摘要
Obesity is associated with an increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) development and associated with elevation of serum and hepatic interleukin-6(IL-6). Elevation of hepatic IL-6 levels correlates with the disease severity in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Previous studies show that IL-6 promotes liver tumorigenesis induced by hepatic procarcinogene diethylnitrosamine plus high-fat diet feeding in mice. To specifically define the role of IL-6 in obesity-associated liver cancer, IL-6 knockout(IL-6KO) and wild-type C57BL/6 mice were fed either control chow or a high-fat diet for 1 year to induce obesity and HCC. Hepatic steatosis, injury, inflammation, fibrosis and cancer were evaluated. Long-term high-fat diet feeding resulted in severe obesity, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and increased expression of hepatic IL-6 mRNA and its downstream STAT3 activation in wild-type C57BL/6 mice. Interestingly, around 60%(11/18) of these obese mice showed macroscopic tumor lesions, indicating that high-fat diet alone can initiate and promote HCC development. Compared with wild-type mice, IL-6KO mice had more severe liver injury, fibrosis and steatosis, but less inflammation and tumorigenesis after being fed a high-fat diet for one year. In conclusion, IL-6-deficent mice have more steatosis but less liver inflammation and tumorigenesis in the murine model of long-term high-fat diet feeding.
Obesity is associated with an increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) development and associated with elevation of serum and hepatic interleukin-6(IL-6). Elevation of hepatic IL-6 levels correlates with the disease severity in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Previous studies show that IL-6 promotes liver tumorigenesis induced by hepatic procarcinogene diethylnitrosamine plus high-fat diet feeding in mice. To specifically define the role of IL-6 in obesity-associated liver cancer, IL-6 knockout(IL-6KO) and wild-type C57BL/6 mice were fed either control chow or a high-fat diet for 1 year to induce obesity and HCC. Hepatic steatosis, injury, inflammation, fibrosis and cancer were evaluated. Long-term high-fat diet feeding resulted in severe obesity, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and increased expression of hepatic IL-6 mRNA and its downstream STAT3 activation in wild-type C57BL/6 mice. Interestingly, around 60%(11/18) of these obese mice showed macroscopic tumor lesions, indicating that high-fat diet alone can initiate and promote HCC development. Compared with wild-type mice, IL-6KO mice had more severe liver injury, fibrosis and steatosis, but less inflammation and tumorigenesis after being fed a high-fat diet for one year. In conclusion, IL-6-deficent mice have more steatosis but less liver inflammation and tumorigenesis in the murine model of long-term high-fat diet feeding.
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