Plasminogen deficiency leads to impaired remodeling after a toxic injury to the liver

AUTOR(ES)

Bezerra, Jorge A.

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

Cellular proliferation and tissue remodeling are central to the regenerative response after a toxic injury to the liver. To explore the role of plasminogen in hepatic tissue remodeling and regeneration, we used carbon tetrachloride to induce an acute liver injury in plasminogen-deficient (Plgo) mice and nontransgenic littermates (Plg+). On day 2 after CCl4, livers of Plg+ and Plgo mice had a similar diseased pale/lacy appearance, followed by restoration of normal appearance in Plg+ livers by day 7. In contrast, Plgo livers remained diseased for as long as 2.5 months, with a diffuse pale/lacy appearance and persistent damage to centrilobular hepatocytes. The persistent centrilobular lesions were not a consequence of impaired proliferative response in Plgo mice. Notably, fibrin deposition was a prominent feature in diseased centrilobular areas in Plgo livers for at least 30 days after injury. Nonetheless, the genetically superimposed loss of the Aα fibrinogen chain (Plgo/Fibo mice) did not correct the abnormal phenotype. These data show that plasminogen deficiency impedes the clearance of necrotic tissue from a diseased hepatic microenvironment and the subsequent reconstitution of normal liver architecture in a fashion that is unrelated to circulating fibrinogen.

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