US20060276388A1 - Hip/pap polypeptide compositions for use in liver regeneration and for the prevention of liver failure - Google Patents

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US20060276388A1
US20060276388A1 US10/561,034 US56103404A US2006276388A1 US 20060276388 A1 US20060276388 A1 US 20060276388A1 US 56103404 A US56103404 A US 56103404A US 2006276388 A1 US2006276388 A1 US 2006276388A1
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  • the present invention concerns the use of the human hepatocarcinoma-intestine-pancreas/pancreatic-associated protein (HIP/PAP) for stimulating liver regeneration and also for the prevention of liver failure.
  • HIP/PAP human hepatocarcinoma-intestine-pancreas/pancreatic-associated protein
  • Liver failure occurs in a number of acute and chronic clinical conditions, including drug-induced hepatotoxicity, viral infections, vascular injury, autoimmune disease, or blunts trauma.
  • patients subject to inborn errors of metabolism may be at risk for developing liver failure.
  • Symptoms of liver failure occurring as a result of these clinical conditions include, for example, fulminant acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, or cirrhosis, and in many instances, the restoration of normal liver function is vital to the survival of patients.
  • cirrhosis is the seventh leading cause of death and the fourth disease related cause of death in people between the ages of 25 to 44. (Source: American Liver Foundation).
  • liver In acute liver disease, the liver is able to regenerate after being injured. If the disease progresses beyond the liver's capacity to regenerate new cells, the body's entire metabolism is severely affected. Loss of liver function may result in metabolic instability combined with disruption of essential bodily functions (i.e., energy supply, acid-base balance and thermoregulation.) If not rapidly reversed, complications such as uncontrolled bleeding and sepsis occur, and dependent organs such as the brain and kidneys cease to function because of toxic byproducts or because the liver is no longer synthesizing important nutrients. After large liver damage, liver tissue looses its regenerative and metabolic functions, and liver transplantation is a therapeutic strategy commonly used.
  • essential bodily functions i.e., energy supply, acid-base balance and thermoregulation.
  • liver transplantation is limited by the availability of human hepatocytes, liver tissue and the number of liver cells that can be transplanted safely at one time. Moreover, latence before surgery and post-surgery complications could be critical to counteract the acute phase of liver failure.
  • Another therapeutic strategy consists in a liver resection (removal of a portion of the liver). The most typical indications for liver resection are a malignant tumor, a hepatocellular carcinoma or a proliferative biliary diseases including cholangiocarcinoma. Tumors can be primary (developed in the liver) or metastatic (developed in another organ, then migrated to the liver). The majority of liver metastases come from the colon.
  • the single tumor or more than one tumor confined to either left or right side of the liver can be successfully resected with 5-year survival as high as 60%.
  • Liver resections performed on patients with extrahepatic disease may relieve the symptoms caused by the tumor, but offer little improvement in survival.
  • Benign tumors of the liver (adenoma, and focal nodular hyperplasia) can be successfully managed by liver resection as well.
  • Liver resections are also performed on people willing to donate part of their liver.
  • liver transplantation Taking into account the importance of liver transplantation and liver resection, Several strategies have been suggested to stimulate liver regeneration and suppress or limiting liver failure in the case of liver resection or transplantation.
  • Liver cell is believed to be controlled by various growth stimulatory and growth inhibitory cytokines of autocrine or paracrine origin, however, the exact role and action mechanism of these growth factors is far from entirely understood.
  • Cytokines are secreted peptides or proteins that regulate the intermediary metabolism of amino acid, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and minerals. Cytokines include peptides or proteins that act to mediate inflammation and are involved in intracellular communication modulating cell proliferation, and adhesion of inflammatory cells to the walls of the vessels, and to the extra cellular matrix. Cytokines are essential for the communication between the liver and extrahepatic sites and within the liver itself. Cytokines interact with hormones such as glucocorticoids, resulting in a complex network of mutual control.
  • cytokines exert growth activity in addition to their specific proinflammatory effects.
  • the liver is an important site of cytokine synthesis and the major clearance organ for several cytokines.
  • cytokines are involved in the onset of intrahepatic immune responses, in liver regeneration, and in the fibrotic and cirrhotic transformation of the liver.
  • Liver cell is also believed to be controlled by various growth factors.
  • Growth factors are required to regulate developmental events or required to regulate expression of genes encoding other secreted proteins that may participate in intracellular communication and coordination of development and includes, insulin-like growth factor-I and II (IGF I and II), epidermal growth factor (EGF), type a and type b transforming growth factor (TGF- ⁇ and TGF- ⁇ ), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF).
  • IGF I and II insulin-like growth factor-I and II
  • EGF epidermal growth factor
  • TGF- ⁇ and TGF- ⁇ type a and type b transforming growth factor
  • PDGF platelet-derived growth factor
  • hepatocyte growth factor HGF
  • TGF ⁇ hepatocyte growth factor
  • these factors may be important mediator of liver regeneration. Consequently, growth factors as TGF ⁇ , EGF or HGF with growth factor-like activities have been indicated in the treatment of liver regeneration.
  • these therapeutic strategies suggested to stimulate liver regeneration and suppress liver failure, have not proved their efficacity without toxicity, and adverse effects. Namely, these growth factor favor tumor progression (Gang-Hong, et al., 1992; Lee 1992; Horiguchi, et al. 2002).
  • liver transplantation is recognized as a measure for overcoming the lack of organs, and facilities for partial liver transplantation.
  • partial liver transplantation cannot be considered as a safe operation for adults representing the majority of transplantation patients because the resectable liver weight of donors is often less than the necessary liver weight for recipients.
  • a mean for safe and rapid liver regeneration for small grafts there is a need for a mean for safe and rapid liver regeneration for small grafts.
  • an object of the present invention to provide a mean for the stimulation of liver regeneration after partial resection.
  • An object of the present invention is also to provide a drug that can promote liver regeneration or hepatocyte growth after liver transplantation such as partial liver transplantation, and also after the occurrence of a discare causing liver failure, such as cirrhosis, acute hepatitis and chronic hepatitis.
  • the present invention is based on the experimental finding that HIP/PAP has mitogenic and antiapoptotic effects in vitro on hepatocytes in primary culture. Moreover, HIP/PAP is a mitogenic and anti-apoptotic molecule for hepatocytes, in vivo, during liver failure and liver regeneration. The present invention is also based on the experimental finding that HIP/PAP has no adverse effects in mammals.
  • a first object of the invention consists in a pharmaceutical composition for stimulating liver regeneration in vivo comprising an effective amount of a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% amino acid identity with the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence starting at the amino acid residue 36 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1, in combination with at least one physiologically acceptable excipient.
