P2X7 receptor-NADPH oxidase axis mediates protein radical formation and Kupffer cell activation in carbon tetrachloride-mediated steatohepatitis in obese mice

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• 作者：Saurabh Chatterjee^a ; ^{chatterjees2@niehs.nih.gov} ; Ritu Rana^b ; Jean Corbett^a ; Maria B. Kadiiska^a ; Joyce Goldstein^b ; Ronald P. Mason^a
• 关键词：Damage Associated Molecular Pattern ; Kupffer cell ; Protein radical ; Antigen presentation ; NADPH oxidase steatohepatitis
• 刊名：Free Radical Biology and Medicine
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：105_08915849
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：1 May, 2012
• 卷：52
• 期：9
• 页码：1666-1679
• 文件大小：2705 K

摘要

While some studies show that carbon tetrachloride-mediated metabolic oxidative stress exacerbates steatohepatitic-like lesions in obese mice, the redox mechanisms that trigger the innate immune system and accentuate the inflammatory cascade remain unclear. Here we have explored the role of the purinergic receptor P2X7-NADPH oxidase axis as a primary event in recognizing the heightened release of extracellular ATP from CCl₄-treated hepatocytes and generating redox-mediated Kupffer cell activation in obese mice. We found that an underlying condition of obesity led to the formation of protein radicals and posttranslational nitration, primarily in Kupffer cells, at 24 h post-CCl₄ administration. The free radical-mediated oxidation of cellular macromolecules, which was NADPH oxidase and P2X7 receptor-dependent, correlated well with the release of TNF-伪 and MCP-2 from Kupffer cells. The Kupffer cells in CCl₄-treated mice exhibited increased expression of MHC Class II proteins and showed an activated phenotype. Increased expression of MHC Class II was inhibited by the NADPH oxidase inhibitor apocynin , P2X7 receptor antagonist A438709 hydrochloride, and genetic deletions of the NADPH oxidase p47 phox subunit or the P2X7 receptor. The P2X7 receptor acted upstream of NADPH oxidase activation by up-regulating the expression of the p47 phox subunit and p47 phox binding to the membrane subunit, gp91 phox. We conclude that the P2X7 receptor is a primary mediator of oxidative stress-induced exacerbation of inflammatory liver injury in obese mice via NADPH oxidase-dependent mechanisms.