PMID- 8929555 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19961223 LR - 20190516 IS - 0741-5400 (Print) IS - 0741-5400 (Linking) VI - 60 IP - 5 DP - 1996 Nov TI - Endotoxin-inducible granulocyte-mediated hepatocytotoxicity requires adhesion and serine protease release. PG - 633-43 AB - In primary cultures of Kupffer cells and hepatocytes, human granulocytes potentiated toxicity of endotoxin about 1000-fold. Granulocyte elastase activity was found to correlate with toxicity. The serine protease inhibitors alpha1-antitrypsin, eglin C, and aprotinin protected against toxicity. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) induced cytotoxicity and elastase release, whereas neutralization of TNF-alpha blocked both events. We conclude that TNF-alpha formed by Kupffer cells activates granulocytes. Experiments in cultures where cells were separated by membranes permeable to mediators indicated that cell contact is needed for toxicity. Scanning electron microscopy showed granulocytes adhering to and interdigitating with hepatocytes. Using liver cells from ICAM-1-deficient mice had no effect on toxicity. However, neutralizing CD31 inhibited toxicity and elastase release but not granulocyte adhesion. Our findings demonstrate that adhesion of granulocytes is a necessary but not sufficient condition for the synergistic interaction of endotoxin-stimulated liver macrophages and granulocytes in the proteolytic killing of hepatocytes. FAU - Sauer, A AU - Sauer A AD - Department of Biochemical Pharmacology, University of Konstanz, Federal Republic of Germany. FAU - Hartung, T AU - Hartung T FAU - Aigner, J AU - Aigner J FAU - Wendel, A AU - Wendel A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - J Leukoc Biol JT - Journal of leukocyte biology JID - 8405628 RN - 0 (Androstadienes) RN - 0 (CD18 Antigens) RN - 0 (Endotoxins) RN - 0 (Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (Serpins) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 0 (alpha 1-Antitrypsin) RN - 0 (eglin proteinase inhibitors) RN - 126547-89-5 (Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1) RN - 9087-70-1 (Aprotinin) RN - EC 3.4.21.- (Serine Endopeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.21.36 (Pancreatic Elastase) RN - XVA4O219QW (Wortmannin) SB - IM MH - Androstadienes/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Aprotinin/pharmacology MH - CD18 Antigens/analysis MH - Cell Adhesion MH - Cell Communication MH - Cell Membrane Permeability MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury/etiology/*physiopathology MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Endotoxins/pharmacology/*toxicity MH - Granulocytes/*drug effects/enzymology/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Humans MH - Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/physiology MH - Kupffer Cells/*metabolism MH - Liver/cytology/*drug effects MH - Liver Failure/*chemically induced/etiology/physiopathology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning MH - Pancreatic Elastase/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/analysis MH - Proteins MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred F344 MH - Serine Endopeptidases/*metabolism MH - Serpins/pharmacology MH - Shock, Septic/complications MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism/*physiology MH - Wortmannin MH - alpha 1-Antitrypsin/pharmacology EDAT- 1996/11/01 00:00 MHDA- 1996/11/01 00:01 CRDT- 1996/11/01 00:00 PHST- 1996/11/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1996/11/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1996/11/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jlb.60.5.633 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Leukoc Biol. 1996 Nov;60(5):633-43. doi: 10.1002/jlb.60.5.633.