Shao-Jung Hsu1, Chihao Zhang2, Jain Jeong2, Seong-Il Lee2, Matthew McConnell2, Teruo Utsumi2, Yasuko Iwakiri3. 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. 3. Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. Electronic address: yasuko.iwakiri@yale.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a serious neurologic complication in patients with liver cirrhosis. Very little is known about the role of the meningeal lymphatic system in HE. We tested our hypothesis that enhancement of meningeal lymphatic drainage could decrease neuroinflammation and ameliorate HE. METHODS: A 4-week bile duct ligation model was used to develop cirrhosis with HE in rats. Brain inflammation in patients with HE was evaluated by using archived GSE41919. The motor function of rats was assessed by the rotarod test. Adeno-associated virus 8-vascular endothelial growth factor C (AAV8-VEGF-C) was injected into the cisterna magna of HE rats 1 day after surgery to induce meningeal lymphangiogenesis. RESULTS: Cirrhotic rats with HE showed significantly increased microglia activation in the middle region of the cortex (P < .001) as well as increased neuroinflammation, as indicated by significant increases in interleukin 1β, interferon γ, tumor necrosis factor α, and ionized calcium binding adaptor molecule 1 (Iba1) expression levels in at least 1 of the 3 regions of the cortex. Motor function was also impaired in rats with HE (P < .05). Human brains of patients with cirrhosis with HE also exhibited up-regulation of proinflammatory genes (NFKB1, IbA1, TNF-α, and IL1β) (n = 6). AAV8-VEGF-C injection significantly increased meningeal lymphangiogenesis (P = .035) and tracer dye uptake in the anterior and middle regions of the cortex (P = .006 and .003, respectively), their corresponding meninges (P = .086 and .006, respectively), and the draining lymph nodes (P = .02). Furthermore, AAV8-VEGF-C decreased microglia activation (P < .001) and neuroinflammation and ameliorated motor dysfunction (P = .024). CONCLUSIONS: Promoting meningeal lymphatic drainage and enhancing waste clearance improves HE. Manipulation of meningeal lymphangiogenesis could be a new therapeutic strategy for the treatment of HE.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a serious neurologic complication in patients with liver cirrhosis. Very little is known about the role of the meningeal lymphatic system in HE. We tested our hypothesis that enhancement of meningeal lymphatic drainage could decrease neuroinflammation and ameliorate HE. METHODS: A 4-week bile duct ligation model was used to develop cirrhosis with HE in rats. Brain inflammation in patients with HE was evaluated by using archived GSE41919. The motor function of rats was assessed by the rotarod test. Adeno-associated virus 8-vascular endothelial growth factor C (AAV8-VEGF-C) was injected into the cisterna magna of HE rats 1 day after surgery to induce meningeal lymphangiogenesis. RESULTS: Cirrhotic rats with HE showed significantly increased microglia activation in the middle region of the cortex (P < .001) as well as increased neuroinflammation, as indicated by significant increases in interleukin 1β, interferon γ, tumor necrosis factor α, and ionized calcium binding adaptor molecule 1 (Iba1) expression levels in at least 1 of the 3 regions of the cortex. Motor function was also impaired in rats with HE (P < .05). Human brains of patients with cirrhosis with HE also exhibited up-regulation of proinflammatory genes (NFKB1, IbA1, TNF-α, and IL1β) (n = 6). AAV8-VEGF-C injection significantly increased meningeal lymphangiogenesis (P = .035) and tracer dye uptake in the anterior and middle regions of the cortex (P = .006 and .003, respectively), their corresponding meninges (P = .086 and .006, respectively), and the draining lymph nodes (P = .02). Furthermore, AAV8-VEGF-C decreased microglia activation (P < .001) and neuroinflammation and ameliorated motor dysfunction (P = .024). CONCLUSIONS: Promoting meningeal lymphatic drainage and enhancing waste clearance improves HE. Manipulation of meningeal lymphangiogenesis could be a new therapeutic strategy for the treatment of HE.
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