Modulation of Hepatic Fibrosis by c-Jun-N-Terminal Kinase Inhibition
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Background & aims c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) is activated by multiple profibrogenic mediators; JNK activation occurs during toxic, metabolic, and autoimmune liver injury. However, its role in hepatic fibrogenesis is unknown.Methods JNK phosphorylation was detected by immunoblot analysis and confocal immunofluorescent microscopy in fibrotic livers from mice after bile duct ligation (BDL) or CCl(4) administration and in liver samples from patients with chronic hepatitis C and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Fibrogenesis was investigated in mice given the JNK inhibitor SP600125 and in JNK1- and JNK2-deficient mice following BDL or CCl(4) administration. Hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation was determined in primary mouse HSCs incubated with pan-JNK inhibitors SP600125 and VIII.Results JNK phosphorylation was strongly increased in livers of mice following BDL or CCl(4) administration as well as in human fibrotic livers, occurring predominantly in myofibroblasts. In vitro, pan-JNK inhibitors prevented transforming growth factor (TGF) beta-, platelet-derived growth factor-, and angiotensin II-induced murine HSC activation and decreased platelet-derived growth factor and TGF-beta signaling in human HSCs. In vivo, pan-JNK inhibition did not affect liver injury but significantly reduced fibrosis after BDL or CCl(4). JNK1-deficient mice had decreased fibrosis after BDL or CCl(4), whereas JNK2-deficient mice displayed increased fibrosis after BDL but fibrosis was not changed after CCl(4). Moreover, patients with chronic hepatitis C who displayed decreased fibrosis in response to the angiotensin receptor type 1 blocker losartan showed decreased JNK phosphorylation.Conclusions JNK is involved in HSC activation and fibrogenesis and represents a potential target for antifibrotic treatment approaches.
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Levels of pJNK are increased in activated stellate cells during liver fibrosis, similarly to DIS, and treatment with JNK inhibitor alleviated liver fibrosis in the mouse model used in the study.
“levels of pJNK are increased in activated stellate cells during liver fibrosis, similarly to DIS, and treatment with JNK inhibitor alleviated liver fibrosis in the mouse model we used in our study”
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- Authors
- Kluwe, J., Pradere, J., Gwak, G., Mencin, A., De Minicis, S., Österreicher, C. H., Colmenero, J., Bataller, R., & Schwabe, R. F.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Schwabe, Robert F.
- Venue
- Gastroenterology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-01
- Volume
- 138
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 347-359
- ISSN
- 0016-5085 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2988578
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- W2126503463
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- 8.62
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- Funders
- American Liver Foundation
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver physiology and pathology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
- Keywords
- c-Jun N-terminal kinase, liver fibrosis, hepatic stellate cell activation, JNK1, JNK2, SP600125, bile duct ligation, carbon tetrachloride, chronic hepatitis C, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, TGF-beta signaling, platelet-derived growth factor, angiotensin II, losartan, antifibrotic therapy, myofibroblasts
- MeSH terms
- Angiotensin II, Animals, Anthracenes, Carrier Proteins, Cell Division, Cells, Cultured, Disease Models, Animal, Fatty Liver, Fibroblasts, Humans, Liver Cirrhosis, Membrane Glycoproteins, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Mutant Strains, Phosphorylation, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor, Transforming Growth Factor beta, Hepatitis C, Chronic, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9, Mice, Hepatic Stellate Cells
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