  • the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for stimulating liver regeneration in vivo comprising an effective amount of the human hepatocarcinoma-intestine-pancreas/pancreatic-associated protein (HIP/PAP) of sequence SEQ ID No. 1, in combination with at least one physiologically acceptable excipient.
  • HIP/PAP human hepatocarcinoma-intestine-pancreas/pancreatic-associated protein
  • FIG. 1 Schematic representation of the transgene.
  • the enhancer (2 kb) and promoter (0.3 kb) of the regulatory regions of the mouse albumin gene are indicated by dotted lines.
  • Exons II, III, IV, V and VI and introns of the human HIP/PAP gene are indicated by black boxes and a dotted line, respectively.
  • the bovine growth hormone poly A fragment (1021-1235) pcDNA 3.1 is indicated by a dotted line.
  • Plasmid DNA is indicated by the heavy line. Relevant restriction sites are indicated by the arrows.
  • FIG. 2 Immunodetection of HIP/PAP protein.
  • FIG. 3 Time course of in vivo hepatic regeneration after partial hepatectomy.
  • FIG. 4 DNA synthesis in wild-type and HIP/PAP transgenic hepatocytes.
  • FIG. 5 HIP/PAP inhibits TNF- ⁇ +ActD-induced apoptosis in cultured primary hepatocytes.
  • FIG. 6 Stimulation of liver regeneration in SCID mice transplanted with hepatocytes from wild-type or HIP/PAP transgenic mice.
  • FIG. 7 Stimulation of liver regeneration In SCID mice by HIP/PAP protein.
  • FIG. 8 HIP/PAP protein injection stimulates liver regeneration in C57 mice.
  • FIG. 9 Statistical analysis of mice population according to BrdU and mitosis.
  • the distribution is statistically different between groups, which are defined according to combined median for the BrdU incorporation and mitosis 46 hours after partial hepatectomy.
  • FIG. 10 Hepatic cytokines expression in the liver of transplanted mice after hepatectomy
  • cytokine expression in the liver at T0 of PHX (partial hepatectomy) and after 46 hours of SCID mice transplanted with HIP/PAP versus control hepatocytes has been compared.
  • Rnase protection methodology allowed to compare in the same experiment lymphotoxin- ⁇ (LT ⁇ ), TNF- ⁇ and TGF- ⁇ in a pool of 4 liver extracts HIP/PAP transgenic mice lanes a and b; SCID mice lanes c and d at T0 (lanes a and c) and at T46 hours post PHX (lanes b and d).
  • Densitometric analysis quantified the signals which have been normalized versus two house keeping genes (L32 and GAPDH). mRNA levels have also been measured in liver extracts. The graph represents for each group of mice, the mean of L32 and GAPDH mRNA content.
  • FIG. 11 Stat 3 activation post-hepatectomy
  • FIG. 12 HIP/PAP transgenic mice are protected against acute liver failure induced by acetaminophen (APAP)
  • mice Female HIP/PAP transgenic mice (Tg HIP females) and male HIP/PAP transgenic mice (Tg HIP males) treated by a lethal dose of APAP (acetaminophen) (1000 mg ⁇ kg ⁇ 1 ), has been compared to the survival of C57Bl6 control mice (CT C57Bl6 males and females), treated by APAP or PBS.
  • APAP acetaminophen
  • C57Bl6 control mice C57Bl6 males and females
  • a significant difference in survival was observed between HIP/PAP transgenic mice injected with APAP versus C57Bl6-control mice injected with APAP.
  • HIP/PAP has also a preventive effect against APAP intoxication.
  • FIG. 13 HIP/PAP exhibits no toxic effects during long-term in vivo follow-up
  • HIP/PAP has mitogenic and antiapoptotic effects in vitro on hepatocytes in primary culture. Moreover, HIP/PAP is a mitogenic and anti-apoptotic molecule for hepatocytes, in vivo, during liver failure and liver regeneration.
  • HIP/PAP human hepatocarcinoma-intestine-pancreas/pancreatic-associated protein
  • This protein also acts as an adhesion molecule for rat hepatocytes and interacts with extracellular matrix proteins such as laminin-1 and fibronectin.
  • This protein contains a putative signal peptide, and thus belongs to group VII of the C-type lectin family, according to Drickamer's classification and structural analysis (Abergel et al., 1999).
  • liver regeneration is stimulated, in vivo, in mice expressing the human HIP/PAP gene, after partial hepatectomy. Additionally, it has been found according to the invention that HIP/PAP has a mitogenic effect also in vitro in primary culture hepatocytes. In another aspect, it has also been found according to the invention that HIP/PAP has an anti-apoptotic effect against apoptosis induced by TNF- ⁇ combined with actinomycin D in primary culture hepatocytes. It has also been shown according to the invention that hepatocytes that recombinantly express HIP/PAP induce liver regeneration, when injected locally in partially liver-resected mice.
  • the HIP/PAP protein when injected to mice having undergone partial hepatectomy, induces liver regeneration. Taking these observations into account, the inventors have shown that the HIP/PAP protein provides effective mitogenic and anti-apoptotic effects, and protects against liver failure, In vivo, has no adverse effects and is particularly devoid of any carcinogenic effect, in contrast to the growth factors known in the art such as HGF, TGF ⁇ or EGF, as described above.
  • compositions for stimulating liver regeneration in vivo comprising an effective amount of the human hepatocarcinoma-intestine-pancreas/pancreatic-associated protein (HIP/PAP) of sequence SEQ ID No. 1, in combination with at least one physiologically acceptable excipient.
  • HIP/PAP human hepatocarcinoma-intestine-pancreas/pancreatic-associated protein
  • a first object of the invention consists in a pharmaceutical composition for stimulating liver regeneration in vivo including after chronic/acute liver failure, comprising an effective amount of a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% amino acid identity with the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence starting at the amino acid residue 36 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1, in combination with at least one physiologically acceptable excipient.
  • the invention also concerns a pharmaceutical composition
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising a polypeptide fragment of HIP/PAP, which is effective for liver regeneration.
  • This polypeptide of sequence starting at the amino acid residue 36 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1 consists of a biologically active portion of the HIP/PAP protein, which had previously been described as a Carbohydrate Recognition Domain (CRD) sequence (Christa et al. 1994).
  • CCD Carbohydrate Recognition Domain
  • the pharmaceutical composition of the invention comprises a biologically active portion of HIP/PAP as described hereabove, which can be isolated from cell or tissue sources
  • the biologically active portion of HIP/PAP is produced by recombinant DNA techniques, such as described in the examples.
