PMID- 24390087 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141103 LR - 20211021 IS - 1573-4919 (Electronic) IS - 0300-8177 (Linking) VI - 389 IP - 1-2 DP - 2014 Apr TI - Sustained endoplasmic reticulum stress inhibits hepatocyte proliferation via downregulation of c-Met expression. PG - 151-8 LID - 10.1007/s11010-013-1936-8 [doi] AB - The molecular mechanisms of impaired liver regeneration in several liver diseases remain poorly understood. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been observed in a variety of liver diseases. The aims of this study were to explore the impacts of ER stress on hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)-induced proliferation and c-Met expression in human hepatocyte L02 cells. Human hepatocyte L02 cells were incubated with thapsigargin (TG) to induce ER stress. 4-Phenylbutyric acid (PBA) was used to rescue ER stress. Activation of glucose-regulated protein 78, phosphorylation of PKR-like ER kinase and eukaryotic translation initiation factor-2alpha, and the expression of c-Met were determined by western blotting. The expression of c-Met mRNA was observed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. L02 cell proliferation was determined by the MTS assay. L02 cell proliferation was significantly impaired in TG-treated L02 cells from 24 to 48 h, while PBA partly restored the proliferation of L02 cells. In addition, TG treatment significantly decreased the sensitivity of L02 cells to HGF-induced proliferation. PBA partly resumed the sensitivity of L02 cells to HGF-induced proliferation. The expression of c-Met protein in L02 cells was downregulated from 6 h after TG treatment, and PBA partly restored c-Met expression inhibited by TG. The expression of c-Met mRNA was also significantly downregulated from 24 to 48 h after TG treatment. Our results strongly suggest that sustained ER stress inhibits hepatocyte proliferation via downregulation of both c-Met mRNA and protein expression in human hepatocyte L02 cells. FAU - He, Yihuai AU - He Y AD - Department of Infectious Diseases, Zunyi Medical College, 201 Dalian Street, Zunyi, 563003, Guizhou, China. FAU - Long, Jun AU - Long J FAU - Zhong, Weiwei AU - Zhong W FAU - Fu, Yu AU - Fu Y FAU - Li, Ying AU - Li Y FAU - Lin, Shide AU - Lin S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140105 PL - Netherlands TA - Mol Cell Biochem JT - Molecular and cellular biochemistry JID - 0364456 RN - 0 (HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (glucose-regulated proteins) RN - 67256-21-7 (Hepatocyte Growth Factor) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met) SB - IM MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Down-Regulation/*genetics MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/*genetics MH - Gene Expression/*genetics MH - HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics MH - Hepatocyte Growth Factor/genetics MH - Hepatocytes/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Membrane Proteins/genetics MH - Phosphorylation/genetics MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met/*genetics EDAT- 2014/01/07 06:00 MHDA- 2014/11/05 06:00 CRDT- 2014/01/07 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/12/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/01/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/01/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/11/05 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s11010-013-1936-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Biochem. 2014 Apr;389(1-2):151-8. doi: 10.1007/s11010-013-1936-8. Epub 2014 Jan 5.