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Endotoxin and CD14 in the progression of biliary atresia.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
Biliary atresia (BA) is a typical cholestatic neonatal disease, characterized by obliteration of intra- and/or extra-hepatic bile ducts. However, the mechanisms contributing to the pathogenesis of BA remain uncertain. Because of decreased bile flow, infectious complications and damaging endotoxemia occur frequently in patients with BA. The aim of this study was to investigate endotoxin levels in patients with BA and the relation of these levels with the expression of the endotoxin receptor, CD14.
METHODS:
The plasma levels of endotoxin and soluble CD14 were measured with a pyrochrome Limulus amebocyte lysate assay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in patients with early-stage BA when they received the Kasai procedure (KP), in patients who were jaundice-free post-KP and followed-up at the outpatient department, in patients with late-stage BA when they received liver transplantation, and in patients with choledochal cysts. The correlation of CD14 expression with endotoxin levels in rats following common bile duct ligation was investigated.
RESULTS:
The results demonstrated a significantly higher hepatic CD14 mRNA and soluble CD14 plasma levels in patients with early-stage BA relative to those with late-stage BA. However, plasma endotoxin levels were significantly higher in both the early and late stages of BA relative to controls. In rat model, the results demonstrated that both endotoxin and CD14 levels were significantly increased in liver tissues of rats following bile duct ligation.
CONCLUSIONS:
The significant increase in plasma endotoxin and soluble CD14 levels during BA implies a possible involvement of endotoxin stimulated CD14 production by hepatocytes in the early stage of BA for removal of endotoxin; whereas, endotoxin signaling likely induced liver injury and impaired soluble CD14 synthesis in the late stages of BA.
AuthorsMing-Huei Chou, Jiin-Haur Chuang, Hock-Liew Eng, Ching-Mei Chen, Chiou-Huey Wang, Chao-Long Chen, Tsun-Mei Lin
JournalJournal of translational medicine (J Transl Med) Vol. 8 Pg. 138 (Dec 21 2010) ISSN: 1479-5876 [Electronic] England
PMID21172039 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Endotoxins
  • Lipid A
  • Lipopolysaccharide Receptors
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Alanine Transaminase
  • Bilirubin
Topics
  • Alanine Transaminase (blood)
  • Animals
  • Biliary Atresia (blood, enzymology, pathology)
  • Bilirubin (metabolism)
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Disease Progression
  • Endotoxins (blood, genetics)
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lipid A (blood)
  • Lipopolysaccharide Receptors (blood, genetics)
  • Liver (metabolism, pathology)
  • Male
  • RNA, Messenger (genetics, metabolism)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Solubility

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