  • the biologically active portion of HIP/PAP is synthetised chemically using standard peptide synthesis techniques.
  • HIP/PAP is substantially free of cellular material or other contamination proteins from the cell or tissue source from which HIP/PAP is derived, or substantially free from chemical precursors when chemically synthetised.
  • the sequence are aligned for optimal comparison purposes. For example, gaps can be introduced in one or both of a first and a second amino acid sequence for optimal alignment and non-homologous sequences can be disregarded for comparison purposes.
  • Biologically active portions of HIP/PAP include peptides comprising amino acid sequences sufficiently homologous to the full length amino acid sequence of HIP/PAP of SEQ ID No. 1, which include the same number of amino acids than the full length HIP/PAP, and exhibit at least the same biological activity than HIP/PAP.
  • Biologically active portions of HIP/PAP include further peptides comprising amino acid sequences sufficiently homologous to the full length amino acid sequence of HIP/PAP of SEQ ID No. 1, which include more amino acids than the full length HIP/PAP, and exhibit at least the same biological activity than HIP/PAP.
  • the biologically active portion of HIP/PAP encompasses a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% of identity with the polypeptide of sequence starting at the amino acid residue 36 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1.
  • a first amino acid sequence having at least 90% of identity with a second amino acid sequence comprises at least 90%, and preferably at least 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% of identity in amino acids with said second amino acid sequence.
  • Polypeptides according to the invention comprise also variants, such as the CRD sequence from different mammals, and for example from the bovine pancreatic thread protein (BPTP) or the pancreatic associated protein 1 (PAP1) from the rat, described by Orelle, et al.
  • BPTP bovine pancreatic thread protein
  • PAP1 pancreatic associated protein 1
  • the person skilled in the art will further appreciate that changes can be introduced by mutation into the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID No. 11, thereby leading to changes in the amino acid sequence of HIP/PAP without altering the biological activity of HIP/PAP.
  • non-essential amino acid can be made in the sequences corresponding to HIP/PAP.
  • a “non essential” amino acid residue is an amino acid residue that can be altered from the wild type sequence of HIP/PAP without altering the biological activity, whereas an “essential” amino acid residue is required for biological activity.
  • a second object of the invention consists in a pharmaceutical composition for stimulating liver regeneration in vivo comprising a polypeptide of sequence starting at the amino acid residue 36 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1, in combination with at least one physiologically acceptable excipient.
  • Another object of the invention is a pharmaceutical composition for stimulating liver regeneration in vivo comprising an effective amount of a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% amino acid identity with the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence starting at the amino acid residue 27 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1, in combination with at least one physiologically acceptable excipient.
  • a further object of the invention consists in a pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 comprising an effective amount of the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence starting at the amino acid residue 27 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1, in combination with at least one physiologically acceptable excipient.
  • Another object of the invention consists in a pharmaceutical composition for stimulating liver regeneration in vivo comprising an effective amount of the human hepatocarcinoma-intestine-pancreas/pancreatic-associated protein (HIP/PAP), in combination with at least one physiologically acceptable excipient.
  • HIP/PAP human hepatocarcinoma-intestine-pancreas/pancreatic-associated protein
  • the inventors believe that the complete HIP/PAP protein of sequence SEQ ID No. 1, i.e. a polypeptide comprising the CRD sequence, a signal peptide, and a pro-peptide, leads to a best folding of said protein, particularly when said protein is produced through DNA recombinant techniques in eukaryotic cells that have been transfected with an expression cassette encoding it.
  • a correct folding of the therapeutically active HIP/PAP may lead to a best biological efficiency for the pharmaceutical composition comprising said protein, for liver regeneration compared to a composition comprising only a portion of the protein.
  • HIP/PAP has the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 1.
  • HIP/PAP is substantially identical to SEQ ID No. 1 and retains the same biological activity, for liver regeneration, when compared to the protein of sequence SEQ ID No. 1, but differs in amino acid sequence due to natural allelic variations or mutagenesis.
  • HIP/PAP is a protein which comprises an amino acid sequence of at least about, 90%, and preferably 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or more identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 1.
  • the invention also encompasses HIP/PAP chimeric or fusion proteins.
  • a chimeric protein or a fusion protein comprises the polypeptides cited above which are fused to a non-HIP/PAP polypeptide.
  • the HIP/PAP polypeptide and the non-HIP/PAP polypeptide are fused to each other.
  • the non-HIP/PAP polypeptide can be fused to the N-terminus or to the C-terminus of the HIP/PAP polypeptide.
  • the fusion protein is a GST-HIP/PAP fusion protein in which the HIP/PAP sequence is fused to the C-terminus of the GST sequence.
  • Such fusion proteins can facilitate the purification of recombinant HIP/PAP.
  • fusion proteins of the invention possess the same biological activity as HIP/PAP of SEQ ID No. 1.
  • liver regeneration Two different pathways trigger liver regeneration, one causes the replication of differentiated hepatocytes or binary cells after partial hepatectomy or bile duct ligation (Fausto et al., 1994, Fausto et al., 2000).
  • the second regenerative pathway is triggered after toxic injury, on massive necrosis or carcinogenesis, when the proliferation of hepatocytes or biliary cells is impaired or slowed by the injury (Factor VM et al., Petersen B et al., (1998), Akhurst B et al.). Under these conditions, it has been proposed ⁇ stem-like >> cells proliferate and differentiate into hepatocytes and biliary epithelial cells, and then repopulate the liver.
  • oval cells represent a heterogeneous cellular compartment in which well-defined subpopulations have yet to be isolated.
  • the oval cell compartments may participate in repopulating the liver after acute massive necrosis, and has also been identified in chronic liver diseases (Roskams T, et al., Sell S et al.).
  • the phrase ⁇ liver regeneration>> concerns the process by which ⁇ stem-like >> cells proliferate and differentiate into hepatocytes and biliary epithelial cells, and then repopulate the liver as well as hepatocyte and biliary cells replication.
  • Bioly active amounts concerns the amount of the composition according to the invention sufficient for treating the liver diseases associated with a decreased number of hepatocytes, in which liver regeneration conducted by HIP/PAP can restore hepatic function.
  • Liver regeneration conducted by HIP/PAP can be useful in several situations such as surgery, transplantation, diseases, and after hepatoxic compounds exposure conducing to liver necrosis or partial liver necrosis.
  • the pharmaceutical compositions according to the invention are suitable in the treatment of acute and chronic liver failure.
  • Acute liver failure is generally caused by a massive apoptosis/necrosis of hepatocytes, and represents a devastating condition of viral or toxic origin.
