期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE
卷 38, 期 2, 页码 521-528出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2016.2630
关键词
hepatic fibrosis; hepatic stellate cells; transforming growth factor-1; phosphorylated cAMP-responsive element binding protein-1; collagen I
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30871153, 81370525]
Phosphorylated cAMP-responsive element binding protein-1 (p-CREB-1) is an important transcription factor which has been reported to be implicated in fibrogenesis. However, the association between p-CREB-1 and transforming growth factor-1 (TGF-1)-mediated liver fibrogenesis remains poorly understood. In the present study, exogenous TGF-1 recombinant protein was used to activate hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), and we established a rat model of tetrachloromethane (CCl4)-induced liver fibrosis. Loss- and gain-of-function studies were performed to examine the role of p-CREB-1 in liver fibrogenesis, and the detailed mechanism responsible for these effects was further explored using chromatin immunoprecipitation and luciferase reporter gene assays. We found that p-CREB-1 expression was significantly upregulated in a rat model of hepatic fibrosis. We also demonstrated that p-CREB-1 increased TGF-1 expression and auto-induction in HSCs, through directly binding to the CRE site within the TGF-1 promoter in order to enhance its transcriptional activity. Moreover, lentivirus-mediated CREB-1 overexpression promoted hepatic fibrogenesis in rats. These findings suggest that p-CREB-1 may function as a potent profibrogenic factor through the transactivation of TGF-1 expression in liver fibrosis.
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