Kirovski, Georgi and Gaebele, Erwin and Dorn, Christoph and Moleda, Lukas and Niessen, Christoph and Weiss, Thomas S. and Wobser, Hella and Schacherer, Doris and Buechler, Christa and Wasmuth, Hermann E. and Hellerbrand, Claus (2010) Hepatic steatosis causes induction of the chemokine RANTES in the absence of significant hepatic inflammation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY, 3 (7). pp. 675-680. ISSN 1936-2625,
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a spectrum ranging from simple steatosis to cirrhosis. Hepatocellular lipid accumulation is a hallmark of both nonalcoholic steatosis and steatohepatitis (NASH). The latter develops upon pro-inflammatory cell infiltration and is widely considered as the first relevant pathophysiological step in NAFLD-progression. The chemokine CCL5/RANTES plays an important role in the progression of hepatic inflammation and fibrosis. We here aimed to investigate its expression in NAFLD. Incubation of primary human hepatocytes with palmitic acid induced a dose-dependent lipid accumulation, and corresponding dose-dependent RANTES induction in vitro. Furthermore, we observed significantly elevated hepatic RANTES expression in a dietary model of NAFLD, in which mice were fed a high-fat diet for 12 weeks. This diet induced significant hepatic steatosis but only minimal inflammation. In contrast to the liver, RANTES expression was not induced in visceral adipose tissue of the group fed with high-fat diet. Finally, RANTES serum levels were elevated in patients with ultrasound-diagnosed NAFLD. In conclusion, our data indicate hepatocytes as cellular source of elevated hepatic as well as circulating RANTES levels in response to hepatic steatosis. Noteworthy, upregulation of RANTES in response to lipid accumulation occurs in the absence of relevant inflammation, which further indicates that hepatic steatosis per se has pathophysiological relevance and should not be considered as benign.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | FATTY LIVER-DISEASE; STELLATE CELLS; NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME; HUMAN HEPATOCYTES; ADIPOSE-TISSUE; EXPRESSION; CCL5; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ACCUMULATION; Hepatic steatosis; liver cirrhosis; nonalcoholic steatosis; steatohepatitis; chemokine CCL5; RANTES; inflammation; nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Chirurgie Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin I |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2020 09:07 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2020 09:07 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/25486 |
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