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1762032

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-2-7
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated the cytotoxic effects of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) and interferon gamma (IFN gamma) on rat hepatocytes in culture. Under phase contrast microscopy, we found a small number of dying hepatocytes in control cultures, each having been transformed into a cluster of small spheres. Under transmission electron microscopy, these cells showed the characteristics of apoptosis. TNF alpha and a combination of TNF alpha and IFN gamma exerted a cytotoxic effect, whereas IFN gamma showed no significant cytotoxicity when assessed by neutral red assay and by measuring LDH activity in culture medium. Under phase contrast microscopy, the number of apoptotic cells increased with the addition of either TNF alpha or IFN gamma, and markedly with the addition of both. DNA extracted from apoptotic cells cultured with TNF alpha and IFN gamma was fragmented, and a set of bands of the '200 bp ladder', which is characteristic of the DNA of apoptotic cells, was observed in agarose gel electrophoresis. These findings indicate that cultured hepatocytes die from apoptosis. TNF alpha killed cultured rat hepatocytes by increasing apoptosis, and this effect was potentiated by the addition of IFN gamma, which by itself was also weakly cytotoxic.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-3417
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
165
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
247-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Apoptosis in cultured rat hepatocytes: the effects of tumour necrosis factor alpha and interferon gamma.
pubmed:affiliation
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't