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ArticleJournal of hepatology2012

Sphingosine kinase-2 inhibition improves mitochondrial function and survival after hepatic ischemia-reperfusion.

Yanjun Shi, Hasibur Rehman, Venkat K Ramshesh, Justin Schwartz, Qinlong Liu, Yasodha Krishnasamy, Xun Zhang, John J Lemasters, Charles D Smith, Zhi Zhong

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Article in Journal of hepatology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yanjun ShiDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
Hasibur Rehman
Venkat K Ramshesh
Justin Schwartz
Qinlong Liu
Yasodha Krishnasamy
Xun Zhang
John J Lemasters
Charles D Smith
Zhi Zhong
Medical University of South Carolina · USApogee Biotechnology (United States) · USMUSC Hollings Cancer Center · US

Funding

Translational Science Laboratory Shared ResourceP30CA138313 · NCI · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI RAYMOND N. DUBOIS · 2009 to 2026
$42.7M
LIVER PRESERVATION FOR TRANSPLANTATIONR37DK037034 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LEMASTERS, JOHN J · 1998 to 2007
$4.0M
LIVER PRESERVATION FOR TRANSPLANTATIONR01DK037034 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LEMASTERS, JOHN J · 1986 to 2012
$3.1M
Mechanisms of I/R Injury to HepatocytesR01DK073336 · NIDDK · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI LEMASTERS, JOHN J · 2007 to 2017
$2.5M
Transplantation of Reduced-Size Fatty LiversR01DK070844 · NIDDK · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI ZHONG, ZHI · 2006 to 2010
$1.3M
Improvement of Liver Transplantation by a Sphingosine Kinase InhibitorR41DK084632 · NIDDK · APOGEE BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION · PI ZHONG, ZHI · 2009 to 2010
$527k
Liver Preservation for TransplantationR56DK037034 · NIDDK · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI LEMASTERS, JOHN J · 2014 to 2014
$282k
NCI NIH HHS 1P30 CA138313NCI NIH HHS P30 CA138313NIDDK NIH HHS DK37034NIDDK NIH HHS DK70844NIDDK NIH HHS DK84632NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK037034NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK070844NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK073336NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK037034NIDDK NIH HHS R41 DK084632NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK037034
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND &

aimsThe mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) and inflammation play important roles in liver injury caused by ischemia-reperfusion (IR). This study investigated the roles of sphingosine kinase-2 (SK2) in mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammation after hepatic IR.

methodsMice were gavaged with vehicle or ABC294640 (50 mg/kg), a selective inhibitor of SK2, 1 h before surgery and subjected to 1 h-warm ischemia to ~70% of the liver followed by reperfusion.

resultsFollowing IR, hepatic SK2 mRNA and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) levels increased ~25- and 3-fold, respectively. SK2 inhibition blunted S1P production and liver injury by 54-91%, and increased mouse survival from 28% to 100%. At 2 h after reperfusion, mitochondrial depolarization was observed in 74% of viable hepatocytes, and mitochondrial voids excluding calcein disappeared, indicating MPT onset in vivo. SK2 inhibition decreased mitochondrial depolarization and prevented MPT onset. Inducible nitric oxide synthase, phosphorylated NFκB-p65, TNFα mRNA, and neutrophil infiltration, all increased markedly after hepatic IR, and these increases were blunted by SK2 inhibition. In cultured hepatocytes, anoxia/re-oxygenation resulted in increases of SK2 mRNA, S1P levels, and cell death. SK2 siRNA and ABC294640 each substantially decreased S1P production and cell death in cultured hepatocytes.

conclusionsSK2 plays an important role in mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation responses, hepatocyte death, and survival after hepatic IR and represents a new target for the treatment of IR injury.

Indexed as

AdamantaneAnimalsCell DeathEnzyme InhibitorsGene Knockdown TechniquesHepatocytesInflammationIn Vitro TechniquesLiverLysophospholipidsMaleMiceMitochondria, LiverMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMitochondrial Permeability Transition PoreNitric Oxide Synthase Type II3-(4-chlorophenyl)-adamantane-1-carboxylic acid (pyridin-4-ylmethyl)amideAdamantaneEnzyme InhibitorsLysophospholipidsMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMitochondrial Permeability Transition PoreNitric Oxide Synthase Type IINos2 protein, mousePhosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)PyridinesRNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingSphingosinesphingosine 1-phosphateSphingosine Kinase

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PMID21756852
PMCPMC3220779
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