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Ductular reaction correlates with fibrogenesis but does not contribute to liver regeneration in experimental fibrosis models.

Rókusz, András and Veres, Dániel and Szücs, Armanda and Bugyik, Edina and Mózes, Miklós and Paku, Sándor and Nagy, Péter and Dezső, Katalin (2017) Ductular reaction correlates with fibrogenesis but does not contribute to liver regeneration in experimental fibrosis models. PLOS ONE, 12 (4). e0176518. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Ductular reaction is a standard component of fibrotic liver tissue but its function is largely unknown. It is supposed to interact with the matrix producing myofibroblasts and compensate the declining regenerative capacity of hepatocytes. The relationship between the extent of fibrosis-ductular reaction, proliferative activity of hepatocytes and ductular reaction were studied sequentially in experimental hepatic fibrosis models. METHODS: Liver fibrosis/cirrhosis was induced in wild type and TGFbeta overproducing transgenic mice by carbon tetrachloride and thioacetamide administration. The effect of thioacetamide was modulated by treatment with imatinib and erlotinib. The extent of ductular reaction and fibrosis was measured by morphometry following cytokeratin 19 immunofluorescent labeling and Picro Sirius staining respectively. The proliferative activity of hepatocytes and ductular reaction was evaluated by BrdU incorporation. The temporal distribution of the parameters was followed and compared within and between different experimental groups. RESULTS: There was a strong significant correlation between the extent of fibrosis and ductular reaction in each experimental group. Although imatinib and erlotinib temporarily decreased fibrosis this effect later disappeared. We could not observe negative correlation between the proliferation of hepatocytes and ductular reaction in any of the investigated models. CONCLUSIONS: The stringent connection between ductular reaction and fibrosis, which cannot be influenced by any of our treatment regimens, suggests that there is a close mutual interaction between them instead of a unidirectional causal relationship. Our results confirm a close connection between DR and fibrogenesis. However, since the two parameters changed together we could not establish a causal relationship and were unable to reveal which was the primary event. The lack of inverse correlation between the proliferation of hepatocytes and ductular reaction questions that ductular reaction can compensate for the failing regenerative activity of hepatocytes. No evidences support the persistent antifibrotic property of imatinib or erlotinib.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Nagy Péter and Dezső Katalin are co-last authors
Subjects: R Medicine / orvostudomány > R1 Medicine (General) / orvostudomány általában
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 25 Sep 2018 14:50
Last Modified: 25 Sep 2018 14:50
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/85302

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