title: Hepatic fibrosis is enhanced and accompanied by robust oval cell activation after chronic carbon tetrachloride administration to Egr-1-deficient mice.
abstract: The transcription factor early growth response (Egr)-1 regulates the expression of genes required for execution of the wound healing response. Multiple cycles of injury, coupled to incomplete wound healing, lead to fibrosis. Therefore, we hypothesized that Egr-1 is required for the development of hepatic fibrosis. To test this hypothesis, we exposed wild-type and egr-1(-/-) mice to acute or chronic carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)). Acute CCl(4) exposure established a profibrotic milieu in the liver, including activation of hepatic stellate cells as well as expression of type 1 collagen genes and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase 1 in both wild-type and egr-1(-/-) mice. This response was exacerbated in egr-1(-/-) mice. After chronic CCl(4) exposure, hepatic fibrosis was established in both genotypes; however, the fibrotic response was profoundly worsened in Egr-1-deficient mice. Importantly, enhanced fibrosis in egr-1(-/-) mice was accompanied by a robust activation of the oval cell response, suggesting more severe liver injury and/or reduced hepatocyte proliferation when compared with wild-type mice. Hepatic expression of genes indicative of oval cell activation, as well as the number of cells expressing A6, a mouse oval cell marker, was greater in egr-1(-/-) mice. Taken together, these data reveal novel roles for Egr-1 as a negative regulator of both CCl(4)-induced hepatic fibrosis and the oval cell response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology-NE40, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. pritchm@ccf.org
authors.forename: Michele T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Pritchard
authors.forename: Laura E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Nagy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002252:Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning / Q000473:pathology*; D051766:Early Growth Response Protein 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000473:pathology; D055166:Hepatic Stellate Cells / Q000502:physiology; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D051766:Early Growth Response Protein 1
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