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Gene expression in the liver remnant is significantly affected by the size of partial hepatectomy - an experimental rat study

ABSTRACT: Background: Extended hepatectomies may result in post-hepatectomy liver failure, a condition with a high mortality. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate and compare the gene expression profiles in rats subjected to increasing size of partial hepatectomy. Methods: 40 Wistar rats were subjected to 30%, 70%, or 90% partial hepatectomy, sham operation or no operation. 24 hours following resection, liver tissue was harvested and genome-wide expression analysis was performed. Results: Cluster analysis revealed 2 main groupings, one containing the PH(90%) and one containing the remaining groups (baseline, sham, PH(30%) and PH(70%)). Categorization of specific affected molecular pathways in the PH(90%) group revealed a downregulation of cellular homeostatic functions degradation and biosynthesis, whereas proliferation, cell growth, and cellular stress and injury were upregulated in the PH(90%) group. After PH(90%), the main upregulated pathways were mTOR and ILK. The main activated upstream regulators were hepatocyte growth factor and transforming growth factor. Conclusion: With decreasing size of the future liver remnant, the liver tended to prioritize expression of genes involved in cell proliferation and differentiation at the expense of genes involved in metabolism and body homeostasis. This prioritizing may be an essential molecular explanation for post-hepatectomy liver failure.

ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus

PROVIDER: GSE97429 | GEO | 2018/03/31

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Liver is uniquely capable to repair itself after injury. Multiple molecular and biochemical processes initiated after partial hepatectomy, lead to proliferation of all cells within the liver. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of highly abundant non-coding RNA molecules that cause post-transcriptional gene repression and are involved in several biological processes including cell cycle regulation and differentiation. We examined the expression levels of miRNAs in liver tissue received from control mice (L0) and compared them with the corresponding levels in liver tissue 12 hours after liver regeneration induced by 2/3 partial hepatectomy (L12). MicroRNA expression was investigated using microRNA profiling. Further qPCR analysis was used for validation of the differentially expressed microRNAs at an early stage of liver regeneration, induced by 2/3 partial hepatectomy. TargetScan and Gene Ontology (GO) analysis was performed in order to identify the possible miRNA target genes and their ontology, respectively. A subset of miRNAs were found to be differentially expressed during liver regeneration. Mmu-miR-21 and mmu-miR-30b* showed the higher levels of up-regulation in liver tissue from the hepatectomized mice at the end of the experiment (L12) compared to the sham operated mice (L0). Mmu-miR-21 up-regulation was further confirmed by qPCR. In situ hybridization (ISH) revealed that mmu-miR-21 exhibited the higher levels of expression at 12 hours post hepatectomy. On the contrary, mmu-miR-34c*, mmu-miR-144, mmu-miR-207, mmu-miR-207, mmu-miR-451, mmu-miR-582-3p and mmu-miR-290-5p exhibited <0.5 down-regulation in liver tissue after partial hepatectomy in L12 vs. L0 mice. Microarrays and qPCR results were in good agreement (Pearson correlation = 0.881). Our results provide important information regarding how microRNAs are deferentially expressed in murine liver tissue before and after partial hepatectomy. The early up-regulation of mmu-miR-21 during the process of liver regeneration suggests a regulatory role in liver regeneration in vivo. Twenty male wild type mice C57BL6J (8 weeks old) fed a standard diet were used for the liver regeneration experiment. Mice were housed in the animal facility of the University of Patras Medical School in temperature-, light- and humidity-controlled rooms with a 12-h light/dark cycle. All animal procedures were approved by the institutional review board of the University of Patras Medical School and were in accordance with EC Directive 86/609/EEC. A 2/3 partial hepatectomy (PH) was performed on 10 mice according to a recently published standardized protocol whereby the median and left lobes of the liver were removed and another 10 sham operated mice were used as the control group. The liver was allowed to regenerate and mice were sacrificed 12 hours after operation. Liver samples were collected from the sham operated mice (L0) and the hepatectomized mice at the end of the experiment (L12).

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