Early release of macrophage migration inhibitory factor after liver ischemia and reperfusion injury in rats
Early release of macrophage migration inhibitory factor after liver ischemia and reperfusion injury in rats
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DOI:
10.1016/j.cyto.2011.11.009
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发表时间:
2012-01-01
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3.8
通讯作者:
Dahmen, Uta
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作者:
Liu, Anding;Fang, Haoshu;Dahmen, Uta
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is an important mediator of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in heart, brain and intestine. We previously demonstrated that MIF was released during warm/cold ischemia in vitro. However, the role of MIF in liver I/R injury remains unclear. We aimed to test the hypothesis that MIF acts as an early proinflammatory cytokine and could mediate the inflammatory injury in liver I/R. Rats (n = 6 per group) were subjected to 90 min warm ischemia followed by 0.5 h, 6 h and 24 h reperfusion, respectively to liver transplantation (LTx) after 6 h of cold ischemia followed by 24 h of reperfusion. The expression of MIF, its receptor (cluster of differentiation 74 (CD74)) and the downstream inflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta)) were analyzed. Peritoneal macrophages were cultured for 6 h alone or in the presence of effluent from cold-preserved livers or effluent depleted of MIF. Warm I/R increased hepatic MIF-mRNA and protein expression. MIF-protein was released into peripheral circulation in vivo with a maximum at 0.5 h after reperfusion. Induction of MIF-expression was associated with the expression of proinflammatory cytokines and its receptor in both models. MIF released by isolated cold preserved livers, induced TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta production by cultured peritoneal macrophages. Intrahepatic upregulation of MIF, release into systemic circulation and the associated upregulation of the proinflammatory mediators suggest a role of MIF in mediating the inflammatory response to I/R injury. Blocking experiments will help to elucidate its role as potential molecular target for preventing hepatic I/R injury. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.