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Gene expression profiling of early hepatic stellate cell activation reveals a role for Igfbp3 in cell migration

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BACKGROUND: Scarring of the liver is the result of prolonged exposure to exogenous or endogenous stimuli. At the onset of fibrosis, quiescent hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) activate and transdifferentiate into matrix producing, myofibroblast-like cells.

AIM AND METHODS: To identify key players during early HSC activation, gene expression profiling was performed on primary mouse HSCs cultured for 4, 16 and 64 hours. Since valproic acid (VPA) can partly inhibit HSC activation, we included VPA-treated cells in the profiling experiments to facilitate this search.

RESULTS: Gene expression profiling confirmed early changes for known genes related to HSC activation such as alpha smooth muscle actin (Acta2), lysyl oxidase (Lox) and collagen, type I, alpha 1 (Col1a1). In addition we noticed that, although genes which are related to fibrosis change between 4 and 16 hours in culture, most gene expression changes occur between 16 and 64 hours. Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (Igfbp3) was identified as a gene strongly affected by VPA treatment. During normal HSC activation Igfbp3 is up regulated and this can thus be prevented by VPA treatment in vitro and in vivo. siRNA-mediated silencing of Igfbp3 in primary mouse HSCs induced matrix metalloproteinase (Mmp) 9 mRNA expression and strongly reduced cell migration. The reduced cell migration after Igfbp3 knock-down could be overcome by tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP) 1 treatment.

CONCLUSION: Igfbp3 is a marker for culture-activated HSCs and plays a role in HSC migration. VPA treatment prevents Igfbp3 transcription during activation of HSCs in vitro and in vivo.

Tijdschrift: PLOS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
Issue: 12
Volume: 8
Jaar van publicatie:2013
Trefwoorden:Animals, Cell Movement, Cells, Cultured, Cluster Analysis, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, Hepatic Stellate Cells, Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3, Mice, Transcriptome, Valproic Acid
  • PubMed Central Id: PMC3866247
  • ORCID: /0000-0002-2235-2555/work/61771876
  • ORCID: /0000-0001-6566-6071/work/59087582
  • ORCID: /0000-0002-0990-7034/work/57958441
  • Scopus Id: 84892904559
  • WoS Id: 000328737700077