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2016 ; 11
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Involvement of TGF-?1/Smad3 Signaling in Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Acute Liver
Injury in Mice
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Niu L
; Cui X
; Qi Y
; Xie D
; Wu Q
; Chen X
; Ge J
; Liu Z
PLoS One
2016[]; 11
(5
): e0156090
PMID27224286
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Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-?1) is a major factor in pathogenesis of
chronic hepatic injury. Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) is a liver toxicant, and
CCl4-induced liver injury in mouse is a classical animal model of chemical liver
injury. However, it is still unclear whether TGF-?1 is involved in the process of
CCl4-induced acute chemical liver injury. The present study aimed to evaluate the
role of TGF-?1 and its signaling molecule Smad3 in the acute liver injury induce
by CCl4. The results showed that CCl4 induced acute liver injury in mice
effectively confirmed by H&E staining of liver tissues, and levels of not only
liver injury markers serum ALT and AST, but also serum TGF-?1 were elevated
significantly in CCl4-treated mice, compared with the control mice treated with
olive oil. Our data further revealed that TGF-?1 levels in hepatic tissue
homogenate increased significantly, and type II receptor of TGF-? (T?RII) and
signaling molecules Smad2, 3, mRNA expressions and Smad3 and phospho-Smad3
protein levels also increased obviously in livers of CCl4-treated mice. To
clarify the effect of the elevated TGF-?1/Smad3 signaling on CCl4-induced acute
liver injury, Smad3 in mouse liver was overexpressed in vivo by tail vein
injection of Smad3-expressing plasmids. Upon CCl4 treatment, Smad3-overexpressing
mice showed more severe liver injury identified by H&E staining of liver tissues
and higher serum ALT and AST levels. Simultaneously, we found that
Smad3-overexpressing mice treated with CCl4 showed more macrophages and
neutrophils infiltration in liver and inflammatory cytokines IL-1? and IL-6
levels increment in serum when compared with those in control mice treated with
CCl4. Moreover, the results showed that the apoptosis of hepatocytes increased
significantly, and apoptosis-associated proteins Bax, cytochrome C and the
cleaved caspase 3 expressions were up-regulated in CCl4-treated
Smad3-overexpressing mice as well. These results suggested that TGF-?1/Smad3
signaling was activated during CCl4-induced acute liver injury in mice, and Smad3
overexpression aggravated acute liver injury by promoting inflammatory cells
infiltration, inflammatory cytokines release and hepatocytes apoptosis. In
conclusion, the activation of TGF-? signaling contributes to the CCl4-induced
acute liver injury. Thus, TGF-?1/Smad3 may serve as a potential target for acute
liver injury therapy.