肝星状细胞
华支睾吸虫
信号转导
SMAD公司
细胞生物学
TLR4型
生物
受体
转化生长因子
内分泌学
免疫学
生物化学
蠕虫
作者
Bo Li,Chao Yan,Jing Wu,Stephane Koda,Xin Dong,Yuzhao Zhang,Yu Zhang,Qian Yu,Kuiyang Zheng
出处
期刊:Acta Tropica
[Elsevier]
日期:2020-05-01
卷期号:205: 105307-105307
被引量:9
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105307
摘要
Excretory/Secretory products (ESPs) from Clonorchis sinensis-a fluke dwelling on the biliary ducts-promote the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and lead to hepatic fibrosis ultimately, although the mechanisms that are responsible for CsESPs-induced activation of HSCs are largely unknown. In the present study, we investigated the underlying mechanism of TLR4 in the regulation of the activation of HSCs caused by CsESPs. We found that the expression of TLR4 was significantly increased in the HSCs with CsESPs for 24 h, compared to the control group. However, the activation of HSCs induced by CsESPs was inhibited by interfering with TGF-β/Smad pathway using a TGF-β receptor I inhibitor LY2157299, indicating that TGF-β induced signaling pathway was involved in CsESPs-caused the activation of HSCs. In addition, the activation of HSCs caused by CsESPs was remarkably inhibited by a TLR4 specific inhibitor (VIPER), and phosphorylation of Smad2/3 was significantly attenuated but the expression of the pseudoreceptor of TGF-β-type I receptor (BAMBI) was obviously increased when TLR4 signaling pathway was blocked. The results of the present study demonstrate that activation of HSCs caused by CsESPs is mediated by a cross-talk between TLR4 and TGF-β/Smads signaling pathway, and may provide a potential treatment strategy to interrupt the process of liver fibrosis caused by C. sinensis.
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