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Hdac1 Regulates Differentiation of Bipotent Liver Progenitor Cells During Regeneration via Sox9b and Cdk8

Authors
Ko, S., Russell, J.O., Tian, J., Gao, C., Kobayashi, M., Feng, R., Yuan, X., Shao, C., Ding, H., Poddar, M., Singh, S., Locker, J., Weng, H.L., Monga, S.P., Shin, D.
ID
ZDB-PUB-180930-7
Date
2018
Source
Gastroenterology   156(1): 187-202.e14 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Kobayashi, Makoto, Ko, Sungjin, Shin, Donghun
Keywords
CDE diet, development, hepatic, signal transduction
MeSH Terms
  • Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure/enzymology
  • Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure/pathology
  • Animals
  • Bile Ducts/enzymology*
  • Bile Ducts/pathology
  • Cell Differentiation*
  • Cell Proliferation*
  • Choline Deficiency/genetics
  • Choline Deficiency/metabolism
  • Choline Deficiency/pathology
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 8/genetics
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 8/metabolism*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • F-Box-WD Repeat-Containing Protein 7/genetics
  • F-Box-WD Repeat-Containing Protein 7/metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
  • Hepatocytes/enzymology*
  • Hepatocytes/pathology
  • Histone Deacetylase 1/genetics
  • Histone Deacetylase 1/metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Liver/enzymology*
  • Liver/pathology
  • Liver Cirrhosis/enzymology
  • Liver Cirrhosis/pathology
  • Liver Regeneration*
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Mutation
  • Receptor, Notch3/genetics
  • Receptor, Notch3/metabolism
  • SOX9 Transcription Factor/genetics
  • SOX9 Transcription Factor/metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction
  • Stem Cells/enzymology*
  • Stem Cells/pathology
  • Zebrafish/genetics
  • Zebrafish/metabolism
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
  • beta Catenin/genetics
  • beta Catenin/metabolism
PubMed
30267710 Full text @ Gastroenterology
Citation
Ko, S., Russell, J.O., Tian, J., Gao, C., Kobayashi, M., Feng, R., Yuan, X., Shao, C., Ding, H., Poddar, M., Singh, S., Locker, J., Weng, H.L., Monga, S.P., Shin, D. (2018) Hdac1 Regulates Differentiation of Bipotent Liver Progenitor Cells During Regeneration via Sox9b and Cdk8. Gastroenterology. 156(1):187-202.e14.
Abstract
Background & aims Upon liver injury in which hepatocyte proliferation is compromised, liver progenitor cells (LPCs), derived from biliary epithelial cells (BECs), differentiate into hepatocytes. Little is known about mechanisms of LPC differentiation. We used zebrafish and mouse models of liver injury to study the mechanisms.
Methods We used transgenic zebrafish, Tg(fabp10a:CFP-NTR), to study the effects of compounds that alter epigenetic factors on BEC-mediated liver regeneration. We analyzed zebrafish with disruptions of the histone deacetylase 1 gene (hdac1) or exposed to MS-275 (an inhibitor of Hdac1, Hdac2, and Hdac3). We also analyzed zebrafish with mutations in sox9b, fbxw7, kdm1a, and notch3. Zebrafish larvae were collected and analyzed by whole-mount immunostaining and in situ hybridization; their liver tissues were collected for quantitative reverse transcription PCR. We studied mice in which hepatocyte-specific deletion of β-catenin (Ctnnb1flox/flox mice injected with AAV8-TBG-Cre) induces differentiation of LPCs into hepatocytes following a choline-deficient, ethionine-supplemented (CDE) diet. Liver tissues were collected and analyzed by immunohistochemistry and immunoblots. We performed immunohistochemical analyses of liver tissues from patients with compensated or decompensated cirrhosis or acute on chronic liver failure (n=15).
Results Loss of Hdac1 activity in zebrafish blocked differentiation of LPCs into hepatocytes by increasing levels of sox9b mRNA and reduced differentiation of LPCs into BECs by increasing levels of cdk8 mRNA, which encodes a negative regulator gene of Notch signaling. We identified Notch3 as the receptor that regulates differentiation of LPCs into BECs. Loss of activity of Kdm1a, a lysine demethylase that forms repressive complexes with Hdac1, produced the same defects in differentiation of LPCs into hepatocytes and BECs as observed in zebrafish with loss of Hdac1 activity. Administration of MS-275 to mice with hepatocyte-specific loss of β-catenin impaired differentiation of LPCs into hepatocytes following the CDE diet. HDAC1 was expressed in reactive ducts and hepatocyte buds of liver tissues from patients with cirrhosis.
Conclusions Hdac1 regulates differentiation of LPCs into hepatocytes via Sox9b and differentiation of LPCs into BECs via Cdk8, Fbxw7, and Notch3 in zebrafish with severe hepatocyte loss. HDAC1 activity was also required for differentiation of LPCs into hepatocytes in mice with liver injury following the CDE diet. These pathways might be manipulated to induce LPC differentiation for treatment of patients with advanced liver diseases.
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