期刊
JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
卷 54, 期 5, 页码 964-974出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.09.022
关键词
Hepatic stellate cells; Mesenchymal stem cells; Liver fibrogenesis; Reactive oxygen species; Chemotaxis
资金
- Ministero dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR, Rome) [Ministero dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR, Rome - PRIN Project 2006067527]
- Ministero della Salute (Ministry of Health, Rome)
- Regione Piemonte (Torino)
- Fondazione CRT (Torino)
- Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino)
- Italian Liver Foundation (Florence)
- Fondazione Bossolasco (Torino)
- Istituto Toscano Tumori (ITT, Florence)
Background & Aims: Liver fibrogenesis is sustained by myofibroblast-like cells originating from hepatic stellate cells (HSC/MFs), portal fibroblasts or bone marrow-derived cells, including mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Herein, we investigated the mechanistic role of intracellular generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and redox-sensitive signal transduction pathways in mediating chemotaxis, a critical profibrogenic response for human HSC/MFs and for MSC potentially engrafting chronically injured liver. Methods: Intracellular generation of ROS and signal transduction pathways were evaluated by integrating morphological and molecular biology techniques. Chemokinesis and chemotaxis were evaluated by wound healing assay and modified Boyden's chamber assay, respectively. Additional in vivo evidence was obtained in human specimens from HCV-related cirrhosis. Results: Human MSCs and HSC/MFs migrate in response to a panel of polypeptide chemoattractants and extracellularly generated superoxide anion. All polypeptides induced a NADPH-oxidase-dependent intracellular rise in ROS, resulting in activation of ERK1/2 and JNK1/2. Moreover, menadione or 2,3-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, which generate intracellular superoxide anion or hydrogen peroxide, respectively, induced ERK1/2 and JNK1/2 activation and migration. JNK1 activation was predominant for migration as shown by specific silencing. Finally, activation of ERK1/2 and JNK1/2 was found in extracts obtained from HSC/MFs during the course of an oxidative stress-mediated model of liver injury and phosphorylated JNK1/2 isoforms were detected in alpha-smooth muscle actin-positive myofibroblasts lining fibrotic septa in human cirrhotic livers. Conclusions: Intracellular generation of ROS, through activation of specific signaling pathways, is a critical event for directional migration of HSC/MFs and MSCs. (C) 2010 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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