title: Inhibition by prostaglandin E(2) of anaphylatoxin C5a- but not zymosan-induced prostanoid release from rat Kupffer cells.
abstract: The proinflammatory anaphylatoxin C5a induces the release of prostanoids, ie, prostaglandins (PG) and thromboxane (TX), from the resident liver macrophages (Kupffer cells [KC]). Because KC themselves express prostanoid receptors, prostanoids--besides having paracrine functions--might regulate their own release in an autocrine loop. So far, such a possible feedback regulation has not been investigated systematically, probably because of methodological difficulties to measure newly synthesized prostanoids in the presence of added prostanoids. Here, after prelabeling of phospholipids with [(14)C]arachidonate, cellularly formed [(14)C]prostanoids were determined in the presence of added unlabelled prostanoids by thin layer chromatography. In cultured KC, recombinant rat C5a (rrC5a) rapidly increased PGD(2), PGE(2), and TXA(2) release, which was strongly reduced by PGE(2), but neither by PGD(2) nor by the TXA(2) analog U46619. The inhibitory effect of PGE(2) was mimicked by cAMP, indicating that the G(s)-coupled PGE(2) receptors type 2 or 4 were involved. Zymosan also enhanced prostanoid release from KC, but with slightly slower kinetics; this action was neither inhibited by PGE(2) nor by cAMP. Also in perfused rat livers, rrC5a enhanced prostanoid release from KC as shown by prostanoid overflow and thereby indirectly increased glucose output from hepatocytes. Again, PGE(2), but not PGD(2), inhibited rrC5a-elicited prostanoid overflow. This resulted in a complete inhibition of rrC5a-induced, prostanoid-mediated glucose output. Thus, PGE(2) can inhibit specifically the C5a-induced prostanoid release from KC via a feedback mechanism and thereby limit prostanoid-mediated hepatocellular defense reactions, eg, glucose release.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellbiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pestel
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jungermann
authors.forename: Otto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Götze
authors.forename: Henrike L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Schieferdecker
mesh_terms: D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D015936:Complement C5a / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D025461:Feedback, Physiological / Q000187:drug effects; D005947:Glucose / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010477:Perfusion; D015230:Prostaglandin D2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000378:metabolism; D015054:Zymosan / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D019796:15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; D015936:Complement C5a; D015054:Zymosan; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D005947:Glucose; D015232:Dinoprostone; D015230:Prostaglandin D2