Nan Wu1, Guido Carpino2, Ludovica Ceci1, Leonardo Baiocchi3, Heather Francis1,4, Lindsey Kennedy1,4, Tianhao Zhou1, Lixian Chen1, Keisaku Sato1, Konstantina Kyritsi1, Vik Meadows1, Burcin Ekser5, Antonio Franchitto6, Romina Mancinelli6, Paolo Onori6, Eugenio Gaudio6, Shannon Glaser7, Gianfranco Alpini1,4. 1. Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 2. Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Division of Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico,", Rome, Italy. 3. Hepatology Unit, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. 4. Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 5. Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 6. Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic Medicine and Orthopedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. 7. Department of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Melatonin reduces biliary damage and liver fibrosis in cholestatic models by interaction with melatonin receptors 1A (MT1) and 1B (MT2). MT1 and MT2 can form heterodimers and homodimers, but MT1 and MT2 can heterodimerize with the orphan receptor G protein-coupled receptor 50 (GPR50). MT1/GPR50 dimerization blocks melatonin binding, but MT2/GPR50 dimerization does not affect melatonin binding. GPR50 can dimerize with TGFβ receptor type I (TGFβRI) to activate this receptor. We aimed to determine the differential roles of MT1 and MT2 during cholestasis. APPROACH AND RESULTS: Wild-type (WT), MT1 knockout (KO), MT2KO, and MT1/MT2 double KO (DKO) mice underwent sham or bile duct ligation (BDL); these mice were also treated with melatonin. BDL WT and multidrug resistance 2 KO (Mdr2-/- ) mice received mismatch, MT1, or MT2 Vivo-Morpholino. Biliary expression of MT1 and GPR50 increases in cholestatic rodents and human primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) samples. Loss of MT1 in BDL and Mdr2-/- mice ameliorated biliary and liver damage, whereas these parameters were enhanced following loss of MT2 and in DKO mice. Interestingly, melatonin treatment alleviated BDL-induced biliary and liver injury in BDL WT and BDL MT2KO mice but not in BDL MT1KO or BDL DKO mice, demonstrating melatonin's interaction with MT1. Loss of MT2 or DKO mice exhibited enhanced GPR50/TGFβR1 signaling, which was reduced by loss of MT1. CONCLUSIONS: Melatonin ameliorates liver phenotypes through MT1, whereas down-regulation of MT2 promotes liver damage through GPR50/TGFβR1 activation. Blocking GPR50/TGFβR1 binding through modulation of melatonin signaling may be a therapeutic approach for PSC.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Melatonin reduces biliary damage and liver fibrosis in cholestatic models by interaction with melatonin receptors 1A (MT1) and 1B (MT2). MT1 and MT2 can form heterodimers and homodimers, but MT1 and MT2 can heterodimerize with the orphan receptor G protein-coupled receptor 50 (GPR50). MT1/GPR50 dimerization blocks melatonin binding, but MT2/GPR50 dimerization does not affect melatonin binding. GPR50 can dimerize with TGFβ receptor type I (TGFβRI) to activate this receptor. We aimed to determine the differential roles of MT1 and MT2 during cholestasis. APPROACH AND RESULTS: Wild-type (WT), MT1 knockout (KO), MT2KO, and MT1/MT2 double KO (DKO) mice underwent sham or bile duct ligation (BDL); these mice were also treated with melatonin. BDL WT and multidrug resistance 2 KO (Mdr2-/- ) mice received mismatch, MT1, or MT2 Vivo-Morpholino. Biliary expression of MT1 and GPR50 increases in cholestatic rodents and human primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) samples. Loss of MT1 in BDL and Mdr2-/- mice ameliorated biliary and liver damage, whereas these parameters were enhanced following loss of MT2 and in DKO mice. Interestingly, melatonin treatment alleviated BDL-induced biliary and liver injury in BDL WT and BDL MT2KO mice but not in BDL MT1KO or BDL DKO mice, demonstrating melatonin's interaction with MT1. Loss of MT2 or DKO mice exhibited enhanced GPR50/TGFβR1 signaling, which was reduced by loss of MT1. CONCLUSIONS: Melatonin ameliorates liver phenotypes through MT1, whereas down-regulation of MT2 promotes liver damage through GPR50/TGFβR1 activation. Blocking GPR50/TGFβR1 binding through modulation of melatonin signaling may be a therapeutic approach for PSC.
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