Effects of dexamethasone on hepatic macrophages in normal livers and thioacetamide-induced acute liver lesions in rats

  • Hada Noa
    Veterinary Pathology, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-58 Rinku-Ourai-Kita, Izumisano City, Osaka 598-8531, Japan
  • Kuramochi Mizuki
    Veterinary Pathology, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-58 Rinku-Ourai-Kita, Izumisano City, Osaka 598-8531, Japan
  • Izawa Takeshi
    Veterinary Pathology, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-58 Rinku-Ourai-Kita, Izumisano City, Osaka 598-8531, Japan
  • Kuwamura Mitsuru
    Veterinary Pathology, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-58 Rinku-Ourai-Kita, Izumisano City, Osaka 598-8531, Japan
  • Yamate Jyoji
    Veterinary Pathology, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-58 Rinku-Ourai-Kita, Izumisano City, Osaka 598-8531, Japan

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<p> Resident and infiltrative macrophages play important roles in the development of pathological lesions. M1/M2 macrophage polarization with respective CD68 and CD163 expression remains unclear in chemically induced liver injury. This study was aimed at investigating the influence of macrophages on normal and chemically induced liver injury. For this, dexamethasone (DX), an immunosuppressive drug, was administered in normal rats and thioacetamide (TAA)-treated rats. Liver samples were collected and analyzed with immunohistochemical methods. Repeated injections of DX (0.5 or 1.0 mg/kg BW) for 3, 7 and 11 days reduced the number of CD163 positive hepatic resident macrophages (Kupffer cells) in normal livers, while increasing AST and ALT levels. In TAA (300 mg/kg BW)-treated rats injected with DX (0.5 mg/kg BW) pretreatment, the number of M1 and M2 macrophages showed a significant decrease compared with that of TAA-treated rats without DX treatment. Additionally, reparative fibrosis resulting from hepatocyte injury induced by TAA injection was suppressed by DX pretreatment. Our data suggested that macrophages could influence not only normal hepatic homeostasis (reflected by AST and ALT levels) but also chemically induced hepatic lesion development (reduced reparative fibrosis).</p>

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