An Unexpected Role of Neutrophils in Clearing Apoptotic Hepatocytes In Vivo
Cao, L.; Ma, L.; Zhao, J.; Wang, X.; Fang, X.; Li, W.; Qi, Y.; Tang, Y.; Liu, J.; Peng, S.; Yang, L.; Zhou, L.; Li, L.; Hu, X.; Ji, Y.; Hou, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Zhang, X.; Zhao, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Wei, Y.; Malik, A.; Saiyin, H.; Xu, J.
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Billions of apoptotic cells are removed daily in a human adult by professional phagocytes (e.g. macrophages) and neighboring nonprofessional phagocytes (e.g. stromal cells). Despite being a type of professional phagocyte, neutrophils are thought to be excluded from apoptotic sites to avoid tissue inflammation. Here we report a fundamental and unexpected role of neutrophils as the predominant phagocyte responsible for the clearance of apoptotic hepatic cells in the steady state. In contrast to the engulfment of dead cells by macrophages, neutrophils burrowed directly into apoptotic hepatocytes, a process we term perforocytosis, and ingested the effete cells from the inside. The depletion of neutrophils caused defective removal of apoptotic bodies, induced tissue injury in the mouse liver and led to the generation of autoantibodies. Human autoimmune liver disease showed similar defects in the neutrophil-mediated clearance of apoptotic hepatic cells. Hence, neutrophils possess a specialized immunologically silent mechanism for the clearance of apoptotic hepatocytes through perforocytosis, and defects in this key housekeeping function of neutrophils contribute to the genesis of autoimmune liver disease.
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