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. 1992 Mar;105(3):613–619. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb09028.x

The effect of lipopolysaccharide, interleukin-1 and tumour necrosis factor on the hepatic accumulation of 5-hydroxytryptamine and platelets in the mouse.

Y Endo 1, M Nakamura 1
PMCID: PMC1908432  PMID: 1628148

Abstract

1. Injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 0.5-500 microgram kg-1) into mice induced a dose-dependent, slowly developing increase in hepatic content of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). This sustained increase could not be attributed to an LPS-induced alteration of the pharmacokinetic handling of 5-HT by stimulation of its uptake or inhibition of its degradation. 2. Regional differences were apparent in the tissue content of histamine and 5-HT between mast cell-deficient (W/Wv) and normal (+/+) mice. LPS administration (0.5 mg kg-1) gave comparable increases in the hepatic level of 5-HT in mast cell-deficient and normal mice. 3. Reserpine pretreatment (1 mg kg-1) selectively reduced 5-HT levels in the blood, spleen, liver, brain and lung of normal mice. Prior treatment with this agent also abolished the LPS (0.5 mg kg-1)-induced hepatic accumulation of 5-HT. 4. Accumulation of 5-HT in the liver by LPS (0.1 mg kg-1) was temporally associated with both a fall in the levels of circulating platelets, and a reduction in the concentration of 5-HT in the blood. The LPS dose-dependent (0.5-500 micrograms kg-1) increase in hepatic 5-HT content was associated with a similar dose-dependent reduction in the circulating levels of 5-HT. 5. Interleukin-1, alpha and beta (10 micrograms kg-1) and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) (1 mg kg-1) significantly enhanced the accumulation of 5-HT within the liver. Administration of TNF alpha (10 micrograms kg-1) potentiated the increase in hepatic 5-HT content seen with IL-1 beta (10 micrograms kg-1).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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