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Programs in Signal Transduction and Stem Cells and Regeneration, The Burnham Institute for Medical Research, 10901 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, California 92037,1 Department of Pathology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093,2 Division of Cellular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, California 921213
Received 22 November 2005/ Returned for modification 12 January 2006/ Accepted 5 April 2006
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Immediately following PH, the concentrations of a number of cytokines, growth factors, and hormones rise dramatically in the plasma or locally in the liver (10). In particular, hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF), epidermal growth factor (EGF), transforming growth factor 
, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-), insulin, and interleukin-6 (IL-6) play pivotal roles in mitogenic and antiapoptotic responses. Fausto and colleagues have proposed that in the initial stage of liver regeneration, hepatocytes enter a state of replicative competence, or "priming," and then become fully responsive to proliferative signals (10). The immediate-early genes, such as c-Fos, c-Jun, and c-Myc, are among the first group of genes induced by PH (9). Haber et al. have identified as many as 70 genes that are involved in liver regeneration (14). A recent microarray analysis identified a variety of genes induced in the early phase of liver regeneration (43).
Several groups have reported PH-triggered activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Erk) (9, 19, 24, 46). Liver-specific deletion of c-Met resulted in suppression of the Erk pathway and impaired liver regeneration (6, 19). Activation of Stat3 appears to be required for IL-6 induction of immediate-early genes posthepatectomy (7). Liver-specific inactivation of the Stat3 gene led to impaired DNA synthesis in hepatocytes following PH (25). Activation of IL-6/Stat3 signaling has also been reported to protect the liver parenchyma from stress and infectious injury (5, 22, 47, 48, 56).
There is a gap in our knowledge about the molecular link that couples cytoplasmic signals initiated by growth factors/cytokines. Gab1 (Grb2-associated binder 1) is an adaptor/scaffold protein that contains a pleckstrin homology domain at the N terminus, proline-rich motifs for association with Src homology 3 (SH3)-containing molecules, and a dozen putative tyrosyl residues that may couple with SH2-containing proteins (13, 17, 26). In response to stimulation by growth factors in vitro, Gab1 undergoes tyrosine phosphorylation and association with Shc, CrkL, phospholipase C
(PLC-), p85, and Shp2, and Gab1 has been implicated in promotion of the Erk pathway (13, 26). Targeted deletion of Gab1 in mice resulted in embryonic lethality in homozygotes, with defects in placenta, liver growth and development, and impaired Erk1/2 activation, a phenotype similar to HGF or c-Met knockout animals (4, 20, 27, 37, 40, 50).
Shp2 is a ubiquitously expressed protein tyrosine phosphatase with two SH2 domains that is involved in signaling events proximal to receptor tyrosine kinases or cytokine receptors (23, 32). Homozygous disruption of the Shp2 gene leads to embryonic lethality in mice and reveals crucial roles in cell differentiation and developmental processes, such as hematopoiesis and morphogenic movements of gastrulation (36, 38, 39). Physical association of Shp2 with various adaptor/scaffold proteins has been observed in several cell types (23, 32, 35). In particular, Shp2 has been shown to bind Gab1 by recognizing two phosphotyrosine (p-Tyr) residues (p-Tyr627 and p-Tyr659) at the C-terminal tail of Gab1 (8), and the Gab1/Shp2 interaction has been implicated in activation of Erk1/2 in vitro (13, 26).
It remains to be determined whether the association of Gab1 with Shp2 plays a nonredundant role in mitogenic signaling in vivo. Apparently, Gab1 may couple to a variety of SH3- and SH2-containing molecules, and Shp2 can also associate with various adaptor/scaffold proteins, such as Gab2, Gab3, and insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) to IRS4, in cytoplasmic signaling (23, 32). To determine the functions of Gab1 and Shp2 individually and also to define the physiological significance of the Gab1/Shp2 association in proliferative signaling in vivo, we created liver-specific Shp2 knockout (LSKO) and liver-specific Gab1 knockout (LGKO) mice and examined PH-triggered liver regeneration. Despite the existence of multiple partners for either Gab1 or Shp2, we demonstrate that the Gab1/Shp2 interaction plays an indispensable role in signal relay for hepatocyte proliferation triggered by PH. This study thus identifies the Gab1/Shp2 partnership as a missing link in intracellular signaling pathways functioning in liver regeneration.