  • Acute liver failure is mainly induced by viral hepatitis (about 70% of cases), by drug poisoning, for example with acetaminophen during attempted suicide.
  • Chronic liver failure which can be treated by the compositions according to the invention, may be induced by hepatitis B or C virus infections or by alcohol.
  • NAFLD is a term recently chosen to describe a clinical and pathological syndrome that spans a spectrum from simple steatosis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
  • compositions according to the invention are suitable in the treatment of liver failure, consecutive to diseases such as: Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Urea Cycle defects, Familial hypercholesterolemia, Alcohol induced cirrhosis, Glycogen Storage Disease, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Primary Hyperoxaluria type I, Cryptogenic cirrhosis, Crigler-Najjar syndrome type I, Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis, Neimann-Pick Disease, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Familial Amyloidosis, Biliary Atresia, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, Hepatoblastoma, Alagille Syndrome, Hemangioendothelioma, Familial Cholestasis, Non-Carciniod neuro-endocrine, Drug induced liver failure, benign liver tumor such as focal nodular hyperplasia Liver tumors such as Hepatocellular carcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma, A
  • compositions according to the invention are suitable in the treatment of all pathological situations resulting from an exposure to hepatotoxic compounds.
  • a number of hepatotoxic compounds including alcohol, virus, such as HBV, HCV or HIV, mushrooms, such as phalo ⁇ dide amanite, parasites such as Plasmodium Falciparum ) or certain therapeutics, induce cytotoxicity and liver necrosis.
  • anaesthetics such as Enflurane
  • neuropsychotropics such as Hydrazides
  • anticonvulsants such as valproic acid
  • analgesics such as Acetaminophen
  • antimicrobials such as Amphotericin B or Penicillin
  • hormones such as Acetohexamides
  • cardiovascular drugs such as Papaverine
  • Immunosuppressives and antineoplastics such as asparaginase, anti-hypertension drugs, anti-inflammatory drugs and miscellaneous drugs such as vitamin A, Oxyphenisatin, Iodide Ion.
  • the pharmaceutical compositions according to the invention are suitable in the treatment of liver failure caused by acetaminophen, and have a preventive effect against acetaminophen intoxication.
  • the pharmaceutical compositions according to the invention are also suitable in the treatment of liver failure, consecutive to liver resection and liver transplantation.
  • the pharmaceutical composition according to the invention can be administrated to the donor of a liver transplantation, to the receipt of such transplantation, to patients after a liver resection, in order to prevent the establishment or progress of liver failure by stimulating liver regeneration.
  • compositions of the invention have other beneficial effects.
  • compositions according to the invention can be formulated in a galenic form suitable for the preservation of liver transplants, preferably a liquid medium wherein HIP/PAP is dissolved or suspended.
  • liver failure is used herein in the broadest sense, and indicates any structural or functional injury resulting, directly or indirectly from a decreased number of liver epithelial cells i.e. hepatocytes and biliary cells.
  • liver transplantation has the common meaning in the art and includes partial and whole liver transplantation in which a liver of a donor is partially or wholly resected and partially or wholly transplanted into a recipient. Partial liver transplantation is classified by operation mode into orthotopic partial liver transplantation, heterotopic partial liver transplantation, and the like, and the present invention can be applied to any of them.
  • a liver transplant or a partial liver transplant from a donor corresponding to about 30-50% of the normal liver volume of a recipient is typically transplanted as a graft into the recipient whose liver has been whooly resected.
  • the present invention has the effect of promoting liver regeneration or hepatocyte growth even if the graft is about 30% or less.
  • Partial liver transplantation is of particular importance, regarding the significant shortage of cadaveric organ donors, associated with an exponential growth in the number of patients on waiting lists worldwide and the success of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) in paediatric recipients.
  • LDLT living donor liver transplantation
  • the lack of cadaveric or size-matched liver grafts has led to the development of reduced, split, living-donor liver transplantation.
  • regeneration occurs quickly in the transplanted graft, patients undergoing living donor liver grafts receive a smaller hepatic mass than those receiving a cadaveric transplant, and controversy over small-for size syndrome has escalated in recent years.
  • Small-for-size liver grafts can be defined by a recognized clinical syndrome that results from the transplantation of an insufficiently large functional mass of liver in a designated recipient, and represents the greatest obstacle living donor transplantations in adults (Heaton, 2003).
  • a graft to recipient body weight ratio of less than of 0.8 impairs venous inflows resulting in portal hypertension and enhanced metabolic demands in patients with in a poor clinical condition.
  • the splitting of livers into right and left lobe grafts increases the potential risks of small-for-size in the recipient. These points is considered as a main factor causing small for size syndrome, which gives rise to impaired liver regeneration and necrosis of the small graft.
  • liver transplant means a liver transplanted into a recipient by the transplantation operation as described above, and also includes the so-called “partial liver transplant” corresponding to a graft consisting of the part of the liver of a donor. Liver transplantation means also injection of hepatocytes (genetically modified or stimulated to proliferate or differentiate) into portal vein.
  • liver regeneration means morphologic changes in which lost liver tissues are replaced by hepatocyte growth of a liver transplant or partial liver transplant, but also includes biochemical changes such as improvement, recovery, or normalisation of hepatic functions.
  • Specific subjects to be treated by the composition of the invention includes, for example patients who received partial liver transplant after the liver had been wholly resected for treating hepatic failure caused by liver diseases such as hepatitis, hepatic cirrhosis of alcoholic, viral, drug or unknown cause, or hepatic cancer.
  • compositions according to the invention are also suitable in the treatment of liver failure consecutive to Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) which remains a significant limitation to both liver resection and liver transplantation, and may be responsible for liver failure, lung injury and death.
  • I/R Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion
  • compositions comprising the HIP/PAP protein
  • therapeutic compositions comprising polypeptides fragments or biologicaly active portions of HIP/PAP.
  • HIP/PAP can be formulated according to known methods to prepare pharmaceutically useful compositions, whereby HIP/PAP is combined in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • Suitable carriers and their formulations are described in Remington's Pharmaceutical Science, 16 th ed, 1980, Mack publishing Co, edited by Oslo et al.
  • ⁇ physiologically acceptable excipient is meant solid or liquid filler, diluent or substance, which may be safely used in systemic or topical administration.
  • a variety of pharmaceutically acceptable carriers well known in the art include solid or liquid fillers, diluents, hydrotopes, surface active agents, and encapsulating substances.
  • compositions will typically contain an effective amount of the HIP/PAP protein, for example, from on the order of about 6 ⁇ g/ml to about 10 mg/ml, together with a suitable amount of carrier to prepare pharmaceutically acceptable compositions suitable for effective administration to the patient.
