Changes of histone modification levels in rats with liver fibrosis |
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Authors: | TIAN Tian ZHENG Lu TANG Lei YU Lei XIE Ru-jia ZHANG Jin-juan HAN Bing YANG Ting DING Kai-ze QU Wei ZHAN Wei YANG Qin |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Pathophysiology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China;2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guiyang 550003, China;3. Department of Assisted Reproduction Center, Guiyang Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Guiyang 550003, China |
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Abstract: | AIM: To observe the changes of histone modifications in the liver of rats with hepatic fibrosis and its possible role in the development of hepatic fibrosis. METHODS: Male Wistar rats (n=20) were randomly divided into liver fibrosis group and normal control group. The liver fibrosis model was established by hypodermic injection of CCl4, and the rats in normal control group were injected with vegetable oils. At the end of the 8th week, all rats were killed. Liver function indexes including alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and liver fibrosis indexes including haluronic acid (HA), laminin (LN), collagen type IV (Col Ⅳ) and procollagen type Ⅲ (PCⅢ) were determined by biochemical and RIA methods. The liver index was analyzed, and the liver fibrosis degree and the morphological change of the liver were detected by HE and Masson staining. The levels of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), collagen type Ⅰ (ColⅠ), H3K4me2, H3K9me2, acH3K9 and acH4K12 were detected by Western blot. RESULTS: After hypodermic injection of CCl4 for 8 weeks, the liver index, ALT, AST, HA, LN, Col Ⅳ and PCⅢ of the rats in liver fibrosis group were higher than those in control group (P<0.05). Compared with control group, the level of acH4K12 was decreased (P<0.05), while acH3K9, H3K9me2, α-SMA and ColⅠ were increased (P<0.05), but H3K4me2 had no significant change.CONCLUSION: The levels of acH4K12, acH3K9 and H3K9me2 may play essential roles in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis, and these histone modifications may regulate gene expression associated with extracellular matrix metabolism. |
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Keywords: | Histone modifications Liver fibrosis Rats |
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