Toll-like receptor 4 shRNA attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition of intrahepatic biliary epithelial cells in rats - 20/09/18
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Highlights |
• | EMT is an intermediate process in the development of hepatobiliary inflammatory diseases. |
• | LPS-induced EMT of introhepatobiliary epithelial cells in vivo and TLR4 as a regulator in EMT of introhepatobiliary epithelial cells more than in cancer cells. |
• | shRNA-mediated TLR4 knockdown can reverse EMT of introhepatobiliary epithelial cells and inactivate NF-κB-Snail signaling enriched at LPS-induced EMT. |
Abstract |
Background and aim |
Intrahepatic biliary epithelial cells (IBECs) of the bile duct in liver tissue of patients with hepatolithiasis promoted the development of diseases through epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT). This study investigated whether lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a cell-wall constituent of gram-negative bacteria, could induce EMT of IBECs and toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) had a regulatory role via activating the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB)/Snail signaling pathway during this process in vivo.
Methods |
TLR4 short hairpin RNA (shRNA) adenovirus or negative control shRNA (NC shRNA) adenovirus (1 × 109 plaque-forming unit (PFU), respectively) was injected into the caudal vein of rats. After 96 h, 1 mg/kg LPS was infused retrogradely into the common bile duct for 48 h per rat. The effects of TLR4 shRNA on LPS-induced EMT were determined by evaluating the histopathological changes in IBECs using hematoxylin and eosin staining and the changes in the levels of EMT markers, TLR4, NF-κB p65, pNF-κB p65, and Snail using real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis.
Results |
Compared with normal saline treatment, a loss of epithelial cell markers (E-cadherin and cytokeratin 7) and a gain of mesenchymal cell markers (N-cadherin and matrix metalloproteinase 2) were revealed. The levels of TLR4, NF-κB phosphorylation, and Snail significantly increased after LPS treatment, whereas pretreatment with TLR4 shRNA inhibited the LPS-induced EMT by downregulating the NF-κB/Snail signaling pathway.
Conclusions |
LPS induced the EMT of IBECs by activating TLR4. The RNAi-mediated knockdown of TLR4 suppressed EMT occurrence via downregulating the NF-κB/Snail signaling pathway, implicating TLR4 as a new target for human hepatolithiasis.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Epithelial–mesenchymal transition, Lipopolysaccharide, Toll-like receptor 4, Short hairpin RNA, NF-κB/snail signaling
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