Annayya R Aroor1, Ricardo J Restrepo1, Kusum K Kharbanda2, Shivendra D Shukla3. 1. Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA. 2. Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, NE, 68105, USA. 3. Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA. shuklasd@missouri.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Ethanol binge augments liver injury after chronic ethanol consumption in humans, but the mechanism behind the enhanced liver injury by ethanol binge is not known. In this study we used a clinically relevant rat model in which liver injury is amplified by binge after chronic ethanol treatment and investigated the importance of histone modifications. METHODS: Eight-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats were fed ethanol in a liquid diet for 4 weeks. Control rats were fed an isocaloric liquid diet. This was followed by three binge administrations of ethanol (intragastric 5 g/kg body weight, 12 h apart). In the control, ethanol was replaced by water. Four hours after the last binge administration, liver samples were analyzed for histone modifications and parameters of liver injury. RESULTS: Chronic ethanol administration alone caused an increase in histone H3 ser10 and ser28 (H3S10 or S28) phosphorylation, and binge ethanol reduced their levels. Levels of dually modified phosphoacetylated histone H3 (H3AcK9/PS10) increased after acute binge ethanol and remained same after chronic ethanol binge. In contrast, histone H3 lysine-9 acetylation (H3AcK9) was not increased after chronic ethanol but increased significantly after acute binge and chronic ethanol binge. Increase in histone acetylation was accompanied by increased phospho-ERK1/2 in the nuclear extracts. Increased acetylation after chronic ethanol binge was also accompanied by increased protein levels of GCN5 histone acetyl transferase and a modest increase in HDAC3 in the nucleus. Histone lysine-9 dimethylation was significantly increased after chronic ethanol binge. Chronic ethanol binge also resulted in a decrease in the SAM:SAH ratio with a relative decrease of SAM levels and a corresponding increase in SAH levels. CONCLUSIONS: Ethanol binge after chronic ethanol altered the profile of site-specific histone modifications and may underlie the mechanism of augmented liver injury by chronic-ethanol-binge-treated rats.
PURPOSE:Ethanol binge augments liver injury after chronic ethanol consumption in humans, but the mechanism behind the enhanced liver injury by ethanol binge is not known. In this study we used a clinically relevant rat model in which liver injury is amplified by binge after chronic ethanol treatment and investigated the importance of histone modifications. METHODS: Eight-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats were fed ethanol in a liquid diet for 4 weeks. Control rats were fed an isocaloric liquid diet. This was followed by three binge administrations of ethanol (intragastric 5 g/kg body weight, 12 h apart). In the control, ethanol was replaced by water. Four hours after the last binge administration, liver samples were analyzed for histone modifications and parameters of liver injury. RESULTS: Chronic ethanol administration alone caused an increase in histone H3 ser10 and ser28 (H3S10 or S28) phosphorylation, and binge ethanol reduced their levels. Levels of dually modified phosphoacetylated histone H3 (H3AcK9/PS10) increased after acute binge ethanol and remained same after chronic ethanol binge. In contrast, histone H3 lysine-9 acetylation (H3AcK9) was not increased after chronic ethanol but increased significantly after acute binge and chronic ethanol binge. Increase in histone acetylation was accompanied by increased phospho-ERK1/2 in the nuclear extracts. Increased acetylation after chronic ethanol binge was also accompanied by increased protein levels of GCN5 histone acetyl transferase and a modest increase in HDAC3 in the nucleus. Histone lysine-9 dimethylation was significantly increased after chronic ethanol binge. Chronic ethanol binge also resulted in a decrease in the SAM:SAH ratio with a relative decrease of SAM levels and a corresponding increase in SAH levels. CONCLUSIONS:Ethanol binge after chronic ethanol altered the profile of site-specific histone modifications and may underlie the mechanism of augmented liver injury by chronic-ethanol-binge-treated rats.
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