Background: With the intensification of population aging, the proportion of aging livers in the donor pool is increasing rapidly. Compared with young livers, aging livers are more susceptible to ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) during liver transplantation, which greatly affects the utilization rate of aging livers. The potential risk factors associated with IRI in aging livers have not been fully elucidated.
Methods: In this work, five human liver tissue expression profiling datasets (GSE61260, GSE107037, GSE89632, GSE133815, and GSE151648) and a total of 28 young and aging liver tissues of human ( = 20) and mouse ( = 8) were used to screen and verify the potential risk factors associated with aging livers being more prone to IRI. DrugBank Online was used to screen drugs with potential to alleviate IRI in aging livers.
Results: The gene expression profile and immune cell composition between young and aging livers had significant differences. Among the differentially expressed genes, aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator-like (ARNTL), BTG antiproliferation factor 2 (BTG2), C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10 (CXCL10), chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1), immediate early response 3 (IER3), Fos proto-oncogene, AP-1 transcription factor subunit (FOS), and peroxisome proliferative activated receptor, gamma, coactivator 1 alpha (PPARGC1A), mainly involved in the regulation of cell proliferation, metabolism, and inflammation, were also dysregulated in liver tissues suffered from IRI and could form a FOS-centered interaction network. Nadroparin was screened out with the potential to target FOS in DrugBank Online. In addition, the proportion of dendritic cells (DCs) was significantly upregulated in aging livers.
Conclusions: We combined the expression profiling datasets of liver tissues and samples collected in our hospital for the first time to reveal that the changes in the expression of ARNTL, BTG2, CXCL10, CHI3L1, IER3, FOS, and PPARGC1A and the proportion of dendritic cells may be associated with aging livers being more prone to IRI. Nadroparin may be used to mitigate IRI in aging livers by targeting FOS, and regulation of DC activity may also reduce IRI.
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