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Pi A, Jiang K, Ding Q, Lai S, Yang W, Zhu J, Guo R, Fan Y, Chi L, Li S. Alcohol Abstinence Rescues Hepatic Steatosis and Liver Injury via Improving Metabolic Reprogramming in Chronic Alcohol-Fed Mice. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:752148. [PMID: 34603062 PMCID: PMC8481816 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.752148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) caused by chronic ethanol overconsumption is a common type of liver disease with a severe mortality burden throughout the world. The pathogenesis of ALD is complex, and no effective clinical treatment for the disease has advanced so far. Prolonged alcohol abstinence is the most effective therapy to attenuate the clinical course of ALD and even reverse liver damage. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in alcohol abstinence-improved recovery from alcoholic fatty liver remain unclear. This study aims to systematically evaluate the beneficial effect of alcohol abstinence on pathological changes in ALD. Methods: Using the Lieber-DeCarli mouse model of ALD, we analysed whether 1-week alcohol withdrawal reversed alcohol-induced detrimental alterations, including oxidative stress, liver injury, lipids metabolism, and hepatic inflammation, by detecting biomarkers and potential targets. Results: Alcohol withdrawal ameliorated alcohol-induced hepatic steatosis by improving liver lipid metabolism reprogramming via upregulating phosphorylated 5′-AMP -activated protein kinase (p-AMPK), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPAR-α), and carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 (CPT-1), and downregulating fatty acid synthase (FAS) and diacylglycerol acyltransferase-2 (DGAT-2). The activities of antioxidant enzymes, including superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-px), were significantly enhanced by alcohol withdrawal. Importantly, the abstinence recovered alcohol-fed induced liver injury, as evidenced by the improvements in haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining, plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels, and liver weight/body weight ratio. Alcohol-stimulated toll-like receptor 4/mitogen-activated protein kinases (TLR4/MAPKs) were significantly reversed by alcohol withdrawal, which might mechanistically contribute to the amelioration of liver injury. Accordingly, the hepatic inflammatory factor represented by tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) was improved by alcohol abstinence. Conclusion: In summary, we reported that alcohol withdrawal effectively restored hepatic lipid metabolism and reversed liver injury and inflammation by improving metabolism reprogramming. These findings enhanced our understanding of the biological mechanisms involved in the beneficial role of alcohol abstinence as an effective treatment for ALD.
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- Aiwen Pi
- School of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.,School of Life Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.,Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Life Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.,Molecular Medicine Institute, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.,Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.,School of Life Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.,School of Life Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.,Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.,Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.,Molecular Medicine Institute, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.,Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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Hepatic and renal damage by alcohol and cigarette smoking in rats. Toxicol Res 2021; 37:209-219. [PMID: 33868978 DOI: 10.1007/s43188-020-00057-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Revised: 07/18/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Chronic use of alcohol and tobacco cigarettes is associated to millions of deaths per year, either by direct or indirect causes. However, few studies have explored the additional risks of the combined use of these drugs. Here we assessed the effect of the combined use of alcohol and cigarette smoke on liver or kidney morphology, and on biochemical parameters in chronically treated rats. Male Wistar rats were allocated to receive 2 g/kg alcohol orally, which was followed by the inhalation of smoke from six cigarettes during 2 h (ALTB group) for 28 days. Other groups received alcohol alone (AL) or were exposed to cigarette smoke (TB) alone and were compared to control (CT) rats, which received water followed by ambient air. On day 29, rats were euthanized and blood samples were collected for aminotransferase enzymes (AST and ALT), creatinine, and urea analysis. Liver and kidney were weighted, dissected, fixed, and stained with hematoxylin and eosin for morphological analysis. Our results showed that necrosis was elevated in the AL, TB, and mainly the ALTB group in both liver and kidney of rats. Serum levels of AST and ALT were reduced by cigarette smoke exposure, independently of alcohol use. Serum creatinine levels increased after tobacco smoke exposure. On the other hand, TB and AL groups decreased serum urea levels, and their association restored that decrease. Absolute liver and kidney weights were lower in the cigarette smoke exposure rats. Lastly, body weight gain was lower in TB group and combined use restored it. Thus, we may infer that the use of alcohol, exposure to tobacco cigarette smoke or, mainly, their association promotes liver and kidney injuries, and this damage is related with biochemical changes in rats.
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Koehler BC, Arslic-Schmitt T, Peccerella T, Scherr AL, Schulze-Bergkamen H, Bruckner T, Gdynia G, Jäger D, Mueller S, Bartsch H, Seitz HK. Possible Mechanisms of Ethanol-Mediated Colorectal Carcinogenesis: The Role of Cytochrome P4502E1, Etheno-DNA Adducts, and the Anti-Apoptotic Protein Mcl-1. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2016; 40:2094-2101. [PMID: 27581253 DOI: 10.1111/acer.13180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chronic alcohol consumption is a risk factor for colorectal cancer. The mechanisms by which ethanol (EtOH) exerts its carcinogenic effect on the colorectal mucosa are not clear and may include oxidative stress with the action of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated through EtOH metabolism via cytochrome P4502E1 (CYP2E1) leading to carcinogenic etheno-DNA adducts. ROS may also induce apoptosis. However, the effect of chronic EtOH consumption on CYP2E1, etheno-DNA adducts as well as anti-apoptotic proteins in the colorectal mucosa of heavy drinkers without colorectal inflammation is still not known. METHODS Rectal biopsies from 32 alcoholics (>60 g EtOH/d) and from 12 controls (<20 g EtOH/d) were histologically examined, and immunohistochemistry for CYP2E1 and etheno-DNA adducts was performed. Apoptosis (cleaved PARP) as well as anti-apoptotic proteins including Bcl-xL , Bcl-2, and Mcl-1 were immunohistochemically determined. RESULTS No significant difference in mucosal CYP2E1 or etheno-DNA adducts was observed between alcoholics and control patients. However, CYP2E1 and etheno-DNA adducts correlated significantly when both groups were combined (p < 0.001). In addition, although apoptosis was found not to be significantly affected by EtOH, the anti-apoptotic protein Mcl-1, but neither Bcl-xL nor Bcl-2, was found to be significantly increased in heavy drinkers as compared to controls (p = 0.014). CONCLUSIONS Although colorectal CYP2E1 was not found to be significantly increased in alcoholics, CYP2E1 correlated overall with the level of etheno-DNA adducts in the colorectal mucosa, which identifies CYP2E1 as an important factor in colorectal carcinogenesis. Most importantly, however, is the up-regulation of the anti-apoptotic protein Mcl-1 in heavy drinkers counteracting apoptosis and possibly stimulating cancer development.
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- Centre of Alcohol Research (CAR), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Medicine, Salem Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre of Alcohol Research (CAR), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Tumor Centre, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Tumor Centre, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre of Alcohol Research (CAR), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Medicine, Salem Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Erstwhile: Division of Toxicology and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre of Alcohol Research (CAR), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Department of Medicine, Salem Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Role of the Red Ginseng in Defense against the Environmental Heat Stress in Sprague Dawley Rats. Molecules 2015; 20:20240-53. [PMID: 26569207 PMCID: PMC6331845 DOI: 10.3390/molecules201119692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Revised: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Global temperature change causes heat stress related disorders in humans. A constituent of red ginseng has been known the beneficial effect on the resistance to many diseases. However, the mechanism of red ginseng (RG) against heat stress still remains unclear. To determine the effect of RG on heat stress, we examined the effect of the RG on the gene expression profiles in rats subjected to environmental heat stress. We evaluated the transcripts associated with hepatic lipid accumulation and oxidative stress in rats subjected to heat stress. We also analyzed the reactive oxygen species (ROS) contents. Our results suggested RG inhibited heat stress mediated altering mRNA expressions include HSPA1, DEAF1, HMGCR, and FMO1. We also determined RG attenuated fat accumulation in the liver by altering C/EBPβ expression. RG promoted to repress the heat stress mediated hepatic cell death by inhibiting of Bcl-2 expression in rats subjected to heat stress. Moreover, RG administered group during heat stress dramatically decreased the malondialdehyde (MDA) contents and ROS associated genes compared with the control group. Thus, we suggest that RG might influence inhibitory effect on environmental heat stress induced abnormal conditions in humans.
