期刊
JOURNAL OF PROTEOMICS
卷 177, 期 -, 页码 40-47出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2018.02.014
关键词
Polygoni Multiflori Radix; Cholestatic liver injury; Transcriptome analysis; Cholesterol biosynthesis; Bile acid biosynthesis
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81573562, 81773993]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20151442]
- Priority Academic Program Development (PAPD) of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
Polygoni Multiflori Radix (PMR) has been commonly used as a tonic in China for centuries. However, PMR-associated hepatotoxicity is becoming a safety issue. Cholestasis often occurs in PMR-induced hepatotoxicity in clinical medicine, but the exact mechanism is not completely understood. An RNA-Seq method was employed, in the present study, to explore the molecular mechanism of cholestatic liver injury induced by PMR, characterized by the hepatic transcriptional response in rats exposed to 1 and 20 g/kg PMR for 90 days. Pathological changes seen in rat livers exposed to PMR included increased bile ducts in portal areas and biliary epithelial cell hyperplasia, which were accompanied by the elevation of serum biochemistries. Dose-dependent increases in the expression of 14 transcripts encoding enzymes involved in the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway were identified. Furthermore, cholesterol 7-alpha hydroxylase (Cyp7a1), a rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of bile acids (BAs) from cholesterol, was found to be upregulated by PMR treatment. Protein analysis by western blot suggested that expression of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase (Hmgcr) and Cyp7a1 were increased in a dose-dependent manner. Collectively, the present study demonstrates that PMR upregulates key enzymes for biosynthesis of cholesterol and BA, which poses the risk of cholestatic liver injury. Significance: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first transcriptome analysis to highlight the main molecular changes occurring in rats chronic exposed to PMR. We have identified 39 specific differentially expressed genes (DEGs) that were present in various comparisons. A total of 14 of these altered gene transcripts were associated with cholesterol biosynthesis. Another factor of great importance in our opinion seemed to be the enhancement of bile acid (BA) biosynthesis, which were closely linked to cholesterol biosynthesis or metabolism. Our findings suggested that the disturbance on balance of BA formation and elimination might lead to a BA overload in hepatocytes, thereby resulting in liver injury.
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