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BrdU labeling and immunohistochemistry. Two hours before harvesting the remnant liver, animals were injected intraperitoneally with 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU), 50 mg/g of body weight. Mice were sacrificed at the indicated time points, and the three withdrawn lobes were quickly frozen in OCT (optimal cutting temperature) compound (Tissue-Tek), cryosectioned (5-µm thickness) and prepared for immunostaining. BrdU labeling and detection kit I (Roche) was used and Vectashield mounting medium with 4',6'-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) (Vector) was used to stain nuclei. The number of BrdU-positive hepatocytes was calculated by randomly counting the BrdU-stained nuclei per 100 DAPI-labeled nuclei in a total of at least 3,000 hepatocytes (1,000 hepatocytes per lobe). Statistical analysis was performed using a two-tailed unpaired t test.
In vivo stimulation of the liver with HGF, EGF, and IL-6. Under anesthesia with Avertin (0.015 ml/g body weight), the abdominal cavity of mice that had gone 16 h without food was opened widely and the portal vein exposed. Either 50 µl saline or 50 µl saline containing 3.3 µg human HGF, 5 µg murine IL-6, or 5 µg murine EGF (Peprotech, Inc.) was injected into the portal vein, and the livers were harvested 5 min later and quickly frozen in liquid nitrogen.
Serological analyses. Venous blood was collected by bleeding of the retro-orbital sinus, prior to sacrifice. Serum IL-6 levels were determined using the IL-6 mouse Biotrak enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay system (Amersham Biosciences). Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels were measured by the Animal Care Program, Diagnostic Laboratory, University of California at San Diego. Statistical analysis was performed using a two-tailed unpaired t test.
Biochemical analyses.
Frozen tissue samples were homogenized in a Dounce apparatus in protein lysis buffer (44), tissue lysates were clarified by centrifugation at 37,000 x g for 1 h at 4°C, and protein concentration was determined using a Bio-Rad kit. Immunoprecipitation with 1.5 mg of total proteins was done with protein A/G plus agarose (Santa Cruz), and the immunoprecipitates were washed three times with cold HNTG buffer (41). Samples of immunoprecipitates or lysates were subjected to immunoblotting with appropriate antibodies and detected by an ECL kit (Amersham). Antibodies against Shp2 or Gab1 were produced in our laboratory (41, 44). Antibodies to phospho-Erk1/2 (p-Erk1/2), p-Tyr705Stat3, Stat3, p-Akt, Akt, phosphorylated glycogen synthase kinase 3 (p-GSK3), GSK3, phosphorylated murine double mutant 2 (p-MDM2), p-Bad, Bad, phosphorylated p38 (p-p38), p38, p-Met, p-EGFR, EGF receptor (EGFR), and the p85 subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) were from Cell Signaling. Antibodies to Erk2, Jun N-terminal protein kinase 1/2 (Jnk1/2), RasGAP, MDM2, Grb2, PLC-, and pan-Fos were obtained from Santa Cruz; antibodies against p-Jnk1/2 and tubulin were from Promega; and antiphosphotyrosine (anti-PY) and anti-Met antibodies were from Upstate Biotechnology, Inc. Cyclin A, E, B1, and D antibodies were kindly provided by W. Jiang at The Burnham Institute. When needed, films were scanned, and signals were quantified using ImageQuant software. Statistical analysis was performed using a two-tailed unpaired t test.
Isolation of cytoplasmic and plasma membrane-enriched fractions. Frozen tissue samples immersed in hypotonic buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5) were sliced into small pieces before being homogenized in a Dounce homogenizer using the large-clearance piston. After centrifugation at 2,000 x g for 15 min to remove cell nuclei and unbroken cells, the lysates were centrifuged at 100,000 x g for 30 min to isolate the membrane fraction. The supernatants were kept as cytoplasmic fractions, and the pellets were washed three times in cold phosphate-buffered saline before being dissolved in radioimmunoprecipitation assay buffer. The new lysates were shaken for 30 min at 4°C and centrifuged at 20,000 x g for 10 min, and the supernatant was collected as plasma membrane-enriched fractions.
Electrophoretic gel mobility shift assay. Nuclear proteins were extracted from fresh liver using a nuclear extract kit (Active Motif), according to the manufacturer's instructions. An oligonucleotide carrying consensus Stat3 binding motif (5'-GATCCTTCTGGGAATTCCTAGATC) was purchased from Santa Cruz, 5' end labeled, and purified using Microspin G-50 columns (Amersham). DNA-protein binding reaction and gel electrophoresis were done following standard procedures. The supershift was done with 1 µl of Stat3 antibody from Cell Signaling.