  • HIP/PAP may be administered parenterally or by other methods that ensure its delivery to the bloodstream in an effective form.
  • HIP/PAP may preferably be administered using an intra-hepatic route.
  • Dosages and desired drug concentrations of such pharmaceutical compositions may vary depending on the particular use envisioned.
  • a typical effective dose in mouse experiments is about 30 ⁇ g/kg.
  • Interspecies scaling of dosages can be performed in a manner known in the art., e.g. as disclosed in Mordenti et al., Pharmaceut Res 8 p1351 (1991).
  • the pH of the formulation depends mainly on the particular type and the concentration of HIP/PAP protein, but preferably ranges anywhere from about 3 to about 8.
  • compositions particularly well suited for the clinical administration of HIP/PAP include sterile aqueous solutions or sterile hydratable powders such as lyophilised protein.
  • sterile aqueous solutions or sterile hydratable powders such as lyophilised protein.
  • an appropriate amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt is also used in the formulation to render the formulation isotonic.
  • Sterility is readily accomplished by sterile filtration through (0,2 micron) membranes.
  • the HIP/PAP protein pharmaceutical composition will be formulated, dosed, and administered in a fashion consistent with good medical practice.
  • Factors for consideration in this context include the particular disorder being treated, the particular mammal being treated, the clinical condition of the individual patient, the cause of the disorder, the site of delivery of the agent, the method of administration, the scheduling of administration, and other factors known to medical practitioners.
  • the therapeutically ⁇ effective amount>> of HIP/PAP protein to be administered will be governed by such considerations, and is the minimum amount necessary to induce, or alternatively enhance liver regeneration and prevent liver failure. Such amount is preferably below the amount that is toxic to the mammal or renders the mammal significantly more susceptible to infections.
  • ⁇ administration>> or ⁇ administered>> as used herein in reference to HIP/PAP protein refers to that administration of HIP/PAP protein which occurs prior to, simultaneous with, or after a liver resection, or a liver transplantation.
  • An object of the invention is a composition comprising dividing hepatocytes in combination with a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% amino acid identity with the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence starting at the amino acid residue 36 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1.
  • Another object of the invention is a composition comprising hepatocytes that have been transfected with an expression cassette that drives the expression of a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% amino acid identity with the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence starting at the amino acid residue 36 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1.
  • An expression cassette that drives the expression of a polypeptide as described above can be obtained for example as described in the part entitled “_Transgenic mice expressing HIP/PAP in the liver”.
  • the hepatocytes as used herein are directly collected from a liver, or obtained from stem cells and particularly from bone marrow stem cells that have been differentiated into hepatocytes.
  • the differentiation of bone-marrow stem cells in hepatocytes has been reported by Petersen et al., (1999) and Mitchell et al.
  • the recourse to such bone-marrow stem cells can avoid recourse to hepatectomy for obtaining in vitro hepatocytes cultures.
  • a further object of the invention is a composition comprising an effective amount of bone-marrow stem cells in combination with a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% amino acid identity with the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence starting at the amino acid residue 36 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1.
  • the inventors believe that the administration of bone marrow stem cells treated with HIP/PAP to a patient may accelerate the liver regeneration process.
  • the cellular compositions described above can be used for long-term in vitro culture of hepatocytes, for example for the purpose of in vitro cellular assays.
  • the availability of the cellular compositions above avoid a recurrent recourse to hepatectomy for obtaining in vitro hepatocytes cultures.
  • the invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions for stimulating liver regeneration in vivo comprising an effective amount of a composition as defined here above.
  • the polypeptide from the compositions cited above is replaced by a polypeptide fragment of HIP/PAP, a biologically active portion of HIP/PAP or the entire HIP/PAP protein as defined in the present specification.
  • Another object of the invention is a process for stimulating hepatocyte growth in vitro comprising:
  • Another object of the invention is a process for stimulating hepatocytes growth in vitro comprising:
  • Steps (a) to (c) can be conducted according to the techniques disclosed in example 5 and to the corresponding section in the part “material and methods”.
  • collecting hepatocytes means that hepatocytes are directly collected from a liver, or means that they are obtained from stem cells and particularly from bone marrow stem cells that have been differentiated into hepatocytes.
  • the differentiation of bone-marrow stem cells in hepatocytes has been reported by Petersen et al., (1999) and Mitchell et al.
  • the recourse to such bone-marrow stem cells can avoid recourse to hepatectomy for obtaining in vitro hepatocytes cultures.
  • another object of the invention is a process for stimulating hepatocyte growth in vitro comprising:
  • the inventors believe that the treatment described above enhances the bone marrow stem cells ability to regenerate the liver.
  • the polypeptide from the process cited above is replaced by a polypeptide fragment of HIP/PAP, a biologically active portion of HIP/PAP or the entire HIP/PAP protein as defined in the present specification.
  • Another object of the present invention consists of the use of a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% amino acid identity with the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence starting at the amino acid residue 36 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1 in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for stimulating liver regeneration in vivo.
  • a further object of the present invention consists of the use of a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% amino acid identity with the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence starting at the amino acid residue 36 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1 in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention of the establishment or progress of liver failure in a patient at risk for developing or having been diagnosed with liver failure.
  • the invention also encompasses the use of polypeptide fragments from HIP/PAP and biologically active portions of HIP/PAP as defined above.
  • the liver failure is a consequence of a liver resection, a liver transplantation, or hepatitis.
  • the use according to the invention concerns a patient at risk for developing or having been diagnosed with a liver failure caused by a disease comprised in the group consisting of: Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Urea Cycle defects, Familial hypercholesterolemia, Alcohol induced cirrhosis, Glycogen Storage Disease, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Primary Hyperoxaluria type I, Cryptogenic cirrhosis, Crigler-Najjar syndrome type I, Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis, Neimann-Pick Disease, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Familial Amyloidosis, Biliary Atresia, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, Hepatoblastoma, Alagille Syndrome, Hemangioendothelioma, Familial Cholestasis, Non-Carciniod neuro-endocrine, Drug induced liver failure, benign liver tumor such as focal nodular hyperplasi
  • Another object of the invention is a method for stimulating liver regeneration comprising administering an effective amount of a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% amino acid identity with the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence starting at the amino acid residue 36 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1 to a patient.
  • the method according to the invention encompasses a method comprising administering an effective amount of polypeptides fragments from HIP/PAP, biologically active portions of HIP/PAP or the entire HIP/PAP protein as defined in the present specification.