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Zwolak A, Surdacka A, Daniluk J. Bcl-2 and Fas expression in peripheral blood leukocytes of patients with alcoholic and autoimmune liver disorders. Hum Exp Toxicol 2015; 35:799-807. [PMID: 26429926 DOI: 10.1177/0960327115607078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND This article is devoted to the inquiry of three diseases of the liver: alcoholic liver disease (ALD), primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). The aim of the study was to assess the changes in populations of circulating lymphocytes expressing antiapoptotic bcl-2 molecule and proapoptotic Fas (cluster of differentiation 95(CD95)) receptor in patients with ALD, AIH, and PBC. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study population consisted of 110 patients with ALD (n = 50), PBC (n = 30), and AIH (n = 30) and age-matched healthy volunteers (n = 25). Peripheral blood lymphocytes were isolated, stained with monoclonal antibodies against CD4, CD8, and CD19 antigen; intracellular bcl-2; and surface Fas receptor (CD95) antigens, and estimated using the flow cytometric method. RESULTS Bcl-2 expression was the highest in CD4+ and CD19+ T lymphocytes in ALD; however, only the differences in median/mean fluorescence intensity values of CD4+bcl-2+ lymphocytes between ALD and PBC group and CD19+bcl-2+ between ALD and PBC groups were statistically significant, indicating the different role of B cells in pathology of ALD and PBC. In contrast to that, statistically significant higher percentage of CD4+, CD8+, and CD19+ bearing Fas receptor in all groups of patients with liver diseases in comparison with the control subjects were estimated. The highest expression of Fas in CD4+ lymphocytes in ALD and in CD8+ cells of PBC and AIH groups were detected. CONCLUSION Low expression of bcl-2 molecule and high expression of Fas in peripheral blood lymphocytes indicate significant dysregulation of apoptotic mechanisms not only in the liver but also in peripheral blood lymphocytes in all examined groups, especially in ALD group.
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- A Zwolak
- Chair of Internal Medicine and Department of Internal Medicine in Nursing, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
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- Chair of Internal Medicine and Department of Internal Medicine in Nursing, Medical University of Lublin, Poland Department and Clinic of Gastroenterology, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
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Ma Z, Hou T, Shi W, Liu W, He H. Inhibition of Hepatocyte Apoptosis: An Important Mechanism of Corn Peptides Attenuating Liver Injury Induced by Ethanol. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:22062-80. [PMID: 26378531 PMCID: PMC4613297 DOI: 10.3390/ijms160922062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Revised: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In this study, the effects of mixed corn peptides and synthetic pentapeptide (QLLPF) on hepatocyte apoptosis induced by ethanol were investigated in vivo. QLLPF, was previously characterized from corn protein hydrolysis, which had been shown to exert good facilitating alcohol metabolism activity. Mice were pre-treated with the mixed corn peptides and the pentapeptide for 1 week and then treated with ethanol. After treatment of three weeks, the biochemical indices and the key ethanol metabolizing enzymes, the serum TNF-α, liver TGF-β1 concentrations and the protein expressions related to apoptosis were determined. We found that the Bcl-2, Bax and cytochrome c expressions in the intrinsic pathway and the Fas, FasL and NF-κB expressions in the extrinsic pathway together with higher TNF-α and TGF-β1 concentrations were reversed compared with the model group by both the mixed corn peptides and the pentapeptide. The activation of caspase3 was also suppressed. Additionally, apoptosis was further confirmed with terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) and the TUNEL assay demonstrated peptides suppressed hepatocyte apoptosis. Our results suggest that apoptosis induced by ethanol is alleviated in response to the treatment of corn peptides, potentially due to reversing the related protein expression.
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- Zhili Ma
- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University & Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University & Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University & Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University & Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University & Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Ge N, Liang H, Liu Y, Ma AG, Han L. Protective effect of Aplysin on hepatic injury in ethanol-treated rats. Food Chem Toxicol 2013; 62:361-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.08.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2013] [Revised: 08/16/2013] [Accepted: 08/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Aliche-Djoudi F, Podechard N, Collin A, Chevanne M, Provost E, Poul M, Le Hégarat L, Catheline D, Legrand P, Dimanche-Boitrel MT, Lagadic-Gossmann D, Sergent O. A role for lipid rafts in the protection afforded by docosahexaenoic acid against ethanol toxicity in primary rat hepatocytes. Food Chem Toxicol 2013; 60:286-96. [PMID: 23907024 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.07.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2013] [Revised: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 07/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Previously, we demonstrated that eicosapentaenoic acid enhanced ethanol-induced oxidative stress and cell death in primary rat hepatocytes via an increase in membrane fluidity and lipid raft clustering. In this context, another n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), was tested with a special emphasis on physical and chemical alteration of lipid rafts. Pretreatment of hepatocytes with DHA reduced significantly ethanol-induced oxidative stress and cell death. DHA protection could be related to an alteration of lipid rafts. Indeed, rafts exhibited a marked increase in membrane fluidity and packing defects leading to the exclusion of a raft protein marker, flotillin. Furthermore, DHA strongly inhibited disulfide bridge formation, even in control cells, thus suggesting a disruption of protein-protein interactions inside lipid rafts. This particular spatial organization of lipid rafts due to DHA subsequently prevented the ethanol-induced lipid raft clustering. Such a prevention was then responsible for the inhibition of phospholipase C-γ translocation into rafts, and consequently of both lysosome accumulation and elevation in cellular low-molecular-weight iron content, a prooxidant factor. In total, the present study suggests that DHA supplementation could represent a new preventive approach for patients with alcoholic liver disease based upon modulation of the membrane structures.
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- Fatiha Aliche-Djoudi
- UMR Inserm 1085, IRSET, UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, 2, av Pr Léon Bernard, 35043 Rennes Cédex, France; Université de Rennes 1, Biosit UMS3080, 2, av Pr Léon Bernard, 35043 Rennes Cédex, France.
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Lu Y, Wu D, Wang X, Ward SC, Cederbaum AI. Chronic alcohol-induced liver injury and oxidant stress are decreased in cytochrome P4502E1 knockout mice and restored in humanized cytochrome P4502E1 knock-in mice. Free Radic Biol Med 2010; 49:1406-16. [PMID: 20692331 PMCID: PMC2975513 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2010] [Revised: 07/23/2010] [Accepted: 07/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A major pathway for chronic ethanol-induced liver injury is ethanol-induced oxidant stress. Several pathways contribute to mechanisms by which ethanol induces oxidant stress. Although some studies support a role for cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1), others do not. Most previous studies were conducted in the intragastric infusion model of ethanol administration. There is a need to develop oral models of significant liver injury and to evaluate the possible role of CYP2E1 in ethanol actions in such models. We evaluated chronic ethanol-induced liver injury, steatosis, and oxidant stress in wild-type (WT) mice, CYP2E1 knock out (KO) mice, and humanized CYP2E1 knock-in (KI) mice, in which the human 2E1 was added back to mice deficient in the mouse 2E1. WT mice and the CYP2E1 KO and KI mice (both provided by Dr. F. Gonzalez, National Cancer Institute) were fed a high-fat Lieber-DeCarli ethanol liquid diet for 3weeks; pair-fed controls received dextrose. Ethanol produced fatty liver and oxidant stress in WT mice but liver injury (transaminases, histopathology) was minimal. Ethanol-induced steatosis and oxidant stress were blunted in the KO mice (no liver injury) but restored in the KI mice. Significant liver injury was produced in the ethanol-fed KI mice, with elevated transaminases, necrosis, and increased levels of collagen type 1 and smooth muscle actin. This liver injury in the KI mice was associated with elevated oxidant stress and elevated levels of the human CYP2E1 compared to levels of the mouse 2E1 in WT mice. Activation of JNK and decreased levels of Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL were observed in the ethanol-fed KI mice compared to the other groups. Fatty liver in the WT and the KI mice was associated with lower levels of PPARα and acyl-CoA oxidase. No such changes were found in the ethanol-fed KO mice. These results show that CYP2E1 plays a major role in ethanol-induced fatty liver and oxidant stress. It is the absence of CYP2E1 in the KO mice that is responsible for the blunting of steatosis and oxidant stress because restoring the CYP2E1 restores the fatty liver and oxidant stress. Moreover, it is the human CYP2E1 that restores these effects of ethanol, which suggests that results for fatty liver and oxidant stress from rodent models of ethanol intake and mouse CYP2E1 can be extrapolated to human models of ethanol intake and to human CYP2E1.
