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GUT
卷 61, 期 6, 页码 907-916出版社
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300608
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [RO 957/8-1]
- University Medical Center Giessen and Marburg [UKGM 10/2010 GI]
- Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Objective Reports on the effects of bone marrow-derived cells on hepatic fibrosis are contradictory. Impaired fibrosis but increased inflammation has recently been demonstrated 10 weeks after bone marrow transplantation (BM-Tx) in Abcb4(-/-) mice. It is hypothesised that BM-Tx might have long-term therapeutic potential by altering the immunological and matrix remodelling processes leading to hepatic regeneration. Methods After lethal irradiation of recipient mice, BM cells from GFP+ donor mice (allogeneic Tx) or Abcb4(-/-) mice (syngeneic Tx) were transplanted via tail vein injection. Readouts were performed 2, 10 and 20 weeks after Tx. Liver integrity was assessed serologically and histologically. Surrogate markers for fibrogenesis, T helper (Th) response, inflammation, graft-versus-host disease and fibrolysis were analysed by quantitative real-time PCR, zymography and immunohistology. Results 20 weeks after syngeneic and allogeneic BM-Tx, hepatic grading and staging were significantly improved. In contrast, 2 weeks after BM-Tx inflammatory grading, expression of inflammatory cell markers and associated chemokines and their receptors were increased and subsequently declined. In parallel, CD8+/GFP+ donor-derived T cells infiltrated the liver 2 weeks after BM-Tx. The Th1 cyokine interferon gamma was increased 2 and 10 weeks after BM-Tx whereas the Th2 associated interleukin 13 was not altered. The gene expression of matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2, MMP-7, MMP-9 and MMP-13 was transiently upregulated and MMP-9 protein remained elevated 20 weeks after BM-Tx with enhanced gelatinase activity located within the fibrotic areas. Neutrophils were identified as major sources of MMP-9. Conclusion These results show that BM-Tx causes an antifibrotic Th1 response combined with transient inflammatory effects and subsequently upregulated MMP activity. Antifibrotic Th polarisation and prolonged proteolytic activity, especially of MMP-9, might be responsible for long-term amelioration of hepatic fibrosis.
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