Real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR).
Total RNA was isolated from frozen pieces of liver using RNA Stat-60 reagent (Tel-Test) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Three mice per group were assessed at 0, 1, 4, and 8 h postsurgery. RNA was reverse transcribed by Moloney murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase (Gibco BRL) with random hexamers (Gibco BRL). For c-Fos gene expression, primers were located in separate exons in genomic DNA. Mouse-specific forward and reverse primers, respectively, were as follows: c-Fos, 5'-CGGGTTTCAACGCCGAC-3' and 5'-TGGCACTAGAGACGGACAGATC-3'; c-Jun, 5'-CGATGCCCTCAACGCC-3' and 5'-CTTAGGGTTACTGTAGCCGTAGGC-3'; c-Myc, 5'-ATGTTGCGGTCGCTACGTC-3' and 5'-AGAAGTTGCCACCGCCG-3'; CCAAT enhancer binding protein ß (C/EBPß), 5'-CACAAGGTGCTGGAGCTGAC-3' and 5'-AACAAGTTCCGCAGGGTGC-3'; HGF, 5'-ATCATTGGTAAAGGAGGCAGCTA-3' and 5'-AATTCCAAGGCTGGCATTTG-3'; EGF, 5'-CCTTCCTGCTGGTGTTTTTAAAG-3' and 5'-GAGGACCTGGCTGACAGTTCC-3'; Stat3, 5'-CACCAACGACCTGCAGCA-3' and 5'-TGCATCAATGAATCTAAAGTGCG-3'; IL-6, 5'-CTGCAAGAGACTTCCATCCAGTT-3' and 5'-GAAGTAGGGAAGGCCGTGG-3'; TNF-, 5'-ACAGAAAGCATGATCCGCG-3' and 5'-GCCCCCCATCTTTTGGG-3'; hemopexin, 5'-TAGGACAGCAGTGGCGCTA-3' and 5'-GGCAACAGCCAGGGACC-3'; Bcl-xl, 5'-GAATGGAGCCACTGGCCA-3' and 5'-GCTGCCATGGGAATCACCT-3'; cyclophilin, 5'-GGCCGATGACGAGCCC-3' and 5'-TGTCTTTGGAACTTTGTCTGCAA-3'; and L32, 5'-GAAACTGGCGGAAACCCA-3' and 5'-GGATCTGGCCCTTGAACCTT-3'. Real-time PCR was performed with iTaq DNA polymerase in a PE Biosystems 5700 thermocycler using the SYBR green detection protocol outlined by the manufacturer. Each gene of interest was normalized against both cyclophilin and L32, allowing comparison of mRNA levels.
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LSKO and LGKO mice display very similar hepatocyte proliferation defects in liver regeneration. We performed a two-third partial hepatectomy followed by a BrdU incorporation assay to count the number of hepatocytes in S phase at several time points posthepatectomy (Fig. 2A and B). BrdU staining was observed at very low levels in liver sections of control and mutant animals before surgery, supporting the notion that hepatocytes are normally in the quiescent G0 stage. The peak of DNA synthesis occurred 40 h after surgery in control and mutant mice. However, although the kinetics of DNA synthesis was conserved, the maximal levels were decreased by 61.3% and 46.6% in LGKO and LSKO animals, respectively, 40 h posthepatectomy (Fig. 2A and B). Statistically significant differences in DNA synthesis were observed at 36, 40, 44, 48, and 68 h after surgery between control and LSKO mice and at 40, 44, 48, and 68 h between control and LGKO animals. No significant change of mortality or morbidity was observed in either LGKO or LSKO mice after surgery compared to the control animals. In assessing the ratios of the liver mass per body weight at different time points after surgery, we found no difference between control and knockout mice at 24 and 48 h, but the liver mass was lower in LSKO/LGKO mice than in the controls 72 h posthepatectomy (Fig. 2C).
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Assembly of a signalosome containing Gab1 and Shp2 is critical for PH-initiated hepatocyte proliferation.
