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Published on: September 12, 2019
Tumor necrosis factor signaling in hepatocyte apoptosis
1Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. etsu@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
Death receptor-mediated hepatocyte apoptosis is implicated in a wide range of liver diseases including viral hepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis, ischemia/reperfusion injury, fulminant hepatic failure, cholestatic liver injury, and cancer. Our aim was to clarify the protective pathway in death receptor-mediated hepatocyte apoptosis and the significance of apoptosis in liver injury. In vitro: AdIkappaBsr plus tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha/Jo2 rapidly induced apoptosis in mouse hepatocyte, whereas TNF-alpha/Jo2 alone produced little cytotoxicity. The combination of the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) inhibitors, cyclosporine A and trifluoperazine, protected AdIkappaBsr-infected hepatocytes from TNF-alpha- but not Fas-mediated apoptosis. The TNF-alpha and Jo2 induced iNOS through NF-kappaB. Nitric oxide donor (S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine) inhibited Bid cleavage, the MPT, and caspase activation and reduced TNF-alpha- and Fas-mediated cell killing. Inhibition of PI3K by LY294,002 and a dominant-negative Akt, which attenuated NF-kappaB activation by TNF-alpha or Jo2, sensitized hepatocytes to TNF- or Jo2. In vivo: apoptosis as well as necrosis may play an important role in hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury. Adenoviral gene transfer of myrAkt could inhibit apoptotic cell death and subsequent hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury in the rat, through Bad not NF-kappaB. Bile acids cause liver injury during cholestasis by inducing hepatocyte apoptosis. Hepatocyte apoptosis has a major role in hepatic injury by bile duct ligation. At least, early hepatic injury by bile duct ligation involved Fas-mediated and Bcl-xL insensitive apoptotic pathway. In conclusion, the role of apoptosis in various liver diseases may suggest possible treatments.
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