Kupffer cell-expressed membrane-bound TNF mediates melphalan hepatotoxicity via activation of both TNF receptors
Kresse, M.; Latta, M.; Künstle, G.; Riehle, H-Martin.; van Rooijen, N.; Hentze, H.; Tiegs, G.; Biburger, M.; Lucas, R.; Wendel, A., 2005: Kupffer cell-expressed membrane-bound TNF mediates melphalan hepatotoxicity via activation of both TNF receptors. Journal of Immunology 175(6): 4076-4083
Isolated hepatic perfusion of nonresectable liver cancer using the combination of TNF and melphalan can be associated with a treatment-related hepatotoxicity. We investigated whether, apart from TNF, also melphalan is cytotoxic in primary murine liver cells in vitro and investigated mediators, mode of cell death, and cell types involved. Melphalan induced a caspase-dependent apoptosis in hepatocytes, which was not seen in liver cell preparations depleted of Kupffer cells.