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- Title
Synthesis of IL-6 by Hepatocytes Is a Normal Response to Common Hepatic Stimuli.
- Authors
Norris, Callie A.; He, Mu; Kang, Liang-I; Ding, Michael Qi; Radder, Josiah E.; Haynes, Meagan M.; Yang, Yu; Paranjpe, Shirish; Bowen, William C.; Orr, Anne; Michalopoulos, George K.; Stolz, Donna B.; Mars, Wendy M.
- Abstract
Exogenous interleukin 6 (IL-6), synthesized at the initiation of the acute phase response, is considered responsible for signaling hepatocytes to produce acute phase proteins. It is widely posited that IL-6 is either delivered to the liver in an endocrine fashion from immune cells at the site of injury, or alternatively, in a paracrine manner by hepatic immune cells within the liver. A recent publication showed there was a muted IL-6 response in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-injured mice when nuclear NFκB was specifically inactivated in the hepatocytes. This indicates hepatocellular signaling is also involved in regulating the acute phase production of IL-6. Herein, we present extensive in vitro and in vivo evidence that normal hepatocytes are directly induced to synthesize IL-6 mRNAs and protein by challenge with LPS, a bacterial hepatotoxin, and by HGF, an important regulator of hepatic homeostasis. As the IL-6 receptor is found on the hepatocyte, these results reveal that induction of the acute phase response can be regulated in an autocrine as well as endocrine/paracrine fashion. Further, herein we provide data indicating that following partial hepatectomy (PHx), HGF differentially regulates IL-6 production in hepatocytes (induces) versus immune cells (suppresses), signifying disparate regulation of the cell sources involved in IL-6 production is a biologically relevant mechanism that has previously been overlooked. These findings have wide ranging ramifications regarding how we currently interpret a variety of in vivo and in vitro biological models involving elements of IL-6 signaling and the hepatic acute phase response.
- Subjects
INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER cells; ACUTE phase reaction; ACUTE phase proteins; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NF-kappa B; HOMEOSTASIS
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2014, Vol 9, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0096053