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LIVER AND BILIARY TRACT

IFN-/STAT1 acts as a proinflammatory signal in T cell-mediated hepatitis via induction of multiple chemokines and adhesion molecules: a critical role of IRF-1

Section on Liver Biology, Laboratory of Physiologic Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892

Submitted 23 April 2004 ; accepted in final form 1 July 2004

We have previously shown that IFN-/STAT1 plays an essential role in concanavalin A (ConA)-induced T cell hepatitis via activation of apoptotic signaling pathways. Here we demonstrate that IFN-/STAT1 also plays a crucial role in leukocyte infiltration into the liver in T cell hepatitis. After injection of ConA, leukocytes were significantly infiltrated into the liver, which was suppressed in IFN-^–/– and STAT1^–/– mice. Disruption of the IFN regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1) gene, a downstream target of IFN-/STAT1, abolished ConA-induced liver injury and suppressed leukocyte infiltration into the liver. Additionally, ConA injection induced expression of a wide variety of chemokines and adhesion molecules in the liver. Among them, expression of ICAM-1, VCAM-1, monokine induced by IFN- (Mig), CC chemokine ligand-20, epithelial cell-derived neutrophil-activating peptide (ENA)-78, IFN-inducible T cell- chemoattractant (I-TAC), and IFN-inducible protein-10 (IP-10) was markedly attenuated in IFN-^–/–, STAT1^–/–, and IRF-1^–/– mice. In primary mouse hepatocytes, Kupffer cells, and endothelial cells, in vitro treatment with IFN- activated STAT1, STAT3, and IRF-1, and induced expression of VCAM-1, ICAM-1, Mig, ENA-78, I-TAC, and IP-10 mRNA. Induction of these chemokines and adhesion molecules was markedly diminished in STAT1^–/– and IRF-1^–/– hepatic cells compared with wild-type hepatic cells. These findings suggest that in addition to induction of apoptosis, previously well documented, IFN- also stimulated hepatocytes, sinusoidal endothelial cells, and Kupffer cells partly via an STAT1/IRF-1-dependent mechanism to produce multiple chemokines and adhesive molecules responsible for promoting infiltration of leukocytes and, ultimately, resulting in hepatitis.

concanavalin A; interferon-; liver injury; Kupffer cells; sinusoid epithelial cells

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