Histamine stimulates the proliferation of small and large cholangiocytes by activation of both IP 3/Ca 2+ and cAMP-dependent signaling mechanisms

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Although large cholangiocytes exert their functions by activation of cyclic adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate (cAMP), Ca 2 -dependent signaling regulates the function of small cholangiocytes. Histamine interacts with four receptors, H1-H4HRs. H1HR acts by Gαq activating IP 3 /Ca 2, whereas H2HR activates Gα s stimulating cAMP. We hypothesize that histamine increases biliary growth by activating H1HR on small and H2HR on large cholangiocytes. The expression of H1-H4HRs was evaluated in liver sections, isolated and cultured (normal rat intrahepatic cholangiocyte culture (NRIC)) cholangiocytes. In vivo, normal rats were treated with histamine or H1-H4HR agonists for 1 week. We evaluated: (1) intrahepatic bile duct mass (IBDM); (2) the effects of histamine, H1HR or H2HR agonists on NRIC proliferation, IP 3 and cAMP levels and PKCα and protein kinase A (PKA) phosphorylation; and (3) PKCα silencing on H1HR-stimulated NRIC proliferation. Small and large cholangiocytes express H1-H4HRs. Histamine and the H1HR agonist increased small IBDM, whereas histamine and the H2HR agonist increased large IBDM. H1HR agonists stimulated IP 3 levels, as well as PKCα phosphorylation and NRIC proliferation, whereas H2HR agonists increased cAMP levels, as well as PKA phosphorylation and NRIC proliferation. The H1HR agonist did not increase proliferation in PKCα siRNA-transfected NRICs. The activation of differential signaling mechanisms targeting small and large cholangiocytes is important for repopulation of the biliary epithelium during pathologies affecting different-sized bile ducts. © 2012 USCAP, Inc All rights reserved.

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Francis, H. L., Demorrow, S., Franchitto, A., Venter, J. K., Mancinelli, R. A., White, M. A., … Onori, P. (2012). Histamine stimulates the proliferation of small and large cholangiocytes by activation of both IP 3/Ca 2+ and cAMP-dependent signaling mechanisms. Laboratory Investigation, 92(2), 282–294. https://doi.org/10.1038/labinvest.2011.158

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