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Leucine-rich Repeats and Immunoglobulin 1 (LRIG1) Ameliorates Liver Fibrosis and Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation via Inhibiting Sphingosine Kinase 1 (SphK1)/Sphingosine-1-Phosphate (S1P) Pathway

Abstract

To detect the leucine-rich repeats and immunoglobulin 1 (LRIG1) ameliorated liver fibrosis and hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation via inhibiting sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1)/Sphingosine-1-Phosphate (S1P) pathway.
C57BL/6 male mice (eight weeks old) were intraperitoneal injection with 10% carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) as an in vivo model. The LX-2 cells were induced as amodel for in vitro study by TGF-β (10 ng/mL).
The Hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, Masson staining, and Sirius red staining results showed that CCl4 caused serious fibrosis and injury in liver tissue, high expression of type I collagen α1 chain (Col1α1) and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) in liver tissue, while the LRIG1 expression level was significantly decreased in LX-2 cell lines. The LRIG1 ameliorated CCl4-induced liver fibrosis, indicated by the fibronectin, α-SMA, LRIG1, SphK1, Col1α1, fibrin Connexin 1 (Fn1), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP1), sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) expression level changes. Similar results were observed in TGF-β1 treated of LX-2 cells. However, the effects were attenuated by treatment with LRIG1. Moreover, SphK1 inhibitors abrogated the effect of LRIG1 on fibrosis.
These results demonstrated that LRIG1 improved liver fibrosis in vitro and in vivo via suppressing the SphK1/S1P pathway, indicating its potential use in the treatment of liver fibrosis.

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Keywords
Carbon tetrachloride Immunoglobulins Leucine-rich repeats Liver fibrosis Sphingosine kinase Sphingosine-1-phosphate

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Zhan W, Liao X, Chen Z, Li L, Tian T, Li R. Leucine-rich Repeats and Immunoglobulin 1 (LRIG1) Ameliorates Liver Fibrosis and Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation via Inhibiting Sphingosine Kinase 1 (SphK1)/Sphingosine-1-Phosphate (S1P) Pathway. Iran J Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2020;19(4):397-408.