UNLABELLED: Caspase-8 has been implicated in signaling for apoptotic cell death and for certain nonapoptotic functions. However, knowledge of actual physiological or pathophysiological processes to which this enzyme contributes is lacking. Using a mouse model and employing the conditional knockout approach to delete the caspase-8 gene specifically in the liver, we found that caspase-8 deficiency in hepatocytes facilitates infection of the liver by Listeria monocytogenes, attenuates the hepatocyte proliferation wave during the first 48 hours after partial hepatectomy and, depending on the genetic background of the mice, prompts a chronic inflammatory response to the hepatectomy, as a result of which the proliferation of hepatocytes, although initially suppressed, might later be persistently enhanced, resulting in significant hepatomegaly. CONCLUSION: These findings indicate that caspase-8 participates in regulation of the cellular response to infection and injury and that it does so by affecting various cellular functions, including cell death, cell proliferation, and induction of inflammation.
UNLABELLED: Caspase-8 has been implicated in signaling for apoptotic cell death and for certain nonapoptotic functions. However, knowledge of actual physiological or pathophysiological processes to which this enzyme contributes is lacking. Using a mouse model and employing the conditional knockout approach to delete the caspase-8 gene specifically in the liver, we found that caspase-8 deficiency in hepatocytes facilitates infection of the liver by Listeria monocytogenes, attenuates the hepatocyte proliferation wave during the first 48 hours after partial hepatectomy and, depending on the genetic background of the mice, prompts a chronic inflammatory response to the hepatectomy, as a result of which the proliferation of hepatocytes, although initially suppressed, might later be persistently enhanced, resulting in significant hepatomegaly. CONCLUSION: These findings indicate that caspase-8 participates in regulation of the cellular response to infection and injury and that it does so by affecting various cellular functions, including cell death, cell proliferation, and induction of inflammation.
Authors: Edward S Mocarski; William J Kaiser; Devon Livingston-Rosanoff; Jason W Upton; Lisa P Daley-Bauer Journal: J Immunol Date: 2014-03-01 Impact factor: 5.422
Authors: Andrew Kovalenko; Jin-Chul Kim; Tae-Bong Kang; Akhil Rajput; Konstantin Bogdanov; Oliver Dittrich-Breiholz; Michael Kracht; Ori Brenner; David Wallach Journal: J Exp Med Date: 2009-08-31 Impact factor: 14.307