结缔组织生长因子在人及大鼠肝纤维化组织中表达增强

目的观察结缔组织生长因子(CTGF)在人及大鼠肝纤维化组织中的表达。方法雄性SD大鼠32只,皮下注射CCl4后1、4、8周收集肝组织标本;44例人肝组织,其中包括12例正常肝组织、32例慢性病毒性肝炎和肝硬化组织。用免疫组化方法检测CTGF的表达及分布。结果CTGF主要表达于大鼠肝星状细胞及肝细胞胞质中。注射CCl4后,大鼠肝组织中CTGF呈时间依赖性表达增强(P<0.01或P<0.05)。CTGF在人肝纤维化组织中的表达与大鼠相类似,表达水平显著高于正常人(P<0.01)。结论CTGF作为一种促纤维化因子,其过表达可促进肝星状细胞的增殖活化,促进细胞外基质的形成,从而促进肝纤维化的发生、发展。

Expression of connective tissue growth factor is enhanced in human and rat liver fibrotic tissues

Objective To explore the role of connective tissue growth factor(CTGF)in the mechanism of liver fibrosis.Methods Liver fibrosis models of rats were made by subcutaneously injecting with CCl4.On the other hand,32 human liver cirrhosis and 12 normal liver tissues were collected too.Immunohistochemical staining was used to detect the expression of CTGF in these tissues.Results The expression of CTGF in rats after injection with CCl4 was found mainly in hepatic stellate cells(HSC) and hepatocytes are all significantly higher than those in normal rats.Moreover,it presents with progressive tendency for the expression of CTGF in rats respectively at 1st,4th and 8th week after injection of CCl4.The same tendency was found in human normal and fibrotic liver tissues(P<0.01) too.Conclusion The over expression of CTGF may accelerate the procedure of liver fibrosis via enhancing HSC proliferation and the ECM increasing,and plays an important role in liver fibrogenesis.