PMID- 30615971 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200406 LR - 20200408 IS - 1873-3913 (Electronic) IS - 0898-6568 (Linking) VI - 55 DP - 2019 Mar TI - Liver parenchymal cells lacking Lipocalin 2 (LCN2) are prone to endoplasmic reticulum stress and unfolded protein response. PG - 90-99 LID - S0898-6568(19)30001-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.cellsig.2019.01.001 [doi] AB - Unfolded protein response (UPR) is an adaptive mechanism allowing the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to react to an accumulation of unfolded proteins in its lumen, also known as ER stress. The UPR is interconnected with inflammation through several pathways such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) production resulting from the protein folding or alternatively, activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) via IRE1, or induction of acute phase response (APR). Lipocalin 2 (LCN2) is one of the APR proteins induced under inflammatory conditions and up-regulated during ER stress. Upon incubation of Lcn2(-/-) and wild type (wt) primary hepatocytes with tunicamycin (TM) or thapsigargin (TG) we found the Lcn2(-/-) hepatocytes to react with strong UPR to the ER stress, as evidenced by significantly increased levels of Grp94, Bip and Chop mRNA and protein compared to the wt. TM and TG-treated hepatocytes activated p65 NF-kappaB and JNK, the pathways that respond to stress stimuli and playing a central role in inflammation and apoptosis, respectively. ER stress further activated and cleaved full-length CREBH/CREB3L3, the hepatocyte specific transcription factor to induce systemic inflammatory responses. Upregulation of the C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) was very prominent in Lcn2(-/-) hepatocytes and sustained until 48 h, resulting in hepatocyte apoptosis as evidenced by increased cleaved caspase 3. We also explored the UPR of the Lcn2 null mouse livers in acute intoxication and inflammation stages with a single application of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)). The Lcn2 null mice clearly developed stronger UPR in LPS- and CCl(4)-induced ER stress compared to the wt. Our findings indicate that the upregulation of LCN2 during ER stress-induced inflammatory responses protects hepatocytes from being overwhelmed by UPR upon liver injury. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Borkham-Kamphorst, Erawan AU - Borkham-Kamphorst E AD - Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany. Electronic address: eborkham@ukaachen.de. FAU - Van de Leur, Eddy AU - Van de Leur E AD - Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany. FAU - Haas, Ute AU - Haas U AD - Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany. FAU - Weiskirchen, Ralf AU - Weiskirchen R AD - Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany. Electronic address: rweiskirchen@ukaachen.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190104 PL - England TA - Cell Signal JT - Cellular signalling JID - 8904683 RN - 0 (Lipocalin-2) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 126469-30-5 (Lcn2 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/*physiology MH - Hepatocytes/cytology/*metabolism MH - Inflammation/*metabolism MH - Lipocalin-2/*physiology MH - *Liver/cytology/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Unfolded Protein Response/*physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - ER stress OT - Hepatocytes OT - Inflammation OT - Lipocalin 2 OT - Liver OT - Unfolded protein response EDAT- 2019/01/08 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/09 06:00 CRDT- 2019/01/08 06:00 PHST- 2018/12/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/01/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/01/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/01/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/08 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0898-6568(19)30001-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cellsig.2019.01.001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Signal. 2019 Mar;55:90-99. doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2019.01.001. Epub 2019 Jan 4.