The similar impaired proliferation phenotype between Shp2- and Gab1-deficient hepatocytes prompted us to investigate the functional interaction of these two molecules in regenerating livers. Liver lysates were prepared at different time points following PH, Gab1 was precipitated with a specific antibody, and the resulting immunoprecipitates were immunoblotted with antibodies against PY, Shp2, or Gab1. As shown in Fig. 3A, Gab1 was highly phosphorylated on tyrosine 30 min after surgery, and high levels of Gab1 phosphorylation were sustained for 2 h. Notably, Shp2 tyrosine phosphatase was coimmunoprecipitated with Gab1 at these time points (Fig. 3A). Thus, partial hepatectomy triggered a rapid and transient phosphorylation of Gab1 on tyrosine, which induced formation of a signaling complex consisting of Gab1/Shp2, as well as other proteins. We then assessed Gab1 phosphorylation in liver lysates of LSKO mice and found that the tyrosine phosphorylation level of Gab1 was even higher in Shp2-deficient liver lysates than in control liver lysates 30 min after surgery (Fig. 3B). This observation strongly suggests that tyrosine phosphorylation of Gab1 itself is not sufficient but rather the important signaling event for promotion of hepatocyte proliferation is the assembly of a Gab1/Shp2 signalosome in the initial stage of liver regeneration. The association of p85, PLC-, and Grb2 with Gab1 observed in both LSKO and control samples (Fig. 3C) also suggests an indispensable role of the Gab1/Shp2 association in the proliferative response.
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, PAG/Cbp, RasGAP and RasGAP binding sites on receptor tyrosine kinases (11, 23, 32, 55). Increased tyrosine phosphorylation levels of RasGAP was detected in LSKO lysates (Fig. 3D), supporting the theory that the Shp2 action may involve the modulation of RasGAP activity (31). However, we did not detect increased phosphorylation levels of SHPS-1/SIRP or PAG/Cbp in liver lysates of the mutants (data not shown). Both Gab1 and Shp2 were mostly detected in the cytoplasmic fraction before surgery, but portions of the two proteins were recruited to the plasma membrane after PH (Fig. 3E). In LGKO liver, Shp2 content in the plasma membrane fraction was not increased after PH, suggesting a requirement for Gab1 in Shp2 relocation to the membrane. A recent report suggests that Gab1 is required for membrane relocation of RasGAP and that Shp2, by docking on Gab1, acts to regulate the association of Gab1/RasGAP, thereby promoting Ras activation (31). Consistently, we observed that Gab1 was required for RasGAP recruitment to the plasma membrane, and deletion of Shp2 resulted in increased amounts of RasGAP detected in the membrane fraction (Fig. 3E). Both Shp2 and Gab1 are required for Erk activation by PH-initiated mitogenic signals. Activation of Erk1/2 enzymes is required to promote hepatocyte proliferation during liver regeneration stimulated by HGF, EGF, and IL-6 (6, 19, 24, 46). A peak level of p-Erk1/2 was detected in liver lysates from control mice at 30 min and progressively decreased during the subsequent 4 h after surgery (Fig. 4A). In contrast, p-Erk1/2 induction was blunted in liver lysates of either LSKO or LGKO mice posthepatectomy (Fig. 4A and B), indicating a requirement of both Gab1 and Shp2 for promotion of the Erk pathway.
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Deletion of Shp2 or Gab1 down-regulates PH-induced expression of immediate-early genes. Activation of the Erk pathway leads to expression of immediate-early genes required for initiation of hepatocyte proliferation during liver regeneration (6, 19, 24, 46). Immunoblot analysis of liver lysates using a pan-Fos antibody demonstrated a strong induction of pan-Fos protein expression in control animals posthepatectomy (Fig. 5A), whereas the pan-Fos signal was barely detectable in lysates from either knockout. To broadly evaluate the immediate-early gene expression status, we performed real-time RT-PCR analysis and assessed the levels of transcripts for c-Fos, c-Jun, c-Myc, and C/EBPß, at 1, 4, and 8 h posthepatectomy (Fig. 5B). In control animals, peak levels of c-Fos and c-Jun expression were detected 1 h after surgery, and their expression declined rapidly to basal levels, as evaluated at 4 and 8 h posthepatectomy. However, PH-induced c-Fos and c-Jun expression was dramatically reduced in the livers of LSKO and LGKO mice (Fig. 5B). Lower levels of c-Myc mRNA were also observed in liver lysates of LSKO and LGKO mice than in the liver lysates of control mice. Although impaired phosphorylation of Erk1/2 has been correlated with a reduced C/EBPß expression in hepatocytes during liver regeneration (24), we detected normal C/EBPß mRNA levels in liver lysates prepared from both LSKO and LGKO mice (Fig. 5B).
