Heat shock protein 70 is required for optimal liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in mice.
Heat shock protein 70 is required for optimal liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in mice.
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10.1002/lt.23813
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2014-03
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Levine MH
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Wolf JH;Bhatti TR;Fouraschen S;Chakravorty S;Wang L;Kurian S;Salomon D;Olthoff KM;Hancock WW;Levine MH
Liver regeneration is a complex process that restores functional tissue following resection or injury, and is accompanied by transient ATP depletion and metabolic stress in hepatic parenchymal cells. Heat shock protein-70 (Hsp70) functions as a chaperone during periods of cellular stress, and induces expression of several inflammatory cytokines identified as key players during early liver regeneration. We therefore hypothesized that Hsp70 would be required in the initiation of regeneration. Investigations were carried out in a 70% partial-hepatectomy (PHx) mouse model with mice lacking inducible Hsp70 (Hsp70−/−). Liver regeneration was assessed post-operatively using the ratio of liver weight to body weight (LW/BW), and sera and tissues were collected for analysis. In addition, gene expression of Hsp related genes were assessed in a cohort of 23 human living-donor liver transplantation donors. In mice, the absence of Hsp70 was associated with reduced postoperative LW/BW, Ki-67 staining, and TNF-α expression compared to wild-type mice. TNF-α expression was also reduced in livers from Hsp70−/− mice following induction with LPS (1 mg/kg). Clinically, the transcription of multiple Hsp genes was upregulated following donor hepatectomy, especially Hsp70 family members. Together, these results suggest that the early phase of successful liver regeneration requires the presence of Hsp70 to induce TNF-α. Further studies are required to determine whether Hsp70 contributes to liver regeneration as a chaperone, by stabilizing specific interactions required for growth signalling, or as a paracrine inflammatory signal, as can occur in models of shock.