TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of naofen in apoptosis of hepatocytes induced by lipopolysaccharide through mitochondrial signaling in rats
AU - Fan, Jun Hua
AU - Feng, Guo Gang
AU - Huang, Lei
AU - Tsunekawa, Koji
AU - Honda, Takashi
AU - Katano, Yoshiaki
AU - Hirooka, Yoshiki
AU - Goto, Hidemi
AU - Kandatsu, Nobuhisa
AU - Ando, Kazuo
AU - Fujiwara, Yoshihiro
AU - Koide, Tatsuro
AU - Okada, Shoshiro
AU - Ishikawa, Naohisa
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - Aim: Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) causes apoptosis of hepatocytes, which is probably mediated by inflammatory substances released from Kupffer cells (KCs). Recently, we have reported that naofen, a newly found intracellular WD40-repeat protein, has a role in inducing the apoptosis in HEK293 cells. Hence, the present study was undertaken to investigate a role of naofen in the LPS-induced apoptosis of rat hepatocytes. Methods: Rats were treated with i.v. injections of LPS, and livers were extirpated to evaluate expression of naofen and apoptosis. In in vitro experiments, hepatocytes and KCs were separately isolated from rat livers. The incubation medium for KCs treated with LPS (KC-CM) was used for hepatocyte culture. Results: Intravenous injections of LPS enhanced the expression of naofen in the livers. Livers showed terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL)-positive staining, and elevated caspase-3 activity. In isolated KCs or hepatocytes, LPS hardly affected naofen expression and caspase-3 activity, whereas incubation of hepatocytes with KC-CM enhanced both naofen expression and caspase-3 activation. Transfection of hepatocyte with naofen siRNA prevented such effects of KC-CM, and clearly eliminated KC-CM-induced reduction of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL. In contrast, overexpression of naofen in hepatocytes downregulated Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL, released cytochrome c from mitochondria, and activated caspase-3. Conclusion: These results indicate that LPS may induce the hepatic apoptosis in association with enhanced naofen expression, and that naofen may mediate the activation of caspase-3 through downregulating the Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL expression, and releasing cytochrome c from mitochondria to cytoplasm.
AB - Aim: Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) causes apoptosis of hepatocytes, which is probably mediated by inflammatory substances released from Kupffer cells (KCs). Recently, we have reported that naofen, a newly found intracellular WD40-repeat protein, has a role in inducing the apoptosis in HEK293 cells. Hence, the present study was undertaken to investigate a role of naofen in the LPS-induced apoptosis of rat hepatocytes. Methods: Rats were treated with i.v. injections of LPS, and livers were extirpated to evaluate expression of naofen and apoptosis. In in vitro experiments, hepatocytes and KCs were separately isolated from rat livers. The incubation medium for KCs treated with LPS (KC-CM) was used for hepatocyte culture. Results: Intravenous injections of LPS enhanced the expression of naofen in the livers. Livers showed terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL)-positive staining, and elevated caspase-3 activity. In isolated KCs or hepatocytes, LPS hardly affected naofen expression and caspase-3 activity, whereas incubation of hepatocytes with KC-CM enhanced both naofen expression and caspase-3 activation. Transfection of hepatocyte with naofen siRNA prevented such effects of KC-CM, and clearly eliminated KC-CM-induced reduction of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL. In contrast, overexpression of naofen in hepatocytes downregulated Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL, released cytochrome c from mitochondria, and activated caspase-3. Conclusion: These results indicate that LPS may induce the hepatic apoptosis in association with enhanced naofen expression, and that naofen may mediate the activation of caspase-3 through downregulating the Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL expression, and releasing cytochrome c from mitochondria to cytoplasm.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2012.00972.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2012.00972.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22409254
AN - SCOPUS:84862249873
SN - 1386-6346
VL - 42
SP - 696
EP - 705
JO - Hepatology Research
JF - Hepatology Research
IS - 7
ER -