Murine Kupffer Cells Are Protective in Total Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury with Bowel Congestion through IL-10
- 15 May 2010
- journal article
- Published by The American Association of Immunologists in The Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 184 (10), 5849-5858
- https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.0902024
Abstract
Kupffer cells (KCs) are thought to mediate hepatocyte injury via their production of proinflammatory cytokines and reactive oxygen species in response to stress. In this study, we depleted KCs from the liver to examine their role in total warm hepatic ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury with bowel congestion. We injected 8-wk-old C57BL/10J mice with liposome-encapsulated clodronate 48 h before 35 min of hepatic ischemia with bowel congestion, followed by 6 or 24 h of reperfusion. KC-depleted animals had a higher mortality rate than diluent-treated animals and a 10-fold elevation in transaminase levels that correlated with increases in centrilobular necrosis. There was extensive LPS binding to the endothelial cells, which correlated with an upregulation of endothelial adhesion molecules in the KC-depleted animals versus diluent-treated animals. There was an increase in the levels of proinflammatory cytokines in KC-depleted animals, and a concomitant decrease in IL-10 levels. When KC-depleted mice were treated with recombinant IL-10, their liver damage profile in response to I/R was similar to diluent-treated animals, and endothelial cell adhesion molecules and proinflammatory cytokine levels decreased. KCs are protective in the liver subjected to total I/R with associated bowel congestion and are not deleterious as previously thought. This protection appears to be due to KC secretion of the potent anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10.Keywords
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