Activation of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha ameliorates ethanol mediated liver fibrosis in mice

Lipids in Health and Disease

Research

Ya Li¹  Ling-Bo Kong¹  Wei-Guang Ren¹  Jing-Hua Du¹  Hai-Ling Di¹  Rong-Qi Wang¹  Yue-Min Nan¹  Yu-Guo Zhang¹  Wen-Juan Wu¹  Wen-Cong Li¹  Su-Xian Zhao¹  Jun Yu² 

[1] Department of Traditional and Western Medical Hepatology, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China;Institute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong;

关键词: Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha;    Liver;    Ethanol;    Fibrosis;    Animal experiment;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1476-511X-12-11

 received in 2012-12-30, accepted in 2013-01-31,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPeroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha (PPARα) ameliorates ethanol induced hepatic steatohepatitis. However, its role in alcoholic liver fibrosis has not been fully clarified. The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect and the molecular basis of PPARα in ethanol induced liver fibrosis in mice.MethodsC57BL/6J mice were fed with 4% ethanol-containing Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet for eight weeks, and intraperitoneal injected with 5% carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) for the last four weeks to induce alcoholic liver fibrosis. PPARα agonist WY14643 was administered to mice during the last couple of weeks. The effects of PPARα induction on liver histology, activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), as well as hepatic expression of inflammatory and fibrogenic factors were assessed.ResultsThe ethanol plus CCl4 treated mice exhibited progressive liver injury including piecemeal necrosis of hepatocytes, severe inflammatory cells infiltration and bridging fibrosis. This was accompanied by down-regulated hepatic expression of PPARα and the protective cytokines adiponectin, heme oxygenase-1 and interleukin-10. Additionally, up-regulation of the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha, as well as the profibrogenic genes osteopontin, transforming growth factor-beta 1, visfatin, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and MMP-9 was observed. WY14643 treatment restored expression of cytokines altered by ethanol plus CCl4 treatment and concomitantly ameliorated the liver injury.ConclusionsThe present study provides evidence for the protective role of PPARα induction in ameliorating ethanol mediated fibrosis through mediation of inflammatory and fibrogenic factors.

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