Abstract
Objective
To monitor the inflammatory storage lesions of end-stage stored whole blood (SWB) using a noninvasive STAT3 signal pathway mouse model.
Results
In this study, we present a hydrodynamic transfection-based STAT3-Luc mouse model in which hepatocyte STAT3 signal pathway activation can be monitored by measuring luciferase activity using a noninvasive imaging system. Such a mouse model may reflect systemic IL-6 and inflammation levels by monitoring the activation of STAT3. During end-stage SWB transfusion, in vivo imaging of STAT3-Luc mice showed obvious luciferase activity in the hepatic region, which was consistent with an increase in IL-6 levels in the liver homogenate and circulation. We also confirmed that the mononuclear phagocytic system contributed to the elevation of serum and liver IL-6 after end-stage SWB transfusion.
Conclusion
The hepatocyte STAT3 signaling pathway, which is activated by end-stage SWB transfusion, is associated with the elevation of systemic IL-6 secreted by macrophages. The STAT3-Luc mouse may serve as a mouse model for monitoring inflammation responses after end-stage SWB transfusion.
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This work was supported by Foundation of AHJ17J002-06, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81800183) and the Mega-Project of Science Research (2017ZX10304402-003-004, 2017ZX10304402-003-011).
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Wang, Z., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Q. et al. Noninvasive imaging of hepatocyte IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway for evaluating inflammation responses induced by end-stage stored whole blood transfusion. Biotechnol Lett 41, 733–742 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-019-02688-0
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