Role and mechanism of caffeic acid phenethyl ester in hepatic stellate cell

Ning YANG; Jiang DENG; Yikai WANG; Sha CHANG; Ning GAO; Wenjun WANG; Shuangsuo DANG; Juanjuan SHI

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2022.10.014

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Role and mechanism of caffeic acid phenethyl ester in hepatic stellate cell

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2022.10.014

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Department of Cancer, The Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, 712000, Shaanxi, China
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Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China

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Shaanxi Key Research and Development Project (2021SF-227);

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (xjh012019063)

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Corresponding author: SHI Juanjuan, shijuan0307@163.com(ORCID: 0000-0002-5626-9821)
Received Date: 2022-03-15
Accepted Date: 2022-04-21
Published Date: 2022-10-20

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Objective To assess the effect and underlying molecular events of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) on rat hepatic stellate HSC-T6 cells. Methods HSC-T6 cells were grown and treated with different concentrations of CAPE (5, 10, or 15 μmol/L), transfected with or without LC3-GFP plasmid, and then treated with or without an autophagy inducer rapamycin or the autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine (3-MA). The changed cell viability and morphology were assessed by using cell viability MTT assay and Transmission electron microscope, respectively. The expression of LC3 protein in HSC-T6 cells was detected by immunofluorescence assay, the autophagy-related genes expression of ATG5, ATG7, ATG12, Beclin1 and LC3 were detected by qRT-PCR, and the expression of ATG7, Beclin1, LC3I/Ⅱ, p-AKT/AKT, p-mTOR protein was detected by Western-blot. Comparison between multiple groups was analyzed by one-way ANOVA with Dunnett t-test. Results Compared with the control, CAPE treatment significantly reduced cell viability but induced formation of lipid droplets and roulette-shaped autophagosomes. Compared with the control (13.34%±2.59), LC3 protein was significantly induced in HSC-T6 cells after CAPE treatment (5 μmol/L, 23.68%±3.76, t=-5.553, P < 0.001; 10 μmol/L, 43.47%±3.83, t=-15.958, P < 0.001; 15 μM, 57.25%±2.78, t=-28.334, P < 0.001), while levels of ATG5, ATG7, ATG12, Beclin 1, and LC3 mRNAs were all significantly increased in 10 μm and 15 μm CAPE treated cells vs the control (all P < 0.05). After LC3 overexpression in HSC-T6 cells, LC3 protein was induced vs the vector control (79.01%±6.69% vs 67.06%±6.74%, t=-3.083, P=0.012), while rapamycin treatment further increased LC3 expression (86.88%±5.42%, t=-2.239, P=0.049); however, 3-MA treatment significantly decreased LC3 expression in cells (71.22%±4.29%, t=-2.404, P=0.037). In addition, levels of ATG7, Beclin1, and LC3 Ⅰ/Ⅱ proteins were increased, whereas levels of AKT/p-AKT and p-mTOR were decreased in the CAPE and rapamycin groups vs controls. However, the 3-MA treatment had an opposite result, indicating that 3-MA reversed CAPE-induced effects in HSC-T6 cells. Conclusion Caffeic acid phenethyl ester may induce autophagy to reduce cell viability in hepatic stellate cells by inhibition of the AKT/mTOR signaling.
- Liver Cirrhosis,
- Caffeic Acids,
- Hepatic Stellate Cell

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Role and mechanism of caffeic acid phenethyl ester in hepatic stellate cell

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2022.10.014