肥満はSTAT-1依存性NASHとSTAT-3依存性HCCを誘発する
Marcus Grohmann1, Florian Wiede2, Garron T Dodd1
1Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.
Cell
|November 21, 2018
まとめ
肥満は酸化ストレスを生み出すことで肝がん (HCC) を含む癌を誘発します このストレスは,非アルコール性脂肪肝炎 (NASH),線維症,HCCの発症の明確な経路につながる,TCPTPを無効化する.
科学分野:
- ヘパトロジー
- 腫瘍学
- 免疫学
背景:
- 肥満は様々な癌,特に肝細胞癌 (HCC) の重要な危険因子です.
- 肥満,非アルコール性脂肪肝炎 (NASH),線維症,肝硬変,HCCとの間の確立された関連は,連続的な進行を示唆しています.
- 肥満に起因するHCCでは,これらの状態の潜在的分離が示唆されている.
研究 の 目的:
- 肥満に関連した肝臓病原性におけるT細胞タンパク質チロシンフォスファテーゼ (TCPTP) の役割を調査する.
- NASHと線維症が肥満におけるHCCの発症の前提条件であるかどうかを判断する.
- NASH,線維症,HCCに対する酸化ストレスによる独立した貢献を解明する.
主な方法:
- 肥満C57BL/ 6のマウスを利用し,肝細胞特異のTCPTPを削除した.
- NASH/線維症とは無関係にHCCの発症を評価するために,化学的発がん剤を投与した.
- STAT-1とSTAT-3の信号経路を操作した
主要な成果:
- 肝細胞におけるTCPTPの消去は,肥満マウスのT細胞増殖,NASH,線維症,HCCを促した.
- STAT-1シグナリングの抑制はT細胞の募集を減少させ,NASH/繊維症を誘発するが,HCCは誘発しない.
- STAT-3シグナリングの修正は,NASH/線維症に影響を与えることなく,HCCを予防しました.
- NASH / 線維症なしに,TCPTPの消去は,発がん剤に誘発されたHCCを加速しました.
結論:
- 肥満に起因する肝臓の酸化ストレスは NASH,線維症,HCCを独立して引き起こします.
- このモデルでは,STAT-3のシグナル伝達がHCCの発達に不可欠であり,STAT-1はNASHと線維症により関与しています.
- NASHと線維症は,肥満におけるHCCの発症の必須段階ではない.
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