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Reduction of Mitochondrial Electron Transferase in Rat Bile duct Fibroblast by Clonorchis sinensis Infection

간흡충(Clonorchis sinensis)감염에 의한 흰쥐 담관 섬유모세포 미토콘드리아 전자전달효소의 감소

  • Min, Byoung-Hoon (Department of Parasitology, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Hong, Soon-Hak (Department of Parasitology, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Haeng-Sook (Department of Parasitology, Korea University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Soo-Jin (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Science, Hallym University) ;
  • Joo, Kyoung-Hwan (Department of Parasitology, Korea University College of Medicine)
  • 민병훈 (고려대학교 의과대학 기생충학교실) ;
  • 홍순학 (고려대학교 의과대학 기생충학교실) ;
  • 이행숙 (고려대학교 의과대학 기생충학교실) ;
  • 김수진 (한림대학교 자연과학대학 생명과학과) ;
  • 주경환 (고려대학교 의과대학 기생충학교실)
  • Received : 2010.05.31
  • Accepted : 2010.06.15
  • Published : 2010.06.30
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Abstract

Fibroblasts are the most common cells in connective tissue and are responsible for the synthesis of extracellular matrix components. The fibrosis associated with chronic inflammation and injury may contribute to cholangiocarcinoma pathogenesis, particularly through an increase in extracellular matrix components, which participate in the regulation of bile duct differentiation during development. Mitochondria produce ATP through oxidative metabolism to provide energy to the cell under physiological conditions. Also, mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress have been implicated in cellular senescence and aging. Alternations in mitochondrial structure and function are early events of programmed cell death or apoptosis and mitochondria appear to be a central regulator of apoptosis in most somatic cell. Clonorchis sinensis, one of the most important parasite of the human bile duct in East Asia, arouses epithelial hyperplasia and ductal fibrosis. Isolated fibroblast from the bile ducts of rats infected by C. sinensis showed increase of cytoplasmic process. In addition, decrease of cellular proliferation was observed in fibroblasts which was isolated from normal rat bile duct and then cultured in media containing C. sinensis excretory-secretory product. However, the effects of C. sinensis infection on the mitochondrial enzyme distribution is not clearly reported yet. Therefore, we investigated the structural change of C. sinensis infected bile duct and mitochondrial enzyme distribution of the cultured fibroblast isolated from the C. sinensis infected rat bile duct. As a result, C. sinensis infected SD rat bile ducts showed the features of chronic clonorchiasis, such as ductal connective and epithelial tissue dilatation, or ductal fibrosis. In addition, fibroblast in ductal connective tissue was damaged by physical effect of fibrotic tissue and chemical stimulation. Immunohistochemically detected mitochondrial electron transferase (ATPase, COXII, Porin) was decreased in C. sinensis infected rat bile duct and cultured fibroblast from infected rat bile duct. It can be hypothesized that the reason why number of electron transferase decrease in fibroblast isolated from the rat bile duct infected with C. sinensis is because dysfunction of electron transport system is occurred mitochondrial dysfunction, increase of ROS (reactive oxygen species) and apoptosis after chemical damage on the cell caused by C. sinensis infection. Overall, C. sinensis infection induces fibrotic change of ductal connective tissue, mutation of cellular metabolism in fibroblast and mitochondrial dysfunction. Consequently, ductal fibrosis inhibits fibroblast proliferation and decreases mitochondrial electron transferase on fibroblast cytoplasm. It was assumed that the structure of bile duct could not normalized and ductal fibrosis was maintained for a long period of time according to fibroblast metamorphosis and death induced by mitochondrial dysfunction.

섬유모세포 (fibroblast)는 결합조직을 구성하는 세포의 한 종류로서, 결합조직 전체에 분포하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 섬유모세포는 주위환경에 따라 형태가 쉽게 변하며, 대부분 결합조직내에 고정되어 분포하고 있지만 염증이 일어났을 때나 조직배양중에는 세포들이 이동하기도 한다. 또한 조직이 손상되었을 때 상처부위로 이동하여 대량의 콜라겐 층을 형성함으로써 손상된 조직을 복구시키기도 한다. 미토콘드리아는 전자전달계(electron transport system)를 통해 세포대사에 필요한 ATP를 생산하는 것을 주 기능으로 한다. 미토콘드리아의 형태적 변이와 산화적 스트레스 그리고 전자전달효소 결핍으로 인한 세포내 활성산소의 증가 등의 기능이상으로 세포의 노화가 이루어지기도 하며, apoptosis의 주요 원인이 되기도 한다. 지금까지 간흡충 (Clonorchis sinensis)에 감염된 담관 조직으로부터 분리하여 배양된 섬유모세포에서 나타나는 세포질돌기의 증가와 같은 형태적인 변화양상과 배양중의 섬유모세포에 간흡충 분비배설물질을 첨가할 경우 섬유모세포의 형태와 세포분열양상의 변화가 이루어진다는 보고가 있었다. 하지만 간흡충의 감염이 미토콘드리아 효소의 분포에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구는 미흡하다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 간흡충 피낭유충을 실험쥐에 감염시킨 후 시간 경과에 따른 담관의 형태변화를 관찰하고, 간흡충에 감염된 담관과 담관으로부터 분리하여 배양한 섬유모세포의 미토콘드리아 전자전달효소 분포를 확인하여 간흡충에 감염된 담관에 존재하는 섬유모세포가 미토콘드리아 전자전달계 이상으로 인한 변이와 관련이 있는지 확인하였다. 간흡충에 감염된 담관에 분포하는 섬유모세포에서는 주변 섬유성조직에 의한 물리적 손상으로 세포질이 파괴되고, 소포체의 확장 및 미토콘드리아 내막의 손상이 관찰되었다. 미토콘드리아 전자전달 효소는 간흡충에 감염된 담관 조직과 담관 섬유모세포를 분리하여 배양하였을 경우에 정상대조군에 비해 ATPase, COXII, porin의 분포가 감소하였다. 간흡충에 감염된 담관은 충체의 자극으로 인해 결합조직의 섬유화가 이루어지고, 이러한 담관에 존재하는 섬유모세포는 섬유조직에 의한 물리적 상해로 세포가 파괴되었다. 감염된 담관으로 부터 분리된 섬유모세포는 간흡충 감염에 의한 화학적 손상으로 미토콘드리아 전자전달효소가 감소되었다. 그 결과, 섬유모세포는 미토콘드리아의 전자전달계 기능이상으로 인한 세포사멸이 유도될 것으로 추측된다. 따라서 간흡충의 감염은 물리적 자극에 의한 담관의 섬유화, 화학적 자극에 의한 섬유모세포 대사과정의 변이를 유발하며, 미토콘드리아의 경우 ATP 생성을 위한 섬유모세포의 전자전달효소의 분포를 감소시켜 정상 조직에 존재하는 섬유모세포와 같은 기능을 수행하지 못하고 담관의 섬유화가 유지되는 것으로 생각된다.

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