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- Yongke Lu
- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY 10029 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY 10029 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY 10029 USA
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- Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY 10029 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY 10029 USA
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Cohen JI, Roychowdhury S, DiBello PM, Jacobsen DW, Nagy LE. Exogenous thioredoxin prevents ethanol-induced oxidative damage and apoptosis in mouse liver. Hepatology 2009; 49:1709-17. [PMID: 19205032 PMCID: PMC2895317 DOI: 10.1002/hep.22837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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UNLABELLED Ethanol-induced liver injury is characterized by increased formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and inflammatory cytokines, resulting in the development of hepatic steatosis, injury, and cell death by necrosis and apoptosis. Thioredoxin (Trx), a potent antioxidant and antiinflammatory molecule with antiapoptotic properties, protects animals from a number of inflammatory diseases. However, the effects of ethanol on Trx or its role in ethanol-induced liver injury are not known. Female C57BL/6 mice were allowed ad libitum access to a Lieber-deCarli ethanol diet with 5.4% of calories as ethanol for 2 days to acclimate them to the diet, followed by 2 days with 32.4% of calories as ethanol or pair-fed control diet. Hepatic Trx-1 was decreased by ethanol feeding; daily supplementation with recombinant human Trx (rhTrx) prevented this ethanol-induced decrease. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that administration of rhTrx during ethanol exposure would attenuate ethanol-induced oxidative stress, inflammatory cytokine production, and apoptosis. Mice were treated with a daily intraperitoneal injection of either 5 g/kg of rhTrx or phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). CONCLUSION Ethanol feeding increased accumulation of hepatic 4-hydroxynonenal protein adducts, expression of hepatic tumor necrosis factor alpha, and resulted in hepatic steatosis and increased plasma aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase. In ethanol-fed mice, treatment with rhTrx reduced 4-hydroxynonenal adduct accumulation, inflammatory cytokine expression, decreased hepatic triglyceride, and improved liver enzyme profiles. Ethanol feeding also increased transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick-end labeling-positive cells, caspase-3 activity, and cytokeratin-18 staining in the liver. rhTrx treatment prevented these increases. In summary, rhTrx attenuated ethanol-induced increases in markers of oxidative stress, inflammatory cytokine expression, and apoptosis.
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- Jessica I. Cohen
- Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio,Department of Pathobiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio,Department of Pathobiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio,Department of Gastroenterology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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Lakshmi Devi S, Anuradha CV. Mitochondrial damage, cytotoxicity and apoptosis in iron-potentiated alcoholic liver fibrosis: amelioration by taurine. Amino Acids 2009; 38:869-79. [PMID: 19381777 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-009-0293-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2008] [Accepted: 04/03/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Taurine effectively prevents ischemia-induced apoptosis in the cardiomyocytes and hypothalamic nuclei. The present study explores the influence of taurine on mitochondrial damage, oxidative stress and apoptosis in experimental liver fibrosis. Male albino Wistar rats were divided into six groups and maintained for a period of 60 days as follows: Group I, control; Group II, ethanol treatment [6 g/(kg/day)]; Group III, fibrosis induced by ethanol and iron (0.5% w/w); Group IV, ethanol + iron + taurine (2% w/v); Group V, ethanol + taurine treatment and Group VI, control + taurine treatment. Hepatocytes isolated from ethanol plus iron-treated rats showed decreased cell viability and redox ratio, increased reactive oxygen species formation, lipid peroxidation, DNA fragmentation, and formation of apoptotic bodies. Liver mitochondria showed increased susceptibility to swell, diminished activities of mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes and antioxidants. Taurine administration to fibrotic rats restored mitochondrial function, reduced reactive oxygen species formation, prevented DNA damage, and apoptosis. Thus taurine might contribute to the amelioration of the disease process.
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- S Lakshmi Devi
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India
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Lee SML, Casey CA, McVicker BL. Impact of asialoglycoprotein receptor deficiency on the development of liver injury. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15:1194-200. [PMID: 19291819 PMCID: PMC2658848 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.1194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2008] [Revised: 01/06/2009] [Accepted: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The asialoglycoprotein (ASGP) receptor is a well-characterized hepatic receptor that is recycled via the common cellular process of receptor-mediated endocytosis (RME). The RME process plays an integral part in the proper trafficking and routing of receptors and ligands in the healthy cell. Thus, the mis-sorting or altered transport of proteins during RME is thought to play a role in several diseases associated with hepatocyte and liver dysfunction. Previously, we examined in detail alterations that occur in hepatocellular RME and associated receptor functions as a result of one particular liver injury, alcoholic liver disease (ALD). The studies revealed profound ethanol-mediated impairments to the ASGP receptor and the RME process, indicating the importance of this receptor and the maintenance of proper endocytic events in normal tissue. To further clarify these observations, studies were performed utilizing knockout mice (lacking a functional ASGP receptor) to which were administered several liver toxicants. In addition to alcohol, we examined the effects following administration of anti-Fas (CD95) antibody, carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/galactosamine. The results of these studies demonstrated that the knockout mice sustained enhanced liver injury in response to all of the treatments, as shown by increased indices of liver damage, such as enhancement of serum enzyme levels, histopathological scores, as well as hepatocellular death. Overall, the work completed to date suggests a possible link between hepatic receptors and liver injury. In particular, adequate function and content of the ASGP receptor may provide protection against various toxin-mediated liver diseases.
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Dalton SR, Lee SML, King RN, Nanji AA, Kharbanda KK, Casey CA, McVicker BL. Carbon tetrachloride-induced liver damage in asialoglycoprotein receptor-deficient mice. Biochem Pharmacol 2009; 77:1283-90. [PMID: 19185565 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2008] [Revised: 12/22/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The asialoglycoprotein (ASGP) receptor is an abundant hepatocyte-specific receptor involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis. This receptor's abundance and function is decreased by chronic ethanol administration prior to the appearance of pathology such as necrosis or inflammation. Hence, this study aimed to determine if ASGP receptor function is required to protect against liver injury by utilizing a knockout mouse model lacking functional ASGP receptor in the setting of carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) hepatotoxicity. Briefly, ASGP receptor-deficient (RD) mice and wild-type (WT) mice were injected with 1ml/kg body weight of CCl(4). In the subsequent week, mice were monitored for liver damage and pathology (aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT) and light microscopy). The consequences of CCl(4) injection were examined by measuring alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) deposition, contents of malondialdehyde and the percentage of apoptotic hepatocytes. After CCl(4) injection, RD mice showed increased liver pathology together with significantly increased activities of AST and ALT compared to that in WT mice. There were also significantly more apoptotic bodies, lipid peroxidation and deposition of alpha-SMA in RD mice versus WT mice following CCl(4) injection. Since these two mouse strains only differ in whether or not they have the ASGP receptor, it can be concluded that proper ASGP receptor function exerted a protective effect against CCl(4) toxicity. Thus, receptor-mediated endocytosis by the ASGP receptor could represent a novel molecular mechanism that is responsible for subsequent liver health or injury.
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- Shana R Dalton
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, 68198-2000, USA
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Chronic ethanol consumption is associated with serious and potentially fatal alcohol-related liver injuries such as hepatomegaly, alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. Moreover, it has been documented that the clinical progression of alcohol-induced liver damage may be associated with an increase in hepatocellular death that involves apoptotic mechanisms. Although much information has been learned about the clinical manifestations associated with alcohol-related diseases, the search continues for a better understanding of the molecular and/or cellular mechanisms by which ethanol exerts its deleterious effects such as the induction of pro-apoptotic mechanisms and related cell damaging events. As part of the effort to enhance our understanding of those particular cellular pathways and mechanisms associated with ethanol toxicity, researchers over the years have utilized a variety of model systems. Recently, work has come forth demonstrating the utility of a hybrid cell line (WIF-B) as a cell culture model system for the study of alcohol-associated alterations in hepatocellular mechanisms. Success with such emerging model systems could aid in the development of potential therapeutic treatments for the prevention of alcohol-induced apoptotic cell death that may ultimately serve as a significant target in delaying the onset and/or progression of clinical symptoms of alcohol-mediated liver disease. This review article summarizes the current understanding of ethanol-mediated modifications in cell survival and thus the promotion of pro-apoptotic events with emphasis on analyses made in various experimental model systems, particularly the more recently characterized WIF-B cell system.
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- Benita L McVicker
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Research Service (151), 4101 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, NE 68105, USA.
