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LPS-TLR4 pathway stimulating in acute-on-chronic liver failure by promote NETs formation

Liu, Y.·Chen, S.·Wang, J.·Yu, S.·Zhang, X.·Li, Y.·Cao, G.
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Backgrounds: Intrahepatic infiltration of neutrophils is a character of alcoholic acute-on-chronic liver failure (AACLF) and neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are an important strategy for neutrophils to fix and kill invading microorganisms. Intestinal bacteria and the gut-liver axis have been thought to play a key role in many liver diseases also including AACLF. However, whether NETs appear in AACLF and play a role in AACLF is still unsure. Methods: WT, NE KO, and TLR4 KO mice were used to build the AACLF model, and the intestinal bacteria were eliminated at the same time and LPS was given. Then the formation of NETs and AACLF related markers were detected. Results: The serum MPO-DNA and LPS concentration was increased in AACLF patients and a correlation was revealed between these two indexes. More intrahepatic NETs formed in AACLF mice by testing MPO-DNA, Cit H3, and NE. These markers decreased with gut detergent and restored markers with gut detergent plus LPS supplement. While NETs formation failed to change with gut microbiome or combine LPS supplement in TLR4 KO mice. As we tested AACLF related characters, liver injury, intrahepatic fat deposition, inflammation, and fibrosis alleviated with depletion of NE. These related marks were also attenuated with gut sterilization by antibiotics and recovered with combined treatment with antibiotics plus LPS. But the liver injury, intrahepatic fat, fibro deposition, and liver inflammation-related markers did show a significant difference in TLR4 KO mice when they received the same treatment. Conclusion: Intestinal-derived LPS promotes NETs formation in AACLF through the TLR4 pathway and further accelerates the AACLF process by NETs.

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Liu, Y., Chen, S., Wang, J., Yu, S., Zhang, X., Li, Y., Cao, G.. 2022-01-25. LPS-TLR4 pathway stimulating in acute-on-chronic liver failure by promote NETs formation. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.01.25.477506

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