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Clonorchiasis is characterized histopathologically by ductal dysplasia, hyperplasia and metaplasia, which closely resembles cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). The disruption of programmed cell death is critical for malignant transformation, while molecular events underlying these phenomena have poorly been understood in clonorchiasis-related CCA tumorigenesis. We incorporated recombinant C. sinensis omega-class glutathione transferase (rCsGSTo) 1 or 2 into human intrahepatic biliary epithelial cells (HIBECs) and analyzed pathophysiological alterations of HIBECs upon the application of oxidative stress. rCsGSTos partially but significantly rescued HIBECs from cell death by inhibiting oxidative stress-induced apoptosis (p &lt; 0.01). rCsGSTos modulated transcriptional levels of numerous genes. We analyzed 13 genes involved in programmed cell death (the upregulation of five antiapoptotic and two apoptotic genes, and the downregulation of one antiapoptotic and five apoptotic genes) and 11 genes associated with cell differentiation (the increase in seven and decrease in four genes) that showed significant modifications (p &lt; 0.05). The induction profiles of the mRNA and proteins of these differentially regulated genes correlated well with each other, and mostly favored apoptotic suppression and\/or cell differentiation. We detected increased active, phosphorylated forms of Src, PI3K\/Akt, NF-\u03baB p65, MKK3\/6 and p38 MAPK, but not JNK and ERK1\/2. CsGSTos were localized in the C. sinensis-infected rat cholangiocytes, where cytokeratin 19 was distributed. Our results demonstrated that CsGSTos excreted to the biliary lumen are internalized and accumulated in the host cholangiocytes. When cholangiocytes underwent oxidative stressful condition, CsGSTos appeared to be critically involved in both antiapoptotic process and the differentiation of host cholangiocytes through the regulation of target genes following the activation of responsible signal molecules.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/antiox10071017","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,24]],"date-time":"2021-06-24T11:01:38Z","timestamp":1624532498000},"page":"1017","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Omega-Class Glutathione Transferases of Carcinogenic Liver Fluke, Clonorchis sinensis, Modulate Apoptosis and Differentiation of Host Cholangiocytes"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Chun-Seob","family":"Ahn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular Parasitology, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jeong-Geun","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular Parasitology, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7117-1008","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Insug","family":"Kang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yoon","family":"Kong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular Parasitology, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"800","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(15)60313-0","article-title":"Clonorchiasis","volume":"387","author":"Qian","year":"2016","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"589","DOI":"10.1007\/s00428-008-0682-x","article-title":"Intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct associated with Clonorchis sinensis infection","volume":"543","author":"Jang","year":"2008","journal-title":"Virchows Arch."},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1011","DOI":"10.3346\/jkms.2010.25.7.1011","article-title":"Descriptive epidemiology of cholangiocarcinoma and clonorchiasis in Korea","volume":"25","author":"Shin","year":"2010","journal-title":"J. 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