Mixed lineage kinase 3 mediates release of C-X-C motif ligand 10-bearing chemotactic extracellular vesicles from lipotoxic hepatocytes.

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Mixed lineage kinase 3 (MLK3) deficiency reduces macrophage-associated inflammation in a murine model of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). However, the mechanistic links between MLK3 activation in hepatocytes and macrophage-driven inflammation in NASH are uncharted. Herein, we report that MLK3 mediates the release of (C-X-C motif) ligand 10 (CXCL10)-laden extracellular vesicles (EVs) from lipotoxic hepatocytes, which induce macrophage chemotaxis. Primary mouse hepatocytes (PMHs) and Huh7 cells were treated with palmitate or lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC). Released EVs were isolated by differential ultracentrifugation. LPC treatment of PMH or Huh7 cells induced release of EVs, which was prevented by either genetic or pharmacological inhibition of MLK3. Mass spectrometry

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4764421 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature