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  • Title: Role of defective monocyte interleukin-10 release in tumor necrosis factor-alpha overproduction in alcoholics cirrhosis.
    Author: Le Moine O, Marchant A, De Groote D, Azar C, Goldman M, Devière J.
    Journal: Hepatology; 1995 Nov; 22(5):1436-9. PubMed ID: 7590660.
    Abstract:
    Monocytes of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis produce higher amounts of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. The mechanisms of the overproduction remain undefined. IL-10 (IL-10) is an antiinflammatory cytokine known to downregulate TNF-alpha secretion by monocytes. The present study analyzes IL-10 production by monocytes and its control on TNF-alpha secretion in alcoholic cirrhosis. LPS-stimulated monocytes from alcoholic cirrhotics (n = 13) showed decreased IL-10 (median, 240 pg/mL [40 to 500] upsilon 513 pg/mL [152 to 1,335]; P = .01) compared with controls (n = 13). Cells from cirrhotic patients were normally responsive to recombinant IL-10, which induced a dose dependent decrease of TNF-alpha secretion. On the other hand, preincubation with anti-IL-10 monoclonal antibodies led to significant increase in TNF-alpha secretion in controls (median, 7,325 to 16,800 pg/mL; P = .002) but not in cells from cirrhotic patients (16,535 to 20,450 pg/mL; P = .14), abolishing the difference in TNF-alpha production between cirrhotic patients and controls. It is concluded that defective IL-10 secretion by monocytes from alcoholic cirrhotic patients could be involved in the characteristics TNF-alpha overproduction observed in this disease.
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