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. 2021 Feb;52(1):113-123.
doi: 10.1007/s10735-020-09928-y. Epub 2020 Nov 25.

NAIP expression increases in a rat model of liver mass restoration

Julio Plaza-Díaz  1   2   3   4 , Ana I Álvarez-Mercado  1   2   3 , Cándido Robles-Sánchez  1   2 , Miguel Navarro-Oliveros  3 , Virginia Morón-Calvente  5 , Sofía Toribio-Castelló  6 , María José Sáez-Lara  2   3   7 , Alex MacKenzie  4   8 , Luis Fontana  1   2   3 , Francisco Abadía-Molina  9   10
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NAIP expression increases in a rat model of liver mass restoration

Julio Plaza-Díaz et al. J Mol Histol. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

The neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein (NAIP) is a constituent of the NLRC4 inflammasome, which plays a key role in innate immunity, and an antiapoptotic protein. Recently, we reported the previously undescribed role of NAIP in cell division. The liver is one of the body's most actively regenerative organs. Given the novel mitotic role of NAIP, we examined its expression in hepatic mass restoration. The major liver lobe of Wistar rats was removed, and samples from both newly formed liver tissue, assessed by positive Ki67 immunostaining, and the remnant, intact liver lobes from hepatectomized rats were taken 3 and 7 days after surgery. Naip5 and Naip6 mRNA levels were significantly higher in regenerating hepatic tissue than in intact liver lobe tissue, and this increase was also observed at the protein level. Naip5 and Naip6 mRNA in situ hybridization showed that this increase occurred in the hepatic parenchyma. The histology of the regenerated liver tissue was normal, with the exception of a noticeable deficiency of hepatic lobule central veins. The results of this study suggest the involvement of NAIP in liver mass restoration following partial hepatectomy.

Keywords: Cell proliferation; Hepatectomy; Liver mass restoration; NAIP.

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