title: Transcellular biosynthesis of cysteinyl leukotrienes by Kupffer cell-hepatocyte cooperation in rat liver.
abstract: We previously proposed that an enzymatic cooperation between Kupffer cells and hepatocytes may play an important role in cysteinyl leukotriene (LT) production in rat liver. An in vitro transcellular synthesis cysteinyl LTs by a Kupffer cell-hepatocyte coculture system was characterized here. Kupffer cells alone, with A23187 stimulation, did not generate cysteinyl LTs until supplemented either with isolated hepatocytes or with LTC4 synthase and glutathione, indicating that Kupffer cells can synthesize LTA4 but not convert it into LTC4. In contrast, hepatocytes converted the LTA4 into cysteinyl LTs and further degraded the cysteinyl LTs. Cysteinyl LT production by the Kupffer cell-hapatocyte coculture system was optimized by addition of 1-3% serum albumin to the culture and by bringing the cell-cell distance closer to less than 3 mu. Tumour necrosis factor also stimulated cysteinyl LT production by the coculture system. From these results, it is expected that the Kupffer cell-hepatocyte transcellular system for cysteinyl LT production actually functions in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Patho-Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fukai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishizawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katayama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017572:Leukotriene A4 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D017997:Leukotriene C4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017998:Leukotriene D4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017999:Leukotriene E4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015289:Leukotrienes / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D007476:Ionophores; D017572:Leukotriene A4; D015289:Leukotrienes; D017997:Leukotriene C4; D000001:Calcimycin; D017998:Leukotriene D4; D017999:Leukotriene E4