Junbin Zhang1, Peng Xu1, Peng Song2, Hui Wang3, Yong Zhang4, Qinggang Hu4, Guoliang Wang4, Shu Zhang5, Qilin Yu5, Timothy R Billiar6, Congyi Wang7, Jinxiang Zhang8. 1. Department of Emergency Surgery, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. 2. Department of Vascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. 3. Department of Genetics, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. 4. Department of General Surgery, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. 5. The Center for Biomedical Research, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. 6. Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 7. The Center for Biomedical Research, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. Electronic address: wangcy@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn. 8. Department of Emergency Surgery, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. Electronic address: zhangjinxiang@hust.edu.cn.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Liver ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a type of uncontrolled inflammatory cascade in which neutrophils, an early infiltrating immune cell population, elicit significant tissue damage. However, the precise mechanism for neutrophil recruitment and infiltration remains to be fully characterized. METHODS: A hepatic partial I/R model was reproduced in wild-type, CCL2(-/-) and CCR2(-/-) mice. Tissue damage was evaluated by serum enzyme analysis, hematoxylin-eosin staining, and cytokine production measurement. Mobilization of neutrophils from the bone marrow and subsequent infiltration into the liver were measured by flow cytometry. C-C motif chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) expression on neutrophils and C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2) chemotaxis were measured using flow cytometry. The cellular source of CCL2 in the liver was determined by deleting specific cell groups and performing intracellular staining. RESULTS: Liver damage was ameliorated, and neutrophil recruitment and accumulation were decreased in both CCL2(-/-) and CCR2(-/-) mice compared with wild-type mice. Neutrophils displayed upregulated expression of CCR2 during I/R, and these cells were required for CCL2-induced chemotaxis. Depletion of Kupffer cells protected the liver from I/R injury. Furthermore, genetic ablation of CCL2 reduced liver injury, as demonstrated by decreases in the levels of alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase and subsequent reductions in neutrophil recruitment and accumulation. CONCLUSIONS: Kupffer cells secrete CCL2 to promote CCR2-expressing neutrophil recruitment from the bone marrow and subsequent infiltration into the liver during I/R. These findings reveal a novel pro-inflammatory role of cell-mediated CCL2-CCR2 interactions during this sterile insult.
BACKGROUND:Liver ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a type of uncontrolled inflammatory cascade in which neutrophils, an early infiltrating immune cell population, elicit significant tissue damage. However, the precise mechanism for neutrophil recruitment and infiltration remains to be fully characterized. METHODS: A hepatic partial I/R model was reproduced in wild-type, CCL2(-/-) and CCR2(-/-) mice. Tissue damage was evaluated by serum enzyme analysis, hematoxylin-eosin staining, and cytokine production measurement. Mobilization of neutrophils from the bone marrow and subsequent infiltration into the liver were measured by flow cytometry. C-C motif chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) expression on neutrophils and C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2) chemotaxis were measured using flow cytometry. The cellular source of CCL2 in the liver was determined by deleting specific cell groups and performing intracellular staining. RESULTS:Liver damage was ameliorated, and neutrophil recruitment and accumulation were decreased in both CCL2(-/-) and CCR2(-/-) mice compared with wild-type mice. Neutrophils displayed upregulated expression of CCR2 during I/R, and these cells were required for CCL2-induced chemotaxis. Depletion of Kupffer cells protected the liver from I/R injury. Furthermore, genetic ablation of CCL2 reduced liver injury, as demonstrated by decreases in the levels of alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase and subsequent reductions in neutrophil recruitment and accumulation. CONCLUSIONS: Kupffer cells secrete CCL2 to promote CCR2-expressing neutrophil recruitment from the bone marrow and subsequent infiltration into the liver during I/R. These findings reveal a novel pro-inflammatory role of cell-mediated CCL2-CCR2 interactions during this sterile insult.
Authors: Audrey L French; Jonathan W Martin; Charlesnika T Evans; Marion Peters; Seble G Kessaye; Marek Nowicki; Mark Kuniholm; Elizabeth Golub; Michael Augenbraun; Seema N Desai Journal: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Date: 2017-12-01 Impact factor: 3.731