The FASEB Journal, Vol 10, 1118-1128, Copyright © 1996 by The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

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Liver regeneration versus direct hyperplasia

A Columbano and H Shinozuka
Istituto di Patologia Sperimentale, University of Cagliari, Italy.

Liver cell growth can be induced in two distinct patterns: compensatory regeneration and direct hyperplasia. In the former, DNA synthesis is preceded by a loss of liver cells such as seen after partial resection of the liver or cell necrosis, whereas in direct hyperplasia, DNA synthesis is stimulated without cell loss. During the past decade, considerable advances have been made in understanding molecular mechanisms of the compensatory regeneration. There is increasing evidence that hepatocyte proliferation induced by some primary mitogens is mediated by patterns of growth factor modulation and signal transduction different from those of compensatory regeneration. Indeed, whereas activation of transcription factors such as NF-kappa B and increased expression of immediate early genes such as c-fos, c-jun, egr- 1, and c-myc are induced during compensatory regeneration, such changes are not observed during hyperplasia induced by certain primary mitogens. In addition, although experimental evidence suggests a critical role for growth factors such as hepatocyte growth factor and transforming growth factor-alpha for the progression into cell cycle of competent hepatocytes in compensatory regeneration, these growth factors do not appear to play a major role in direct hyperplasia. One class of primary mitogens may trigger their actions through tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and the other by activation of nuclear hormone receptors. The differences in molecular events observed between liver regeneration and direct hyperplasia may affect differently the initiation step of chemical hepatocarcinogenesis. Whereas the former supports initiation by chemicals, the latter does not. A similar lack of effect on promotion of carcinogen-altered cells has also been observed after acute treatment with some primary mitogens. Definition of the mechanisms by which primary mitogens stimulate liver cell proliferation may elucidate the nature of the signals responsible for triggering the entry into cell cycle. Furthermore, due to their low toxicity, primary liver mitogens could have significant clinical applications in gene transfer and liver transplantation.

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