• Department of Hepatobiliary and Splenic Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, P. R. China;
DAI Chaoliu, Email: daicl@sj-hospital.org
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Objective To investigate the role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in liver regeneration after associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS).Methods Seventy-two C57bl/6 mice were randomly divided into ALPPS group, portal vein ligation group (PVL group), and sham operation group (Sham group), 24 mice in each group. And then one-stage ALPPS operation, simple PVL, and sham operation will be performed. Six mice were randomized selected of the three groups on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 7th day after surgery, respectively, the liver weight to body weight ratio (FLR/BW) of each group was measured, and the liver tissues were taken for immunohistochemical staining to calculate the proportion of Ki-67 positive cells, Western blot was used to detect the expression levels of X-box binding protein 1 (XBP1) and inositol-requiring enzyme 1α (IRE1α) proteins.Results ① FLR/BW: On the 4th day and the 7th day after operation, the FLR/BW of the Sham group, PVL group, and ALPPS group increased in sequence at the same time, and the difference between the three groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). ② Ki-67 positive cell ratio: On the 2nd day after operation, the ratio of Ki-67 positive cells in the Sham group, PVL group, and ALPPS group increased sequentially, and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). On the 4th day after operation, the ratio of Ki-67 positive cells in the PVL group and the ALPPS group were still higher than that of the Sham group (P<0.05). ③ Expression levels of XBP1 and IRE1α: On the 2nd and 4th postoperative day, the expression levels of XBP1 and IRE1α in the ALPPS group were higher than those in the Sham group and the PVL group (P<0.05). On the 7th day after surgery, the expression levels of XBP1 and IRE1α in the ALPPS group were higher than those in the Sham group (P<0.05), while compared with the PVL group, the expression level of XBP1 in the ALPPS group was still higher (P<0.05).Conclusions ALPPS-induced liver regeneration is more advantageous than traditional PVL in mice. It may be attributed to the obvious endoplasmic reticulum stress activation after ALPPS leading to the up-regulation of IRE1α-XBP1 expression, which is involved in the regulation of hepatocyte cell cycle and promotes hepatocyte proliferation, thus promoting rapid liver regeneration.

Citation: GONG Qi, XU Feng, ZHAO Liang, DAI Chaoliu. Relationship between liver regeneration after ALPPS and endoplasmic reticulum stress IRE1α-XBP1 pathway. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2019, 26(10): 1162-1169. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.201905046 Copy

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