title: Prostaglandin E2 downregulates Kupffer cell production of IL-1 and IL-6 during hepatic regeneration.
abstract: The mammalian liver possesses the ability to regenerate to its original size after a 70% partial hepatectomy (PHx). The capacity of rat Kupffer cells (KC) isolated at specific intervals after PHx to produce interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6, and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in response to endotoxin [lipopolysaccharide (LPS)] stimulation was evaluated in standard RPMI 1640 (1,200 microM L-arginine) and arginine-depleted RPMI 1640 (< 10 microM L-arginine) media. Because KC function in an environment in which high arginase activity results in negligible L-arginine levels, the 10 microM L-arginine RPMI 1640 was used to simulate the hepatic microenvironment. Regenerating liver KC 12-120 h after PHx responded to LPS with a significantly greater (P < 0.05) production of IL-1 and IL-6 in standard RPMI 1640. This enhancement of regenerating liver KC to produce IL-1 and IL-6 was increased (P < 0.05) by placing these same KC in 10 microM arginine RPMI 1640 culture media. During the same time period, regenerating liver KC produced significantly elevated (P < 0.01) PGE2, again with greater differences in the low-arginine media. In vivo KC PGE2 blockade by indomethacin (5 mg/kg) significantly (P < 0.05) inhibited hepatic regeneration. When the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin (10 microM) was added to cultures, the production of PGE2 by KC was prevented, and in arginine-depleted cultures, IL-1 and IL-6 production was upregulated (P < 0.05). We conclude that during hepatic regeneration, KC IL-1 and IL-6 production is elevated and is controlled in an autoregulatory fashion by elevated KC PGE2 production.
authors: Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Goss
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Mangino
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: Callery
authors: M W
authors: MW
authors: Flye
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007700:Kinetics; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008115:Liver Regeneration; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012459:Salicylates / Q000494:pharmacology; D020156:Salicylic Acid; D013154:Spleen / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012459:Salicylates; D001120:Arginine; D015232:Dinoprostone; D020156:Salicylic Acid; D007213:Indomethacin