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HEPATOLOGY, VOLUME 62, NUMBER 1 (SUPPL) AASLD ABSTRACTS 1143A<br />

predict toxicity mechanisms at clinically relevant concentrations<br />

and differentiate distinct mechanisms of DILI.<br />

Disclosures:<br />

Robert Figler - Employment: HemoShear Therapeutics, LLC<br />

Brett R. Blackman - Board Membership: HemoShear LLC; Management Position:<br />

HemoShear LLC; Patent Held/Filed: HemoShear LLC; Stock Shareholder:<br />

HemoShear LLC<br />

Svetlana Marukian - Employment: HemoShear LLC<br />

Mark Lawson - Employment: Hemoshear<br />

Aaron J. Mackey - Employment: HemoShear, LLC<br />

David Manka - Employment: HemoShear Therapeutics; Stock Shareholder:<br />

HemoShear Therapeutics<br />

Brian R. Wamhoff - Stock Shareholder: HemoShear, LLC<br />

Ajit Dash - Employment: HemoShear LLC<br />

The following authors have nothing to disclose: Charles Qualls, Sol Collado<br />

1917<br />

Caffeine Confers Hepatoprotection by Preconditioning<br />

Hepatocytes with Superior Ability to Withstand DNA<br />

Damage through Regulation of ATM Signaling Pathways<br />

Priya Gupta 1 , Yogeshwar Sharma 1 , Sanjeev Gupta 2 , Preeti Viswanathan<br />

2 ; 1 Medicine and Pathology, Marion Bessin Liver Centre,<br />

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; 2 Division of<br />

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s<br />

Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of<br />

Medicine, Bronx, NY<br />

Background: Epidemiological <strong>studies</strong> indicate that regular<br />

consumption of caffeine decreases severity of chronic hepatitis,<br />

cirrhosis, etc. However, the molecular basis for this organ<br />

protective effect of caffeine is unknown. To develop needed<br />

paradigms for defining hepatoprotective basis of caffeine we<br />

hypothesized that ATM signaling pathways, which protect cells<br />

from DNA damage, will be involved since caffeine inhibits<br />

ATM kinase activity. Methods: We used HuH-7 human hepatocellular<br />

carcinoma cells for model development, including<br />

IC50 cytotoxicity with acetaminophen (APAP) using MTT cell<br />

viability assays, DNA damage by γH2AX staining and Comet<br />

formation, and a cell subline expressing hATM promoter-driven<br />

tdTomato reporter for evaluating global pathway-specific<br />

changes. Cells were studied with or without caffeine preconditioning<br />

over 5 d. Flow cytometry was performed to analyze cell<br />

cycling with PI staining and Side Population (SP) was analyzed<br />

by Hoechst dyes with or without verapamil pretreatment to<br />

inhibit dye efflux through MDR activity. Results: APAP toxicity<br />

in HuH-7 cells led to dose-dependent increases in γH2AX<br />

expression, Comet formation and greater ATM promoter activity.<br />

When cells were exposed to APAP plus 10 mM caffeine<br />

overnight, cytotoxicity was worsened, along with further significant<br />

increases in γH2AX expression, Comet formation and<br />

ATM promoter activity, along with depletion of cells in S and<br />

G2/M, p

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