PMID- 29319822 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190225 LR - 20190225 IS - 1096-0929 (Electronic) IS - 1096-0929 (Linking) VI - 162 IP - 2 DP - 2018 Apr 1 TI - An Animal Model of Abacavir-Induced HLA-Mediated Liver Injury. PG - 713-723 LID - 10.1093/toxsci/kfy001 [doi] AB - Genome-wide association studies indicate that several idiosyncratic adverse drug reactions are highly associated with specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles. For instance, abacavir, a human immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase inhibitor, induces multiorgan toxicity exclusively in patients carrying the HLA-B*57:01 allele. However, the underlying mechanism is unclear due to a lack of appropriate animal models. Previously, we developed HLA-B*57:01 transgenic mice and found that topical application of abacavir to the ears induced proliferation of CD8+ lymphocytes in local lymph nodes. Here, we attempted to reproduce abacavir-induced liver injury in these mice. However, oral administration of abacavir alone to HLA-B*57:01 transgenic mice did not increase levels of the liver injury marker alanine aminotransferase. Considering the importance of innate immune activation in mouse liver, we treated mice with CpG oligodeoxynucleotide, a toll-like receptor 9 agonist, plus abacavir. This resulted in a marked increase in alanine aminotransferase, pathological changes in liver, increased numbers of activated CD8+ T cells, and tissue infiltration by immune cells exclusively in HLA-B*57:01 transgenic mice. These results indicate that CpG oligodeoxynucleotide-induced inflammatory reactions and/or innate immune activation are necessary for abacavir-induced HLA-mediated liver injury characterized by infiltration of CD8+ T cells. Thus, we developed the first mouse model of HLA-mediated abacavir-induced idiosyncratic liver injury. Further investigation will show that the proposed HLA-mediated liver injury model can be applied to other combinations of drugs and HLA types, thereby improving drug development and contributing to the development of personalized medicine. FAU - Song, Binbin AU - Song B AD - Laboratory of Biopharmaceutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8675, Japan. FAU - Aoki, Shigeki AU - Aoki S AD - Laboratory of Biopharmaceutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8675, Japan. FAU - Liu, Cong AU - Liu C AD - Laboratory of Biopharmaceutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8675, Japan. FAU - Susukida, Takeshi AU - Susukida T AD - Laboratory of Biopharmaceutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8675, Japan. FAU - Ito, Kousei AU - Ito K AD - Laboratory of Biopharmaceutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8675, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Toxicol Sci JT - Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology JID - 9805461 RN - 0 (CpG ODN 1826) RN - 0 (Dideoxynucleosides) RN - 0 (HLA-B Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-B*57:01 antigen) RN - 0 (Oligodeoxyribonucleotides) RN - 0 (Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Tlr9 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 9) RN - EC 2.6.1.2 (Alanine Transaminase) RN - WR2TIP26VS (abacavir) SB - IM MH - Alanine Transaminase/blood MH - Animals MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/drug effects/immunology MH - Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury/etiology/genetics/*immunology/pathology MH - Dideoxynucleosides/*toxicity MH - *Disease Models, Animal MH - HLA-B Antigens/*genetics MH - Hepatocytes/drug effects/immunology/pathology MH - Immunity, Innate/drug effects/genetics MH - Liver/*drug effects/immunology/pathology MH - Male MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/pharmacology MH - Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors/*toxicity MH - Toll-Like Receptor 9/agonists EDAT- 2018/01/11 06:00 MHDA- 2019/02/26 06:00 CRDT- 2018/01/11 06:00 PHST- 2018/01/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/02/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/01/11 06:00 [entrez] AID - 4793110 [pii] AID - 10.1093/toxsci/kfy001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicol Sci. 2018 Apr 1;162(2):713-723. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfy001.