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Hepatocytes do not undergo epithelial-mesenchymal transition in liver fibrosis in mice.


ABSTRACT: The origin of fibrogenic cells in liver fibrosis remains controversial. We assessed the emerging concept that hepatocytes contribute to production of extracellular matrix (ECM) in liver fibrosis through epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). We bred triple transgenic mice expressing ROSA26 stop beta-galactosidase (beta-gal), albumin Cre, and collagen alpha1(I) green fluorescent protein (GFP), in which hepatocyte-derived cells are permanently labeled by beta-gal and type I collagen-expressing cells are labeled by GFP. We induced liver fibrosis by repetitive carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) injections. Liver sections and isolated cells were evaluated for GFP and beta-gal as well as expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) and fibroblast-specific protein 1 (FSP-1). Upon stimulation with transforming growth factor beta-1, cultured hepatocytes isolated from untreated liver expressed both GFP and beta-gal with a fibroblast-like morphological change but lacked expression of other mesenchymal markers. Cells from CCl(4)-treated livers never showed double-positivity for GFP and beta-gal. All beta-gal-positive cells exhibited abundant cytoplasm, a typical morphology of hepatocytes, and expressed none of the mesenchymal markers including alpha-SMA, FSP-1, desmin, and vimentin. In liver sections of CCl(4)-treated mice, GFP-positive areas were coincident with fibrotic septa and never overlapped X-gal-positive areas.Type I collagen-producing cells do not originate from hepatocytes. Hepatocytes in vivo neither acquire mesenchymal marker expression nor exhibit a morphological change clearly distinguishable from normal hepatocytes. Our results strongly challenge the concept that hepatocytes in vivo acquire a mesenchymal phenotype through EMT to produce the ECM in liver fibrosis.

SUBMITTER: Taura K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2906231 | biostudies-other | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Hepatocytes do not undergo epithelial-mesenchymal transition in liver fibrosis in mice.

Taura Kojiro K   Miura Kouichi K   Iwaisako Keiko K   Osterreicher Christoph H CH   Kodama Yuzo Y   Penz-Osterreicher Melitta M   Brenner David A DA  

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 20100301 3


<h4>Unlabelled</h4>The origin of fibrogenic cells in liver fibrosis remains controversial. We assessed the emerging concept that hepatocytes contribute to production of extracellular matrix (ECM) in liver fibrosis through epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). We bred triple transgenic mice expressing ROSA26 stop beta-galactosidase (beta-gal), albumin Cre, and collagen alpha1(I) green fluorescent protein (GFP), in which hepatocyte-derived cells are permanently labeled by beta-gal and type I co  ...[more]

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