期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 104, 期 10, 页码 4030-4035出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0700220104
关键词
cell fusion; diabetes mellitus; diabetic complications; liver
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL051586, HL 51586] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK068037, DK 68037] Funding Source: Medline
We previously reported that diabetes in mice is associated with the appearance of proinsulin-producing (Proins-P) cells in the liver. It was unclear, however, whether these Proins-P bone marrow-derived cells (BMDQ merely transit through the liver or undergo fusion with hepatocytes, normally an extremely rare event. In this study, we found that, in diabetes, BMDC in the liver produce not only Proins but also TNF-alpha, suggesting that diabetes reprograms gene expression in BMDC, turning on inappropriate genes. Bone marrow transplantation using genetically marked donor and recipient mice showed that fusion occurs between Proins-P BMDC and hepatocytes. Cell fusion is further supported by the presence of the Y chromosome in Proins-P cells in female mice that received male bone marrow transplantation cells. Morphologically, Proins-P fusion cells are albumin-producing hepatocytes that constitute approximate to 2.5% of the liver section area 5 months after diabetes induction. An extensive search failed to reveal any fusion cells in nondiabetic mice. Thus, diabetes causes fusion between Proins-P BMDC and hepatocytes in vivo, an observation that has implications for the pathophysiology of diabetes as well as the fundamental biology of heterotypic cell fusion.
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