PMID- 29964040 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181023 LR - 20210812 IS - 1528-0012 (Electronic) IS - 0016-5085 (Print) IS - 0016-5085 (Linking) VI - 155 IP - 4 DP - 2018 Oct TI - Dysregulated Bile Transporters and Impaired Tight Junctions During Chronic Liver Injury in Mice. PG - 1218-1232.e24 LID - S0016-5085(18)34690-0 [pii] LID - 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.06.048 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND & AIMS: Liver fibrosis, hepatocellular necrosis, inflammation, and proliferation of liver progenitor cells are features of chronic liver injury. Mouse models have been used to study the end-stage pathophysiology of chronic liver injury. However, little is known about differences in the mechanisms of liver injury among different mouse models because of our inability to visualize the progression of liver injury in vivo in mice. We developed a method to visualize bile transport and blood-bile barrier (BBlB) integrity in live mice. METHODS: C57BL/6 mice were fed a choline-deficient, ethionine-supplemented (CDE) diet or a diet containing 0.1% 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1, 4-dihydrocollidine (DDC) for up to 4 weeks to induce chronic liver injury. We used quantitative liver intravital microscopy (qLIM) for real-time assessment of bile transport and BBlB integrity in the intact livers of the live mice fed the CDE, DDC, or chow (control) diets. Liver tissues were collected from mice and analyzed by histology, immunohistochemistry, real-time polymerase chain reaction, and immunoblots. RESULTS: Mice with liver injury induced by a CDE or a DDC diet had breaches in the BBlB and impaired bile secretion, observed by qLIM compared with control mice. Impaired bile secretion was associated with reduced expression of several tight-junction proteins (claudins 3, 5, and 7) and bile transporters (NTCP, OATP1, BSEP, ABCG5, and ABCG8). A prolonged (2-week) CDE, but not DDC, diet led to re-expression of tight junction proteins and bile transporters, concomitant with the reestablishment of BBlB integrity and bile secretion. CONCLUSIONS: We used qLIM to study chronic liver injury, induced by a choline-deficient or DDC diet, in mice. Progression of chronic liver injury was accompanied by loss of bile transporters and tight junction proteins. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 AGA Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Pradhan-Sundd, Tirthadipa AU - Pradhan-Sundd T AD - Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FAU - Vats, Ravi AU - Vats R AD - Pittsburgh Heart, Lung and Blood Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FAU - Russell, Jacquelyn O AU - Russell JO AD - Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FAU - Singh, Sucha AU - Singh S AD - Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FAU - Michael, Adeola Adebayo AU - Michael AA AD - Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FAU - Molina, Laura AU - Molina L AD - Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FAU - Kakar, Shelly AU - Kakar S AD - Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FAU - Cornuet, Pamela AU - Cornuet P AD - Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FAU - Poddar, Minakshi AU - Poddar M AD - Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FAU - Watkins, Simon C AU - Watkins SC AD - Center for Biologic Imaging, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FAU - Nejak-Bowen, Kari N AU - Nejak-Bowen KN AD - Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FAU - Monga, Satdarshan P AU - Monga SP AD - Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: smonga@pitt.edu. FAU - Sundd, Prithu AU - Sundd P AD - Pittsburgh Heart, Lung and Blood Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh Liver Research Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: prs51@pitt.edu. LA - eng GR - S10 RR028478/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK116993/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - S10 OD021540/OD/NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK072506/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL128297/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK062277/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK103775/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA204586/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 CA186873/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK100287/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Video-Audio Media DEP - 20180630 PL - United States TA - Gastroenterology JT - Gastroenterology JID - 0374630 RN - 0 (3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydrocollidine) RN - 0 (Claudins) RN - 0 (Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - WX1BN24WZT (Ethionine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bile/*metabolism MH - Biological Transport MH - Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Chronic/blood/etiology/*metabolism/pathology MH - Choline Deficiency/complications MH - Claudins/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Ethionine MH - Hepatocytes/*metabolism/pathology MH - Kinetics MH - Liver/*metabolism/pathology MH - Membrane Transport Proteins/*metabolism MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Permeability MH - Pyridines MH - Tight Junctions/*metabolism/pathology PMC - PMC6174089 MID - NIHMS978722 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Blood Bile Barrier OT - Claudins OT - Diet-Induced Liver Injury OT - Hepatocyte Tight Junction COIS- The authors have no conflict of interest to declare. EDAT- 2018/07/03 06:00 MHDA- 2018/10/24 06:00 PMCR- 2019/10/01 CRDT- 2018/07/03 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/05/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/06/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/07/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/10/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/07/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0016-5085(18)34690-0 [pii] AID - 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.06.048 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Gastroenterology. 2018 Oct;155(4):1218-1232.e24. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.06.048. Epub 2018 Jun 30.