Effect of fetuin, a TGFbeta antagonist and pentoxifylline, a cytokine antagonist on hepatic stellate cell function and fibrotic parameters in fibrosis. Export

@article{citeulike:6096534, abstract = {We have previously shown that monocyte conditioned medium (MCM) from patients with liver fibrosis stimulated proliferation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), the major cell involved in hepatic fibrosis. To investigate the potential role of fetuin and pentoxifylline in fibrosis we used MCM samples obtained from patients with biopsy proven hepatic fibrosis related to Hepatitis C (HCV). Our results indicate that the MCM obtained from patients with HCV-related liver fibrosis significantly stimulated collagen synthesis in HSCs as assessed by tritiated proline incorporation into a collagenase sensitive trichloroacetic acid (TCA) precipitate. Collagen synthesis was also stimulated in HSCs using transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) and this effect was neutralized using TGFbeta antibody. Incubation of HSCs with fetuin (but not TGFbeta antibody) significantly inhibited collagen synthesis in HSCs that were stimulated by HCV MCM samples. Patient MCM samples would also stimulate proliferation of HSCs as assessed by tritiated thymidine uptake but this effect was not attenuated by fetuin. Likewise the significant stimulatory effect of platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) on HSC proliferation and collagen synthesis was not inhibited by fetuin but could be significantly reduced by 70\% and 40\% respectively, when treated with pentoxifylline. We also investigated the ability of samples obtained from patients with hepatic fibrosis to inhibit HSC apoptosis, as determined by okadaic acid-induced 4-hydroxynonenal immunocytochemistry in HSCs. We have previously reported that okadaic acid induces apoptosis in HSCs as assessed by Hoescht and TUNEL. Okadaic acid treatment produced a positive 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) immunoreactivity in HSCs and treatment with HCV patient MCM or TGFbeta decreased the 4-HNE positive immunoreactivity in HSCs treated with okadaic acid. Our results suggest that fetuin may be beneficial in hepatic fibrosis and suggest that combination of fetuin and pentoxifylline may target the two key events in hepatic fibrosis by modifying the effects of TGFbeta and PDGF, the two major growth factors in fibrosis.}, author = {Verma-Gandhu, Monica and Peterson, Marc R. and Peterson, Theresa C.}, citeulike-article-id = {6096534}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.06.039}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17678645}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17678645}, day = {31}, doi = {10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.06.039}, issn = {0014-2999}, journal = {European journal of pharmacology}, keywords = {fetuin, lc, pentoxifylline, tgfb}, month = {October}, number = {2-3}, pages = {220--227}, posted-at = {2009-11-11 04:23:13}, priority = {2}, title = {Effect of fetuin, a TGFbeta antagonist and pentoxifylline, a cytokine antagonist on hepatic stellate cell function and fibrotic parameters in fibrosis.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.06.039}, volume = {572}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6096534 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6096534 N2 - We have previously shown that monocyte conditioned medium (MCM) from patients with liver fibrosis stimulated proliferation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), the major cell involved in hepatic fibrosis. To investigate the potential role of fetuin and pentoxifylline in fibrosis we used MCM samples obtained from patients with biopsy proven hepatic fibrosis related to Hepatitis C (HCV). Our results indicate that the MCM obtained from patients with HCV-related liver fibrosis significantly stimulated collagen synthesis in HSCs as assessed by tritiated proline incorporation into a collagenase sensitive trichloroacetic acid (TCA) precipitate. Collagen synthesis was also stimulated in HSCs using transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) and this effect was neutralized using TGFbeta antibody. Incubation of HSCs with fetuin (but not TGFbeta antibody) significantly inhibited collagen synthesis in HSCs that were stimulated by HCV MCM samples. Patient MCM samples would also stimulate proliferation of HSCs as assessed by tritiated thymidine uptake but this effect was not attenuated by fetuin. Likewise the significant stimulatory effect of platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) on HSC proliferation and collagen synthesis was not inhibited by fetuin but could be significantly reduced by 70% and 40% respectively, when treated with pentoxifylline. We also investigated the ability of samples obtained from patients with hepatic fibrosis to inhibit HSC apoptosis, as determined by okadaic acid-induced 4-hydroxynonenal immunocytochemistry in HSCs. We have previously reported that okadaic acid induces apoptosis in HSCs as assessed by Hoescht and TUNEL. Okadaic acid treatment produced a positive 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) immunoreactivity in HSCs and treatment with HCV patient MCM or TGFbeta decreased the 4-HNE positive immunoreactivity in HSCs treated with okadaic acid. Our results suggest that fetuin may be beneficial in hepatic fibrosis and suggest that combination of fetuin and pentoxifylline may target the two key events in hepatic fibrosis by modifying the effects of TGFbeta and PDGF, the two major growth factors in fibrosis. IS - 2-3 JF - European journal of pharmacology SN - 0014-2999 EP - 227 TI - Effect of fetuin, a TGFbeta antagonist and pentoxifylline, a cytokine antagonist on hepatic stellate cell function and fibrotic parameters in fibrosis. VL - 572 SP - 220 KW - fetuin KW - lc KW - pentoxifylline KW - tgfb AU - Verma-Gandhu, Monica AU - Peterson, Marc AU - Peterson, Theresa PY - 2007/10/31/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.06.039 ER -