Xufu Wei1, Zhongjun Wu2, Tingting Li1, Qingsong Chen1, Jiangwen Dai1, Zuotian Huang1, Yunhai Luo1, Tong Mou1, Junliang Pu1, Hang Yang1. 1. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 YouYi Road, YuZhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China. 2. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 YouYi Road, YuZhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China. wzjtcy@126.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major factor affecting the prognosis of liver transplantation through a series of severe cell death and inflammatory responses. However, the potential role of miR-141-3p in hepatic IRI is currently unknown. METHODS: We collected the serum of liver transplantation patients to study the relationship between miR-141-3p and liver injury. A mouse hepatic IRI model was established to measure hepatic dysfunction and cell apoptosis. MiR-141-3p mimic and inhibitor were transfected into hepatocytes to explore the characteristics of hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R), a classical hepatic IRI in vitro model. RESULTS: We found that miR-141-3p levels were negatively correlated with alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in liver transplantation patients. The results demonstrated that miR-141-3p was decreased in mouse liver tissue after hepatic IRI in mice and in hepatocytes after H/R. Overexpression of miR-141-3p directly decreased Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1) levels and attenuated cell apoptosis in vivo and in vitro, while inhibition of miR-141-3p facilitated apoptosis. Further experiments revealed that overexpression of miR-141-3p also attenuated oxidative stress-induced damage in hepatocytes under H/R conditions. CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that miR-141-3p plays a major role in hepatic IRI through the Keap1 signaling pathway, and the present study suggests that miR-141-3p might have a protective effect on hepatic IRI to some extent.
BACKGROUND: Hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major factor affecting the prognosis of liver transplantation through a series of severe cell death and inflammatory responses. However, the potential role of miR-141-3p in hepatic IRI is currently unknown. METHODS: We collected the serum of liver transplantation patients to study the relationship between miR-141-3p and liver injury. A mouse hepatic IRI model was established to measure hepatic dysfunction and cell apoptosis. MiR-141-3p mimic and inhibitor were transfected into hepatocytes to explore the characteristics of hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R), a classical hepatic IRI in vitro model. RESULTS: We found that miR-141-3p levels were negatively correlated with alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in liver transplantation patients. The results demonstrated that miR-141-3p was decreased in mouse liver tissue after hepatic IRI in mice and in hepatocytes after H/R. Overexpression of miR-141-3p directly decreased Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1) levels and attenuated cell apoptosis in vivo and in vitro, while inhibition of miR-141-3p facilitated apoptosis. Further experiments revealed that overexpression of miR-141-3p also attenuated oxidative stress-induced damage in hepatocytes under H/R conditions. CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that miR-141-3p plays a major role in hepatic IRI through the Keap1 signaling pathway, and the present study suggests that miR-141-3p might have a protective effect on hepatic IRI to some extent.
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