Super enhancer regulation of cytokine-induced chemokine production in alcoholic hepatitis

© 2021. The Author(s)..

Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is associated with liver neutrophil infiltration through activated cytokine pathways leading to elevated chemokine expression. Super-enhancers are expansive regulatory elements driving augmented gene expression. Here, we explore the mechanistic role of super-enhancers linking cytokine TNFα with chemokine amplification in AH. RNA-seq and histone modification ChIP-seq of human liver explants show upregulation of multiple CXCL chemokines in AH. Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC) are identified as an important source of CXCL expression in human liver, regulated by TNFα/NF-κB signaling. A super-enhancer is identified for multiple CXCL genes by multiple approaches. dCas9-KRAB-mediated epigenome editing or pharmacologic inhibition of Bromodomain and Extraterminal (BET) proteins, transcriptional regulators vital to super-enhancer function, decreases chemokine expression in vitro and decreases neutrophil infiltration in murine models of AH. Our findings highlight the role of super-enhancer in propagating inflammatory signaling by inducing chemokine expression and the therapeutic potential of BET inhibition in AH treatment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 12(2021), 1 vom: 27. Juli, Seite 4560

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Mengfei [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Sheng [VerfasserIn]
He, Li [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Jinhang [VerfasserIn]
Arab, Juan P [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Huarui [VerfasserIn]
Xuan, Weixia [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Yandong [VerfasserIn]
Sehrawat, Tejasav S [VerfasserIn]
Hamdan, Feda H [VerfasserIn]
Ventura-Cots, Meritxell [VerfasserIn]
Argemi, Josepmaria [VerfasserIn]
Pomerantz, William C K [VerfasserIn]
Johnsen, Steven A [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jeong-Heon [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Ordog, Tamas [VerfasserIn]
Mathurin, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Revzin, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Bataller, Ramon [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Huihuang [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Vijay H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chemokines
Cytokines
Histones
Journal Article
Lipopolysaccharides
NF-kappa B
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Transcription Factors
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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Date Completed 04.08.2021

Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-021-24843-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328605786