The role of complement activation in tumour necrosis factor-induced lethal hepatitis.
The role of complement activation in tumour necrosis factor-induced lethal hepatitis.
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补体激活在肿瘤坏死因子诱导的致死性肝炎中的作用。
DOI:
10.1006/cyto.1998.0462
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发表时间:
1999
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影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Brouckaert,P
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作者:
Libert,C;Wielockx,B;Grijalba,B;VanMolle,W;Kremmer,E;Colten,HR;Fiers,W;Brouckaert,P
Injection of tumour necrosis factor (TNF) in animals causes severe liver cell toxicity, especially when D-(+)-galactosamine (GalN) is co-administered. After challenge with TNF/GalN, serum complement activity (CH50 and APCH50) decreased dramatically, suggesting strong activation of both the classical and the alternative pathways. TNF or GalN alone had no such effect. A cleavage product of complement protein C3 [C3(b)] was deposited on the surface of hepatocytes of TNF/GalN-treated mice. Intravenous administration of cobra venom factor (CVF), which depletes complement, inhibited the development of hepatitis. However, CVF pretreatment also protected C3-deficient mice. Pretreatment of mice with a C1q-depleting antibody did not prevent TNF/GalN lethality, although the anti-C1q antibody had depleted plasma C1q. Factor B-deficient and C3-deficient mice, generated by gene targeting, proved to be as sensitive to TNF/GalN as control mice. Furthermore, induction of lethal shock by platelet-activating factor, an important mediator in TNF-induced hepatic failure, was not reduced in C3-deficient mice. These data indicate that complement, although activated, plays no major role in the generation of acute lethal hepatic failure in this model and that CVF-induced protection is independent of complement depletion.