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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 280: G279-G284, 2001;
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Vol. 280, Issue 2, G279-G284, February 2001

Kupffer cell-initiated remote hepatic injury following bilateral hindlimb ischemia is complement dependent

Robert W. Brock, Robert G. Nie, Kenneth A. Harris, and Richard F. Potter

London Health Sciences Centre Research Incorporated, NGA 465; and the Departments of Medical Biophysics and Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1

Intravital fluorescence microscopy was applied to the livers of male Wistar rats to test the hypothesis that complement mobilization stimulates Kupffer cells and subsequently initiates hepatic injury after hindlimb ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). Following 3 h of limb reperfusion, hepatocellular viability (serum levels of alanine transaminase and cell death via propidium iodide labeling) decreased significantly from levels in sham-operated animals. Inhibition of complement mobilization with soluble complement receptor type 1 (20 mg/kg body wt) and interruption of Kupffer cell function with GdCl3 (1 mg/100g body wt) resulted in significant hepatocellular protection. Although the effects of hindlimb I/R on hepatic microvascular perfusion were manifest as increased heterogeneity, both complement inhibition and suppression of Kupffer cell function resulted in marked improvements. No additional hepatocellular protection and microvascular improvements were provided by combining the interventions. Furthermore, inhibition of complement mobilization significantly depressed Kupffer cell phagocytosis by 42% following limb reperfusion. These results suggest that the stimulation of Kupffer cells via complement mobilization is necessary but is not the only factor contributing to the early pathogenesis of hepatic injury following hindlimb I/R.

intravital microscopy; ischemia/reperfusion; liver; complement system; remote injury; microcirculation


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