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Growth factor/cytokine levels are not reduced in LSKO and LGKO mice posthepatectomy.
We determined whether the impaired Erk activation and hepatocyte proliferation are due to decreased production of growth factors following PH by real-time RT-PCR analysis. As shown in Fig. 7A, production of HGF mRNA was normal in the livers of both LSKO and LGKO animals. The synthesis of EGF mRNA in regenerating liver was much lower than that of HGF transcript in control and mutant animals (Fig. 7A). Normal expression of HGF mRNA suggests that deletion of Shp2 or Gab1 causes uncoupling of intracellular signaling cascades rather than defective production of growth factors, resulting in down-regulation of the Erk pathway. Consistently, similar levels of p-Met and p-EGFR were detected in LSKO and LGKO liver lysates compared to the control liver lysates (Fig. 4D). IL-6 mRNA levels were elevated by 5.7-fold in LSKO livers compared to control livers at 4 h after surgery, whereas LGKO liver showed a modest increase in IL-6 gene expression. Production of TNF- mRNA in the liver in control and LSKO mice was comparable with modestly reduced levels seen in LGKO mice (Fig. 7A).
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IL-6 signaling is implicated in hepatoprotection by reducing both apoptosis and necrosis in different conditions (47). Consistent with previous findings (24), serum levels of two liver enzymes released upon hepatic damage, aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase, were increased in control animals after PH and peaked at 20 h. At that time point, the amount of AST was reduced by 42% in LSKO and by 53% in LGKO samples, compared to the controls. Similarly, serum ALT levels were decreased by 57% and 52% in LSKO and LGKO mice, respectively (Fig. 7C). The reduced hepatocellular damage seen in both knockout animals was accompanied by a significantly elevated expression of a hepatic acute-phase gene encoding hemopexin in both LSKO and LGKO livers. However, the expression of the antiapoptotic Bcl-xl gene was normal or modestly reduced in both knockout mice (Fig. 7A).
Higher levels of phospho-Akt were detected in both LSKO and LGKO mice than in control mice (Fig. 7D), which may also mediate hepatoprotective effects, as suggested by a previous study (18). Consistently, the levels of p-MDM2 (Ser166), p-Bad (Ser136), and p-GSK3, substrates of Akt, were relatively increased in the mutants compared to the controls (Fig. 7D).
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Gab1 tyrosine phosphorylation and binding to Shp2 occurred 30 min after surgery, suggesting that these proteins act in the induction phase of liver regeneration. Interestingly, in hepatectomized LSKO livers, the Gab1 phosphorylation level detected 30 min posthepatectomy was even higher than that seen in the control. This observation suggests a role for Shp2 in dephosphorylating Gab1, supporting the previous in vitro biochemical data (8, 31, 33, 54). A similar dephosphorylation effect was observed for corkscrew (the Shp2 homologue) on Dos, daughter of sevenless (the Gab1 homologue) in Drosophila melanogaster (15). We further demonstrate that Shp2 may modulate the interaction of Gab1 with RasGAP, thereby promoting the Ras-Erk pathway. However, more work is needed to elucidate the molecular mechanism for Shp2/Gab1 action in mitogenic signaling of hepatocytes, and it is likely that more than one substrate is involved in mediating the Shp2 function.
It is noteworthy that hepatocyte proliferation rates were similarly decreased in regenerating livers of LSKO and LGKO mice, with no changes seen in the kinetics of DNA synthesis posthepatectomy. Expression levels of growth factors such as HGF in regenerating livers were not significantly changed in either mutant liver after surgery, nor was there a significant change in the expression and phosphorylation levels of HGF and EGF receptors. Thus, deletion of Shp2 or Gab1 in hepatocytes did not affect the expression of growth factors and activation of their receptors but rather suppressed their downstream signaling cascades. Impaired cell cycle progression seen in LSKO and LGKO livers is likely caused by a deficit in Erk activation posthepatectomy (Fig. 4A). That Gab1 and Shp2 are required for mitogenic stimulation of Erk activity was further evidenced by the blunted Erk1/2 activation in the liver in vivo following intraperitoneal injection of HGF, EGF, or IL-6 into LSKO and LGKO mice. Yet, the observation that the LGKO mouse phenocopies LSKO animal in liver regeneration is unanticipated, as it has been well documented that Gab1 can bind a number of other signaling proteins, such as Shc, CrkL, PI3K, PLC-, and Grb2. Shp2 can also interact through its two SH2 domains with several cytoplasmic signaling proteins that are tyrosine phosphorylated. These multiple protein-protein interactions constitute a network that allows intracellular signals flow through interconnected parallel routes. This model predicts that loss of Gab1 or Shp2 could be compensated by their functional partners in the signaling network, likely leading to different phenotypes of LGKO and LSKO mice. However, the similar defects in liver regeneration seen in these two mutants argue that despite the multiple interactions likely engaged by both proteins, the Gab1/Shp2 link is indispensable for mitogenic signaling in hepatocytes.
