ICAM-1 is involved in the mechanism of alcohol-induced liver injury: studies with knockout mice |
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Authors: | Kono H Uesugi T Froh M Rusyn I Bradford B U Thurman R G |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Hepatobiology and Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7365, USA. |
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Abstract: | To test the hypothesis that leukocyte infiltration mediated by intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 is involved in early alcohol-induced liver injury, male wild-type or ICAM-1 knockout mice were fed a high-fat liquid diet with either ethanol or isocaloric maltose-dextrin for 4 wk. There were no differences in mean urine alcohol concentrations between the groups fed ethanol. Alcohol administration significantly increased liver size and serum alanine aminotransferase levels in wild-type mice over high-fat controls, effects that were blunted significantly in ICAM-1 knockout mice. Dietary ethanol caused severe steatosis, mild inflammation, and focal necrosis in livers from wild-type mice. Furthermore, livers from wild-type mice fed ethanol showed significant increases in the number of infiltrating leukocytes, which were predominantly lymphocytes. These pathological changes were blunted significantly in ICAM-1 knockout mice. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha mRNA expression was increased in wild-type mice fed ethanol but not in ICAM-1 knockout mice. These data demonstrate that ICAM-1 and infiltrating leukocytes play important roles in early alcohol-induced liver injury, most likely by mechanisms involving TNF-alpha. |
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