NH4Cl affects the expression of Wnt/β-catenin pathway in hepatocytes

Author:

Bai Lu11,Li Jingjing11,Liu Xiaorui11,Li Shasha11,Li Fulei11,Chen Yanling11,Yu Zujiang11

Affiliation:

1. Department of Infectious Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China.

Abstract

We intended to explore whether NH4Cl influences the viability and regulates the expression of Wnt/β-catenin pathway in hepatocytes. The Chang liver cell line was used and cultured with different concentrations of NH4Cl (2.5, 5, 10, 20, 40, and 50 mmol/L) for 12, 24, and 48 h. The viability of hepatocytes was detected by MTT assay. The mRNA and protein expression level was analyzed with qRT–PCR and Western blotting, respectively. NH4Cl concentration significantly affects the viability of hepatocytes. With the increase of NH4Cl concentration, the viability of hepatocytes was decreased, accordingly. The mRNA and protein expression of Wnt1, β-catenin, and cyclin D was significantly increased after treatment with low concentrations of NH4Cl as compared with the control group, whereas their expression levels were decreased after treatment with high concentrations of NH4Cl. The mRNA and protein expression of Wnt1, β-catenin, and cyclin D was also significantly increased after treatment with NH4Cl for a short period as compared with the control group, whereas their expression levels were decreased after treatment with NH4Cl for a long period. In addition, we found NH4Cl treatment significantly reversed the results after RNA silencing of Wnt1 in hepatocytes. NH4Cl influences the viability of hepatocytes and affects the expression of Wnt/β-catenin pathway in hepatocytes.

Publisher

Canadian Science Publishing

Subject

Physiology (medical),Pharmacology,General Medicine,Physiology

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