期刊
LABORATORY INVESTIGATION
卷 90, 期 12, 页码 1805-1816出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2010.123
关键词
apoptosis; hepatic stellate cell; inflammation; Kupffer cell; liver fibrosis
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [90409020, 30701070]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2006CB504800]
- Innovative Research Team in Universities
- Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
- Key Laboratory of Liver and Kidney Diseases (Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine)
- Ministry of Education
- E-institute of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission [03008]
- China Postdoctor Foundation [20090450726]
Hepatocellular apoptosis, hepatic inflammation, and fibrosis are prominent features in chronic liver diseases. However, the linkage among these processes remains mechanistically unclear. In this study, we examined the apoptosis and activation of Kupffer cells (KCs) as well as their pathophysiological involvement in liver fibrosis process. Hepatic fibrosis was induced in rats by dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) or carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) treatment. KCs were isolated from normal rats and incubated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or from fibrotic rats. The KCs were stained immunohistochemically with anti-CD68 antibody, a biomarker for KC. The level of expression of CD68 was analyzed by western blot and real-time PCR methods. The apoptosis and pathophysiological involvement of KCs in the formation of liver fibrosis were studied using confocal microscopy. The mRNA and protein expression of CD68 were significantly increased in DMN- and CCL4-treated rats. Confocal microscopy analysis showed that CD68-positive KCs, but not alpha-smooth muscle actin (SMA)-positive cells, underwent apoptosis in the liver of DMN- and CCL4-treated rats. It was also revealed that the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling and CD68-double-positive apoptotic KCs located in the portal or fibrotic septa area were situated next to hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and KC co-localized in the liver in the neighbor of HSCs. The double alpha-SMA- and collagen type I-positive cells predominantly existed in fibrotic septa, and those cells were co-localized clearly with CD68-positive cells. Interestingly, some CD68 and Col (1) double positive, but completely negative for alpha-SMA, were found in the portal areas and hepatic sinusoids; this phenomenon was also validated in primary isolated KCs after 6 h LPS exposure or fibrotic rats in vitro. These results show that KCs are associated with hepatocellular apoptosis, inflammation, and fibrosis process in a liver fibrosis models. Laboratory Investigation (2010) 90, 1805-1816; doi:10.1038/labinvest.2010.123; published online 4 October 2010
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