Hepatic vagus nerve regulates Kupffer cell activation via α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

BACKGROUND: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ranges from simple steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Kupffer cells play a central role in promoting hepatic inflammation, which leads to the development of NASH. We investigated the anti-inflammatory effect of hepatic vagus-mediated stimulation of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7nAChR) on Kupffer cells in NASH pathogenesis.

METHODS: Wild-type (WT) mice undergoing hepatic vagotomy (HV) were fed a methionine- and choline-deficient (MCD) diet for 1 week. α7nAChR knockout (α7KO) chimeric mice were generated by transplanting α7KO bone marrow cells into irradiated and Kupffer cell-deleted WT recipients. Kupffer cells were isolated from WT mice and treated with α7nAChR agonist under stimulation by lipopolysaccharide and/or palmitic acid.

RESULTS: HV aggravated MCD diet-induced NASH in both steatosis and inflammation. The hepatic inflammatory response, including the upregulation of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), interleukin (IL)-12, and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1), was accelerated in HV mice, accompanied by the downregulation of PPARα pathway genes. Kupffer cells were highly activated via the phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) in MCD diet-fed HV mice. The α7nAchR agonist suppressed the inflammatory response of primary Kupffer cells induced by lipopolysaccharide and palmitic acid by attenuating the NF-κB cascade. α7KO chimeric mice fed an MCD diet for 1 week developed advanced NASH with highly activated Kupffer cells. The hepatic expression of TNFα, IL-12, and MCP-1 was upregulated in α7KO chimeric mice, accompanied by abnormal lipid metabolism.

CONCLUSIONS: Hepatic vagus activity regulates the inflammatory response of Kupffer cells via α7nAChR in NASH development.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

Enthalten in:

Journal of gastroenterology - 52(2017), 8 vom: 17. Aug., Seite 965-976

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nishio, Takahiro [VerfasserIn]
Taura, Kojiro [VerfasserIn]
Iwaisako, Keiko [VerfasserIn]
Koyama, Yukinori [VerfasserIn]
Tanabe, Kazutaka [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Gen [VerfasserIn]
Okuda, Yukihiro [VerfasserIn]
Ikeno, Yoshinobu [VerfasserIn]
Yoshino, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Kasai, Yosuke [VerfasserIn]
Okuno, Masayuki [VerfasserIn]
Seo, Satoru [VerfasserIn]
Sakurai, Takaki [VerfasserIn]
Asagiri, Masataka [VerfasserIn]
Hatano, Etsuro [VerfasserIn]
Uemoto, Shinji [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

α7nAChR
2V16EO95H1
AE28F7PNPL
Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
Ccl2 protein, mouse
Chemokine CCL2
Choline
Fatty liver disease
Il12a protein, mouse
Interleukin-12 Subunit p35
Journal Article
Lipopolysaccharides
Methionine
N91BDP6H0X
NAFLD
NASH
NF-kappa B
PPAR alpha
Palmitic Acid
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
Vagotomy

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Date Completed 18.05.2018

Date Revised 08.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00535-016-1304-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM26763451X