  • Another object of the invention is a method for the treatment of a patient with a hepatotoxic therapeutic agent effective in the prevention or treatment of a disorder or pathologic physiological conditions, comprising:
  • Another object of the invention is a method for the prevention of the establishment or progress of liver failure, consequence of a liver resection, a liver transplantation, or a hepatitis comprising administering to a patient an effective amount of a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% amino acid identity with the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence starting at the amino acid residue 36 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1.
  • the polypeptide is administrated before, during or after a liver resection or a liver transplantation.
  • the polypeptide can also be administrated to the donor of a liver transplantation, or to the receipt, in order to avoid for example post-surgery complications.
  • the polypeptide used is a fragment of HIP/PAP, a biologically active portion of HIP/PAP or the entire HIP/PAP protein as defined in the present specification.
  • Another object of the invention is a method for stimulating liver regeneration in a patient comprising:
  • Steps (a) to (d) can be conducted according to the techniques disclosed in example 5 and to the corresponding section in the part “material and methods”.
  • the method comprises additional steps:
  • Another object of the invention is a method for stimulating liver regeneration in a patient comprising:
  • a further object of the invention is a method for stimulating liver regeneration in a patient comprising:
  • Steps (a) to (d) can be conducted according to the techniques disclosed in example 5 and to the corresponding section in the part “material and methods”.
  • the method comprises additional steps:
  • the invention in another embodiment, relates to a method for the prevention of the establishment or progress of liver failure in a patient at risk for developing or having been diagnosed with viral or autoimmune hepatitis, or a cirrhosis comprising administering to said patient a liver failure preventative amount of a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% amino acid identity with the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence starting at the amino acid residue 36 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1.
  • the polypeptide used is a fragment of HIP/PAP, a biologically active portion of HIP/PAP or the entire HIP/PAP protein as defined in the present specification.
  • the invention also concerns HIP/PAP, as an active ingredient of a composition for stimulating liver regeneration in vivo, comprising an effective amount of a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% amino acid identity with the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence starting at the amino acid residue 36 and ending at the amino acid residue 175 of sequence SEQ ID No. 1 in combination with at least one physiologically acceptable excipient.
  • HIP/PAP was produced in transgenic mouse milk carrying the rabbit WAP gene able to drive expression of the HIP/PAP gene in the mammary gland, as previously described by the inventors (Christa et al., 2000).
  • Transgenic mice carrying the WAP/HIP construct were generated by microinjection into one-cell mouse zygotes of C57Bl/6xCBA hybrid strains. They were identified by tail DNA analysis on Southern blots. Mouse DNA was digested with SacI, and the generated fragments were separated on 1% agarose gels and transferred to Nytran 13N. The presence of the transgene was detected using a 4.4-kb XhoI fragment derived from the upstream region of the rabbit WAP gene.
  • the resulting lactoserum (see above) was acidified to pH 4.6 by the addition of acetic acid (1 M) under stirring at 0° C. for 30 min.
  • the precipitated material was removed by centrifugation at 110 000 g for 1 h in a Beckman 50.2 Ti rotor (Gagny, France).
  • the supernatant was dialysed overnight at 4° C. against 1 L of 20 mM sodium acetate buffer pH 4.8, clarified by high speed centrifugation as above and filtered on a Millex 0.22 ⁇ m filter (Millipore, Guyancourt, France) before loading onto a Mono S HR 5/5 cation-exchange column previously equilibrated with 70 mM sodium acetate buffer pH 4.8.
  • the flowthrough was discarded, and a 20-mL gradient of 0-500 mM NaCl in the working buffer was started when the absorbance returned to baseline.
  • the column flow rate was 1 mL ⁇ min 1 and 1-mL fractions were collected.
  • HIP/PAP-containing fractions were pooled, diluted in 5 vol. of 140 mM sodium acetate buffer at pH 4.0 and reapplied to the Mono S HR 5/5 column equilibrated with 140 mM sodium acetate buffer pH 4.0.
  • the flowthrough was discarded and the column was developed with a 20-mL gradient ranging from 0 to 400 mM NaCl in the working buffer.
  • the column flow rate was 1 mL/min and 1-mL fractions were collected. Fractions containing HIP/PAP were pooled, diluted in 1 vol. of glycerol and stored at 20° C.
  • Protein concentrations in the samples were determined using the Peterson protein assay. Denaturing polyacrylamide gels in sodium dodecyl sulfate (12.5% acrylamide, SDS/PAGE) were performed according to Laemmli. Coomassie blue staining gels were scanned and quantified using an imagemaster.
  • mice Expressing HIP/PAP in the Liver.
  • the regulatory region of the mice albumin gene 18 was cloned upstream the HIP/PAP gene fragment to drive a human HIP/PAP gene expression specifically in the liver as described in the FIG. 1 .
  • the entire NotI/KpnI-linearized construct was microinjected into single cell mouse zygotes of hybrid strains in the Experimentation on the Transgenesis department (Villejuif France).
  • the 24 and 27 homozygous transgenic lines were developed from independent founders on genetic background. Animal welfare, conditions for animal handling before slaughter and all experimental procedures were ensured in line with the French Ministry of Agriculture guidelines (dated 19 th , Apr. 1988).
  • mice were provided by IFFA CREDO (L'Arbresle, France) and were used as controls of HIP/PAP transgenic mice.
  • SCID mice Six-week-old female severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice (IFFA-CREDO, L'Arbresle France) were used as the recipients of hepatocytes isolated from male HIP/PAP transgenic mice or male C57BL/6 mice (IFFA-CREDO, L'Arbresle France), to minimize any risk of cell rejection.
  • SCID mice Six-week-old female severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice (IFFA-CREDO, L'Arbresle France) were used as the recipients of hepatocytes isolated from male HIP/PAP transgenic mice or male C57BL/6 mice (IFFA-CREDO, L'Arbresle France), to minimize any risk of cell rejection.
  • Liver resection represents 70% of the total liver mass, as described by Higgins and Anderson (Higgins et al.) in two month old mice.
  • Animals received one intra-peritoneal injection of 60 mg per kg body weight BrdU in 0.9% NaCl for 2 hours before dissection. They were sacrified 24, 36, 46 and 55 hours post-hepatectomy. Animals and livers were weighted and BrdU-labelled nuclei were scored after incubation with anti-BrdU antibody (clone Bu 2OA) and revelation was performed using the Universal LSAB2 horseradish peroxydase kit (Dako) with at least 20 low magnification ( ⁇ 10) microscope fields for each liver slide (Olympus BX60). More than 1600 nuclei were screened per slide.
