Paul Usechak1, Anna Gates, Cynthia Rl Webster. 1. Department of Clinical Sciences, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton, MA 01539, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Adherence to an extracellular matrix (ECM) rescues hepatocytes from apoptosis, but how hepatocytes adhered to different ECM and respond to apoptotic and cytoprotective stimuli is unknown. METHODS: Rat hepatocytes were plated on type 1 collagen (CI), laminin (LM) or polylysine (PL) and the amount of apoptosis induced by glycochenodeoxycholate (GCDC), deoxycholate (DCA), Fas ligand or serum withdrawal was determined by Hoechst staining. The response to cytoprotection by cAMP-guanine exchange factor (cAMP-GEF) activation was determined. Kinase activation was determined by immunoblotting with phosphospecific antibodies. RESULTS: Hepatocytes on LM and PL had more apoptosis in response to all apoptotic stimuli. GCDC increased c-jun-N-terminal kinase (JNK) phosphorylation 2-fold in hepatocytes on CI, but 15- and 30-fold in hepatocytes on PL or LM. SP-600125, a JNK inhibitor, prevented LM and PL potentiation of bile acid apoptosis. GCDC induced dephosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) was prevented by cAMP-GEF activation. Cytochalasin B which decreased FAK phosphorylation prevented cAMP-GEF cytoprotection. CONCLUSIONS: JNK activation augments apoptosis in hepatocytes plated on PL and LM. Decreased FAK phosphorylation as seen in cells treated with bile acids or attached to PL and LM promotes hepatocyte apoptosis.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Adherence to an extracellular matrix (ECM) rescues hepatocytes from apoptosis, but how hepatocytes adhered to different ECM and respond to apoptotic and cytoprotective stimuli is unknown. METHODS:Rat hepatocytes were plated on type 1 collagen (CI), laminin (LM) or polylysine (PL) and the amount of apoptosis induced by glycochenodeoxycholate (GCDC), deoxycholate (DCA), Fas ligand or serum withdrawal was determined by Hoechst staining. The response to cytoprotection by cAMP-guanine exchange factor (cAMP-GEF) activation was determined. Kinase activation was determined by immunoblotting with phosphospecific antibodies. RESULTS: Hepatocytes on LM and PL had more apoptosis in response to all apoptotic stimuli. GCDC increased c-jun-N-terminal kinase (JNK) phosphorylation 2-fold in hepatocytes on CI, but 15- and 30-fold in hepatocytes on PL or LM. SP-600125, a JNK inhibitor, prevented LM and PL potentiation of bile acid apoptosis. GCDC induced dephosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) was prevented by cAMP-GEF activation. Cytochalasin B which decreased FAK phosphorylation prevented cAMP-GEF cytoprotection. CONCLUSIONS:JNK activation augments apoptosis in hepatocytes plated on PL and LM. Decreased FAK phosphorylation as seen in cells treated with bile acids or attached to PL and LM promotes hepatocyte apoptosis.
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