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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
Kupffer cells (KCs) have been implicated in the leukocyte recruitment and microvascular dysfunction associated with liver inflammation. The overall objective of this study was to assess the role of KCs in the leukocyte adhesion and oxidative stress elicited in the liver by gut ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). The accumulation of rhodamine-6G-labeled leukocytes and the number of nonperfused sinusoids (NPS) were monitored (by intravital microscopy) in mouse liver for 1 hour after a 15-minute period of normothermic intestinal ischemia. Autofluorescence of pyridine nucleotide [NAD(P)H] was measured as an index of mitochondrial O2 consumption and redox status. Leukostasis, as well as increases in NPS and NAD(P)H autofluorescence (indicating hypoxia), were observed in the liver at 60 minutes after gut I/R. Pretreatment with gadolinium chloride (GdCl3), which reduces KC function, attenuated the liver leukostasis and NPS elicited by gut I/R. The platelet activating factor (PAF) antagonist, WEB2086, and a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha-specific antibody were also effective in attenuating the gut I/R-induced leukostasis and NAD(P)H autofluorescence. The findings of this study suggest that KCs play an important role in mediating the leukocyte recruitment, impaired sinusoidal perfusion, and tissue hypoxia elicited in the liver after gut I/R. These KC-mediated responses appear to involve the participation of both PAF and TNF-alpha.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Alanine Transaminase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Anti-Inflammatory Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Azepines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fibrinolytic Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Gadolinium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NADP, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/P-Selectin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Triazoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/WEB 2086, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/gadolinium chloride
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0270-9139
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1499-505
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Alanine Transaminase, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Anti-Inflammatory Agents, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Azepines, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Chemotaxis, Leukocyte, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Fibrinolytic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Gadolinium, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Intestines, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Kupffer Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Leukocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Liver Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-NADP, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-P-Selectin, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Reperfusion Injury, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Triazoles, pubmed-meshheading:9397990-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of Kupffer cells in gut ischemia/reperfusion-induced hepatic microvascular dysfunction in mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 71130-3932, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.