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Modeling the TNFα-Induced Apoptosis Pathway in Hepatocytes
The proinflammatory cytokine TNFα fails to provoke cell death in isolated hepatocytes but has been implicated in hepatocyte apoptosis during liver diseases associated with chronic inflammation. Recently, we showed that TNFα is able to sensitize primary murine hepatocytes cultured on collagen to Fas...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3080376/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21533085 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018646 |
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author | Schlatter, Rebekka Schmich, Kathrin Lutz, Anna Trefzger, Judith Sawodny, Oliver Ederer, Michael Merfort, Irmgard |
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description | The proinflammatory cytokine TNFα fails to provoke cell death in isolated hepatocytes but has been implicated in hepatocyte apoptosis during liver diseases associated with chronic inflammation. Recently, we showed that TNFα is able to sensitize primary murine hepatocytes cultured on collagen to Fas ligand-induced apoptosis and presented a mathematical model of the sensitizing effect. Here, we analyze how TNFα induces apoptosis in combination with the transcriptional inhibitor actinomycin D (ActD). Accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in response to TNFR activation turns out to be critical for sustained activation of JNK which then triggers mitochondrial pathway-dependent apoptosis. In addition, the amount of JNK is strongly upregulated in a ROS-dependent way. In contrast to TNFα plus cycloheximide no cFLIP degradation is observed suggesting a different apoptosis pathway in which the Itch-mediated cFLIP degradation and predominantly caspase-8 activation is not involved. Time-resolved data of the respective pro- and antiapoptotic factors are obtained and subjected to mathematical modeling. On the basis of these data we developed a mathematical model which reproduces the complex interplay regulating the phosphorylation status of JNK and generation of ROS. This model was fully integrated with our model of TNFα/Fas ligand sensitizing as well as with a published NF-κB-model. The resulting comprehensive model delivers insight in the dynamical interplay between the TNFα and FasL pathways, NF-κB and ROS and gives an example for successful model integration. |
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spelling | pubmed-30803762011-04-29 Modeling the TNFα-Induced Apoptosis Pathway in Hepatocytes Schlatter, Rebekka Schmich, Kathrin Lutz, Anna Trefzger, Judith Sawodny, Oliver Ederer, Michael Merfort, Irmgard PLoS One Research Article The proinflammatory cytokine TNFα fails to provoke cell death in isolated hepatocytes but has been implicated in hepatocyte apoptosis during liver diseases associated with chronic inflammation. Recently, we showed that TNFα is able to sensitize primary murine hepatocytes cultured on collagen to Fas ligand-induced apoptosis and presented a mathematical model of the sensitizing effect. Here, we analyze how TNFα induces apoptosis in combination with the transcriptional inhibitor actinomycin D (ActD). Accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in response to TNFR activation turns out to be critical for sustained activation of JNK which then triggers mitochondrial pathway-dependent apoptosis. In addition, the amount of JNK is strongly upregulated in a ROS-dependent way. In contrast to TNFα plus cycloheximide no cFLIP degradation is observed suggesting a different apoptosis pathway in which the Itch-mediated cFLIP degradation and predominantly caspase-8 activation is not involved. Time-resolved data of the respective pro- and antiapoptotic factors are obtained and subjected to mathematical modeling. On the basis of these data we developed a mathematical model which reproduces the complex interplay regulating the phosphorylation status of JNK and generation of ROS. This model was fully integrated with our model of TNFα/Fas ligand sensitizing as well as with a published NF-κB-model. The resulting comprehensive model delivers insight in the dynamical interplay between the TNFα and FasL pathways, NF-κB and ROS and gives an example for successful model integration. Public Library of Science 2011-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3080376/ /pubmed/21533085 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018646 Text en Schlatter et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Schlatter, Rebekka Schmich, Kathrin Lutz, Anna Trefzger, Judith Sawodny, Oliver Ederer, Michael Merfort, Irmgard Modeling the TNFα-Induced Apoptosis Pathway in Hepatocytes |
title | Modeling the TNFα-Induced Apoptosis Pathway in Hepatocytes |
title_full | Modeling the TNFα-Induced Apoptosis Pathway in Hepatocytes |
title_fullStr | Modeling the TNFα-Induced Apoptosis Pathway in Hepatocytes |
title_full_unstemmed | Modeling the TNFα-Induced Apoptosis Pathway in Hepatocytes |
title_short | Modeling the TNFα-Induced Apoptosis Pathway in Hepatocytes |
title_sort | modeling the tnfα-induced apoptosis pathway in hepatocytes |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3080376/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21533085 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018646 |
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