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Visualization and Analysis of Blood Flow and Oxygen Consumption in Hepatic Microcirculation: Application to an Acute Hepatitis Model
Published on: August 4, 2012
Basal reactive oxygen species determine the susceptibility to apoptosis in cirrhotic hepatocytes
Jay Raval1, Suzanne Lyman, Takashi Nitta
1Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Abstract:
Hepatocytes from cirrhotic murine livers exhibit increased basal ROS activity and resistance to TGFbeta-induced apoptosis, yet when ROS levels are decreased by antioxidant pretreatment, these cells recover susceptibility to apoptotic stimuli. To further study these redox events, hepatocytes from cirrhotic murine livers were pretreated with various antioxidants prior to TGFbeta treatment and the ROS activity, apoptotic response, and mitochondrial ROS generation were assessed. In addition, normal hepatocytes were treated with low-dose H(2)O(2) and ROS and apoptotic responses determined. Treatment of cirrhotic hepatocytes with various antioxidants decreased basal ROS and rendered them susceptible to apoptosis. Examination of normal hepatocytes by confocal microscopy demonstrated colocalization of ROS activity and respiring mitochondria. Basal assessment of cirrhotic hepatocytes showed nonfocal ROS activity that was abolished by antioxidants. After pretreatment with an adenovirus expressing MnSOD, basal cirrhotic hepatocyte ROS were decreased and TGFbeta-induced colocalization of ROS and mitochondrial respiration was present. Treatment of normal hepatocytes with H(2)O(2) resulted in a sustained increase in ROS and resistance to TGFbeta apoptosis that was reversed when these cells were pretreated with an antioxidant. In conclusion, cirrhotic hepatocytes have a nonfocal distribution of ROS. However, normal and cirrhotic hepatocytes exhibit mitochondrial localization of ROS that is necessary for apoptosis.
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