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Rat Kupffer cell (KC)-mediated cytotoxicity against both the syngeneic hepatoma cell line AH70 and hepatocytes was evaluated by changes in mitochondrial function, and the possible role of ICAM-1/CD18 in the interaction between the cells was studied. Rhodamine 123 fluorescence, a marker of the mitochondrial membrane potential, decreased in AH70 cells after co-culture with KC, while that in hepatocytes was unchanged by co-culture. This decrease was blocked by anti-ICAM-1, anti-CD18 and the inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis. Cytometric studies demonstrated that ICAM-1 expression on AH70 cells increased after addition of IFN-γ, IL-1β, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α or KC, while in hepatocytes ICAM-1 was not increased. Anti-ICAM-1 pretreatment inhibited the increase in ICAM-1 expression and the decrease in rhodamine 123 fluorescence on AH70 cells after co-culture with KC. CD18 on KC was increased only after co-culture with AH70. TNF-α but not IFN-γ was detected in the supernatant of co-culture between KC and AH70 cells, and this production was partially inhibited by anti-ICAM-1 and anti-CD18. The activity of inducible nitric oxide synthase in Kupffer cells and the levels of nitrites and nitrates in the co-culture supernatant increased over time, and this increase was attenuated either by addition of NO synthesis inhibitors, anti-ICAM-1 or anti-CD18. These results indicate that the rat KC causes mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer cells via the production of NO and cell-to-cell adhesion via ICAM-1/CD18 has an important role in this cytotoxic process.
本文言語 | English |
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ページ(範囲) | 1165-1172 |
ページ数 | 8 |
ジャーナル | International immunology |
巻 | 8 |
号 | 7 |
DOI | |
出版ステータス | Published - 1996 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Allergy
- Immunology