Immobilization stress induces c-Fos accumulation in liver

AUTOR(ES)

Fernández, Guillermo

FONTE

Cell Stress Society International

RESUMO

Acute stress–induced injury in tissues has been revealed by both biochemical markers in plasma and microscopy. However, little is known of the mechanisms by which tissue integrity is restored. Recently, induction of early response genes such as c-fos has been reported in the heart and stomach of immobilized animals. Herein, we show that immobilization stress in mice increased plasma alanine aminotransferase activity, a marker of liver damage. c-Fos protein accumulation in liver was induced by stress after 20 minutes of immobilization and persisted for 3 hours. Immobilization also induced the release of epidermal growth factor (EGF) from submandibular salivary glands and a transient increase in EGF concentration in plasma. Although EGF administration induced a 2.5-fold increase in c-Fos mass in the liver of anesthetized mice, sialoadenectomy (which abolished the effect of immobilization on plasma EGF) did not affect the stress-induced rise in plasma alanine aminotransferase activity or liver c-Fos accumulation. Therefore, we conclude that immobilization stress induces c-Fos accumulation in liver and that this effect is not triggered by the increase in plasma EGF concentration.

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