Mariana Verdelho Machado1, Gregory Alexander Michelotti2, Thiago Almeida Pereira2, Guanhua Xie2, Richard Premont2, Helena Cortez-Pinto3, Anna Mae Diehl4. 1. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Gastroenterology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHLN, Lisbon, Portugal. 2. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. 3. Gastroenterology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHLN, Lisbon, Portugal. 4. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: diehl004@mc.duke.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Mechanisms that regulate regeneration of injured livers are complex. YAP, a stem cell associated factor, controls liver growth in healthy adult mice. Increasing nuclear localization of YAP triggers accumulation of reactive-appearing ductular cells (YAP+RDC) with liver progenitor capabilities. The significance of YAP activation, and mechanisms involved, are unknown in diseased livers. We evaluated the hypothesis that YAP is more activated in injured livers that are scarring than in those that are regenerating effectively. METHODS: Immunohistochemistry and qRT-PCR analysis were used to localize and quantify changes in YAP and RDC in 52 patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and two mouse models of diet-induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Results were correlated with liver disease severity, metabolic risk factors, and factors proven to control NAFLD progression. RESULTS: YAP increased in NAFLD where it mainly localized in nuclei of RDC that expressed progenitor markers. Accumulation of YAP+RDC paralleled the severity of hepatocyte injury and accumulation of Sonic hedgehog, but not steatosis or metabolic risk factors. YAP+RDC expressed osteopontin, a Shh-regulated fibrogenic factor. Myofibroblast accumulation, fibrosis, and numbers of YAP+RDC strongly correlated. In murine NASH models, atrophic fibrotic livers contained significantly more YAP+RDC than livers with less severe NASH. CONCLUSION: YAP+RDC promote scarring, rather than effective regeneration, during NASH.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Mechanisms that regulate regeneration of injured livers are complex. YAP, a stem cell associated factor, controls liver growth in healthy adult mice. Increasing nuclear localization of YAP triggers accumulation of reactive-appearing ductular cells (YAP+RDC) with liver progenitor capabilities. The significance of YAP activation, and mechanisms involved, are unknown in diseased livers. We evaluated the hypothesis that YAP is more activated in injured livers that are scarring than in those that are regenerating effectively. METHODS: Immunohistochemistry and qRT-PCR analysis were used to localize and quantify changes in YAP and RDC in 52 patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and two mouse models of diet-induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Results were correlated with liver disease severity, metabolic risk factors, and factors proven to control NAFLD progression. RESULTS:YAP increased in NAFLD where it mainly localized in nuclei of RDC that expressed progenitor markers. Accumulation of YAP+RDC paralleled the severity of hepatocyte injury and accumulation of Sonic hedgehog, but not steatosis or metabolic risk factors. YAP+RDC expressed osteopontin, a Shh-regulated fibrogenic factor. Myofibroblast accumulation, fibrosis, and numbers of YAP+RDC strongly correlated. In murine NASH models, atrophic fibrotic livers contained significantly more YAP+RDC than livers with less severe NASH. CONCLUSION:YAP+RDC promote scarring, rather than effective regeneration, during NASH.
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