Splenectomy improves liver fibrosis via tumor necrosis factor superfamily 14 (LIGHT) through the JNK/TGF-β1 signaling pathway

Splenectomy has been reported to improve liver fibrosis in patients with cirrhosis and hypersplenism. However, the mechanisms remain unclear. Tumor necrosis factor superfamily 14 (TNFSF14; also known as LIGHT) is highly expressed in the context of fibrosis and promotes disease progression in patients with fibrotic diseases such as pulmonary and skin fibrosis. Here, we determined whether splenectomy controls the production of LIGHT to improve liver fibrosis. Splenectomy reduced serum LIGHT levels in cirrhotic patients with hypersplenism and a ConA-induced liver fibrosis mouse model. Blocking LIGHT resulted in the downregulation of TGF-β1 in RAW264.7 cells. LIGHT treatment of RAW264.7 and JS1 cells in coculture regulated transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) expression through the activation of JNK signaling. Small interfering RNA-mediated silencing of lymphotoxin β receptor (LTβR) in macrophages resulted in pronounced decreases in the levels of fibrosis and αSMA in JS1 cells. These results indicated that LIGHT bound to LTβR and drove liver fibrosis in vitro. Blocking TGF-β1 abolished the effect of LIGHT in vitro. Furthermore, the administration of recombinant murine LIGHT protein-induced liver fibrosis with splenectomy, while blocking LIGHT without splenectomy improved liver fibrosis in vivo, revealing that the decrease in fibrosis following splenectomy was directly related to reduced levels of LIGHT. Thus, high levels of LIGHT derived from the spleen and hepatic macrophages activate JNK signaling and lead to increased TGF-β1 production in hepatic macrophages. Splenectomy attenuates liver fibrosis by decreasing the expression of LIGHT.Subject terms: Tumour-necrosis factors, Liver fibrosis, Hepatic stellate cells, Liver cirrhosis, Experimental models of disease     

三核簇合物(Et4N)2[(CO)4MoS2MoS2Mo(CO)4]和(Et4N)2[(CO)4MoS2WS2Mo(CO)4]的合成及晶体结构

合成了含Mo(0)的三核化合物(Et₄N)₂[(CO)₄Mo(μ-S)₂Mo(μ-S)₂Mo(CO)₄](Ⅰ)和(Et₄N)₂[(CO)₄Mo(μ-S)₂W(μ-S)₂Mo(CO)₄](Ⅱ),测定了(Ⅰ)的晶体结构.Ⅰ属单斜晶系,空间群P2相似文献   

配合物Cu(phen)2 (dca)2的合成及晶体结构

合成了配合物Cu(phen)2 (dca)2(phen=C12H8N2为1,10-邻菲啰啉,dca-为二氰基氨基阴离子),用IR对其结构进行了初步表征,并测定了配合物的晶体结构.该晶体属单斜晶系,空间群为P21/c;晶胞参数a=0.8869(2)nm,b=1.4691(2)nm,c=1.9298(2)nm,β=100.90(1)°;V=2.4691(8)nm3,Z=4,F(000)=1132.00,Dc=1.496g/cm3,R=0.051,RW=0.068.中心铜(Ⅱ)离子分别与两个phen中的四个N原子和两个dca-的两个N原子配位,形成六配位的变形八面体结构.     

氨基酸植物组织传感器的研究

选择苹果及仙人球的组织切片作生物催化材料,同氨气敏电极组合,研制了2种对L-谷氨酰胺及L-天冬酰胺选择响应的新型的组织传感器。研究和讨论了传感器的最佳工作条件。用该组织传感器测定了L-天冬酰胺脱氨酶和L-谷氨酰胺脱氨酶的动力学参数K_m和V_m。     

Luminescence centers in porous silicon

Photoluminescence studies on porous silicon show that there are luminescence centers present in the surface states. By taking photoluminescence spectra of porous silicon with respect to temperature, a distinct peak can be observed in the temperature range 100–150 K. Both linear and nonlinear relationships were observed between excitation laser power and the photoluminescence intensity within this temperature range. In addition, there was a tendency for the photoluminescence peak to red shift at low temperature as well as at low excitation power. This is interpreted as indicating that the lower energy transition becomes dominant at low temperature and excitation power. The presence of these luminescence centers can be explained in terms of porous silicon as a mixture of silicon clusters and wires in which quantum confinement along with surface passivation would cause a mixing of andX band structure between the surface states and the bulk. This mixing would allow the formation of luminescence centers.     

μ-phenoxo-bridged binuclear copper(II) complexes

Summary Two -phenoxo-bridged binuclear copper(II) complexes, [Fsal(GG)₂Cu₂Cl₃]·H₂O (1) containing an exogenous chloride-bridge and [Fsal(GG)₂Cu₂(OH)](ClO₄)₂·H₂O (2) containing an exogenous hydroxide-bridge, where {Fsal(GG)₂ = 2,6-bis[N-(acetylglycine)-imino-methylene]-4-methylphenol}, were synthesized. The complexes were characterized be several spectroscopic methods. According to variable temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements (4–300 K), the hydroxide-bridged complex (2) has a weak antiferromagnetic spin exchange integral (J =- 23.6 cm), while the chloride complex (1) has an unusual weak ferromagnetic spin exchange integral (J = + 30.9 cm); both complexes have similar optical spectra in the aqueous solutions.     

Hydrolysis of 2-aminoethanethiolsulfate ions

The kinetics of the acid catalyzed hydrolysis of 2-aminoethanethiolsulfate (AETS) ions were investigated. The dependence of the hydrolysis rate constant on acidity and temperature was determined. The hydrolysis rate equation can be expressed as where H_o is the Hammett acidity function. The rate constant, k, can be expressed as The pK_a's for the compound were measured and literature value of pK_a was found to be in error. The values determined in this study are pK_a1 < ?0.5 and pK_a2 = 9.1 ± 0.1. General acid catalysis of the hydrolysis reaction was found not to proceed to a significant degree. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

1 This article is a US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.

     

Synthesis and Structureof［（C_2H_5）_4N］［Mo_3（μ_3－O）（μ－Cl）_3（μ－CH_3CH_2COO）_3Cl_3］

ＳｙｎｔｈｅｓｉｓａｎｄＳｔｒｕｃｔｕｒｅｏｆ［（Ｃ_２Ｈ_５）_４Ｎ］［Ｍｏ_３（μ_３－Ｏ）（μ－Ｃｌ）_３（μ－ＣＨ_３ＣＨ_２ＣＯＯ）_３Ｃｌ_３］ＺｈｕａｎｇＨｏｎｇ－Ｈｕｉ；ＷｕＤｉｎｇ－Ｍｉｎｇ；ＨｕａｎｇＪｉａｎ－Ｑｕａｎ；ＨｕａｎｇＪｉｎ－Ｌ...     

An order-disorder transition in Sr2IrD5: Evidence for square pyramidal IrD5 units from powder neutron diffraction data

Neutron diffraction data have been collected on a powdered sample of Sr₂IrD₅ over a range of temperatures. The compound, which is cubic at room temperature, has been found to exhibit a gradual transformation to a tetragonal phase in the temperature range 200-140 K. As a result of the transition, deuterium atoms which randomly occupy sixfold positions in the cubic phase, become tetragonally ordered. A small fraction of the cubic phase remained untransformed at 4.2 K. Both the cubic and tetragonal structures are consistent with square pyramidal IrD₅ units with average Ir---D distances of 1.714 and 1.718 Å, respectively. Agreement factors, R₁, for the two structural analyses are 3.44 and 4.94%.