期刊
JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
卷 72, 期 5, 页码 946-959出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.12.016
关键词
Alcoholic liver disease; ALD; Cholesterol synthesis; Fibrosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; HCC; IL-17 signaling; Inflammation; Mutational signatures
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01 DK101737-01A1, U01 AA022614-01A1, R01 DK09920501A1, P50AA011999]
- Herman Lopata Memorial Hepatitis Postdoctoral ALF Fellowship [AI043477, U01 AA027681, R01 CA211794, R01 DK120714, P42 ES010337]
Background & Aims: Chronic alcohol consumption is a leading risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which is associated with a marked increase in hepatic expression of pro-inflammatory IL-17A and its receptor IL-17RA. Methods: Genetic deletion and pharmacological blocking were used to characterize the role of IL-17A/IL-17RA signaling in the pathogenesis of HCC in mouse models and human specimens. Results: We demonstrate that the global deletion of the Il-17ra gene suppressed HCC in alcohol-fed diethylnitrosamine-challenged Il-17ra(-/-) and major urinary protein-urokinase-type plasminogen activator/Il-17ra(-/-) mice compared with wild-type mice. When the cell-specific role of IL-17RA signaling was examined, the development of HCC was decreased in both alcohol-fed Il-17ra(Delta M Phi) and Il-17ra(Delta Hep) mice devoid of IL-17RA in myeloid cells and hepatocytes, but not in Il-17ra(Delta HSC) mice (deficient in IL-17RA in hepatic stellate cells). Deletion of Il-17ra in myeloid cells ameliorated tumorigenesis via suppression of pro-tumorigenic/inflammatory and pro-fibrogenic responses in alcohol-fed Il-17ra(Delta M Phi) mice. Remarkably, despite a normal inflammatory response, alcohol-fed Il-17ra(Delta Hep) mice developed the fewest tumors (compared with Il-17ra(Delta M Phi) mice), with reduced steatosis and fibrosis. Steatotic IL-17RA-deficient hepatocytes downregulated the expression of Cxcl1 and other chemokines, exhibited a striking defect in tumor necrosis factor (TNF)/TNF receptor 1-dependent caspase-2-SREBP1/2-DHCR7-mediated cholesterol synthesis, and upregulated the production of antioxidant vitamin D-3. The pharmacological blocking of IL-17A/Th-17 cells using anti-IL-12/IL-23 antibodies suppressed the progression of HCC (by 70%) in alcohol-fed mice, indicating that targeting IL-17 signaling might provide novel strategies for the treatment of alcohol-induced HCC. Conclusions: Overall, IL-17A is a tumor-promoting cytokine, which critically regulates alcohol-induced hepatic steatosis, inflammation, fibrosis, and HCC. Lay summary: IL-17A is a tumor-promoting cytokine, which critically regulates inflammatory responses in macrophages (Kupffer cells and bone-marrow-derived monocytes) and cholesterol synthesis in steatotic hepatocytes in an experimental model of alcohol-induced HCC. Therefore, IL-17A may be a potential therapeutic target for patients with alcohol-induced HCC. (c) 2020 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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