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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Volume 40, Issue 5, Pages 1537-1548Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2017.3121
Keywords
autophagy; bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells; heme oxygenase-1; reduced-size liver transplantation; ERK/mTOR signaling pathway
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81670574, 81441022, 81270528]
- Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, China [08JCYBJC08400, 11JCZDJC27800, 12JCZDJC25200]
- Technology Foundation of the Health Bureau in Tianjin, China [2011KY11]
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Autophagy is a critical lysosomal pathway that degrades cytoplasmic components to maintain cell homeostasis and provide substrates for energy metabolism. A study revealed that heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1)-transduced bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) could protect 50% reduced-size liver transplantation (RSLT) in a rat model. However, the mechanisms remain mostly unknown. The aim of the present study was to explore the effects and related mechanism of autophagy on the protection conferred by HO-1-transduced BM-MSCs (HO-1/BM-MSCs) on 50% RSLT in a rat model. The authors established an acute rejection model following 50% RSLT in rats, with recipients divided into three groups receiving treatment with BM-MSCs, HO-1/BM-MSCs or normal saline (NS) injected through the dorsal penile vein. Transplanted liver tissues at 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14 days following transplantation were acquired for further analysis. The results indicated that the expression of autophagy-related proteins LC3 and Beclin-1 increased, the levels of ERK and p-ERK increased, and the levels of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and p-mTOR decreased in the HO-1/BM-MSCs. These observations indicated that autophagy is involved in the protective effects of HO-1/BM-MSCs on liver grafts following RSLT, possibly via upregulation of autophagy-related proteins through the ERK/mTOR signaling pathway.
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