目的研究肝再生增强因子(ALR)保护急性肝损伤的作用及其机制。方法HL-7702细胞分为正常对照组、CCl4急性肝损伤组、ALR+CCl4干预组、3-甲基腺嘌呤(3-MA)+CCl4干预组以及ALR+3-MA+CCl4干预组,CCl4处理前8h对ALR+CCl4和ALR+3-MA+CCl4干预组转染ALR质粒,对除正常对照组外其余四组给予CCl4处理,30min后对3-MA+CCl4和ALR+3-MA+CCl4干预组给予3-MA处理,CCl4处理24h后收集细胞。收集HL-7702细胞和培养上清液,检测丙氨酸氨基转移酶(ALT)、天冬氨酸氨基转移酶(AST)水平;Westernblot检测细胞中ALR、细胞周期蛋白D、细胞周期蛋白E、增殖细胞核抗原(PCNA)、自噬相关基因7(Atg7)和自噬基因LC3、p62、Beclin-1水平;实时定量PCR检测ALRmRNA水平。多组样本均数的两两比较采用One-wayANOVA分析。结果ALR+CCl4干预组与急性肝损伤组相比,ALR蛋白以及mRNA表达水平显著升高(P值均〈0.05);CCl4急性肝损伤组与正常对照组相比,ALR蛋白以及mRNA表达水平同样显著升高(P值均〈0.05)。ALR+CCl4干预组与CCl4急性肝损伤组相比,细胞上清液中ALT(0.73±0.17与1.43±0.38,P值均〈0.05)、AST(19.85±1.83与56.73±6.25,P值均〈0.05)水平显著降低(单位均为IU/L);肝细胞中再生相关细胞周期蛋白D、细胞周期蛋白E、PCNA表达水平以及自噬相关LC3、Atg7、Beclin-1表达水平显著增高,P62表达水平显著降低,提示ALR可以保护急性肝损伤,促进肝细胞的再生,增强肝细胞的自噬水平。ALR+3-MA+CCl4干预组再生相关蛋白的表达水平相较于ALR+CCl4干预组明显降低,与3-MA+CCl4干预组相比无明显差异,提示抑制自噬后,肝细胞再生水平明显下降,ALR促进肝再生的作用也明显减弱。结论ALR可以促进肝脏实质细胞再生,这种再生是通过调节自噬完成的。
Objective To investigate the protective effect of augmenter of liver regeneration (ALR) against acute liver injury and related mechanisms. Methods HL-7702 cells were divided into normal control group, carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced acute liver injury group, ALR+CCl4 intervention group, 3-methyladenine (3-MA)+CCl4 intervention group, and ALR+3-MA+CCl4 intervention group. The ALR+CCl4 and ALR+3-MA+CCl4 intervention groups were transfected with ALR plasmids at 8 hours before CCl4 treatment. All groups except the normal control group were treated with CCl4, and 30 minutes later, the 3-MA+CCl4 and ALR+3-MA+CCl4 intervention groups were treated with 3-MA. The cells were collected at 24 hours after CCl4 treatment. The HL-7702 cells and supematant were collected to measure the levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (IU/L). Western blot was used to measure the levels ofALR, cyclin D, cyclin E, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), autophagy-related gene 7 (Atg7), and autophagy genes LC3, p62, and Beclin-1. Quantitative real-time PCR was used to measure the mRNA expression ofALR. A one- way analysis of variance was used for comparison of means between any two groups. Results The ALR+CCl4 intervention group had significant increases in the protein and mRNA expression of ALR compared with the acute liver injury group (both P 〈 0.05). The CCl4-induced acute liver injury group had significant increases in the protein and mRNA expression of ALR compared with the normal control group (both P 〈 0.05). Compared with the CCl4-induced acute liver injury group, the ALR+CCl4 intervention group had significant reductions in ALT (0.73±0.17 IU/L vs 1.43±0.38 IU/L, P 〈 0.05) and AST (19.85±1.83 IU/L vs 56.73±6.25 IU/L, P 〈 0.05) in supematant, significantly increased expression of cyclin D, cyclin E, PCNA, LC3, Atg7, and Beclin-1 in hepatocytes, and significantly reduced expression of p62, which suggested th