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L(59) TGF-? LAP degradation products serve as a promising blood biomarker for
liver fibrogenesis in mice
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Hara M
; Inoue I
; Yamazaki Y
; Kirita A
; Matsuura T
; Friedman SL
; Rifkin DB
; Kojima S
Fibrogenesis Tissue Repair
2015[]; 8
(ä): 17
PMID26379781
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BACKGROUND: Hepatic fibrosis, which is the excessive accumulation of
extracellular matrices (ECMs) produced mainly from activated hepatic stellate
cells (HSCs), develops to cirrhosis over several decades. There are no validated
biomarkers that can non-invasively monitor excessive production of ECM (i.e.,
fibrogenesis). Transforming growth factor (TGF)-?, a key driver of fibrogenesis,
is produced as an inactive latent complex, in which active TGF-? is enveloped by
its pro-peptide, the latency-associated protein (LAP). Thus, active TGF-? must be
released from the complex for binding to its receptor and inducing ECM synthesis.
We recently reported that during the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis, plasma
kallikrein (PLK) activates TGF-? by cleavage between R(58) and L(59) residues
within LAP and that one of its by-products, the N-terminal side LAP degradation
products ending at residue R(58) (R(58) LAP-DPs), can be detected mainly around
activated HSCs by specific antibodies against R(58) cleavage edges and functions
as a footprint of PLK-dependent TGF-? activation. Here, we describe a sandwich
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that detects the other by-products, the
C-terminal side LAP-DPs starting from residue L(59) (L(59) LAP-DPs). We
demonstrated that the L(59) LAP-DPs are a potentially novel blood biomarker
reflecting hepatic fibrogenesis. RESULTS: We established a specific sandwich
ELISA to quantify L(59) LAP-DPs as low as 2 pM and measured L(59) LAP-DP levels
in the culture media of a human activated HSC line, TWNT-4 cells. L(59) LAP-DPs
could be detected in their media, and after treatment of TWNT-4 cells with a
TGF-? receptor kinase inhibitor, SB431542, a simultaneous reduction was observed
in both L(59) LAP-DP levels in the culture media and the mRNA expression levels
of collagen type (I) ?1. In carbon tetrachloride- and bile duct ligation-induced
liver fibrosis models in mice, plasma L(59) LAP-DP levels increased prior to
increase of hepatic hydroxyproline (HDP) contents and well correlated with
?-smooth muscle actin (?SMA) expression in liver tissues. At this time,
?SMA-positive cells as well as R(58) LAP-DPs were seen in their liver tissues.
CONCLUSIONS: L(59) LAP-DPs reflect PLK-dependent TGF-? activation and the
increase in ?SMA-positive activated HSCs in liver injury, thereby serving as a
novel blood biomarker for liver fibrogenesis.