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Pal-Bhadra M, Bhadra U, Jackson DE, Mamatha L, Park PH, Shukla SD. Distinct methylation patterns in histone H3 at Lys-4 and Lys-9 correlate with up- & down-regulation of genes by ethanol in hepatocytes. Life Sci 2007; 81:979-87. [PMID: 17826801 PMCID: PMC2706023 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2007] [Revised: 07/03/2007] [Accepted: 07/18/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ethanol induced liver injury is associated with a global change in gene expression but its mechanisms are not known. We studied whether alcohol-induced gene expression is associated with post-translational methylations of histone H3. Primary culture of rat hepatocytes was treated with ethanol (50 or 100 mM) for 24 h and the status of methylation of H3 at lys 4 (H3dimeK4) or lys 9 (H3dimeK9) was monitored by Western blotting using antibodies to dimethylated histone H3 at lys 4 or lys 9. The cells exposed to ethanol showed strikingly opposing behaviors in methylation patterns; H3dimeK9 methylation was decreased whereas H3dimeK4 increased. Similar results were obtained in the interphase nuclei. Their binding on the metaphase chromosomes exhibits distinct site specific pattern of accumulation. Next, chromatin immunoprecipitation of the ethanol treated samples with antibodies for methylated lys 4 or lys 9 histone H3 followed by amplification of the immunoprecipitated DNA, was used to determine their association with the promoters of genes up- or downregulated by ethanol. Lys4 methylation was associated with ethanol upregulated genes (Adh, GST-yc2) whereas lys 9 methylation with downregulated genes (Lsdh, cytP4502c11) demonstrating a difference between these two methylations. These results suggest that exposure of hepatocytes to ethanol changes the expression of several susceptible genes which are associated with site specific modification of dimethylated forms of histone H3 amino termini at their regulatory regions.
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- Manika Pal-Bhadra
- Department of Chemical Biology, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad-500007, India
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- Functional Genomics & Gene Silencing Group, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad-500007, India
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO-65212 USA
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- Functional Genomics & Gene Silencing Group, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad-500007, India
- Department of Chemical Biology, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad-500007, India
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO-65212 USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO-65212 USA
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McVicker BL, Tuma DJ, Kharbanda KK, Kubik JL, Casey CA. Effect of chronic ethanol administration on the in vitro production of proinflammatory cytokines by rat Kupffer cells in the presence of apoptotic cells. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2007; 31:122-9. [PMID: 17207110 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00270.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic ethanol consumption can lead to a variety of pathological consequences by as yet undefined mechanisms. Recently, it has been noted that alcohol-associated liver disease is often accompanied by morphological liver changes that include the increased production of apoptotic cells. Additionally, it has been demonstrated that hepatocellular uptake and removal of potentially damaging apoptotic cells is impaired after ethanol treatment. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the presence of apoptotic cells leads to Kupffer cell (KC) production and release of proinflammatory cytokines that have been linked to hepatocyte damage, such as interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). METHODS Kupffer cells were isolated from female rats after an 8-week oral administration of a dextrose control or ethanol-containing fish-oil diet. The isolated KCs were cultured for up to 24 hours in the absence or presence of apoptotic or nonapoptotic hepatoma cells, or lipopolysaccharide. After incubation, media from the cultures were assayed for the presence of TNF-alpha and IL-6 by immunoassay detection. Also, the expression of these cytokines was measured in KC lysates by a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS Kupffer cells cultured for up to 24 hours in the presence of apoptotic cells produced significantly more TNF-alpha and IL-6 (80 and 60%, respectively, p<0.05) when the cells were isolated from ethanol-fed animals compared with controls. Additionally, after as early as 4 hours in culture with apoptotic cells, mRNA levels of both cytokines were increased (2-5-fold) in KCs isolated from ethanol-fed animals compared with controls. CONCLUSIONS The presence of apoptotic cells results in the in vitro activation of KCs. Additionally, chronic ethanol administration results in an enhanced responsiveness of KCs to produce proinflammatory cytokines indicated by the increased production of inflammatory mediators from KCs obtained from ethanol-fed animals.
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- Benita L McVicker
- Liver Study Unit, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105, USA
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McVicker BL, Tuma DJ, Kubik JL, Tuma PL, Casey CA. Ethanol-induced apoptosis in polarized hepatic cells possibly through regulation of the Fas pathway. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2006; 30:1906-15. [PMID: 17067356 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00235.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND It has been noted that alcohol-related liver diseases can be associated with an increase in apoptotic hepatocellular death. Moreover, the promotion of hepatocyte apoptosis may be linked to signals emanating from death receptors, particularly Fas [CD95/apoptosis-inducing protein 1 (APO-1)]. In the present study, we utilized an in vitro hepatic culture model [hybrid of human fibroblast (WI 38) and rat hepatoma (Fao) cells, WIF-B cells] to study potential contributing mechanisms involved in hepatocellular apoptosis following ethanol administration. METHODS WIF-B cultures (differentiated hepatic cells that efficiently metabolize alcohol) were treated with or without ethanol and specific inhibitors of alcohol metabolism and cysteine protease activity, followed by morphological and biochemical examination of proapoptotic parameters. RESULTS The results of this work demonstrated that ethanol administration leads to an increase (45%-60%) in caspase-3 activity and that the induction of apoptosis was found to be linked to the metabolism of alcohol. Additionally, increases were observed in the activity of upstream initiator caspases (caspase-2 and caspase-8) that are directly related to membrane signaling events of death receptors such as Fas. Moreover, it was determined that the activation of caspase-3 could be blocked by the presence of a specific caspase-8 inhibitor, again linking death receptor-associated proteases to downstream effector caspase activity in alcohol-related death. Finally, ethanol administration was found to result in an increase in the amount of Fas protein present in the membrane fraction of the cell. The increase in membrane Fas protein indicates ligand-independent membrane targeting of Fas in the alcohol-treated cells that could potentially be a key signaling event in the induction of the proapoptotic caspase cascade. CONCLUSIONS The data presented here indicate that alcohol metabolism induces apoptosis in WIF-B cells that occurs, in part, by mechanisms involving signals emanating from death receptors.
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- Benita L McVicker
- The Liver Study Unit, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4101 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, NE 68105, USA.
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Ferré N, Marsillach J, Camps J, Mackness B, Mackness M, Riu F, Coll B, Tous M, Joven J. Paraoxonase-1 is associated with oxidative stress, fibrosis and FAS expression in chronic liver diseases. J Hepatol 2006; 45:51-9. [PMID: 16510204 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2005.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2005] [Revised: 12/02/2005] [Accepted: 12/05/2005] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS We previously reported that paraoxonase-1 activity measurement may be useful for the evaluation of liver diseases. Because oxidative stress plays a role in liver apoptosis, and lipid peroxides are hydrolyzed by paraoxonase-1, we have extended our studies to explore the relationships between this enzyme and oxidative stress, fibrosis and apoptosis. METHODS We measured paraoxonase-1 activity and concentration, soluble FAS concentration, serum fibrosis markers, and total peroxides in a group of patients with minimal hepatic changes (n=25), chronic hepatitis (n=51), or liver cirrhosis (n=17). We also measured the Knodell activity index in liver biopsies and performed FAS and PON1 immunostaining. RESULTS Patients with liver diseases showed an increase in soluble FAS, fibrosis markers and paraoxonase-1 concentrations, as well as a decrease in PON1 activity. Paroxonase-1 activity and concentration were correlated with soluble FAS (r=-0.43, P<0.001 and r=0.27, P=0.007, respectively). Paraoxonase-1 concentration showed a significant inverse association with FAS immunostaining (P=0.013) and a direct association with PON1 immunostaining (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest an active role of PON1 in the regulation of oxidative stress, fibrosis and hepatic cell apoptosis in chronic liver diseases.
