Inflammatory cytokines modulate chemokine production patterns of HepG2 cells toward initially inclined direction

Tomohiko Ohashi, Junichi Tanabe, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Akihiko Okumura, Ken Sato, Minoru Ayada, Naoki Hotta, Teiji Kuzuya, Hiroyasu Ito, Haruhisa Nakao, Masashi Yoneda, Shinichi Kakumu

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Aim: Human hepatocytes are known to express an array of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. In this study, we examined the potential roles of hepatocytes in regulating immune responses in the liver, by assessing the induction of Th1- or Th2-specific chemokines in HepG2 cells after various inflammatory stimulations. Methods: HepG2 cells were stimulatedw ith IL-1α, IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-10, and/or CCL2, harvested at several time points, and served for the analyses of cytokine/chemokine mRNA expressions by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. Results: (i) IL-1α up-regulated mRNA levels of CXCL8, CXCL10, and CCL2. IFN-γ increased those of CXCL9, CXCL10, and CCL5, while IL-4 or IL-10 had no effect. (ii) Addition of IL-4 to the culture of IFN-γ-stimulated cells, down-regulated CXCL9 and CXCL10 mRNA levels. (iii) Addition of IFN-γ to the culture of IL-1α-stimulated cells, further up-regulated CXCL9 and CXCL10 mRNA levels. Addition of IL-4 decreased CXCL8 and CXCL10 levels, and increased CCL2 level in IL-1α-stimulated cells. (iv) CCL2 induced IL-4 mRNA expression. Conclusions: IFN-γ augmented mRNA expression of Th1-specific chemokines (CXCL9 and CXCL10) in HepG2 cells. IL-4 had no effect on those of Th2-spesific chemokines (CCL17 and CCL22); however, it was supposed to augment Th2 response indirectly through the induction of CCL2 under the inflammatory condition. The findings suggest that hepatocytes have ability to promote immune responses in the liver toward the direction, initially determined by the cytokine balances in the local inflammatory region.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)510-519
ページ数10
ジャーナルHepatology Research
39
5
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 2009
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 肝臓学
  • 感染症

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