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. 1992 Mar;15(3):525-31.
doi: 10.1002/hep.1840150327.

Liver plasma membrane-associated fibroblast growth: stimulatory and inhibitory activities during experimental cirrhosis

N D Belyaev  1 , V G Budker, L V Deriy, I A Smolenskaya, V M Subbotin
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Liver plasma membrane-associated fibroblast growth: stimulatory and inhibitory activities during experimental cirrhosis

N D Belyaev et al. Hepatology. 1992 Mar.

Abstract

During experimental CCl4 cirrhosis, an increase of membrane-associated factor stimulating 3T3 cell proliferation in vitro was observed. This stimulator is a 150-kD protein similar to one previously described. In situ perfusion released growth stimulatory activity, suggesting a peripheral plasma membrane protein localizing on basolateral surfaces. The activity increased with increasing number of CCl4 treatments, reaching a maximum at the 14th intoxication. It was faster than the proliferation of connective tissues determined histologically. Cessation of treatment caused a decrease in activity to that of the level of untreated liver, although the number of fibroblastlike cells remained large. This data, taken with the results of experiments with enriched hepatocyte fraction, may serve as an evidence in favor of hepatocyte origin of the factor. A factor inhibiting fibroblast proliferation was measured in detergent extracts from membranes, suggesting an integral membrane protein. The activity of the inhibitory factor increased in acute liver lesions, but at the stage of maximal fibrogenesis this factor is reduced to levels comparable to those of the intact liver. Therefore it is unlikely that this factor is involved in CCl4-induced fibrogenesis at the final stages. These factors may be common controls for various hepatic lesions causing fibrosis, both in clinical and experimental modeling.

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