期刊
LABORATORY INVESTIGATION
卷 88, 期 10, 页码 1068-1078出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2008.75
关键词
fibrosis; cirrhosis; oxidative stress; ROS; inflammation
资金
- Swiss National Science Foundation [3100A9-109340/1]
- German Research Association [He 2458/14-1, Schn 620/3-1]
- China Scholarship Council
The liver is frequently exposed to insults, including toxic chemicals and alcohol, viral infection or metabolic overload. Although it can fully regenerate after acute injury, chronic liver damage causes liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, which can result in complete liver failure. In this study, we demonstrate that the NF-E2-relatedfactor 2 (Nrf2) transcription factor protects the liver from acute and chronic toxin-mediated damage. Repair of the liver injury that occurs after a single treatment with the hepatotoxin carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) was severely delayed in Nrf2-deficient mice. The defect in repair was accompanied by an enhanced and prolonged inflammatory and profibrotic response. After long-term CCl4 treatment, liver fibrosis was strongly aggravated in the Nrf2 knockout mice and inflammation was enhanced. We demonstrate that these abnormalities are at least in part due to the reduced expression of known and novel Nrf2 target genes in hepatocytes, which encode enzymes involved in the detoxification of CCl4 and its metabolites. These results suggest that activation of Nrf2 may be a novel strategy to prevent or ameliorate toxin-induced liver injury and fibrosis.
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