Zonation of nitrogen and glucose metabolism gene expression upon acute liver damage in mouse.
Zonation of metabolic activities within specific structures and cell types is a phenomenon of liver organization and ensures complementarity of variant liver functions like protein production, glucose homeostasis and detoxification. To analyze damage and regeneration of liver tissue in response to a...
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| author | Shahrouz Ghafoory Katja Breitkopf-Heinlein Qi Li Catharina Scholl Steven Dooley Stefan Wölfl |
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| description | Zonation of metabolic activities within specific structures and cell types is a phenomenon of liver organization and ensures complementarity of variant liver functions like protein production, glucose homeostasis and detoxification. To analyze damage and regeneration of liver tissue in response to a toxic agent, expression of liver specific enzymes was analyzed by in situ hybridization in mouse over a 6 days time course following carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) injection. CCl4 mixed with mineral oil was administered to BALB/c mice by intraperitoneal injection, and mice were sacrificed at different time points post injection. Changes in the expression of albumin (Alb), arginase (Arg1), glutaminase 2 (Gls2), Glutamine synthetase (Gs), glucose-6-phosphatase (G6pc), glycogen synthase 2 (Gys2), Glycerinaldehyd-3-phosphat-Dehydrogenase (Gapdh), Cytochrom p450 2E1 (Cyp2e1) and glucagon receptor (Gcgr) genes in the liver were studied by in situ hybridization and qPCR. We observed significant changes in gene expression of enzymes involved in nitrogen and glucose metabolism and their local distribution following CCl4 injury. We also found that Cyp2e1, the primary metabolizing enzyme for CCl4, was strongly expressed in the pericentral zone during recovery. Furthermore, cells in the damaged area displayed distinct gene expression profiles during the analyzed time course and showed complete recovery with strong albumin production 6 days after CCl4 injection. Our results indicate that despite severe damage, liver cells in the damaged area do not simply die but instead display locally adjusted gene expression supporting damage response and recovery. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d465f04ab1914cc190ed50b31962b20a2022-12-22T00:49:33ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-01810e7826210.1371/journal.pone.0078262Zonation of nitrogen and glucose metabolism gene expression upon acute liver damage in mouse.Shahrouz GhafooryKatja Breitkopf-HeinleinQi LiCatharina SchollSteven DooleyStefan WölflZonation of metabolic activities within specific structures and cell types is a phenomenon of liver organization and ensures complementarity of variant liver functions like protein production, glucose homeostasis and detoxification. To analyze damage and regeneration of liver tissue in response to a toxic agent, expression of liver specific enzymes was analyzed by in situ hybridization in mouse over a 6 days time course following carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) injection. CCl4 mixed with mineral oil was administered to BALB/c mice by intraperitoneal injection, and mice were sacrificed at different time points post injection. Changes in the expression of albumin (Alb), arginase (Arg1), glutaminase 2 (Gls2), Glutamine synthetase (Gs), glucose-6-phosphatase (G6pc), glycogen synthase 2 (Gys2), Glycerinaldehyd-3-phosphat-Dehydrogenase (Gapdh), Cytochrom p450 2E1 (Cyp2e1) and glucagon receptor (Gcgr) genes in the liver were studied by in situ hybridization and qPCR. We observed significant changes in gene expression of enzymes involved in nitrogen and glucose metabolism and their local distribution following CCl4 injury. We also found that Cyp2e1, the primary metabolizing enzyme for CCl4, was strongly expressed in the pericentral zone during recovery. Furthermore, cells in the damaged area displayed distinct gene expression profiles during the analyzed time course and showed complete recovery with strong albumin production 6 days after CCl4 injection. Our results indicate that despite severe damage, liver cells in the damaged area do not simply die but instead display locally adjusted gene expression supporting damage response and recovery.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3798318?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Shahrouz Ghafoory Katja Breitkopf-Heinlein Qi Li Catharina Scholl Steven Dooley Stefan Wölfl Zonation of nitrogen and glucose metabolism gene expression upon acute liver damage in mouse. PLoS ONE |
| title | Zonation of nitrogen and glucose metabolism gene expression upon acute liver damage in mouse. |
| title_full | Zonation of nitrogen and glucose metabolism gene expression upon acute liver damage in mouse. |
| title_fullStr | Zonation of nitrogen and glucose metabolism gene expression upon acute liver damage in mouse. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Zonation of nitrogen and glucose metabolism gene expression upon acute liver damage in mouse. |
| title_short | Zonation of nitrogen and glucose metabolism gene expression upon acute liver damage in mouse. |
| title_sort | zonation of nitrogen and glucose metabolism gene expression upon acute liver damage in mouse |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3798318?pdf=render |
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