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JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 3, Pages 558-567Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2010.06406.x
Keywords
cyclophilin B; cyclophilin D; liver fibrosis; N-methyl-4-isoleucine cyclosporine
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30671854]
- National High Technology Research and Development Program of China [2006AA02A410]
- Major State Basic Research Development Program of China [2007CB512802]
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Background and Aim: N-methyl-4-isoleucine cyclosporine (NIM811), a new analogue of cyclosporine A, can inhibit collagen deposition in vitro and reduce liver necrosis in a bile-duct-ligation animal model. However, whether NIM811 effects on CCl4-induced rat liver fibrosis, and the related mechanism has not been determined. Methods: A liver fibrosis model was induced in Wistar rats using CCl4 for 6 weeks. Meanwhile, two different doses of NIM811 (low-dose 10 mg/kg and high-dose 20 mg/kg) were given to the CCl4-treated rats. Liver fibrosis was then evaluated according to histopathological scoring and liver hydroxyproline content. Serum alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and albumin levels, expression of matrix metalloproteinase-13, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1, alpha-smooth muscle actin and cyclophilin B and D in liver tissue were determined. Cyclophilin B and D were also studied in an hepatic stellate cell line. Results: Hydroxyproline content was decreased in both NIM811 groups compared with the model (P < 0.05). Liver necrosis and fibrosis were also attenuated in the NIM811 groups. NIM811 suppressed the expression of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1, transforming growth factor beta mRNA and alpha-smooth muscle actin protein in liver tissue. Expression of cyclophilin B in the fibrosis model was increased compared with the normal group (P < 0.05), and was decreased significantly in the low-dose NIM811 treatment group (P < 0.05), which indicated that cyclophilin B might have a profibrotic effect. In vitro studies revealed that cyclophilin B and/or D knockout were associated with collagen inhibition. Conclusions: NIM811 attenuates liver fibrosis in a CCl4-induced rat liver fibrosis model, which may be related to binding with cyclophilin B and D.
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