Protein Expression Profiles in a Rat Cirrhotic Model Induced by Thioacetamide / 대한간학회지
The Korean Journal of Hepatology
;
: 93-102, 2006.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-25986
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/AIMS:
The reactive oxygen species from thioacetamide (TAA) induces rat liver cirrhosis that resembles the human disease, and it can serve as a suitable animal model for studying human liver cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to identify the molecular protein signatures via a proteomics approach with using a rat model with TAA-induced liver cirrhosis.METHODS:
Male Wistar rats were treated with 0.3 g/L TAA in their drinking water. The animals were then sacrificed at 9 and 30 weeks after TAA administration. The development of liver cirrhosis was observed with histological study. The livers were processed for proteins extraction and the proteins were analyzed by 2-dimensional electrophoresis. The proteins were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionizing time-of-flight mass spectrometry and this was validated by immunohistochemical staining.RESULTS:
On the proteomics analysis of the liver tissues, a total of 88 proteins showed significant change in their expression between the controls and the cirrhotic rats. When the proteins were categorized by their function, they included ECM/cellular skeleton, cell proliferation/death signal, metabolism, DNA damage/stress and immune response related proteins. The level of expression gradually increased up to 30 weeks for interleukin-6 (IL-6) precursor, transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) induced protein, TIMP-1 and MMP-9. Cytochrome P450 2B, which is required for the metabolic activation of TAA, also showed the same increasing pattern. In contrast, the expression level of the proteins did not show a significant change at 9 weeks, but this increased to 3-fold at 30 weeks for carbonic anhydrase VII, ras related protein Rab 6, Annexin A2, neurofibromatosis type 2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase.CONCLUSIONS:
This study showed that there is a repertoire of proteins during the development of liver cirrhosis via TAA. In this model, IL-6, TGF-beta, MMP-9 and TIMP-1 were reconfirmed as the molecular signatures during the development of TAA-induced liver cirrhosis.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Thioacetamide
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Proteins
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Rats, Wistar
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Proteomics
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Liver
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Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Animals
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Hepatology
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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