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TM4SF5-dependent crosstalk between hepatocytes and macrophages to reprogram the inflammatory environment
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Chronic injury to hepatocytes results in inflammation, steatohepatitis, fibrosis, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The tetraspanin TM4SF5 is implicated in fibrosis and cancer. We investigate the role of TM4SF5 in communication between hepatocytes and macrophages (MΦs) and its possible influence on the inflammatory microenvironment that may lead to NAFLD. TM4SF5 induction in differentiated MΦs promotes glucose uptake, glycolysis, and glucose sensitivity, leading to M1-type MΦ activation. Activated M1-type MΦs secrete pro-inflammatory interleukin-6 (IL-6), which induces the secretion of CCL20 and CXCL10 from TM4SF5-positive hepatocytes. Although TM4SF5-dependent secretion of these chemokines enhances glycolysis in M0 MΦs, further chronic exposure reprograms MΦs for an increase in the proportion of M2-type MΦs in the population, which may support diet- and chemical-induced NAFLD progression. We suggest that TM4SF5 expression in MΦs and hepatocytes is critically involved in modulating the inflammatory environment during NAFLD progression.
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“Interestingly, chronic exposure of pro-fibrotic macrophages to CCL20 induces expression of pro-resolutive macrophage markers and promotes a metabolic shift toward increased oxidative phosphorylation, suggesting that TM4SF5+ hepatocytes may also contribute to macrophage repolarization.”
From Strategies to promote liver fibrosis amelioration with involvement of restorative macrophages (2026) · cites this paper as [19]
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“Interestingly, chronic exposure of pro-fibrotic macrophages to CCL20 induces expression of pro-resolutive macrophage markers and promotes a metabolic shift toward increased oxidative phosphorylation, suggesting that TM4SF5+ hepatocytes may also contribute to macrophage repolarization.”
From Strategies to promote liver fibrosis amelioration with involvement of restorative macrophages (2026) · cites this paper as [19]
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“Consistently, TM4SF5-/- mice are protected from liver fibrosis in MASH models, and BMDMs from these mice display reduced pro-fibrotic polarization and enhanced expression of restorative markers.”
From Strategies to promote liver fibrosis amelioration with involvement of restorative macrophages (2026) · cites this paper as [19]
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“Mechanistically, TM4SF5 likely interacts with GLUT1 at the macrophage surface, promoting glucose uptake and glycolytic flux, thereby reinforcing pro-fibrotic polarization.”
From Strategies to promote liver fibrosis amelioration with involvement of restorative macrophages (2026) · cites this paper as [19]
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“Conditioned medium from these hepatocytes further enhances endogenous TM4SF5 expression in macrophages and upregulates pro-fibrotic macrophage markers.”
From Strategies to promote liver fibrosis amelioration with involvement of restorative macrophages (2026) · cites this paper as [19]
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“Kim et al. (19) demonstrated that pro-fibrotic-polarized human macrophages ectopically expressing TM4SF5 secrete IL-6, which stimulates TM4SF5+ hepatocytes to release CCL20 and CXCL10.”
From Strategies to promote liver fibrosis amelioration with involvement of restorative macrophages (2026) · cites this paper as [19]
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“Consistently, TM4SF5-/- mice are protected from liver fibrosis in MASH models, and BMDMs from these mice display reduced pro-fibrotic polarization and enhanced expression of restorative markers.”
From Strategies to promote liver fibrosis amelioration with involvement of restorative macrophages (2026) · cites this paper as [19]
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- Authors
- Kim, E., Um, H., Park, J., Jung, J. W., Kim, J. E., Lee, H., Shin, E.-A., Pinanga, Y., Lee, H., Nam, S. H., & Lee, J. W.
- Affiliations
- Seoul National University (KR)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Cell Reports
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-11
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 110018
- ISSN
- 2211-1247 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3205110794
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 6
- FWCI
- 2.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Cell Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (NRF-2020R1I1A1A01070020, NRF-2018M3A9C8020027, NRF-2021M3A9D3024752, - 2020R1A2C3008993, NRF-2020R1A2C3008993)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver physiology and pathology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Immunology and Allergy › Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
- Keywords
- TM4SF5, tetraspanins, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, macrophage polarization, M1 macrophages, M2 macrophages, interleukin-6, CCL20, CXCL10, chemokine secretion, glucose uptake, glycolysis, liver inflammation, liver fibrosis
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Inflammation, Liver, Macrophages, Male, Membrane Proteins, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Cytokines, Chemokines, Hepatocytes, Mice, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
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