Kyle Lauren Poulsen1, Megan R McMullen1, Emily Huang1, Christopher D Kibler1, Megan M Sheehan2, Lin Leng3, Richard Bucala3, Laura E Nagy1,4. 1. Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Center for Liver Disease Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. 2. Department of Molecular Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. 3. Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. 4. Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), a pluripotent immune regulator, is an emerging mediator in alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). MIF is associated with ALD progression through its chemokine- and cytokine-like activities. METHODS: Mechanistic studies into the role of MIF in ethanol (EtOH)-induced liver injury were performed in Mif-/- mice and in C57BL/6J mice treated with a small-molecule MIF antagonist, MIF098, after Gao-Binge (acute-on-chronic) EtOH feeding, an EtOH feeding protocol associated with hepatic neutrophilia and induction of the unfolded protein response (UPR). RESULTS: The MIF axis, for example, MIF and MIF receptors invariant polypeptide of major histocompatibility complex, class II antigen-associated (CD74), CXCR2, CXCR4, and CXCR7, was enhanced in the livers of alcoholic hepatitis (AH) patients as compared to healthy controls. Mif-/- mice were protected from hepatocellular injury after Gao-Binge feeding, independent of neutrophilia and inflammation, but were associated with the UPR. Interestingly, the UPR signature in AH patients and in mice following Gao-Binge feeding was biased toward cell death with increased expression of pro-cell death CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein homologous protein (CHOP) and decreased prosurvival GRP78. The UPR and liver injury 6 hours after binge were prevented both in Mif-/- mice and in MIF098-treated mice. However, both MIF interventions led to increased liver injury and exacerbated the hepatic UPR 9 hours after binge. Induction of upstream UPR signaling and expression of CHOP protein by thapsigargin in alpha mouse liver 12 hepatocytes were blunted by coexposure to MIF098, directly connecting MIF to UPR in hepatocytes. CONCLUSIONS: The current study revealed that, in addition to its cytokine/chemokine functions, MIF is an upstream regulator of UPR in response to EtOH feeding in mice. Importantly, both MIF and UPR can either protect or contribute to liver injury, dependent upon the stage or severity of EtOH-induced liver injury.
BACKGROUND:Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), a pluripotent immune regulator, is an emerging mediator in alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). MIF is associated with ALD progression through its chemokine- and cytokine-like activities. METHODS: Mechanistic studies into the role of MIF in ethanol (EtOH)-induced liver injury were performed in Mif-/- mice and in C57BL/6J mice treated with a small-molecule MIF antagonist, MIF098, after Gao-Binge (acute-on-chronic) EtOH feeding, an EtOH feeding protocol associated with hepatic neutrophilia and induction of the unfolded protein response (UPR). RESULTS: The MIF axis, for example, MIF and MIF receptors invariant polypeptide of major histocompatibility complex, class II antigen-associated (CD74), CXCR2, CXCR4, and CXCR7, was enhanced in the livers of alcoholic hepatitis (AH) patients as compared to healthy controls. Mif-/- mice were protected from hepatocellular injury after Gao-Binge feeding, independent of neutrophilia and inflammation, but were associated with the UPR. Interestingly, the UPR signature in AHpatients and in mice following Gao-Binge feeding was biased toward cell death with increased expression of pro-cell death CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein homologous protein (CHOP) and decreased prosurvival GRP78. The UPR and liver injury 6 hours after binge were prevented both in Mif-/- mice and in MIF098-treated mice. However, both MIF interventions led to increased liver injury and exacerbated the hepatic UPR 9 hours after binge. Induction of upstream UPR signaling and expression of CHOP protein by thapsigargin in alpha mouse liver 12 hepatocytes were blunted by coexposure to MIF098, directly connecting MIF to UPR in hepatocytes. CONCLUSIONS: The current study revealed that, in addition to its cytokine/chemokine functions, MIF is an upstream regulator of UPR in response to EtOH feeding in mice. Importantly, both MIF and UPR can either protect or contribute to liver injury, dependent upon the stage or severity of EtOH-induced liver injury.
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