Acetaminophen(APAP)overdose is the leading cause of drug-induced liver injury,and its prognosis depends on the balance between hepatocyte death and regeneration.Sirtuin 6(SIRT6)has been reported to protect against oxi...Acetaminophen(APAP)overdose is the leading cause of drug-induced liver injury,and its prognosis depends on the balance between hepatocyte death and regeneration.Sirtuin 6(SIRT6)has been reported to protect against oxidative stress-associated DNA damage.But whether SIRT6 regulates APAPinduced hepatotoxicity remains unclear.In this study,the protein expression of nuclear and total SIRT6 was up-regulated in mice liver at 6 and 48 h following APAP treatment,respectively.Sirt6 knockdown in AML12 cells aggravated APAP-induced hepatocyte death and oxidative stress,inhibited cell viability and proliferation,and downregulated CCNA1,CCND1 and CKD4 protein levels.Sirt6 knockdown signifi-cantly prevented APAP-induced NRF2 activation,reduced the transcriptional activities of GSTm andNQO1 and the m RNA levels of Nrf2,Ho-1,Gsta and Gstm.Furthermore,SIRT6 showed potential protein interaction with NRF2 as evidenced by co-immunoprecipitation(Co-IP)assay.Additionally,the protective effect of P53 against APAP-induced hepatocytes injury was Sirt6-dependent.The Sirt6 m RNA was significantly down-regulated in P53à/àmice.P53 activated the transcriptional activity of SIRT6 and exerted interaction with SIRT6.Our results demonstrate that SIRT6 protects against APAP hepatotoxicity through alleviating oxidative stress and promoting hepatocyte proliferation,and provide new insights in the function of SIRT6 as a crucial docking molecule linking P53 and NRF2.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants 81603185,81973392,and 82025034)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Grant 2020A1515011452,China)+1 种基金the National Key Research and Development Project(Grant 2017YFE0109900,China)the Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen(SZSM201406007 and SZSM201606088,China)
文摘Acetaminophen(APAP)overdose is the leading cause of drug-induced liver injury,and its prognosis depends on the balance between hepatocyte death and regeneration.Sirtuin 6(SIRT6)has been reported to protect against oxidative stress-associated DNA damage.But whether SIRT6 regulates APAPinduced hepatotoxicity remains unclear.In this study,the protein expression of nuclear and total SIRT6 was up-regulated in mice liver at 6 and 48 h following APAP treatment,respectively.Sirt6 knockdown in AML12 cells aggravated APAP-induced hepatocyte death and oxidative stress,inhibited cell viability and proliferation,and downregulated CCNA1,CCND1 and CKD4 protein levels.Sirt6 knockdown signifi-cantly prevented APAP-induced NRF2 activation,reduced the transcriptional activities of GSTm andNQO1 and the m RNA levels of Nrf2,Ho-1,Gsta and Gstm.Furthermore,SIRT6 showed potential protein interaction with NRF2 as evidenced by co-immunoprecipitation(Co-IP)assay.Additionally,the protective effect of P53 against APAP-induced hepatocytes injury was Sirt6-dependent.The Sirt6 m RNA was significantly down-regulated in P53à/àmice.P53 activated the transcriptional activity of SIRT6 and exerted interaction with SIRT6.Our results demonstrate that SIRT6 protects against APAP hepatotoxicity through alleviating oxidative stress and promoting hepatocyte proliferation,and provide new insights in the function of SIRT6 as a crucial docking molecule linking P53 and NRF2.