Reduced Erk signals are connected with impaired cell cycle progression in mutant liver cells, which was evidenced by decreased expression of cyclins A, E, and B1. However, cyclin D1 expression was not significantly changed in LSKO and LGKO livers following PH. Notably, a similar expression profile of cell cycle regulatory proteins was observed in C/EBPß–/– and IGFBP-1–/– mice (12, 24). Deletion of Gab1 or Shp2 might not affect the priming induced by TNF- but rather suppress mitogenic signals elicited by growth factors, such as HGF and EGF. Indeed, a subset of immediate-early genes, including c-Fos, c-Jun, and c-Myc, exhibited impaired activation in hepatectomized LSKO and LGKO mice (Fig. 5B).
Enhanced IL-6/Stat3 signaling was observed in both LSKO and LGKO mice. Previous experiments demonstrated a significant contribution of the IL-6/Stat3 pathway to mitogenic signaling required for liver regeneration (7, 25, 28). This may explain why the hepatocyte proliferation capacity in regenerating livers of LSKO and LGKO mice was significantly impaired but not completely blocked. Compared to control animals, LSKO mice showed dramatically increased serum IL-6 levels as did LGKO mice to a lesser extent, following PH. Increased IL-6 secretion was also reported in liver-specific c-Met knockout mice posthepatectomy, possibly as a compensatory mechanism for impaired liver regeneration (6). IL-6 is secreted via a paracrine mechanism by Kupffer cells stimulated by TNF- or other factors (1). The more profound increase of IL-6 in LSKO mice compared to LGKO mice may also be due to hepatic inflammation seen in some LSKO livers. Indeed, we detected infiltration of inflammatory cells in some LSKO livers (our unpublished results). The IL-6/Stat3 pathway is also implicated in hepatoprotection by antagonizing necrosis and apoptosis following PH or in response to other insults (47). Consistently, we found that the expression of an acute-phase response gene encoding hemopexin was significantly increased in LSKO and LGKO animals (Fig. 7A), consistent with a previous observation that Shp2 is not required for the induction of acute-phase plasma protein genes in hepatic cells (21). These results suggest that improved hepatoprotection is related to an enhanced acute-phase response. Also, increased activation of Akt kinase and its downstream targets, such as Bad and MDM2 involved in cell survival, in the regenerating livers of LSKO and LGKO mice may contribute to an improved hepatoprotective effect as well (18).
In contrast to the similar proliferative signaling defects, we have observed opposite phenotypes in LSKO and LGKO mice with regard to insulin signaling in the liver. In another study, we demonstrated that LGKO mice displayed enhanced hepatic insulin sensitivity and improved glucose tolerance and that Gab1 suppressed insulin-elicited signal flow through IRS1 and IRS2 proteins (2). However, LSKO mice exhibited mild insulin resistance in the liver (our unpublished data), suggesting that Shp2 is positively required for insulin action in hepatocytes. Evidently, different mechanisms are involved in mitogenic and metabolic signaling in hepatocytes in vivo. As shown in this study, a Gab1/Shp2 complex is rapidly assembled in regenerating livers to mediate the proliferative signals. However, Gab1 is poorly tyrosine phosphorylated, and it does not associate with Shp2 in insulin-stimulated livers (2). Apparently, Gab1 and Shp2 have distinct functions in mediating hepatic response to insulin stimulation by working with different partners. Therefore, we propose that specific and efficient pharmaceutical intervention of malignant or insulin-resistant processes in human subjects may require disruption of a specific signaling complex, rather than inhibition of a specific enzyme that may participate in multiple pathways.
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This work was supported by grants from NIH (CA78606 and GM53660) to G.-S.F.
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