TY - JOUR
T1 - STAT1 contributes to dsRNA inhibition of liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in mice
AU - Sun, Rui
AU - Park, Ogyi
AU - Horiguchi, Norio
AU - Kulkarni, Shailin
AU - Jeong, Won Il
AU - Sun, Hao Yu
AU - Radaeva, Svetlana
AU - Gao, Bin
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - Increasing evidence suggests that liver regeneration is suppressed in patients with chronic HCV infection; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Previously, we demonstrated that injection of the synthetic double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) poly I:C to mimic viral infection suppresses liver regeneration in the partial hepatectomy (PHx) model, whereby IFN-γ contributes to the inhibition. In this study, we examined the role of the IFN-γ-activated downstream signal (STAT1) and genes (IRF-1, p21 cip1, and SOCS1) in liver regeneration and hepatocyte proliferation. Results show that disruption of the STAT1 gene abolished poly I:C suppression of liver regeneration and the inhibitory effect of poly I:C on liver regeneration was diminished in IRF-1-/- and p21cip1-/- mice. Treatment with IFN-γ in vitro inhibited cell proliferation of wildtype mouse hepatocytes, but not STAT1-/- hepatocytes. The inhibitory effect of IFN-γ on cell proliferation was also diminished in IRF-1-/- and p21cip1-/- hepatocytes, but enhanced in SOCS1-/- hepatocytes. Hepatocyte proliferation was unaffected by treatment with poly I:C alone, but when hepatocytes were co-cultured with liver lymphocytes, proliferation was inhibited by IFN-γ/STAT1-dependent mechanisms. Moreover, in HCV-infected livers with cirrhosis, activation of STAT1 was detected and correlated positively with liver injury (elevated serum levels of AST) but negatively with hepatocyte proliferation (hepatocyte PCNA and Ki-67 positive immunostaining). In conclusion, STAT1 is involved in dsRNA suppression of liver regeneration; not only does STAT1 activation contribute to liver injury, it may also block liver repair through inhibition of hepatocyte proliferation in HCV-infected patients, playing an important role in me pathogenesis of disease.
AB - Increasing evidence suggests that liver regeneration is suppressed in patients with chronic HCV infection; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Previously, we demonstrated that injection of the synthetic double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) poly I:C to mimic viral infection suppresses liver regeneration in the partial hepatectomy (PHx) model, whereby IFN-γ contributes to the inhibition. In this study, we examined the role of the IFN-γ-activated downstream signal (STAT1) and genes (IRF-1, p21 cip1, and SOCS1) in liver regeneration and hepatocyte proliferation. Results show that disruption of the STAT1 gene abolished poly I:C suppression of liver regeneration and the inhibitory effect of poly I:C on liver regeneration was diminished in IRF-1-/- and p21cip1-/- mice. Treatment with IFN-γ in vitro inhibited cell proliferation of wildtype mouse hepatocytes, but not STAT1-/- hepatocytes. The inhibitory effect of IFN-γ on cell proliferation was also diminished in IRF-1-/- and p21cip1-/- hepatocytes, but enhanced in SOCS1-/- hepatocytes. Hepatocyte proliferation was unaffected by treatment with poly I:C alone, but when hepatocytes were co-cultured with liver lymphocytes, proliferation was inhibited by IFN-γ/STAT1-dependent mechanisms. Moreover, in HCV-infected livers with cirrhosis, activation of STAT1 was detected and correlated positively with liver injury (elevated serum levels of AST) but negatively with hepatocyte proliferation (hepatocyte PCNA and Ki-67 positive immunostaining). In conclusion, STAT1 is involved in dsRNA suppression of liver regeneration; not only does STAT1 activation contribute to liver injury, it may also block liver repair through inhibition of hepatocyte proliferation in HCV-infected patients, playing an important role in me pathogenesis of disease.
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U2 - 10.1002/hep.21344
DO - 10.1002/hep.21344
M3 - Article
C2 - 17006930
AN - SCOPUS:33750617477
SN - 0270-9139
VL - 44
SP - 955
EP - 966
JO - Hepatology
JF - Hepatology
IS - 4
ER -