Interferon-alpha activates multiple STAT signals and down-regulates c-Met in primary human hepatocytes

Gastroenterology
Svetlana RadaevaBin Gao

Abstract

Interferon (IFN)-alpha therapy is currently the primary choice for viral hepatitis and a promising treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Primary mouse and rat hepatocytes respond poorly to IFN-alpha stimulation. Thus, it is very important to examine the IFN-alpha signal pathway in primary human hepatocytes. The IFN-alpha-activated signals and genes in primary human hepatocytes and hepatoma cells were examined by Western blotting and microarray analyses. Primary human hepatocytes respond very well to IFN-alpha stimulation as shown by activation of multiple signal transducer and activator of transcription factor (STAT) 1, 2, 3, 5, and multiple genes. The differential response to IFN-alpha stimulation in primary human and mouse hepatocytes may be caused by expression of predominant functional IFN-alpha receptor 2c (IFNAR2c) in primary human hepatocytes vs. expression of predominant inhibitory IFNAR2a in mouse hepatocytes. Microarray analyses of primary human hepatocytes show that IFN-alpha up-regulates about 44 genes by over 2-fold and down-regulates about 9 genes by 50%. The up-regulated genes include a variety of antiviral and tumor suppressors/proapoptotic genes. The down-regulated genes include c-myc and c-Met, the hep...Continue Reading

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