  • mice Primary mouse hepatocytes were isolated from 2 to 3 months old mice, as previously described (Klaunig et al, Renton et al) with Liberase Blendzyme. Viable hepatocytes were purified using a low speed iso-density Percoll centrifugation method, as described by (Kreamer et al). Cells were resuspended in 199 medium containing penicillin, streptomycin, fungizone, bovine serum albumin (0,1%) and fetal calf serum (10%), at densities of 2 ⁇ 10 5 and 4 ⁇ 10 5 for proliferation and apoptotic experiments respectively in Primaria plates. Cells were maintained at 37° C.
  • the medium was supplemented with 3,5,3′-triiodothyronine 5 10 ⁇ 8 M, dexamethasone 10 ⁇ 7 M, Insulin 10 ⁇ g/ml 2 10 ⁇ 6 M, transferrin 5,5 ⁇ g ml, selenium 7 ng/ml, pyruvate 20 mM and foetal calf serum 5%/o.
  • BrdU 20 mM
  • the hepatocytes were washed with PBS, fixed, and rendered permeable in 30:70 acetic acid/ethanol solution at ⁇ 20° C. for 30 minutes.
  • Incorporated BrdU was localised using the BrdU Labelling and Detection kit II.
  • Replicative DNA synthesis was measured by scoring the percentage of BrdU labelled cells in at least 10 low magnification microscope field for each sample (Olympus CK2). More than 1000 hepatocytes were screened per well.
  • the monolayer was fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde for 20 minutes at room temperature, stained with Hoechst 33258 (0,5 ⁇ g/ml).
  • Apoptotic cells were examined at wavelengths between 350 and 460 nm using an Olympus BX60 inverted fluorescence microscope (Olympus America Inc.). Loss of cell viability was quantified using the MTT assay: 30,000 cells per well in a 96 well microtiter plate were treated with x ⁇ l (0,5 mg/ml) MTT solution, freshly dissolved in medium for 1 hour at 37° C. The medium was then aspirated and 100 ⁇ l DMSO were added to solubilize the dye.
  • Hepatocytes were isolated from two-month old male HIP/PAP transgenic mice and male C57BL/6 mice, using the Liberase Blendzyme, as previously described by Klaunig and Renton. Viable hepatocytes were purified using a low-speed, iso-density Percoll centrifugation method, as described by Kreamer.
  • mice Female SCID mice were anesthetized with xylazine (Bayer, Leverkusen, Germany) and ketamine (Biomérieux, Lyon France) dissolved in NaCl 0.9%, spleens were exteriorized through a small, left-flank incision, and a syringe with a 26-gauge needle was used to inject 100 ⁇ l of cell suspension (0.75 ⁇ 10 6 viable hepatocytes) in Willliams medium (Gibco/BRL). Recipient SCID was held for 30 days to allow sufficient time for the proliferation and reorganization of donor hepatocytes into the liver parenchyma, before partial hepatectomy was performed.
  • HIP/PAP protein was produced and purified as previously described (Christa et al., 2000), and was diluted in NaCl 0.9%. at 6 ⁇ g/ml. 100 ⁇ l HIP/PAP protein or PBS (Phosphate Buffered Saline) was injected into the spleens of Severe Cellular ImmunoDeficient (SCID) mice 36 h after partial hepatectomy. The animals were killed 8 days after partial hepatectomy.
  • RNA from frozen liver tissues was extracted according to TRIZOL reagent (Life Technologies) supplied instructions.
  • CDNA was synthesised by 200 units Moloney murine leukaemia reverse transcriptase (Promega) and primed with 400 ng random primers (Invitrogen), from 1 ⁇ g total RNA, at 42° C. for 45 min, in the presence of 10 U RNasin, 1 ⁇ buffer supplied by the enzyme, 40 mmol l ⁇ 1 of the four deoxynucleotides.
  • PCR was performed with 40 amplification cycles of 1 min each at the following temperatures: 94° C., 60° C., and 72° C., from 1 ⁇ 8 cDNA, by using pure TaqTM Ready-To-GoTM PCR Beads (Amersham Biosciences).
  • Human HIP/PAP transgene expression was detected with primers 19/101.
  • Endogenous HIP/PAP/Mo gene expression was detected with 104/105 primers which from the mouse published sequence of Itoh and Terakoa ( ).
  • HIP/PAP Assays Western Blot Analysis, Immunohistochemistry and ELISA TEST.
  • HIP/PAP protein was produced and purified from the milk of lactating transgenic mice as described above, and according to Christa et al., 2000. Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry were performed with pre-HIP antibodies, as previously described (Christa et al., 1999). Serum HIP/PAP levels were assayed using a sandwich ELISA test, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions (Dynabio, La Gaude, France).
  • Activation of the transcription factor STAT3 was studied by the TramsAM kit (Active motif) and by Western blot analysis performed as previously described (Simon et al., 2003), with total anti-STAT3 and anti-phospho STAT3 antibodies (Santa Cruz)
  • Liver cytokines expression were evaluated by RNase protection assay as previously described (Tralhao J G, 2002)
  • results for hepatocytes in primary culture were expressed as mean+/ ⁇ SD, and statistical signifiance (P ⁇ 0.05) was determined using an unpaired Student's test.
  • results for hepatocytes in primary culture were expressed as mean+/ ⁇ SD, and statistical signifiance (P ⁇ 0.05) was determined using an unpaired Student's test.
  • In Vivo liver regeneration was represented by the percentages of nuclei incorporating BrdU using the box and whiskers representation, and the statistical signifiance of differences between HIP/PAP transgenic and wild-type mice was determined by the Mann-Whitney U-test (P ⁇ 0.05), because the data distribution was not normal (Statview 5′, Abacus Concepts, Berkeley, Calif.).
  • HIP/PAP transgene was specifically expressed in the liver, and HIP/PAP-expressing mice did not develop livers tumours, after a two year following.
  • Immunohistolocalization analysis detected HIP/PAP protein in the liver of transgenic mice as diffuse intra-hepatocyte immunostaining, occupying most of the cytoplasm of the hepatocytes ( FIGS. 2A, 1 and 2 ). Staining was heterogenous and positive regions were located either in centrolobular or portal areas of the liver acinus. This heterogeneous distribution likely reflects HIP/PAP secretion, thus hepatocytes could be either positive or negative before or after HIP/PAP secretion respectively.
  • HIP/PAP protein was secreted into the serum (250 ng/ml to 700 ng/ml) in homozygote transgenic lines 24 and 27, and into the culture medium of primary hepatocytes (30 to 120 ng/ml per 2.10 5 cells). No difference in morphology and plo ⁇ dy was detected between HIP/PAP-expressing and control hepatocytes by histological examination (mouse hepatocytes were 80% binuclear after adhesion as previously described by Leist et al.). HIP/PAP immunohistochemistry views of hepatocytes in culture showed that more than 50% of the hepatocytes were HIP/PAP labelled ( FIGS. 2A, 3 and 4 ).
