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Circulating extracellular vesicles with liver-specific RNA species are potential biomarkers for early cholestasis-induced liver fibrosis [RNA-seq]

ABSTRACT: Aims Biliary diseases represent around 10% of all chronic liver diseases and affect both adults and children. Currently available biochemical tests detect cholestasis but not early liver fibrosis. Circulating extracellular vesicles (EVs) provide a real-time molecular snapshot of the injured organ in a non-invasive way. We thus aimed at searching for a panel of EV-based biomarkers for cholestasis-induced early liver fibrosis using mice models. Results: Progressive and detectable histological evidence of collagen deposition and liver fibrosis was observed as from Day 8 after bile duct ligation (BDL) in mice. Whole transcriptome and small RNA-seq analyses of circulating EVs revealed differentially enriched RNA species after BDL versus sham controls. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering identified a signature that allowed for discrimination between BDL and controls. In particular, 151 microRNAs enriched in BDL-derived EVs were identified, of which 66 were conserved in humans. The liver was an important source of circulating EVs in BDL animals as evidenced by the enrichment of several hepatic mRNAs, such as Albumin, Haptoglobin, Transferrin receptor 1 and Alas2. Interestingly, among experimentally validated miRNAs, miR194-5p and miR29-3p showed similar enrichment patterns also in EVs derived from DDC-treated (drug-induced cholestasis) and MDR2-/- (genetic cholestasis) mice. Innovation A panel of mRNAs and miRNAs contained in circulating EVs, when combined, provides sensitive biomarkers for the early detection of hepatic damage and fibrosis. Conclusion Analysis of EVs for enrichment in miR29-3p and miR194-5p, in combination with hepatic injury RNA markers, could represent a sensitive biomarker panel for the early detection of cholestasis-induced liver fibrosis.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE166752 | GEO | 2022/02/28

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Extrahepatic cholestasis leads to complex injury and repair processes that result in bile infarct formation, neutrophil infiltration, cholangiocyte and hepatocyte proliferation, extracellular matrix remodeling, and fibrosis. To identify early molecular mechanisms of injury and repair after bile duct obstruction, microarray analysis was performed on liver tissue 24 hours after bile duct ligation (BDL) or sham surgery. The most upregulated gene identified encodes plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1, Serpine 1), a protease inhibitor that blocks urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) activity. Because PAI-1, uPA, and tPA influence growth factor and cytokine processing as well as extracellular matrix remodeling, we evaluated the role of PAI-1 in cholestatic liver injury by comparing the injury and repair processes in wild-type (WT) and PAI-1-deficient (PAI-1-/-) mice after BDL. PAI-1-/- mice had fewer and smaller bile infarcts, less neutrophil infiltration, and higher levels of cholangiocyte and hepatocyte proliferation than WT animals after BDL. Furthermore, PAI-1-/- mice had higher levels of tPA activation and mature hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) after BDL than WT mice, suggesting that PAI-1 effects on HGF activation critically influence cholestatic liver injury. This was further supported by elevated levels of c-Met and Akt phosphorylation in PAI-1-/- mice after BDL. In conclusion, PAI-1 deficiency reduces liver injury after BDL in mice. These data suggest that inhibiting PAI-1 might attenuate liver injury in cholestatic liver diseases. Total RNA isolated using TRI Reagent (Sigma, St. Louis, MO) was purified with an RNeasy mini kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA). Twenty micrograms cRNA was hybridized to a mouse GeneChip (U74Av2, Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA) at the Siteman Cancer Center GeneChip facility as described by the manufacturer. Analyses used one mouse per chip. Gene expression changes were analyzed using Affymetrix MicroArray Suite 4.0 and GeneChip 3.1 Expression Analysis and Statistical Algorithms (Affymetrix). The complete methodology and full data sets for all 6 analyzed chips are available at http://bioinformatics.wustl.edu.beckerproxy.wustl.edu This study compares the injury and repair processed in wild-type mice after BDL.

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Circulating extracellular vesicles with liver-specific RNA species are potential biomarkers for early cholestasis-induced liver fibrosis [RNA-seq]

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