title: Release of peptide leukotrienes from rat Kupffer cells.
abstract: Kupffer cells isolated from the normal rat liver were incubated with calcium ionophore A23187, and the levels of peptide leukotrienes (LTC4, LTD4, and LTE4) contained in the culture supernatant were determined by the combined technique of reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography and radioimmunoassay. In response to A23187, Kupffer cells released LTC4, LTD4, and LTE4. After 10 min-preincubation of Kupffer cells with AA861, a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor, the generation of LTC4, LTD4, and LTE4 from A23187-stimulated Kupffer cells was significantly suppressed. Platelet activating factor (PAF), a phospholipid mediator, significantly enhanced the release of LTC4, LTD4, and LTE4 from Kupffer cells stimulated with A23187. These results suggested that Kupffer cells may participate in inflammatory and immunologic events in the liver tissue by the release of peptide leukotrienes.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakagami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizoguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morisawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016227:Benzoquinones; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017999:Leukotriene E4; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D011809:Quinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values; D013189:SRS-A / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016227:Benzoquinones; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D011809:Quinones; D013189:SRS-A; D000001:Calcimycin; D017999:Leukotriene E4; C036837:2,3,5-trimethyl-6-(12-hydroxy-5,10-dodecadiynyl)-1,4-benzoquinone