Intracellular signaling pathways involved in acetaldehyde-induced collagen and fibronectin gene expression in human hepatic stellate cells

Hepatology : Official Journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
G Svegliati-BaroniP Greenwel

Abstract

Ethanol induces liver fibrosis by several means that include, among others, the direct fibrogenic action of acetaldehyde on hepatic stellate cells (HSC). However the mechanisms responsible for this effect are not well understood. In this communication we investigated signal transduction pathways triggered by acetaldehyde leading to upregulation of alpha2(I) collagen and fibronectin gene expression in human HSC. Run-on assays showed that acetaldehyde-enhanced transcription of these 2 genes as early as 2 hours, via de novo protein synthesis-independent and -dependent mechanisms. It also stimulated a time-dependent induction in phosphorylation of pp70(S6K) and extracellular-regulated kinase (1/2) (ERK1/2). These effects were completely prevented by calphostin C, a protein kinase C inhibitor. As expected, acetaldehyde-elicited ERK1/2 phosphorylation was inhibited by PD98059, a MEK inhibitor, but not by wortmannin, a PI3K inhibitor. On the other hand, both of these inhibitors partially inhibited phosphorylation of pp70(S6K) induced by acetaldehyde suggesting that its activation is ERK1/2- and PI3K-dependent. Acetaldehyde-elicited fibronectin and alpha2(I) collagen upregulation was inhibited by calphostin C. However, while PD98059, w...Continue Reading

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