PMID- 23831119 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140930 LR - 20210103 IS - 1600-0641 (Electronic) IS - 0168-8278 (Linking) VI - 59 IP - 5 DP - 2013 Nov TI - Cell-specific PPARgamma deficiency establishes anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrogenic properties for this nuclear receptor in non-parenchymal liver cells. PG - 1045-53 LID - S0168-8278(13)00440-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.06.023 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND & AIMS: PPARgamma plays an essential role in the transcriptional regulation of genes involved in lipid and glucose metabolism, insulin sensitivity, and inflammation. We recently demonstrated that PPARgamma plays a causative role in hepatocyte lipid deposition, contributing to the pathogenesis of hepatic steatosis. In this study, we investigated the role of PPARgamma in the inflammatory and fibrogenic response of the liver. METHODS: Heterozygous floxed/null Cre/LoxP mice with targeted deletion of PPARgamma in either hepatocytes (Alb-Cre), macrophages (LysM-Cre) or hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) (aP2-Cre) were submitted to carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) liver injury. Further analyses were performed in precision-cut liver slices (PCLS) and primary cultures of hepatocytes, macrophages, and HSCs. RESULTS: LysM-Cre mice displayed an exacerbated response to chronic CCl4 injury and showed higher necroinflammatory injury, lipid peroxidation, inflammatory infiltrate, cleaved-caspase-3 and caspase 3/7 activity, and COX-2, TNF-alpha, CXCL2, and IL-1beta expression than Alb-Cre and control mice. The deleterious effects of PPARgamma disruption in liver macrophages were confirmed in an acute model of CCl4 injury as well as in PCLS incubated with LPS. Moreover, LysM-Cre mice showed an aggravated fibrogenic response to CCl4, as revealed by more prominent Sirius Red and Masson's trichrome staining, elevated hydroxyproline content and induced alpha-SMA and TIMP-1 expression. Importantly, aP2-Cre mice with specific disruption of PPARgamma in HSCs, as confirmed by immunocytochemical analysis of individual liver cells, also showed exacerbated liver damage and fibrogenic response to CCl4. CONCLUSIONS: These data unveil anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrogenic roles for PPARgamma in non-parenchymal liver cells. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Moran-Salvador, Eva AU - Moran-Salvador E AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS-Esther Koplowitz Center, Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Titos, Esther AU - Titos E FAU - Rius, Bibiana AU - Rius B FAU - Gonzalez-Periz, Ana AU - Gonzalez-Periz A FAU - Garcia-Alonso, Veronica AU - Garcia-Alonso V FAU - Lopez-Vicario, Cristina AU - Lopez-Vicario C FAU - Miquel, Rosa AU - Miquel R FAU - Barak, Yaacov AU - Barak Y FAU - Arroyo, Vicente AU - Arroyo V FAU - Claria, Joan AU - Claria J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130702 PL - Netherlands TA - J Hepatol JT - Journal of hepatology JID - 8503886 RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (PPAR gamma) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1) RN - CL2T97X0V0 (Carbon Tetrachloride) SB - IM CIN - J Hepatol. 2013 Nov;59(5):915-7. PMID: 23958934 MH - Actins/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Carbon Tetrachloride/adverse effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury/metabolism/pathology/physiopathology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Hepatic Stellate Cells/metabolism/*pathology MH - Hepatocytes/metabolism/*pathology MH - Inflammation/*physiopathology MH - Liver Cirrhosis/*physiopathology MH - Macrophages/metabolism/*pathology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - PPAR gamma/*deficiency/genetics/*physiology MH - Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/deficiency/genetics/physiology MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - 4-HNE OT - 4-hydroxynonenal OT - ALT OT - AST OT - Alb-Cre OT - CCl(4) OT - Fibrosis OT - HSCs OT - Hepatic stellate cells OT - Hepatocytes OT - IL OT - Inflammation OT - Kupffer cells OT - LDH OT - LPS OT - LysM-Cre OT - NAFLD OT - NF-kappaB OT - PCLS OT - PPARgamma OT - TNF-alpha OT - TZD OT - aP2-Cre OT - adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein 4-Cre (HSC-specific PPARgamma deficient mice) OT - alanine aminotransferase OT - albumin-Cre (hepatocyte-specific PPARgamma deficient mice) OT - aspartate aminotransferase OT - carbon tetrachloride OT - hepatic stellate cells OT - interleukin OT - lactate dehydrogenase OT - lipopolysaccharide OT - lysozyme M-Cre (macrophage-specific PPARgamma deficient mice) OT - non-alcoholic fatty liver disease OT - nuclear factor-kB OT - peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma OT - precision-cut liver slices OT - thiazolidinediones OT - tumor necrosis factor alpha EDAT- 2013/07/09 06:00 MHDA- 2014/10/01 06:00 CRDT- 2013/07/09 06:00 PHST- 2013/03/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/06/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/06/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/07/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/07/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/10/01 06:00 [medline] AID - S0168-8278(13)00440-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.06.023 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Hepatol. 2013 Nov;59(5):1045-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.06.023. Epub 2013 Jul 2.