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Ron receptor regulates Kupffer cell-dependent cytokine production and hepatocyte survival following endotoxin exposure in mice.


ABSTRACT: UNLABELLED:Previous studies demonstrated that targeted deletion of the Ron receptor tyrosine kinase (TK) domain in mice leads to marked hepatocyte protection in a well-characterized model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute liver failure in D-galactosamine (GalN)-sensitized mice. Hepatocyte protection in TK-/- mice was observed despite paradoxically elevated serum levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-?). To understand the role of Ron in the liver, purified populations of Kupffer cells and hepatocytes from wildtype (TK+/+) and TK-/- mice were studied. Utilizing quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), we demonstrated that Ron is expressed in these cell types. Moreover, we also recapitulated the protected hepatocyte phenotype and exaggerated cytokine production observed in the TK-/- mice in vivo through the use of purified cultured cells ex vivo. We show that isolated TK-/- Kupffer cells produce increased levels of TNF-? and select cytokines compared to TK+/+ cells following LPS stimulation. We also show that conditioned media from LPS-treated TK-/- Kupffer cells was more toxic to hepatocytes than control media, suggesting the exaggerated levels of cytokines produced from the TK-/- Kupffer cells are detrimental to wildtype hepatocytes. In addition, we observed that TK-/- hepatocytes were more resistant to cell death compared to TK+/+ hepatocytes, suggesting that Ron functions in both the epithelial and inflammatory cell compartments to regulate acute liver injury. These findings were confirmed in vivo in mice with hepatocyte and macrophage cell-type-specific conditional Ron deletions. Mice with Ron loss selectively in hepatocytes exhibited less liver damage and increased survival compared to mice with Ron loss in macrophages. CONCLUSION:We dissected cell-type-specific roles for Ron such that this receptor modulates cytokine production from Kupffer cells and inhibits hepatocyte survival in response to injury.

SUBMITTER: Stuart WD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3082400 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ron receptor regulates Kupffer cell-dependent cytokine production and hepatocyte survival following endotoxin exposure in mice.

Stuart William D WD   Kulkarni Rishikesh M RM   Gray Jerilyn K JK   Vasiliauskas Juozas J   Leonis Mike A MA   Waltz Susan E SE  

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 20110501 5


<h4>Unlabelled</h4>Previous studies demonstrated that targeted deletion of the Ron receptor tyrosine kinase (TK) domain in mice leads to marked hepatocyte protection in a well-characterized model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute liver failure in D-galactosamine (GalN)-sensitized mice. Hepatocyte protection in TK-/- mice was observed despite paradoxically elevated serum levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). To understand the role of Ron in the liver, purified populations of Kupf  ...[more]

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