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- Natàlia Ferré
- DNA Unit, Centre de Diagnòstic Biomèdic, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clínic Universitari,C. Villarroel 170, 08036-Barcelona, Spain
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Takahashi T, So-Wan T, Kamimura T, Asakura H. Infiltrating Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes and Apoptotic Bodies Derived From Hepatocytes but Not From Ballooning Hepatocytes Containing Mallory Bodies Show Nuclear DNA Fragmentation in Alcoholic Hepatitis. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb00016.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Toru Takahashi
- Third Department of Internal Medicine; Niigata University School of Medicine; Niigata Japan
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- Third Department of Internal Medicine; Niigata University School of Medicine; Niigata Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology; Saiseikai Niigata Second Hospital; Niigata Japan
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- Third Department of Internal Medicine; Niigata University School of Medicine; Niigata Japan
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Deaciuc IV, D'Souza NB, Burikhanov R, Nasser MS, Voskresensky IV, De Villiers WJS, McClain CJ. Alcohol, but not lipopolysaccharide-induced liver apoptosis involves changes in intracellular compartmentalization of apoptotic regulators. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2004. [PMID: 14745315 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2004.tb02981.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND While alcohol-induced augmentation of liver apoptosis has been demonstrated in humans and laboratory animals, the underlying mechanisms are not fully elucidated. This study addresses the question whether alcohol and bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a putative mediator of alcohol effects on the liver, induce augmentation of liver apoptosis by intrinsic or extrinsic signaling pathways. This information may prove important for future design of therapies for alcoholic liver disease. METHODS Male rats were fed either an alcohol-containing liquid diet or an isocaloric, control diet for 15-16 weeks. At the end of feeding period, the rats were treated with LPS (0.8 mg.kg-1 body weight) or sterile saline and killed 3 and 24 hr later. The liver and blood were sampled for histology and biochemical assays. Hepatocytes were isolated by collagenase perfusion and fractionated to yield mitochondria and cytoplasm. The propensity of mitochondria to undergo permeability transition in the presence of a Ca2+ overload was determined along with distribution of various apoptotic regulators (AIF, Smac2, Bax, cytochrome c, Bcl-XL, Bfl-1, and caspase-2) between mitochondria and cytoplasmic fractions. RESULTS Increased liver apoptosis in alcohol-treated rats was associated with translocation of several apoptotic regulators between mitochondria and cytoplasm in a manner suggesting that alcohol induces augmentation of apoptosis by recruiting intrinsic apoptotic signals. LPS treatment of rats counteracted alcohol-induced changes in intracellular compartmentalization of apoptotic regulators despite an increased rate of apoptosis. LPS may, therefore, recruit extrinsic apoptotic signals, such as proinflammatory cytokines. CONCLUSIONS Hepatocytes are to be able to mount an apoptotic response to both intrinsic and extrinsic signals. Alcohol increases liver apoptosis predominantly through an intrinsic signaling pathway while LPS recruits extrinsic signaling pathways.
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- Ion V Deaciuc
- Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, College of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
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Deaciuc IV, Peng X, D'Souza NB, Shedlofsky SI, Burikhanov R, Voskresensky IV, de Villiers WJS. Microarray gene analysis of the liver in a rat model of chronic, voluntary alcohol intake. Alcohol 2004; 32:113-27. [PMID: 15163562 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2003.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2003] [Revised: 12/04/2003] [Accepted: 12/11/2003] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The mechanisms underlying alcoholic liver disease are not fully understood. It has been established that alcohol interferes with transcriptional and translational regulatory steps of cell function. To understand such an effect, assessment of alcohol-induced changes in the simultaneous expression of a large number of genes may prove very useful. The purpose of the current study was to test a large number of genes ( approximately 8700) for possible changes in expression induced by alcohol alone or in addition to treatment with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a putative mediator of alcohol effects on the liver. Male rats were fed an alcohol-containing liquid diet (Lieber-DeCarli) for 14-15 weeks, injected with Escherichia coli LPS (0.8 mg x kg(-1)), and killed 24 h later. Blood samples were taken for determination of plasma liver enzyme activity, and liver samples were obtained for histologic evaluation and total RNA extraction. Total RNA was analyzed for gene expression (Rat Toxicology U34 Array; Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA). Of 8740 genes on the microchip, 2259 were expressed in the liver. Seven hundred ninety-eight genes underwent significant changes induced by either alcohol or LPS, but listed in this article are only those that significantly increased or decreased expression twofold or more. The genes were assigned to functional groups and reviewed. Gene changes were discussed from two viewpoints: relevance to established hypotheses of alcohol and LPS mechanisms of action and revealing of novel mechanisms of alcohol-induced liver injury. Application of DNA microarray technology to the study of alcohol-induced liver injury generated novel theoretical and experimental approaches to alcohol-induced liver injury.
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- Ion V Deaciuc
- College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 800 Rose Street, MN649A-0298, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
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Deaciuc IV, Doherty DE, Burikhanov R, Lee EY, Stromberg AJ, Peng X, de Villiers WJS. Large-scale gene profiling of the liver in a mouse model of chronic, intragastric ethanol infusion. J Hepatol 2004; 40:219-27. [PMID: 14739091 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2003.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The mechanisms underlying alcohol-induced liver injury are not fully elucidated. An approach in this direction would consist of an all-inclusive assessment of gene expression in the liver. The purpose of this study was to perform a comprehensive analysis of gene expression in the livers of mice treated with ethanol by means of intragastric infusion. METHODS An ethanol- or glucose-enriched liquid diet was fed to animals for 4 weeks via a long-term gastrostomy catheter. The animals were killed and plasma alanine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase (ALT) assay, liver histology and total RNA analysis by microarray gene technology were performed. RESULTS Alcohol increased ALT, induced steatosis, necrosis and inflammation. A total of 12,423 genes were analyzed for expression out of which 4867 were expressed by the liver. Alcohol repressed expression of 11 genes, induced expression of 13 genes, and up- or down-regulated expression of 44 and 42 genes >2-fold, respectively. Gene expression analysis identified several genes that have not previously been tested for alcohol effects. CONCLUSIONS This study: (i) expands the knowledge of mechanism(s) of action of ethanol; (ii) indicates novel pathways of ethanol action on the liver, and (iii) illustrates the utility of microarray gene analysis in hepatology research.
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- Ion V Deaciuc
- Division of Gastroentrology/Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40292, USA.
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Casey CA, Baldwin CR, Kubik JL, Hindemith AM, McVicker BL. Use of Flow Cytometric Analysis to Examine the Uptake of Apoptotic Bodies by Healthy Hepatocytes. COMPARATIVE HEPATOLOGY 2004; 3 Suppl 1:S40. [PMID: 14960192 PMCID: PMC2410258 DOI: 10.1186/1476-5926-2-s1-s40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Carol A Casey
- Liver Study Unit, VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Liver Study Unit, VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Liver Study Unit, VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Liver Study Unit, VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Liver Study Unit, VA Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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Alcohol, But Not Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Liver Apoptosis Involves Changes in Intracellular Compartmentalization of Apoptotic Regulators. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2004. [DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200401000-00022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Casey CA, McVicker BL, Donohue TM, McFarland MA, Wiegert RL, Nanji AA. Liver asialoglycoprotein receptor levels correlate with severity of alcoholic liver damage in rats. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2004; 96:76-80. [PMID: 12949020 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00375.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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It has been demonstrated that the oral administration of ethanol (Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet) to rats results in a decreased expression and content of the asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGP-R) in the resultant fatty liver. In the present study, we wanted to determine whether the extent of impaired receptor content was correlated with the severity of liver pathology by using the intragastric feeding model. When ASGP-R protein and mRNA levels were measured in animals infused with ethanol or dextrose in the presence of fish oil (FO) or medium-chain triglyceride as the source of fat, more significant impairments to the ASGP-R were observed in the FO-ethanol group compared with the medium-chain triglyceride-ethanol group. Furthermore, only the FO-ethanol group showed pathological liver changes. These results demonstrate that a correlation exists between the progression of alcohol-associated liver injury, as defined by the severity of liver pathology, and an ethanol-induced decline in ASGP-R content.
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- Carol A Casey
- Liver Study Unit, Department of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE 68198, USA.
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Mak KM, Wen K, Ren C, Lieber CS. Dilinoleoylphosphatidylcholine Reproduces the Antiapoptotic Actions of Polyenylphosphatidylcholine Against Ethanol-Induced Hepatocyte Apoptosis. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2003. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2003.tb04426.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lambert JC, Zhou Z, Kang YJ. Suppression of Fas-mediated signaling pathway is involved in zinc inhibition of ethanol-induced liver apoptosis. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2003; 228:406-12. [PMID: 12671185 DOI: 10.1177/153537020322800411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Apoptosis is critically involved in hepatic pathogenesis induced by acute alcohol exposure. This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that zinc interferes with an important Fas ligand-mediated pathway in the liver, leading to the inhibition of ethanol-induced apoptosis. Male 129/Sv(PC)J mice were injected subcutaneously with ZnSO4 (5 mg of Zn ion/kg) in 12-hr intervals for 24 hr before intragastric administration of ethanol (5 g/kg) in 12-hr intervals for 36 hr. Ethanol-induced apoptosis in the liver was detected by a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase nick-end labeling assay and was further confirmed by electron microscopy. The number of apoptotic cells in the livers pretreated with zinc was significantly decreased, being only 15% of that found in the animals treated with ethanol only. Characteristic apoptotic morphological changes observed by electron microscopy were also inhibited by zinc. Importantly, zinc inhibited ethanol-induced activation of caspase-3, the primary executioner protease responsible for alcohol-induced liver apoptosis, and caspase-8 as determined by enzymatic assay. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that zinc inhibited ethanol-induced endogenous Fas ligand activation, which is a key component in signaling pathways leading to hepatic caspase-8 and subsequent caspase-3 activation and apoptosis. These results demonstrate that zinc is a potent inhibitor of acute ethanol-induced liver apoptosis, and this effect occurs primarily through zinc interference with Fas ligand pathway and the suppression of caspase-3.
