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Increase of glucose and lactate output and decrease of flow by human anaphylatoxin C3a but not C5a in perfused rat liver

The complement fragments C3a and C5a were purified from zymosan-activated human serum by column chromatographic procedures after the bulk of the proteins had been removed by acidic polyethylene glycol precipitation. In the isolated in situ perfused rat liver C3a increased glucose and lactate output and reduced flow. Its effects were enhanced in the presence of the carboxypeptidase inhibitor DL-mercaptomethyl-3-guanidinoethylthio-propanoic acid (MERGETPA) and abolished by preincubation of the anaphylatoxin with carboxypeptidase B or with Fab fragments of an anti-C3a monoclonal antibody. The C3a effects were partially inhibited by the thromboxane antagonist BM13505. C5a had no effect. It is concluded that locally but not systemically produced C3a may play an important role in the regulation of local metabolism and hemodynamics during inflammatory processes in the liver.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:Potsdam/oai:kobv.de-opus-ubp:1673
Date January 1989
CreatorsPüschel, Gerhard P., Oppermann, Martin, Muschol, Waldemar, Götze, Otto, Jungermann, Kurt
PublisherUniversität Potsdam, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät. Institut für Ernährungswissenschaft, Extern. Extern
Source SetsPotsdam University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypePostprint
Formatapplication/pdf
SourceFEBS Letters. - ISSN 0014-5793. - 243 (1989), 1, p. 83 - 87
Rightshttp://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php

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