Hepatocyte Growth Factor Reduces Free Cholesterol-Mediated Lipotoxicity in Primary Hepatocytes by Countering Oxidative Stress.

Oxid Med Cell Longev

Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, 09340 México, DF, Mexico; Red Fisiopatología de las Enfermedades Hepáticas, PRODEP-SEP, 09340 México, DF, Mexico.

Published: March 2017

Cholesterol overload in the liver has shown toxic effects by inducing the aggravation of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease to steatohepatitis and sensitizing to damage. Although the mechanism of damage is complex, it has been demonstrated that oxidative stress plays a prominent role in the process. In addition, we have proved that hepatocyte growth factor induces an antioxidant response in hepatic cells; in the present work we aimed to figure out the protective effect of this growth factor in hepatocytes overloaded with free cholesterol. Hepatocytes from mice fed with a high-cholesterol diet were treated or not with HGF, reactive oxygen species present in cholesterol overloaded hepatocytes significantly decreased, and this effect was particularly associated with the increase in glutathione and related enzymes, such as γ-gamma glutamyl cysteine synthetase, GSH peroxidase, and GSH-S-transferase. Our data clearly indicate that HGF displays an antioxidant response by inducing the glutathione-related protection system.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4842075PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7960386DOI Listing

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