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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
卷 183, 期 6, 页码 1803-1814出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2013.08.013
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- National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse [AA012863]
- National Cancer Institute [CA122499]
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [AI099284]
- Hubert and Richard Hanlon Trust
- Hans Popper Memorial Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the AASLD
- Hans Popper Memorial Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the KUMC Biomedical Research Training Program
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection exacerbates alcoholic Liver injury by mechanisms that include enhanced oxidative stress. The forkhead box transcription factor FOXO3 is an important component of the antioxidant stress response that can be altered by HCV. To test whether FOXO3 is protective for alcoholic liver injury, we fed alcohol to FOXO3(-/-) mice. After 3 weeks, one third of these mice developed severe hepatic steatosis, neutrophilic infiltration, and >10-fold atanine aminotransferase (ALT) elevations. In cell culture, either alcohol or HCV infection alone increased FOXO3 transcriptional activity and expression of target genes, but the combination of HCV and alcohol together caused loss of nuclear FOXO3 and decreased its transcriptional activity. This was accompanied by increased phosphorylation of FOXO3. Mice expressing HCV structural proteins on a background of reduced expression of superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2; Sod2(+/-)) also had increased liver sensitivity to alcohol, with elevated ALT, steatosis, and lobular inflammation. Elevated ALT was associated with an alcohol-induced decrease in SOD2 and redistribution of FOXO3 to the cytosol. These results demonstrate that FOXO3 functions as a protective factor preventing alcoholic liver injury. The combination of HCV and alcohol, but not either condition alone, inactivates FOXO3, causing a decrease in expression of its target genes and an increase in Liver injury. Modulation of the FOXO3 pathway is a potential therapeutic approach for HCV-alcohol-induced Liver injury.
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