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Hydrodynamics-based transfection of rat interleukin-10 gene attenuates porcine serum-induced liver fibrosis in rats by inhibiting the activation of hepatic stellate cells

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    • Yue-Hong Huang
    • Yun-Xin Chen
    • Li-Juan Zhang
    • Zhi-Xin Chen
    • Xiao-Zhong Wang
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    Affiliations: Department of Gastroenterology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, P.R. China
    Copyright: © Huang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY_NC 3.0].
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Liver fibrosis is the common pathological outcome for the majority of chronic liver diseases. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a cytokine that downregulates proinflammatory responses and has a modulatory effect on liver fibrogenesis. However, little is known regarding the effect of rat interleukin‑10 (rIL‑10) gene by hydrodynamics-based transfection (HBT) on liver fibrosis in rats. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the rIL-10 gene by HBT on the progression of liver fibrosis induced by porcine serum (PS) in rats and explore its possible mechanism. Plasmid‑expressing rIL-10 was transferred into rats by HBT and immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR were used to detect the major organ expressing rIL-10. Liver fibrosis was induced in rats by intraperitoneal administration of PS for 8 weeks. Plasmid pcDNA3-rIL-10 solution was administered weekly by HBT starting at the 5th week. Liver function and hepatic histology were examined. The possible molecular mechanisms of rIL-10 gene therapy were assessed in liver tissue and hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) co-cultured with BRL cells (a hepatocyte line) in vitro. The results showed rIL-10 expression occurred mainly in the liver following rIL-10 gene transfer by HBT. Maintaining a stable expression of rIL-10 in serum was assessed by repeated administration. The rIL-10 gene treatment attenuated liver inflammation and fibrosis in PS-induced fibrotic rats, reduced the deposition of collagen and the expression of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) in fibrotic rats. The in vitro experiment showed that the expression of a-SMA and procollagen type I in HSCs co-cultured with the BRL‑transfected rIL-10 gene were significantly decreased. These findings indicate that rIL-10 gene therapy by HBT attenuates PS-induced liver fibrosis in rats and that its mechanism is associated with rIL-10 inhibiting the activation of HSCs and promoting the degeneration of collagen.
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Huang Y, Chen Y, Zhang L, Chen Z and Wang X: Hydrodynamics-based transfection of rat interleukin-10 gene attenuates porcine serum-induced liver fibrosis in rats by inhibiting the activation of hepatic stellate cells. Int J Mol Med 34: 677-686, 2014.
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Huang, Y., Chen, Y., Zhang, L., Chen, Z., & Wang, X. (2014). Hydrodynamics-based transfection of rat interleukin-10 gene attenuates porcine serum-induced liver fibrosis in rats by inhibiting the activation of hepatic stellate cells. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 34, 677-686. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2014.1831
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Huang, Y., Chen, Y., Zhang, L., Chen, Z., Wang, X."Hydrodynamics-based transfection of rat interleukin-10 gene attenuates porcine serum-induced liver fibrosis in rats by inhibiting the activation of hepatic stellate cells". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 34.3 (2014): 677-686.
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Huang, Y., Chen, Y., Zhang, L., Chen, Z., Wang, X."Hydrodynamics-based transfection of rat interleukin-10 gene attenuates porcine serum-induced liver fibrosis in rats by inhibiting the activation of hepatic stellate cells". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 34, no. 3 (2014): 677-686. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2014.1831
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Huang Y, Chen Y, Zhang L, Chen Z and Wang X: Hydrodynamics-based transfection of rat interleukin-10 gene attenuates porcine serum-induced liver fibrosis in rats by inhibiting the activation of hepatic stellate cells. Int J Mol Med 34: 677-686, 2014.
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Huang, Y., Chen, Y., Zhang, L., Chen, Z., & Wang, X. (2014). Hydrodynamics-based transfection of rat interleukin-10 gene attenuates porcine serum-induced liver fibrosis in rats by inhibiting the activation of hepatic stellate cells. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 34, 677-686. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2014.1831
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Huang, Y., Chen, Y., Zhang, L., Chen, Z., Wang, X."Hydrodynamics-based transfection of rat interleukin-10 gene attenuates porcine serum-induced liver fibrosis in rats by inhibiting the activation of hepatic stellate cells". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 34.3 (2014): 677-686.
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Huang, Y., Chen, Y., Zhang, L., Chen, Z., Wang, X."Hydrodynamics-based transfection of rat interleukin-10 gene attenuates porcine serum-induced liver fibrosis in rats by inhibiting the activation of hepatic stellate cells". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 34, no. 3 (2014): 677-686. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2014.1831
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