AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 272, Issue 6 1355-G1364, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Role of iron in NF-kappa B activation and cytokine gene expression by rat hepatic macrophages

M. Lin, R. A. Rippe, O. Niemela, G. Brittenham and H. Tsukamoto
Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033-4581, USA.

A redox-sensitive nuclear factor, NF-kappa B, induces transcription of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in macrophages. The present study has investigated the role of iron in NF-kappa B activation and TNF-alpha and IL-6 expression by rat hepatic macrophages (HM). As an in vivo model, cholestatic liver injury was induced in rats by ligation of the common bile duct (BDL). During the first 2 wk after BDL, there was an increase in the hepatic level of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) that was accompanied by the appearance of protein-malondialdehyde adducts in the periportal region. This increase was reduced after 3 wk. TNF-alpha and IL-6 mRNA levels in HM from the BDL rats were increased at 1 and 2 wk and attenuated at 3 wk. Gel mobility shift assay of HM nuclear extracts demonstrated the similar temporal pattern of enhanced NF-kappa B binding activity. Treatment of the BDL animals with 1,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxypyrid-4-one (L-1), a lipophilic iron chelator, suppressed the increases in hepatic TBARS by 64%, plasma alanine aminotransferase by 45%, and HM TNF-alpha and IL-6 mRNA by > 84%. Concomitantly, the HM NF-kappa B binding activity was reduced close to the level observed in sham-operated rats. Treatment of cultured HM with L-1 also blocked lipopolysaccharide-stimulated NF-kappa B activation and TNF-alpha and IL-6 expression at mRNA and protein levels. These results demonstrate that the iron chelator effectively blocks NF-kappa B activation and coordinate TNF-alpha and IL-6 gene upregulation by HM in cholestatic liver injury or under in vitro lipopolysaccharide stimulation. These findings support a pivotal role for iron in activation of NF-kappa B and cytokine gene expression by HM in vitro and in vivo.

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