Romina Fiorotto1,2, Mariangela Amenduni1, Valeria Mariotti3, Luca Fabris3, Carlo Spirli1,2, Mario Strazzabosco1,2. 1. Section of Digestive Diseases, Liver Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT. 2. International Center for Digestive Health, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy. 3. Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padua, Italy.
Abstract
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), the channel mutated in cystic fibrosis (CF), is expressed by the biliary epithelium (i.e., cholangiocytes) of the liver. Progressive clinical liver disease (CF-associated liver disease; CFLD) occurs in around 10% of CF patients and represents the third leading cause of death. Impaired secretion and inflammation contribute to CFLD; however, the lack of human-derived experimental models has hampered the understanding of CFLD pathophysiology and the search for a cure. We have investigated the cellular mechanisms altered in human CF cholangiocytes using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from healthy controls and a ΔF508 CFTR patient. We have devised a novel protocol for the differentiation of human iPSC into polarized monolayers of cholangiocytes. Our results show that iPSC-cholangiocytes reproduced the polarity and the secretory function of the biliary epithelium. Protein kinase A/cAMP-mediated fluid secretion was impaired in ΔF508 cholangiocytes and negligibly improved by VX-770 and VX-809, two small molecule drugs used to correct and potentiate ΔF508 CFTR. Moreover, ΔF508 cholangiocytes showed increased phosphorylation of Src kinase and Toll-like receptor 4 and proinflammatory changes, including increased nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells activation, secretion of proinflammatory chemokines (i.e., monocyte chemotactic protein 1 and interleukin-8), as well as alterations of the F-actin cytoskeleton. Treatment with Src inhibitor (4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyramidine) decreased the inflammatory changes and improved cytoskeletal defects. Inhibition of Src, along with administration of VX-770 and VX-809, successfully restored fluid secretion to normal levels. CONCLUSION: Our findings have strong translational potential and indicate that targeting Src kinase and decreasing inflammation may increase the efficacy of pharmacological therapies aimed at correcting the basic ΔF508 defect in CF liver patients. These studies also demonstrate the promise of applying iPSC technology in modeling human cholangiopathies. (Hepatology 2018;67:972-988).
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), the channel mutated in cystic fibrosis (CF), is expressed by the biliary epithelium (i.e., cholangiocytes) of the liver. Progressive clinical liver disease (CF-associated liver disease; CFLD) occurs in around 10% of CF patients and represents the third leading cause of death. Impaired secretion and inflammation contribute to CFLD; however, the lack of human-derived experimental models has hampered the understanding of CFLD pathophysiology and the search for a cure. We have investigated the cellular mechanisms altered in human CF cholangiocytes using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from healthy controls and a ΔF508 CFTRpatient. We have devised a novel protocol for the differentiation of human iPSC into polarized monolayers of cholangiocytes. Our results show that iPSC-cholangiocytes reproduced the polarity and the secretory function of the biliary epithelium. Protein kinase A/cAMP-mediated fluid secretion was impaired in ΔF508 cholangiocytes and negligibly improved by VX-770 and VX-809, two small molecule drugs used to correct and potentiate ΔF508 CFTR. Moreover, ΔF508 cholangiocytes showed increased phosphorylation of Src kinase and Toll-like receptor 4 and proinflammatory changes, including increased nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells activation, secretion of proinflammatory chemokines (i.e., monocyte chemotactic protein 1 and interleukin-8), as well as alterations of the F-actin cytoskeleton. Treatment with Src inhibitor (4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyramidine) decreased the inflammatory changes and improved cytoskeletal defects. Inhibition of Src, along with administration of VX-770 and VX-809, successfully restored fluid secretion to normal levels. CONCLUSION: Our findings have strong translational potential and indicate that targeting Src kinase and decreasing inflammation may increase the efficacy of pharmacological therapies aimed at correcting the basic ΔF508 defect in CF liverpatients. These studies also demonstrate the promise of applying iPSC technology in modeling human cholangiopathies. (Hepatology 2018;67:972-988).
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