  • HIP/PAP Western-blot analysis detected HIP/PAP as a 16 kDa protein in liver extracts and primary culture hepatocytes from HIP/PAP transgenic mice ( FIG. 2B ). HIP/PAP protein was not detected in wild type mice. Actin hybridization allowed an accurate estimation of the 50 ⁇ g protein loaded for livers and hepatocytes (50 ⁇ g corresponded approximately to 50,000 hepatocytes).
  • FIG. 3A Low magnification ( ⁇ 20) views for times 24, 36, 46 and 55 hours post partial hepatectomy are presented FIG. 3A .
  • percentages of positive BrdU cells were higher in HIP/PAP transgenic than in wild-type livers, despite the low overall frequency of nuclei which had incorporated BrdU in both groups.
  • HIP/PAP protein may act as Growth Factor during liver regeneration
  • liver recovery was higher in the HIP/PAP transgenic than in wild-type mice, and the difference was statistically significant at 48 hours (p ⁇ 0.001), 60 hours (p ⁇ 0.003) and 96 hours (p ⁇ 0.002). At 120 hours, the liver weight recovered to the same percentage in both wild-type and HIP/PAP transgenic mice.
  • HIP/PAP is a secreted protein, and it was therefore tested whether it might act as a paracrine mitogenic factor.
  • HIP/PAP protein 40 ng ⁇ ml ⁇ 1
  • Rat hepatocytes in primary cultures were not sensitive to cell death caused by TNF- ⁇ treatment alone. Instead, they die through apoptosis after exposure to TNF- ⁇ combined with a low dose of ActD (22).
  • Mouse hepatocyte cell death was induced by TNF- ⁇ combined with an ActD dose as low as 0.05 ⁇ g/ml, despite ActD (0.05 ⁇ g ml ⁇ 1 ) alone did not induce any loss of viability ( FIG. 5B ). It is shown ( FIG.
  • hepatocytes expressing HIP/PAP resisted TNF- ⁇ +ActD-induced apoptosis after a 16-17 hours of treatment.
  • Cell survival reached 75% versus 43% (p ⁇ 0.0001) for 2 ng ml ⁇ 1 TNF- ⁇ , and 60% versus 27% for 20 ng ml ⁇ 1 TNF- ⁇ , (p ⁇ 0.0001).
  • the LD 50 for TNF- ⁇ was over 40 ng ml ⁇ 1 and 1 ng ml ⁇ 1 in HIP/PAP and wild-type hepatocytes, respectively.
  • liver regeneration was tested in the SCID recipient mice.
  • mice injected with HIP/PAP represented a group statistically different from mice injected with NaCl.
  • Table I TABLE I BrDU positive nuclei (%) Mitotic hepatocytes (%) NaCl HIP combined NaCl HIP combined n 16 15 31 16 15 31 mean 12.669 22.313 17.335 0.525 1.567 1.029 median 7.300 23.000 15.800 0.000 0.7200 0.000 P-value 0.0038 0.0113
  • mice in four nominal groups according to the combined median for BrdU and mitosis have been used to classify the mice in four nominal groups according to the combined median for BrdU and mitosis.
  • Liver regeneration has to be primed by TNF- ⁇ and IL-6 cytokines in order to initiate the hepatocytes to enter the G1 phase of the cell cycle.
  • the STAT3 transcription factor is phosphorylated-activated and translocated to the nucleus.
  • the persistence of TNF-a/IL6 expression and STAT3 activation is deleterious and delays the time-course of regeneration.
  • the effect of HIP/PAP on liver cytokine expression and on the activation of STAT3 has been investigated.
  • cytokine expression in the liver at T0 of PHX (partial hepatectomy) and after 46 hours of SCID mice transplanted with HIP/PAP versus control hepatocytes has been compared.
  • lymphotoxin- ⁇ (LT ⁇ ) , TNF- ⁇ and TGF- ⁇ in a pool of 4 liver extracts FIG. 10 ; HIP/PAP transgenic mice lanes a and b; SCID mice lanes c and d) at T0 (lanes a and c) and at T46 hours post PHX (lanes b and d).
  • Densitometric analysis quantified the signals which have been normalized versus two house keeping genes (L32 and GAPDH). The results showed no difference in the hepatic expression of TGF- ⁇ when transplantation was done with HIP/PAP or control hepatocytes: at 46 hours post PHX, TGF- ⁇ increased at the same extent.
  • HIP/PAP is a Protective Drug against APAP-Induced Acute Liver Failure
  • APAP acetaminophen
  • NAPQ1 a highly reactive metabolite that depletes the intracellular pool of GSH, a non-protein thiol with both oxidant scavenger and redox regulating capacities. Consequently, during APAP intoxication in the mouse, toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated leading to acute liver failure.
  • ROS reactive oxygen species
  • HIP/PAP protein in a mouse model of APAP-induced acute liver failure has been investigated.
  • Drug-induced acute liver failure was achieved in 24 HIP/PAP transgenic and 24 C57/bl6 mice (12 males and 12 females in each group) by the intraperitoneal injection of a lethal dose of 1000 mg/ml (APAP 1000 ) diluted in 200 ⁇ L sterile phosphate buffer saline.
  • HIP/PAP protein is a good candidate for clinical therapeutic applications aimed at preventing and treating liver failure, through its action on both the regenerative and live status of liver cells ( FIG. 12 ).
  • HIP/PAP protein has been injected by intravenous in the tail of C57Bl6 1 hour before APAP.
  • the results showed a dose dependent preventive protection of HIP/PAP protein: for 600 ng, 4/10 and 2/10 HIP/PAP-injected and saline-injected mice survived respectively; for 1200 ng, 8/10 and 2/10 HIP/PAP-injected and saline-injected mice survived, respectively.
  • Any drug capable of stimulating liver cell proliferation has a potential to induce cancer, so that the risks of developing HCC must be determined prior to any administration.
  • Two models of transgenic mice expressing human HIP/PAP gene under either the promoter of the mouse albumin gene (two strains) or the promoter of the mouse metallothioneine gene (two strains) have been developed. Both models target HIP/PAP gene expression in the liver and secretion of the HIP/PAP protein in the blood. None of the HIP/PAP-expressing mice had developed liver (or other) tumours, after a two-year follow-up period.
  • HIP/PAP protein The effects of HIP/PAP protein on a model of liver carcinogenesis from the long-term follow-up of bi-transgenic mice has been investigated.

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