Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, 5-21-16 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8540, Japan; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi-shi, Chiba, 274-8510, Japan.
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, 5-21-16 Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8540, Japan.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2024 Dec 20;739:150938. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.150938. Epub 2024 Nov 1.
Liver fibrosis, an abnormal accumulation of collagen fibers in the liver, is caused due to several chronic liver diseases including viral hepatitis, alcoholic steatohepatitis, and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis. Among the various symptoms of chronic hepatitis, liver fibrosis is the most crucial factor in determining patient prognosis. Extensive liver fibrosis leads to cirrhosis and liver cancer and shortens the lifespans of patients. However, no drug is currently approved for the treatment of liver fibrosis. Therefore, the identification of molecular mechanisms and druggable targets of liver fibrosis is urgently needed. Interleukin-11 is a member of the interleukin-6 family of inflammatory cytokines that is involved in multiple processes of inflammation and tissue repair. Recent reports also suggest the pro-fibrogenic function of interleukin-11 in various organs. In this study, we examined the fibrogenic potential of interleukin-11 in the liver using a choline-deficient, amino acid-defined high-fat diet, a mouse model of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis that rapidly develops liver fibrosis. Although interleukin-11 was specifically upregulated in the liver in this pathological model, the loss of interleukin-11 signaling played minor roles in liver injury, inflammation, fibrosis, and signal transduction pathways. Our results indicate that the pro-fibrogenic function of interleukin-11 may vary among organs and disease etiologies.
肝纤维化是由于多种慢性肝病引起的,如病毒性肝炎、酒精性脂肪性肝炎和代谢功能障碍相关脂肪性肝炎。在慢性肝炎的各种症状中,肝纤维化是决定患者预后的最关键因素。广泛的肝纤维化会导致肝硬化和肝癌,并缩短患者的寿命。然而,目前尚无药物被批准用于治疗肝纤维化。因此,迫切需要识别肝纤维化的分子机制和可药物治疗的靶点。白细胞介素-11 是炎症细胞因子白细胞介素-6 家族的成员,参与炎症和组织修复的多个过程。最近的报告还表明白细胞介素-11 在各种器官中具有促纤维化功能。在这项研究中,我们使用胆碱缺乏、氨基酸定义的高脂肪饮食(一种快速发展为肝纤维化的代谢功能障碍相关脂肪性肝炎的小鼠模型)研究了白细胞介素-11 在肝脏中的纤维化潜能。尽管在这个病理模型中白细胞介素-11 特异性地上调,但白细胞介素-11 信号的缺失在肝损伤、炎症、纤维化和信号转导途径中作用较小。我们的结果表明,白细胞介素-11 的促纤维化功能可能因器官和疾病病因而异。
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