Macrophage colony-stimulating factor is indispensable for repopulation and differentiation of Kupffer cells but not for splenic red pulp macrophages in osteopetrotic (op/op) mice after macrophage depletion
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- 作者：Takashi Yamamoto ; Chikako Kaizu ; Takashi Kawasaki ; Go Hasegawa ; Hajime Umezu ; Riuko Ohashi ; Junko Sakurada ; Shuying Jiang ; Leonard Shultz and Makoto Naito
- 关键词：Macrophage ; Liposome ; Dichloromethylene diphosphonate ; M ; CSF ; Osteopetrotic mouse (op/op)
- 刊名：Cell and Tissue Research
- 出版年：2008
- 出版时间：May, 2008
- 年：2008
- 卷：332
- 期：2
- 页码：245-256
- 全文大小：689.0 KB
文摘
We previously reported that macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF, CSF-1) played important roles in the process of the repopulation of Kupffer cells after their elimination by administration of liposome-entrapped dichloromethylene diphosphonate (lipo-MDP). In this study, we examined the repopulation of Kupffer cells and splenic red pulp macrophages in osteopetrotic (op/op) mice defective in the production of functional M-CSF and their littermate mice by using the lipo-MDP model. In untreated op/op mice, numbers of F4/80-positive Kupffer cells in the liver and F4/80-positive splenic red pulp macrophages were reduced. Repopulation of Kupffer cells and splenic macrophages was observed in littermate (op/+) mice liver by 14 days after depletion. However, in op/op mice, repopulation of Kupffer cells was not observed in Kupffer-cell-depleted op/op mice until 56 days after depletion, whereas splenic red pulp macrophages repopulated and recovered to the level of control op/op mice by 10 days after depletion. Single injection of M-CSF was effective for the induction of the repopulation of Kupffer cells, and daily administration of M-CSF induced remarkable repopulation and maturation of Kupffer cells and proliferation of macrophage precursor cells in the liver of Kupffer-cell-depleted op/op mice. These results suggest that Kupffer cells are completely M-CSF-dependent tissue macrophages, whereas splenic red pulp macrophages are composed of M-CSF-dependent macrophages and M-CSF-independent macrophages. This mouse model provides a useful tool for the study of effects of growth factor on Kupffer cell differentiation in vivo.