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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-3
pubmed:abstractText
Steatotic donors are routinely rejected for transplantation because of their increased rate of primary nonfunction. These grafts are more sensitive to ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) during transplantation. Removal of endotoxin before reperfusion improves liver performance post-I/R. We hypothesize that the main modality of injury in steatotic livers is toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling. We fed 4-week-old control and TLR4-deficient (TLR4KO) mice a normal diet (ND) or a 60% high-fat diet (HFD) for 4 weeks to induce steatosis. Mice were subjected to total hepatic ischemia (35 minutes) and reperfusion (1 or 24 hours). Survival improved and liver pathology decreased at 24 hours in TLR4KO HFD animals compared to control HFD animals. An investigation of infiltrates showed that neutrophils and CD4+ cells were increased at 24 hours in control HFD animals, whereas TLR4KO HFD animals were similar to ND controls. Messenger RNA levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-12, and interferon gamma were elevated at 1 hour in control HFD animals, whereas TLR4KO HFD animals were similar to ND controls. IL-10 levels at 1 hour of reperfusion in control HFD and TLR4KO animals were decreased versus control ND animals. In conclusion, these improvements in liver function in TLR4KO HFD animals implicate TLR4 as a mediator of steatotic graft failure after I/R.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1527-6473
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2009 AASLD.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1101-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Endotoxins, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Fatty Liver, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Inflammation Mediators, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Interleukin-10, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Interleukin-12, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Interleukin-6, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Liver Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Neutrophil Infiltration, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Primary Graft Dysfunction, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Reperfusion Injury, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Toll-Like Receptor 4, pubmed-meshheading:19718644-Warm Ischemia
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Toll-like receptor 4 is a key mediator of murine steatotic liver warm ischemia/reperfusion injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural