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JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
卷 44, 期 2, 页码 359-367出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2005.06.022
关键词
chemokine; apoptosis; survival; caspase; Akt; inflammation
资金
- NIAAA NIH HHS [AA07810, AA00215] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [P30 DK026743, DK61510, DK26743] Funding Source: Medline
Background/Aims: CXC chemokines function as survival factors for several types of cells. In this study, we investigated whether CXC chemokines promote survival of liver cells following an apoptotic stimulus in vivo. Methods: Apoptosis was induced in mouse liver by treatment with galactosamine and endotoxin (Gal/ET). The influence of CXC chemokines was investigated by comparing Gal/ET responses in wild-type (WT) mice to those in mice with a transgene encoding the CXC chemokine interleukin-8 (IL-8 TG). Results: IL-8 TG mice displayed less apoptosis and better survival after Gal/ET treatment than did WT mice (60% fewer TUNEL-positive cells at 6 h; 36% better survival at 24 h). Gal/ET toxicity was also preventable in WT mice by pre-treatment with IL-8. Notably, IL-8 was not protective against hepatic apoptosis due to anti-Fas or concanavalin A. In Gal/ET-treated mice, IL-8 promoted liver cell survival by interfering with the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis. Survival was not attributable to activation of NF-kappa B or up-regulation of anti-apoptotic proteins, but coincided instead with activation of Akt and phosphorylation of the pro-apoptotic protein Bad. Conclusions: IL-8 protects liver cells from Gal/ET-mediated apoptosis by signaling through phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI-3K). This is in keeping with the reported mechanism of chemokine-related survival in other tissues. (C) 2005 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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