AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 265, Issue 1 126-G132, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha produces hepatocellular dysfunction despite normal cardiac output and hepatic microcirculation

P. Wang, A. Ayala, Z. F. Ba, M. Zhou, M. M. Perrin and I. H. Chaudry
Department of Surgery, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824.

Although plasma levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) are elevated and hepatocellular dysfunction occurs even in the early hyperdynamic stage of sepsis, the precise mechanism responsible for this dysfunction remains unknown. Although TNF at high doses produces circulatory failure, it is not known whether the dose of TNF that does not adversely affect hemodynamics alters hepatocellular function. To study this, recombinant murine TNF-alpha was infused intravenously (0.05 or 0.25 mg/kg) over 30 min in normal rats. At 1 and 4 h after infusion of TNF-alpha or an equivalent volume of saline, hepatocellular function [i.e., maximum velocity (Vmax) and Michaelis constant (Km)] was assessed using in vivo indocyanine green clearance without blood sampling. Additional parameters measured were as follows: cardiac output by dye dilution, hepatic microcirculation by laser Doppler flowmetry and colloidal carbon infusion, plasma TNF and interleukin-6 (IL-6) by cytokine-dependent cellular assays, and plasma glucose enzymatically. The results indicate that although infusion of 0.05 mg/kg TNF-alpha did not affect Vmax and Km, its infusion at 0.25 mg/kg produced a significant depression of hepatocellular function and markedly increased the synthesis and/or release of IL-6. TNF-alpha-induced hepatocellular dysfunction was not associated with any significant changes in hepatic microcirculation, plasma glucose, cardiac output, and other measured hemodynamic parameters. Thus hepatocellular dysfunction observed after TNF infusion may be due to the direct effect of this cytokine alone or in combination with IL-6.

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