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ArticleCell death & disease2023

The C-type lectin COLEC10 is predominantly produced by hepatic stellate cells and involved in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis.

Mengfan Zhang, Yang Jing, Wenze Xu, Xiaojing Shi, Wenguang Zhang, Pengfei Chen, Xiaocang Cao, Xinwei Han, Xuhua Duan, Jianzhuang Ren

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Mengfan Zhang *Department of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2587-9395
Yang Jing *Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4380-0879
Wenze XuDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China.
Xiaojing ShiDepartment of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China.ORCID 0009-0008-0207-7307
Wenguang ZhangDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China.
Pengfei ChenDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China.
Xiaocang CaoDepartment of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8376-3481
Xinwei HanDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China. fcchanxw@zzu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4407-4864
Xuhua DuanDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China. xuhuaduan@163.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9594-0198
Jianzhuang RenDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, China. fccrenjz@zzu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-7003-8678
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNTianjin Medical University General Hospital · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) U2004119
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatic stellate cell is one of the major nonparenchymal cell types in liver. It has been proved the hepatic stellate cells are activated upon liver injury and produce excessive extracellular matrix to induce liver fibrosis. Single-cell RNA sequencing has been introduced to identify the subpopulations and function of hepatic stellate cells for its remarkable resolution of representation of single-cell transcriptome. According to the re-analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing data and pseudotime trajectory inference, we have found the C-type lectins including Colec10 and Colec11 are not produced by hepatocytes but predominantly produced by hepatic stellate cells, especially quiescent ones in the mice livers. In addition, the expression of Colec10 is decreased in the fibrotic livers of CCl4-challenged mice. COLEC10 is also mainly expressed in the hepatic stellate cells of human livers and the expression of COLEC10 is decreased with the progression of liver fibrosis. The bulk RNA sequencing data of the lentivirus transfected LX-2 cells indicates the function of COLEC10 is associated with inflammation, angiogenesis and extracellular matrix alteration. Surprisingly, the in vitro overexpression of COLEC10 in LX-2 cells promotes the mRNA expression of extracellular matrix components including COL1A1, COL1A2 and COL3A1 and the extracellular matrix degradation enzyme MMP2. To further investigate the role of COLEC10 in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis, the serum concentration of COLEC10 in patients with chronic liver disease and healthy donors is measured. The serum concentration of COLEC10 is elevated in the patients with chronic liver disease compared to the healthy donors and positively correlated with serum concentration of the D-dimer but not the most of liver function markers. Altogether, we conclude that the C-type lectin COLEC10 is predominantly produced by the hepatic stellate cells and involved in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis.

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Hepatic Stellate CellsLiver DiseasesAnimalsCollagen Type ICollectinsHumansLectins, C-TypeLiverLiver CirrhosisMiceCOLEC10 protein, humanColec10 protein, mouseCollagen Type ICollagen Type I, alpha2 SubunitCollectinsLectins, C-Type

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