Dayoub, Rania and Buerger, Leonhard and Ibrahim, Sara and Melter, Michael and Weiss, Thomas S. (2017) Augmenter of liver regeneration (ALR) exhibits a dual signaling impact on hepatic acute-phase response. EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY, 102 (3). pp. 428-433. ISSN 0014-4800, 1096-0945
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The acute-phase response (APR) is an inflammatory process triggered mainly by IL-6 in response to neoplasm, tissue injury, infection or inflammation. Signaling of IL-6 is transduced by activating STAT3 which rapidly results in production of acute-phase proteins (APPs) such as fibrinogen beta (FGB) and haptoglobin (HP). Augmenter of liver regeneration (ALR), a hepatotrophic factor supporting liver regeneration, was reported to be upregulated after liver damage. In this study we analyzed the role of ALR for IL-6 signaling and APR. Thus, we investigated the expression and release of APPs in human liver cells under conditions of increased exogenous or endogenous ALR. HepG2 cells and ALR-reexpressing HepG2 cells were treated with IL-6 in the presence or absence of exogenous ALR for different time points. The mRNA expression and release of both FGB and HP were measured by RT-PCR and ELISA. We found that exogenously applied ALR attenuated the IL-6-induced mRNA expression and protein secretion of both FGB and HP. In contrast, IL-6 stimulation in HepG2 cells which reexpress ALR, revealed elevated APR shown by increased mRNA expression and secretion of FGB and HP. Furthermore, we found that ALR-mediated regulation of IL-6-induced APP production is accompanied by altered STAT3 activity. While exogenous ALR reduced the IL-6-induced phosphorylation of STAT3, endogenous ALR enhanced STAT3 activity in liver cells. In conclusion, ALR, dependent on its localization, changes APR at least in part, by modifying STAT3 activation. This study shows a dual signaling of ALR and suggests that ALR is pivotal for the regulation of APR, a crucial event in liver injury and regeneration.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | EPIDERMAL-GROWTH-FACTOR; NF-KAPPA-B; GAMMA-FIBRINOGEN GENE; HUMAN HEPATOCYTES; HEPATOTROPHIC FACTOR; IN-VITRO; EXPRESSION; INTERLEUKIN-6; INFLAMMATION; PROTEINS; Augmenter of liver regeneration; Inflammation; Acute phase; Haptoglobin; Fibrinogen beta; STAT3 |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2018 13:10 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Feb 2019 10:03 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/747 |
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