Bone marrow progenitor cells do not contribute to liver fibrogenic cells
Bone marrow progenitor cells do not contribute to liver fibrogenic cells作者机构:Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics InstituteRio de Janeiro 21941-902Brazil Radiology DepartmentClementino Fraga Filho University HospitalRio de Janeiro 22909-538Brazil
出 版 物:《World Journal of Hepatology》 (世界肝病学杂志(英文版)(电子版))
年 卷 期:2012年第4卷第10期
页 面:274-283页
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含:普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学]
基 金:Supported by Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel Rio de Janeiro State Research Supporting Foundation and Ministry of Health
主 题:Bone marrow Liver Fibrosis Progenitor cells Chimeric mice Green fluorescent protein+ cells
摘 要:AIM:To investigate the contribution of bone marrow(BM) cells to hepatic ***:To establish a model of chimerism,C57Bl/6 female mice were subjected to full-body irradiation(7 Gy) resulting in BM *** mononuclear cells obtained from male transgenic mice expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein(GFP) were used for *** was confirmed by flow *** induce liver injury,chimeric animals received carbon tetrachloride(CCl4) 0.5 mL/kg intraperitoneally twice a week for 30 d(CCl4 30 d) and age-matched controls received saline(Saline 30 d).At the end of this period,animals were sacrificed for post mortem *** samples were stained with hematoxylin and eosin to observe liver architectural changes and with Sirius red for collagen quantification by morphometric analysis.α-smooth muscle actin(α-SMA) was analyzed by confocal microscopy to identify GFP+ cells with myofibroblast(MF) *** tissue,BM and peripheral blood were collected and prepared for flow cytometric analysis using specific markers for detection of hepatic stellate cells(HSCs) and precursors from the ***:Injury to the liver induced changes in the hepatic parenchymal architecture,as reflected by the presence of inflammatory infiltrate and an increase in collagen deposition(Saline 30 d = 11.10% ± 1.12% vs CCl4 30 d = 12.60% ± 0.73%,P = 0.0329).Confocal microscopy revealed increased reactivity against α-SMA in CCl4 30 d compared to Saline 30 d,but there was no co-localization with GFP+ cells,suggesting that cells from BM do not differentiate to *** flow cytometric analysis showed a significant increase of CD45+/GFP+ cells in liver tissue(Saline 30 d = 3.2% ± 2.2% vs CCl4 30 d = 5.8% ± 1.3%,P = 0.0458),suggesting that this increase was due to inflammatory cell infiltration(neutrophils and monocytes).There was also a significant increase of common myeloid progenitor cells(CD117+/CD45+) in the livers of CCl4-treated animals(Saline 3