509029828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Retinol (vitamin A) is an essential nutrient which has many physiological effects throughout the body. Our studies have demonstrated that retinol modulation of immune response, through alteration of macrophage and neutrophil function, can have dramatic effects on the toxicity of some compounds. Based on these studies, our current hypothesis for retinol potentiation of chemical-induced liver injury is that retinol administered to rats prior to the hepatotoxicant (CCl4 and AA in rats; and AA, APAP, and GalN in mice) primes the Kupffer cells to a more active state. This may occur in part as a result of increases in chemical mediators such as TNF from these Kupffer cells. Following hepatocyte damage by a toxicant, Kupffer cells are activated to release reactive oxygen species, immune mediators, and chemotactic factors which all serve to enhance the inflammatory response. This increased inflammatory response then results in increased injury to the already toxicant-damaged hepatocytes. In addition, retinol modulation of toxicant activation and detoxification may also make important contributions to the potentiation of some toxicants such as AA. Retinol protection of CCl4 hepatotoxicity in mice is more difficult to explain at this time but is possibly related to alterations in CCl4 metabolism in this species. Differences in response between pulmonary and liver macrophages (Kupffer cells) may explain the retinol protection from 1-NN pulmonary toxicity. Retinol may decrease the inflammatory response through downregulation of pulmonary macrophage function, thus resulting in decreased pulmonary injury. Finally, since retinol protection of cadmium toxicity in the liver and testis requires 7 days of retinol pretreatment, we suspect that retinol is inducing protective protein(s) in these organs. Aside from its normal biological role in rhe body, clinical medicine has found new uses for retinol in the treatment and prevention of some cancers, and in the treatment of certain dermatologic conditions. Since these patients are frequently administered or exposed to other potentially toxic compounds, it is obviously prudent and necessary to continue research into the effects of retinol on immune modulation and interaction with other compounds. More importantly, these studies demonstrate the modulation of immune function is one mechanism by which one chemical can influence the toxicity of another.
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- J M Sauer
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA
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Irita K, Okabe H, Koga A, Kurosawa K, Tagawa K, Yamakawa M, Yoshitake J, Takahashi S. Carbon tetrachloride increases sinusoidal efflux of reduced and oxidized glutathione in rats. Biochem Pharmacol 1994; 47:447-52. [PMID: 8117311 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(94)90174-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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To elucidate the significance of the changes in plasma glutathione concentrations associated with carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced liver damage, the changes in the concentrations of reduced (GSH) and oxidized glutathione (GSSG) in plasma as well as in the liver were investigated in rats. In the liver, the concentration of GSH decreased, and that of GSSG increased 24 hr after the intraperitoneal administration of CCl4. In the right atrial plasma, the concentration of both GSH and GSSG increased. The GSH/GSSG ratio in the plasma decreased as did that in the liver. The net sinusoidal efflux of GSH and GSSG from the liver was calculated by subtracting their concentrations in plasma of the infrahepatic inferior vena cava from those of the suprahepatic inferior vena cava. The net efflux of GSH and GSSG started to increase as early as 3-6 hr after CCl4 administration, and reached a plateau 6 and 24 hr after CCl4 administration, respectively. On the other hand, an elongation of prothrombin time and leakage of alanine aminotransferase reached a maximum 24 and 48 hr after CCl4 administration, respectively. Vacuolization in the centri-lobular region and inflammatory infiltration started 3 and 6 hr after CCl4 administration, respectively, and progressed for 48 hr. These results suggest that CCl4 induced an increase in plasma concentrations of GSH as well as GSSG by increasing their efflux from the liver, and that the changes in plasma glutathione status might be a useful and sensitive marker for CCl4-induced liver damage.
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- K Irita
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Jonges GN, Vogels IM, Bosch KS, Dingemans KP, Van Noorden CJ. Experimentally induced colon cancer metastases in rat liver increase the proliferation rate and capacity for purine catabolism in liver cells. HISTOCHEMISTRY 1993; 100:41-51. [PMID: 8226108 DOI: 10.1007/bf00268877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Metastases in rat liver were generated experimentally by intraportal injection of colon cancer cells to investigate the effects of cancerous growth on the metabolism of surrounding liver tissue. Maximum activities (capacity) of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase, 5'-nucleotidase, xanthine oxidoreductase, purine nucleoside phosphorylase and adenosine triphosphatase have been determined. Two types of metastases were found, a small type surrounded by stroma and a larger type in direct contact with hepatocytes. Both types affected the adjacent tissue in a similar way suggesting that the interactions were not mediated by stroma. High capacity of the degradation pathway of extracellular purines released from dead cells of either tumours or host tissue was found in stroma and sinusoidal cells. Metastases induced both an increase in the number of Kupffer cells and proliferation of hepatocytes. The distribution pattern in the liver lobulus of most enzymes investigated did not change distinctly. However, activity of alkaline phosphatase, succinate dehydrogenase and phosphogluconate dehydrogenase was increased in hepatocytes directly surrounding metastases. These data imply that the overall metabolic zonation in liver lobuli is not dramatically disturbed by the presence of cancer cells despite the fact that various metabolic processes in liver cells are affected.
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- G N Jonges
- Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Weiner FR, Esposti SD, Zern MA. A role for cytokines as regulators of hepatic fibrogenesis. GASTROENTEROLOGIA JAPONICA 1993; 28 Suppl 4:97-101; discussion 112-5. [PMID: 8486236 DOI: 10.1007/bf02782899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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It is evident that hepatic fibrogenesis is a complex process involving a cascade of cytokines which interact to enhance the expression of ECM. Cytokines involved early in this cascade may serve as proinflammatory agents or as stimulators of macrophage and Ito cell activation and proliferation, while those cytokines involved later in this process may be directly fibrogenic. Furthermore, we speculate that a balance between profibrogenic and antifibrogenic cytokines normally exists but in the presence of hepatic insults, a relative super-abundance of the fibrogenic factors promotes the development of liver fibrosis. To date, most of the evidence supporting a role for cytokines in liver fibrosis has been obtained in in vitro systems or in animal models. We now need to extend these findings to man in order to determine whether a similar cascade of cytokines is important in the development of this pathologic process in man. Further delineation of these cytokines (as well as other profibrogenic soluble factors), and the mechanisms by which they act, are critical to our development of more rational forms of therapy for liver fibrosis.
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- F R Weiner
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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Liver cirrhosis is an end stage of several diseases that affect the liver chronically. It is characterized, among other things, by excess collagen deposition, distortion of liver architecture, tissue malfunction and hemodynamic alterations. Many of the complications of cirrhosis may result from excess matrix-deposition. Therefore, prevention of collagen accumulation or removal of collagen deposits could ameliorate the disease. In this article we discuss the pathophysiology of liver fibrosis and we describe various compounds with antiinflammatory and antifibrogenic activity. We discuss their possible mechanism of action and we describe animal and clinical studies in which these compounds have been utilized.
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- M Rojkind
- Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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