title: The role of histamine H1 receptor and H2 receptor in LPS-induced liver injury.
abstract: To examine the role of histamine H1 and H2 receptors in the regulation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced liver injury, a combination of D-galactosamine and LPS (GalN/LPS) was administered to histamine H1 receptor knockout (H1-R KO) and H2 receptor knockout (H2-R KO) mice. The numbers of necrotic and apoptotic hepatocytes in the liver, as well as the levels of serum aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT), were increased significantly by GalN/LPS treatment compared to the appropriate controls. Pretreatment with histamine ameliorated the GalN/LPS-induced necrotic and apoptotic changes in the hepatocytes and inhibited the elevation of serum AST and ALT levels. Histamine attenuated the GalN/LPS-induced increases in the levels of TNF-alpha, but augmented those of IL-10 both in the liver and serum. Histamine inhibited the GalN/LPS-induced caspase-3 activity in the liver. Furthermore, these effects of histamine were completely or partially attenuated in H2-R KO mice, but not in H1-R KO mice. Peritoneal macrophages from H2-R KO mice exhibited blunted changes in the effects of histamine on LPS-induced TNF-alpha and IL-10 production in vitro compared to the wild-type (WT) controls. In summary, the present findings suggest that the histamine H2-R-TNF-alpha and -IL-10 pathways play protective roles in endotoxin-induced hepatic injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Oita University, Hasama, Oita, Japan. MASAKI@med.oita-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masaki
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tatsukawa
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kakuma
authors.forename: Mizuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seike
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshimatsu
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D053148:Caspase 3; D053181:Caspase 8; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D005688:Galactosamine; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000097:blood; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000032:analysis; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009336:Necrosis; D011969:Receptors, Histamine H1 / Q000502:physiology*; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2 / Q000502:physiology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D011969:Receptors, Histamine H1; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016753:Interleukin-10; D005688:Galactosamine; D006632:Histamine; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; C505409:Casp3 protein, mouse; C505526:Casp8 protein, mouse; D053148:Caspase 3; D053181:Caspase 8; D020169:Caspases