PMID- 34060443 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210602 LR - 20210602 IS - 1007-8738 (Print) IS - 1007-8738 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 6 DP - 2021 Jun TI - [Establishment and evaluation of hepatocyte injury model induced by LPS/D-galactosamine in vitro]. PG - 495-500 AB - Objective To establish a novel hepatocyte injury model induced by lipopolysaccharide/D-galactosamine (LPS/D-GalN) in vitro. Methods Freshly isolated mouse primary hepatocytes were cultured in vitro and treated with different doses of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and 5 mg/mL of D-GalN. The supernatants from hepatocyte culture were detected for alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activity by chemiluminescence assay. Bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) were stimulated with 1 mug/mL of LPS and the level of TNF-alpha in supernatants were detected by ELISA. Primary hepatocytes were treated with the BMDM supernatants combined with 5 mg/mL D-GalN or 50 ng/mL actinomycin D (ActD) for 24 hours. The level of ALT from hepatocyte supernatant was detected and morphology of hepatocytes was observed with microscopy. BMDMs and hepatocytes were co-cultured and treated with 1 mug/mL of LPS combined with D-GalN or ActD for 24 hours. Hepatocyte injury was reflected by the ALT activity and hepatocyte morphology. Results The ALT activity was significantly increased in the supernatants of hepatocytes treated with TNF-alpha and D-GalN, indicating the obvious hepatocyte injury. Co-treatment with LPS-primed BMDM supernatants and D-GalN or ActD could cause hepatocyte injury, as reflected by markedly increased ALT activity and the deformed and cracked hepatocytes. In the context of co-culture of BMDM and hepatocytes, treatment with LPS and D-GalN led to obvious hepatocyte injury as expected. LPS combined with ActD could not cause hepatocyte injury, since the BMDMs started to die earlier than they could secret TNF-alpha to destruct hepatocytes. Hepatocytes with normal morphology and deformed BMDMs were observed. Conclusion LPS/D-GalN can be used to induce hepatocyte injury in vitro. D-GalN, rather than ActD, should be used as a transcriptional inhibitor when the TNF-alpha -induced hepatocyte injury is evaluated in a co-culture system of BMDMs and hepatocytes. FAU - He, Jia AU - He J AD - Henan University Joint National Laboratory for Antibody Drug Engineering, Kaifeng 475004, China. FAU - Liu, Genyu AU - Liu G AD - Institute of Military Cognition and Brain Science, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China. FAU - Zhang, Yaolin AU - Zhang Y AD - Institute of Military Cognition and Brain Science, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China. FAU - Zhang, Jun AU - Zhang J AD - Henan University Joint National Laboratory for Antibody Drug Engineering, Kaifeng 475004, China. FAU - Wang, Qingyang AU - Wang Q AD - Institute of Military Cognition and Brain Science, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China. *Corresponding author, E-mail: tansun0532@163.com. LA - chi PT - Journal Article PL - China TA - Xi Bao Yu Fen Zi Mian Yi Xue Za Zhi JT - Xi bao yu fen zi mian yi xue za zhi = Chinese journal of cellular and molecular immunology JID - 101139110 RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 7535-00-4 (Galactosamine) RN - EC 2.6.1.2 (Alanine Transaminase) SB - IM MH - Alanine Transaminase MH - Animals MH - *Galactosamine/toxicity MH - Hepatocytes MH - *Lipopolysaccharides MH - Mice MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha EDAT- 2021/06/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/03 06:00 CRDT- 2021/06/01 08:43 PHST- 2021/06/01 08:43 [entrez] PHST- 2021/06/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/03 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Xi Bao Yu Fen Zi Mian Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2021 Jun;37(6):495-500.