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- Jason C Lambert
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA
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Vincon P, Wunderer J, Simanowski UA, Koll M, Preedy VR, Peters TJ, Werner J, Waldherr R, Seitz HK. Inhibition of Alcohol-Associated Colonic Hyperregeneration by alpha-Tocopherol in the Rat. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2003. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2003.tb02728.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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McVicker BL, Tuma DJ, Kubik JA, Hindemith AM, Baldwin CR, Casey CA. The effect of ethanol on asialoglycoprotein receptor-mediated phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by rat hepatocytes. Hepatology 2002; 36:1478-87. [PMID: 12447874 DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2002.37137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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Apoptotic cell death is a well-defined process that is controlled by intrinsic cellular mechanisms followed by the generation of apoptotic bodies and their subsequent rapid elimination through the action of phagocytic cells. Within the liver, the asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGP-R) has been shown to be involved in the phagocytosis of apoptotic hepatocytes, as well as altered cellular endocytic events after ethanol administration. The goal of the present study was to further clarify the capacity of ASGP-R to phagocytose apoptotic cells in relationship to the damaging events that occur with alcohol consumption. For these experiments, we used an in vitro suspension assay coupled with flow cytometry to measure apoptotic cell engulfment by rat hepatocytes after chronic ethanol administration. The results of this assay indicated that the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells was decreased significantly (30% to 42%, P <.05) in the presence of antibody specific for ASGP-R as well as the introduction of competing sugars in the media. In addition, uptake of apoptotic cells was impaired by 40% to 60% (P <.05) in cells obtained from ethanol-fed animals as compared with controls. In conclusion, the ASGP-R is involved in the recognition and uptake of apoptotic cells and this process is altered significantly by ethanol treatment. These findings may play a role in a better understanding of the clinical manifestations of alcohol-induced liver injury as altered uptake of apoptotic cells via ASGP-R may result in the release of proinflammatory mediators, the introduction of autoimmune responses, and inflammatory injury to the tissue.
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- Benita L McVicker
- Liver Study Unit, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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Koteish A, Yang S, Lin H, Huang X, Diehl AM. Chronic ethanol exposure potentiates lipopolysaccharide liver injury despite inhibiting Jun N-terminal kinase and caspase 3 activation. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:13037-44. [PMID: 11812769 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m101632200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Although ethanol is known to sensitize hepatocytes to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) lethality, the mechanisms involved remain controversial. Recently, others have shown that adding TNFalpha to cultures of ethanol-pretreated hepatocytes provokes the mitochondrial permeability transition, cytochrome c release, procaspase 3 activation, and apoptosis. Although this demonstrates that ethanol can sensitize hepatocytes to TNF-mediated apoptosis, the hepatic inflammation and ballooning hepatocyte degeneration that typify alcohol-induced liver injury suggest that other mechanisms might predominate in vivo. To evaluate this possibility, acute responses to lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a potent inducer of TNFalpha, were compared in mice that had been fed either an ethanol-containing or control diet for 5 weeks. Despite enhanced induction of cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-10, IL-15, and IL-6 that protect hepatocytes from apoptosis, ethanol-fed mice exhibited a 4-5-fold increase in serum alanine aminotransferase after LPS, confirming increased liver injury. Six h post-LPS histology also differed notably in the two groups, with control livers demonstrating only scattered apoptotic hepatocytes, whereas ethanol-exposed livers had large foci of ballooned hepatocytes, inflammation, and scattered hemorrhage. No caspase 3 activity was noted during the initial 6 h after LPS in ethanol-fed mice, but this tripled by 1.5 h after LPS in controls. Procaspase 8 cleavage and activity of the apoptosis-associated kinase, Jun N-terminal kinase, were also greater in controls. In contrast, ethanol exposure did not inhibit activation of cytoprotective mitogen-activated protein kinases and AKT or attenuate induction of the anti-apoptotic factors NF-kappaB and inducible nitric oxide synthase. Consistent with these responses, neither cytochrome c release, an early apoptotic response, nor hepatic oligonucleosomal DNA fragmentation, the ultimate consequence of apoptosis, was increased by ethanol. Thus, ethanol exacerbates TNF-related hepatotoxicity in vivo without enhancing caspase 3-dependent apoptosis.
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- Ayman Koteish
- Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, 720 Rutland Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Willis MS, Klassen LW, Tuma DJ, Sorrell MF, Thiele GM. In Vitro Exposure to Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Adducted Protein Inhibits Cell Proliferation and Viability. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02520.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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In Vitro Exposure to Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Adducted Protein Inhibits Cell Proliferation and Viability. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200202000-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hong F, Kim WH, Tian Z, Jaruga B, Ishac E, Shen X, Gao B. Elevated interleukin-6 during ethanol consumption acts as a potential endogenous protective cytokine against ethanol-induced apoptosis in the liver: involvement of induction of Bcl-2 and Bcl-x(L) proteins. Oncogene 2002; 21:32-43. [PMID: 11791174 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1205016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2001] [Revised: 09/12/2001] [Accepted: 10/01/2001] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Elevation of serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels is always associated with alcoholic liver disease (ALD), but the significance of such elevation is not clear. Here we show that chronic ethanol consumption induces significant apoptosis in the liver of IL-6 (-/-) mice but not IL-6 (+/+) mice. IL-6 (-/-) hepatocytes are more susceptible to ethanol- and tumor necrosis factor alpha- (TNFalpha-) induced apoptotic killing, which can be corrected by IL-6. Expression of both anti-apoptotic (such as Bcl-2 and Bcl-x(L)) and proapoptotic (such as Bax) proteins is markedly elevated in the liver of human ALD and chronically ethanol-fed IL-6 (+/+) mice. On the contrary, induction of Bcl-2 and Bcl-x(L) is not observed in the liver of chronically ethanol-fed IL-6 (-/-) mice, whereas expression of Bax protein remains elevated. Injection of IL-6 markedly induces expression of Bcl-2 and Bcl-x(L) but not Bax in the liver. Finally, high concentrations of ethanol inhibit IL-6-activated anti-apoptotic signal, but increasing the concentrations of IL-6 is able to overcome such inhibitory effect. These findings suggest that elevated serum IL-6 levels in ALD may overcome the inhibitory effect of ethanol on IL-6-mediated anti-apoptotic signals and prevent alcohol-induced hepatic apoptosis by induction of Bcl-2 and Bcl-x(L).
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- Feng Hong
- Section on Liver Biology, Laboratory of Physiologic Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, MD 20892, USA
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Molina PE, McClain C, Valla D, Guidot D, Diehl AM, Lang CH, Neuman M. Molecular Pathology and Clinical Aspects of Alcohol-Induced Tissue Injury. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2002.tb02440.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Pianko S, Patella S, Ostapowicz G, Desmond P, Sievert W. Fas-mediated hepatocyte apoptosis is increased by hepatitis C virus infection and alcohol consumption, and may be associated with hepatic fibrosis: mechanisms of liver cell injury in chronic hepatitis C virus infection. J Viral Hepat 2001; 8:406-13. [PMID: 11703571 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.2001.00316.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Epidemiological studies have established that heavy alcohol consumption in persons with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with advanced liver disease, including cirrhosis. The aims of this study were to evaluate the relationship between alcohol consumption and hepatocyte apoptosis in HCV-infected patients and to determine the role of Fas in HCV-mediated apoptosis. Liver tissue from 44 HCV-infected patients with variable alcohol consumption, and 10 normal control subjects who did not consume alcohol was examined for hepatocyte apoptosis, proliferation and Fas expression. Alcohol consumption was assessed using the 'Lifetime Drinking History' alcohol questionnaire. HCV RNA, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and ferritin were also assessed in addition to demographic data. Hepatocyte apoptosis was significantly greater in HCV-infected patients compared to controls. Expression of Fas (CD95) was found in HCV patients but not in controls. The degree of Fas expression correlated with hepatocyte apoptosis as detected by terminal UTP nick end labelling (TUNEL). Active ethanol consumption led to a significant increase in hepatocyte apoptosis. Fas expression correlated with fibrosis in HCV-infected patients who were not actively drinking ethanol. In summary, HCV leads to increased apoptotic cell death in hepatocytes. Programmed cell death can be further up-regulated by active ethanol consumption. The correlation between Fas expression and TUNEL supports the hypothesis that the Fas-Fas ligand interaction is the major mechanism for HCV-induced hepatocyte apoptosis.
