論文

2020年

Repeated Administration of Kupffer Cells-Targeting Nanoantioxidant Ameliorates Liver Fibrosis in an Experimental Mouse Model.

Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin
  • Hitoshi Maeda
  • Yuki Minayoshi
  • Shota Ichimizu
  • Yuki Mizuta
  • Taisei Nagasaki
  • Kotaro Matsusaka
  • Shun Oshiro
  • Kentaro Oniki
  • Junji Saruwatari
  • Yu Ishima
  • Hiroshi Watanabe
  • Masaki Otagiri
  • Toru Maruyama
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開始ページ
93
終了ページ
101
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1248/bpb.b19-00599

Kupffer cells are a major producer of reactive oxygen species and have been implicated in the development of liver fibrosis during chronic hepatitis in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH). We recently reported on the development of a polythiolated and mannosylated human serum albumin (SH-Man-HSA) that functions as a Kupffer cell-targeting nanoantioxidant. In this material, the albumin is mannosylated, which permits it to be taken up by mannose receptor C type 1 expressed on Kupffer cells, and is also polythiolated to have antioxidant activity. To clarify the anti-fibrotic property of this nanoantioxidant, we repeatedly administered SH-Man-HSA to a liver fibrosis mouse model that was induced by the repeated treatment of the concanavalin-A, which mimics the liver fibrosis observed in NASH and ASH. SH-Man-HSA dramatically improved the survival rate and suppressed liver fibrosis in the experimental model. In addition, SH-Man-HSA suppressed hepatic oxidative stress levels, thereby decreasing the numbers of apoptotic cells. In contrast, N-acetylcysteine, which contains the same thiol content as the SH-Man-HSA, failed to show a substantial therapeutic effect in these mice. The expression levels of inflammatory genes including epidermal growth factor module-containing mucin-like receptor (Emr-1/F4/80), Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR-4), high mobility group box-1 (HMGB-1), CC chemokine ligand-5 (CCL-5), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), CCL-2, interleukin-6 (IL-6), and IL-1β, as well as fibrotic (α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), and Snail) and extracellular matrix genes (collagen, type Iα2 (Col1α2), matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1)), showed some decreasing trends by the SH-Man-HSA administration. These findings suggest that the repeated administration of the Kupffer cell-targeting nanoantioxidant, SH-Man-HSA, ameliorates liver fibrosis in mice by suppressing the level of oxidative stress and a portion of the inflammation, and has a potential therapeutic effect against NASH and ASH.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb.b19-00599
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31902937
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1248/bpb.b19-00599
  • PubMed ID : 31902937

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