AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 270, Issue 6 956-G961, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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LPS-mediated NF-kappa beta activation in rat Kupffer cells can be induced independently of CD14

J. M. Bellezzo, R. S. Britton, B. R. Bacon and E. S. Fox
Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri 63110, USA.

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) activation of macrophages occurs after LPS complexed with serum LPS-binding protein (LBP) binds CD14. Activation of the nuclear transcription factor NF-kappa B is directly related to this event. Since the role of CD14 in LPS signaling has not been evaluated in Kupffer cells, the resident hepatic macrophage, the purpose of this study was to characterize LPS-mediated NF-kappa B activation under CD14-dependent (1% serum, as a source of LBP) and CD14-independent (serum-free) conditions. Classic CD14-dependent signaling was seen in peritoneal macrophages where serum potentiated NF-kappa B activation. However, in Kupffer cells, NF-kappa B was activated by LPS under CD14-independent conditions, and this response was not potentiated by serum. The activation of NF-kappa B in Kupffer cells, by 1 ng/ml LPS, reached a maximum within 60 min of stimulation. However, peritoneal macrophage NF-kappa B activation occurred only in serum and increased progressively through 240 min of stimulation. These results suggest a novel mechanism of LPS-mediated activation in Kupffer cells that may represent an adaptation to their role in clearance and detoxification of gut-derived endotoxin.

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