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- S Pianko
- Monash University, Department of Medicine and Gastroenterology Unit, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
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This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2000 ISBRA Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The chairs were Carol A. Casey and Amin Nanji. The presentations were (1) Mechanisms of apoptosis in alcoholic liver disease, by Amin A. Nanji; (2) Impaired receptor-mediated endocytosis: Its role in alcoholic apoptosis, by Carol A. Casey; (3) Toxicity of ethanol in HepG2 cells that express CYP2E1, by Arthur I. Cederbaum; (4) Mitochondrial regulation of ethanol-induced hepatocyte apoptosis, by M. Adachi; and (5) Apoptosis in alcoholic hepatitis, by T. Takahashi.
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- C A Casey
- Departments of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and VA Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68105, USA.
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Deaciuc IV, D'Souza NB, de Villiers WJ, Burikhanov R, Sarphie TG, Hill DB, McClain CJ. Inhibition of caspases in vivo protects the rat liver against alcohol-induced sensitization to bacterial lipopolysaccharide. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2001. [PMID: 11410731 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2001.tb02300.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The mechanisms of liver sensitization by alcohol to Gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) remain elusive. The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) to test the hypothesis that alcohol-enhanced liver apoptosis may be a sensitizing mechanism for LPS and (2) to further characterize the liver apoptotic response to alcohol. METHODS Rats were fed a high-fat, alcohol-containing liquid diet for 14 weeks, treated with LPS (1.0 mg/kg of body weight, intravenously) or saline, followed by injection of a pan-caspase inhibitor IDN1965; N-[(1,3-dimethylindole-2-carbonyl)-valinyl]-3-amino-4-oxo-5-fluoropentanoic acid; 10 mg/kg of body weight, intraperitoneally or vehicle, and killed. The following parameters were assessed: plasma aspartate: 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase activity (AST); liver histology and terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) response; caspase-3, -8, and -9 activity; and mRNA and protein expression for two apoptosis-signaling molecules: Fas receptor and Fas ligand; and three apoptosis adaptors: Bax, Bcl-XL, and Bcl-2. RESULTS Alcohol-feeding-induced liver steatosis, slightly increased caspases' activity, the number of TUNEL-positive nuclei, and facilitated the LPS necrotic effect without affecting mRNA expression of apoptosis signals and adaptors. LPS induced a significant increase in AST and the number of TUNEL-positive nuclei, both effects being more pronounced in alcohol-treated rats. LPS produced hepatic necrosis only in alcohol-treated rats. LPS effects were associated with up-regulation of mRNA expression for both apoptosis adaptors and signaling molecules. IDN1965 administration 3 hr after LPS injection strongly inhibited caspases' activity, particularly that of caspase-3. IDN1965 also abolished the increase in TUNEL-positive nuclei, reversed the effect of LPS on plasma AST in alcohol-treated rats, and prevented LPS-induced necrosis. CONCLUSIONS (1) Alcohol-enhanced liver apoptosis may not involve regulatory steps at the transcriptional level. LPS-induced liver apoptosis seems to involve transcriptional regulation of several apoptosis adaptors. Therefore, alcohol and LPS may enhance liver apoptosis through different mechanisms. (2) Alcohol-enhanced liver apoptosis precedes and may facilitate the hepatic effects of LPS. LPS superimposed on alcohol further elevates the rate of apoptosis in the liver. This may exceed the phagocytosing capacity of the liver so that all the apoptotic cells are not phagocytosed, but rather die of necrosis.
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- I V Deaciuc
- Division of Digestive Diseases, A. B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA.
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Zhou Z, Sun X, Kang YJ. Ethanol-induced apoptosis in mouse liver: Fas- and cytochrome c-mediated caspase-3 activation pathway. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2001; 159:329-38. [PMID: 11438480 PMCID: PMC1850406 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)61699-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Hepatic apoptosis has been shown to occur in both experimental and clinical alcoholic liver disease, but the signaling pathway remains unknown. This study was undertaken to examine specifically the involvement of the upstream signals, Fas and cytochrome c, in alcohol-induced caspase-3 activation and apoptosis in the liver. Male FVB mice were administrated intragastrically a single dose of alcohol at 6 g/kg, which has been shown to represent binge drinking in humans. Hepatic apoptosis was detected by a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling assay. Active form of caspase-3 was identified by immunoperoxidase staining and confirmed by immunogold labeling and was found to be in the cytosol and nucleus. Enzymic assay further confirmed caspase-3 activation and nucleus localization. Systemic administration of caspase-3 inhibitor, Ac-DEVD-FMK, inhibited caspase-3 activity and abrogated apoptosis. Elevation of cytosolic cytochrome c was found by immunoperoxidase staining, immunogold labeling, and Western blot. Increased Fas ligand expression was detected by immunoperoxidase staining. Intravenous administration of a neutralizing Fas ligand monoclonal antibody resulted in suppression of caspase-3 activation and attenuation of apoptosis, but did not inhibit mitochondrial cytochrome c release. The results thus demonstrate that Fas/Fas ligand system-mediated caspase-3 activation plays a central role in the ethanol-induced hepatic apoptosis.
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This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2000 ISBRA Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The chairs were Carol A. Casey and Amin Nanji. The presentations were (1) Mechanisms of apoptosis in alcoholic liver disease, by Amin A. Nanji; (2) Impaired receptor-mediated endocytosis: Its role in alcoholic apoptosis, by Carol A. Casey; (3) Toxicity of ethanol in HepG2 cells that express CYP2E1, by Arthur I. Cederbaum; (4) Mitochondrial regulation of ethanol-induced hepatocyte apoptosis, by M. Adachi; and (5) Apoptosis in alcoholic hepatitis, by T. Takahashi.
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- C A Casey
- Departments of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and VA Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68105, USA.
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Fetal alcohol syndrome usually implies effects on the offspring of maternal EtOH consumption during gestation, with fewer reports addressing the impact of paternal exposure on the progeny. One previous report has dealt with the impact of EtOH exposure on peripubertal male rats as a model of teenage drinking and the deleterious effects on the offspring. We report here findings examining the effect of 2 mo of EtOH feeding on male animals as they progressed through puberty on their ability to impregnate EtOH-naive female rats and characteristics of the subsequent litters. The EtOH-imbibing fathers weighed significantly less than pairfed controls and animals ingesting a non-EtOH liquid diet ad libitum. Nevertheless, they were able to mate successfully, although fecundity was significantly reduced. The number of successful pregnancies, defined as carried to term, was diminished from 92% in controls to 75% in EtOH-fed animals (p < 0.05). There was increased paternal testicular oxidative injury demonstrated by enhanced lipid peroxidation, protein oxidation, and decreased ratio of reduced to oxidized glutathione. The litter size of the EtOH-exposed males was reduced by 46%. The average litter size was 12.4+/-1.5 pups/litter in ad libitum animals, virtually identical to the 12.5+/-0.6 pups/litter in the pair fed controls. This is in sharp contrast to the 6.7+/-0.1 pups/litter from the paternal EtOH matings (p < 0.001). There was an increase in the average individual weight of pup offspring of paternally EtOH-exposed animals (p < 0.01 vs pair-fed controls and p < 0.05 vs ad libitum). Curiously, the male-to-female pup ratio was altered with a higher preponderance of male offspring from EtOH-fed fathers. There were no gross malformations noted among the pups. Insulin-like growth factor-1 levels in the pups at 10 d of age were unaltered between the groups. However, leptin was significantly elevated in the EtOH offspring. It appears that chronic EtOH exposure in the peripubertal fathers subsequently decreases fecundity and that this may be mediated by testicular oxidative injury, perhaps leading to accelerated germ cell apoptosis.
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- N V Emanuele
- Department of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
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Deaciuc IV, Nikolova-Karakashian M, Fortunato F, Lee EY, Hill DB, McClain CJ. Apoptosis and dysregulated ceramide metabolism in a murine model of alcohol-enhanced lipopolysaccharide hepatotoxicity. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2001. [PMID: 11045865 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb04575.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role of apoptosis in EtOH-induced liver injury has not been investigated much. Therefore, the question whether apoptosis is a contributory factor to alcoholic liver disease remains to be answered. The purpose of this study was to characterize the liver apoptotic response in a murine model of alcohol-enhanced lipopolysaccharide (LPS) hepatotoxicity. METHODS Mice were fed an alcohol-containing liquid diet for 49 days followed by an acute LPS challenge. The liver state was judged on the basis of histological appearance, plasma liver enzyme activity (alanine:2-oxoglutarate and aspartate:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferases, as markers of hepatocytolysis), and plasma hyaluronan levels (as a marker of the sinusoidal endothelial cell scavenging function). The liver apoptotic response was assessed by DNA fragmentation (TUNEL procedure), and caspases-3 and -8 activity. To determine if ceramide played a role in the liver apoptotic response, the activity of acidic sphingomyelinase and tissue content of ceramide were also quantified. RESULTS Alcohol exposure induced fat accumulation and sensitized the liver to LPS injurious effects. Plasma liver enzyme activity was elevated by alcohol and this effect was potentiated by LPS. Liver apoptosis was augmented by both alcohol and LPS treatment as reflected by high frequency of positive TUNEL staining nuclei and by an increased activity of caspase-3 and -8. Acidic sphingomyelinase activity was also increased and it was associated with an elevated tissue content of ceramide. In addition, LPS also increased plasma TNF-alpha levels. These changes were accompanied by elevated plasma hyaluronan, reflecting an impaired sinusoidal endothelial cell scavenging function. CONCLUSIONS These results provide a more complete description of the liver apoptotic response to both alcohol and LPS and may constitute the basis for further mechanistic studies on a possible role apoptosis may play in alcoholic liver injury.
