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848A AASLD ABSTRACTS HEPATOLOGY, October, 2015<br />

1294<br />

Chronic alcohol consumption skews hepatic dendritic<br />

cell homeostasis and reveals a novel potential cellular<br />

source of TNFα<br />

Holger Fey, Costica Aloman; Division of Gastroenterology/Liver<br />

Diseases (MC716), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL<br />

Background/Aim: Alcohol abuse is one of the leading causes<br />

of chronic liver disease and liver-related mortality. Tumor necrosis<br />

factor alpha (TNFα) is considered a central mediator in the<br />

pathogenesis of alcoholic liver damage. Dendritic cells (DC)<br />

are mononuclear phagocytes and critical regulators of innate<br />

and adaptive immunity. Several populations of DC coexist in<br />

mouse and humans: classic DC (cDC) and plasmacytoid DC<br />

(pDC). In this study we investigated the effects of chronic alcohol<br />

exposure on hepatic DC homeostasis and their contribution<br />

to the hepatic cytokine environment. Methods: Alcohol (EtOH)<br />

was delivered in the drinking water to C57BL/6 mice at 20%<br />

v/v (Meadows-Cook diet). Hepatic DC sets and bone marrow<br />

(BM) progenitors of the myeloid lineage were analyzed by flow<br />

cytometry. Circulating growth factors involved in DC development<br />

(Flt3L, GM-CSF, M-CSF) were measured by ELISA. TNFα<br />

production was assessed by intracellular cytokine staining of<br />

hepatic leukocytes isolated after in vivo toll-like receptor (TLR)<br />

stimulation with TLR4 and TLR9 agonists. Results: C57BL/6<br />

mice receiving alcohol in drinking water for 12 weeks have a<br />

70% increase (P

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