RRC ID 68801
著者 Takaki Y, Saito Y, Takasugi A, Toshimitsu K, Yamada S, Muramatsu T, Kimura M, Sugiyama K, Suzuki H, Arai E, Ojima H, Kanai Y, Saito H.
タイトル Silencing of microRNA-122 is an early event during hepatocarcinogenesis from non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
ジャーナル Cancer Sci
Abstract Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has emerged as a common cause of chronic liver disease and virus-independent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. To reveal the molecular mechanism underlying hepatocarcinogenesis from NASH, microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles were analyzed in STAM mice, a NASH-HCC animal model. MicroRNA expression was also examined in 42 clinical samples of HCC tissue. Histopathological images of the liver of STAM mice at the ages of 6, 8, 12, and 18 weeks showed findings compatible with fatty liver, NASH, liver cirrhosis (LC), and HCC, respectively. Expression of miR-122 in non-tumor LC at the age of 18 weeks was significantly lower than that in LC at the age of 12 weeks. Expression of miR-122 was further decreased in HCCs relative to non-tumor LC at the age of 18 weeks. Expression of miR-122 was also decreased in clinical samples of liver tissue showing macrovesicular steatosis and HCC, being consistent with the findings in the NASH model mice. DNA methylation analysis revealed that silencing of miR-122 was not mediated by DNA hypermethylation of the promoter region. These results suggest that silencing of miR-122 is an early event during hepatocarcinogenesis from NASH, and that miR-122 could be a novel molecular marker for evaluating the risk of HCC in patients with NASH.
巻・号 105(10)
ページ 1254-60
公開日 2014-10-1
DOI 10.1111/cas.12498
PMID 25117675
PMC PMC4462359
MeSH Animals Base Sequence Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / etiology* Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / genetics Cell Line, Tumor DNA Methylation Gene Silencing* Hep G2 Cells Humans Liver Neoplasms / etiology* Liver Neoplasms / genetics Male Mice, Inbred C57BL MicroRNAs / genetics* Molecular Sequence Data Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / complications* Promoter Regions, Genetic
IF 4.966
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 Hep G2