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- I V Deaciuc
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, USA
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George J, Rao KR, Stern R, Chandrakasan G. Dimethylnitrosamine-induced liver injury in rats: the early deposition of collagen. Toxicology 2001; 156:129-38. [PMID: 11164615 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(00)00352-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) is a potent hepatotoxin that can cause fibrosis of the liver. It's ability to provide a suitable rapid experimental murine model for early human cirrhosis was examined. The drug was administered to adult male albino rats in order to document sequential pathological and biochemical alterations. Injury was produced by intraperitoneal injections of DMN on three consecutive days of each week over a 3-week period. A rapid increase in collagen content was documented, with linear increases occurring from days 7 to 21. Livers were examined for histopathological changes on days 7, 14 and 21 following the beginning of exposure. Severe centrilobular congestion and haemorrhagic necrosis could be observed on day 7. Centrilobular necrosis and intense neutrophilic infiltration were observed on day 14. By day 21, collagen fiber deposition could be observed, together with severe centrilobular necrosis, with focal fatty changes, bile duct proliferation, bridging necrosis and fibrosis surrounding the central veins. A decrease in total protein and increase in DNA were also documented. DMN-induced liver injury in rats appears to be a potential animal model for early human cirrhosis and the rapid deposition of collagen, and may serve as a convenient procedure for screening antifibrotic agents.
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- J George
- Department of Biochemistry, Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai600 020, India
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Pianko S, Patella S, Sievert W. Alcohol consumption induces hepatocyte apoptosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2000; 15:798-805. [PMID: 10937688 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.02083.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies have established that heavy alcohol consumption in persons with chronic hepatitis C infection is associated with advanced liver disease, including cirrhosis. The cellular mechanisms underlying this process, which appear to occur over decades, are unknown. Increased hepatocyte apoptosis has been observed in association with hepatitis C infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between alcohol consumption and hepatocyte apoptosis in hepatitis C-infected patients. METHODS Liver tissue from 20 hepatitis C-infected patients with variable alcohol consumption, and 10 normal control subjects was examined for hepatocyte apoptosis, proliferation and bcl-2 expression. RESULTS Hepatocyte apoptosis was significantly greater in hepatitis C-infected patients than in controls. In hepatitis C-infected patients, significantly more hepatocyte apoptosis was seen in those consuming at least 30 g per day of alcohol compared with those drinking less than 10 g daily. Bcl-2, an inhibitor of apoptosis, was not detected in liver tissue from patients with the highest ethanol intake and rate of hepatocyte apoptosis. In contrast, patients drinking lesser amounts of ethanol had lower rates of hepatocyte apoptosis and more frequent bcl-2 expression. CONCLUSIONS This study confirms that both hepatitis C infection and ethanol consumption induce hepatocyte apoptosis in humans. Ethanol-induced hepatocyte apoptosis has previously been shown only in animal models of alcohol-related liver injury. The precise role of apoptosis in the pathogenesis of hepatitis C-related liver injury remains unclear, but its induction may be related to downregulation of bcl-2 expression associated with ethanol consumption.
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- Department of Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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MESH Headings
- Apoptosis
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/pathology
- Cholestasis, Intrahepatic/metabolism
- Cholestasis, Intrahepatic/pathology
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human/metabolism
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human/pathology
- Humans
- Liver Diseases/metabolism
- Liver Diseases/pathology
- Liver Diseases, Alcoholic/metabolism
- Liver Diseases, Alcoholic/pathology
- Liver Neoplasms/metabolism
- Liver Neoplasms/pathology
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- Center for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Medical School, Clinic, and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Liver cell death is triggered by a number of insults arising from the external environment or from within the cell. These insults may engage cell surface receptors with death domaines leading to a proteolytic cascade involving initiator and executioner caspases and an apoptotic demise. Alternatively, the insults may profoundly disrupt mitochondrial function and result in loss of homeostasis accompanied by activation of hydrolases and a necrotic or lytic demise. The distinction between apoptotic and necrotic cell death has become blurred recently by the recognition that the same stimuli can induce either form of cell death as well as caspase independent apoptosis. Mitochondria play a key role in the shape of cell death; selective release of mediators amplifies the apoptosis program and profound loss of mitochondrial function leads to necrosis. Reactive oxygen metabolites and nitric oxide participate as initiating factors and modulators. The extensive knowledge gained in recent years about the mechanisms of cell death will undoubtedly lead to new and exciting advances in the prevention and treatment of liver diseases. Important targets include death receptors, death signaling mechanisms, the mitochondrial permeability transition and approaches which selectively inhibit or activate cell death in parenchymal versus nonparenchymal cells.
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- USC Research Center for Liver Diseases and the Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA.
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Cell death occurs by apoptosis or necrosis. Although these are morphologically distinct, they share similar initiating events (death receptor ligation, chemicals, drug hypoxia, oxidative stress), and usually involve the participation of mitochondria. The ultimate shape of cell death depends on the extent of functional collapse of mitochondria, which either leads to a rapid loss of ATP, swelling and lysis, or a more selective release of cytochrome c in the presence of sufficient ATP to activate executioner caspases, leading to the development of apoptosis. Apoptosis and necrosis participate in the pathogenesis of most liver diseases. Therapies targeting the death receptors, initiator caspases and mitochondria show potential promise in various liver disease, whereas targeting inhibition of executioner caspases may rapidly or in delayed fashion switch from apoptotic to necrotic cell death.
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- University of Southern California Research Center for Liver Diseases, Los Angeles, California
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Mi LJ, Mak KM, Lieber CS. Attenuation of Alcohol-Induced Apoptosis of Hepatocytes in Rat Livers by Polyenylphosphatidylcholine (PPC). Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2000. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb04592.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sakurai K, Stoyanovsky DA, Fujimoto Y, Cederbaum AI. Mitochondrial permeability transition induced by 1-hydroxyethyl radical. Free Radic Biol Med 2000; 28:273-80. [PMID: 11281295 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(99)00236-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Impairment of mitochondrial functions has been found in ethanol-induced liver injury. Ethanol can be oxidized to the 1-hydroxyethyl radical (HER) by rat liver microsomal systems. Experiments were carried out to evaluate the ability of HER to cause mitochondrial swelling as an indicator of the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT). Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy was used to detect HER and to study its interaction with mitochondria. The ESR signal intensity of the spin adduct formed from alpha-(4-pyridyl-1-oxide) N-tert-butylnitrone (POBN) and HER generated from either a thermic decomposition of 1,1'-dihydroxyazoethane (DHAE) or a Fenton reaction system containing ethanol was markedly diminished by the addition of mitochondria, indicating an interaction between HER and mitochondria. Exposure of rat liver mitochondria to HER generated from either system caused swelling, as reflected by a decrease in absorbance at 540 nm, in a HER concentration-dependent and a cyclosporin A-sensitive manner. Mitochondrial swelling was also induced in the Fenton reaction system without ethanol. The DHAE-dependent generation of HER in mitochondrial suspension resulted in a decrease of membrane protein thiols and collapse of the membrane potential (delta psi). The swelling induced by HER was prevented by glutathione and vitamin E, but not by superoxide dismutase. Catalase did not prevent the swelling caused by the acetaldehyde/hydroxylamine O-sulfonate (HOS) system, but was inhibitory in the Fenton reaction system with or without ethanol. These results indicate that HER, as well as hydroxyl radical, can induce the MPT, and suggest the possibility that the collapse of delta psi caused by HER may, at least in part, contribute to impairment of mitochondrial function caused by ethanol and in ethanol-induced liver injury.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Hokkaido College of Pharmacy, Otaru Hokkaido, Japan
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