Shimada Hideaki, Rajagopalan Lakshman E
Inflammation Research Unit, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Pfizer Inc, 700 Chesterfield Parkway West, Chesterfield, MO 63017, USA.
Fibrogenesis Tissue Repair. 2012 Jun 6;5(Suppl 1):S12. doi: 10.1186/1755-1536-5-S1-S12. eCollection 2012.
Activated hepatic stellate cells (HSC) play a central role in scar formation that leads to liver fibrosis. The molecular mechanisms underlying this process are not fully understood. Microarray and bioinformatics analyses have proven to be useful in identifying transcription factors that regulate cellular processes such as cell differentiation. Using oligonucleotide microarrays, we performed transcriptional analyses of activated human HSC cultured on Matrigel-coated tissue culture dishes. Examination of microarray data following Matrigel-induced deactivation of HSC revealed a significant down-regulation of myocardin, an important transcriptional regulator in smooth and cardiac muscle development. Thus, gene expression profiling as well as functional assays of activated HSC have provided the first evidence of the involvement of myocardin in HSC activation.
活化的肝星状细胞(HSC)在导致肝纤维化的瘢痕形成过程中起核心作用。该过程背后的分子机制尚未完全了解。微阵列和生物信息学分析已被证明有助于识别调节细胞分化等细胞过程的转录因子。我们使用寡核苷酸微阵列对在基质胶包被的组织培养皿上培养的活化人HSC进行了转录分析。对基质胶诱导的HSC失活后的微阵列数据检查显示,心肌肌动蛋白显著下调,心肌肌动蛋白是平滑肌和心肌发育中的一种重要转录调节因子。因此,活化HSC的基因表达谱分析以及功能测定首次提供了心肌肌动蛋白参与HSC活化的证据。