JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL HEPATOLOGY ›› 2015, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (2): 168-172.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2015.02.015

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Lentivirus-mediated prolyl oligopeptidase overexpression attenuates thioacetamide -induced hepatic fibrosis in rats

Wang Jing, Zhou Da, Ding Yongnian, et al.   

  1. Department of Gastroenterology,Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine,Shanghai 200092,China
  • Received:2014-11-11 Online:2015-03-10 Published:2016-02-19

Abstract: Objective To investigate the effects of lentivirus-mediated prolyl oligopeptidase overexpression on thioacetamide (TAA)-induced liver fibrosis in rats. Methods 40 male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into four groups. Thioacetamide(TAA,5%) was injected intraperitoneally to induce liver fibrosis in rats. After 1-week TAA/saline treatment,rats were given normal saline(normal control group and TAA model group),empty virus(TAA plus empty vector group),or lentivirus containing POP gene(lentivirus-POP) (TAA plus lentivirus-POP group);Rats were sacrificed 4 weeks after initial TAA/saline treatment; Pathological changes of the liver were examed by HE staining and Masson staining;Hydroxyproline content in liver tissues were detected by chemical colorimetric;Real-time PCR and Western blot were used to determinate POP mRNA expression and POP protein content in liver,respectively. Results Relative level of POP protein in model group was(0.123±0.04),significantly decreased compared with normal control[(0.189±0.052),P<0.05];POP protein level in rats received lentivirus-POP was(0.304±0.044),significantly higher than that of other groups(P<0.01);the changes in POP mRNA expression was similar with POP protein content. The fibrosis grade in TAA model group and empty virus group were mostly of S2,and the semi-quantitative analysis of the fibrotic tissue by Masson staining were (15.2±1.69) and (15.3±4.62),respectively,which were significantly higher than those of the normal controls and TAA plus lentivirus-POP group[(1.75土0.63) and(7.75±2.71),P<0.05];Hydroxyproline content in model group and empty virus group were[(504.47±111.15) μg/g wet liver weight] and[(498.32±90.87) μg/g wet liver weight],respectively, significantly higher than that of the normal controls[(298.20±47.47) μg/g wet liver weight,P<0.05],while hydroxyproline content in TAA plus lentivirus-POP group was[(383.52±43.49) μg/g TAA wet liver weight],significantly lower than those of model group and empty virus group(P<0.05). Conclusions POP expression decreases in fibrotic liver induced by TAA;POP can be successfully overexpressed in rat liver by lentivirus containing POP genes,attenuates TAA-induced liver fibrosis and decreases hydroxyproline content in the rat liver.

Key words: Liver fibrosis, Prolyl oligopeptidase, Lentivirus, Overexpression, Thioacetamide