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Engin A. Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 960:443-467. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-48382-5_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Induction of autophagy reduces ischemia/reperfusion injury in steatotic rat livers. J Surg Res 2017; 216:207-218. [PMID: 28807209 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2017.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Revised: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Steatotic livers are particularly vulnerable to ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI). One of the reasons is an underlying impairment of autophagy. Autophagy is regulated by glycogen synthase kinase 3b (GSK3b) and extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1/2) pathways. Both of them are target proteins of a cell-protective drug, lithium chloride. Lithium chloride treatment reduces IRI in many organs including liver. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the effect of lithium chloride treatment on autophagy induction in steatotic rat livers. We also wanted to evaluate the related cell-protective effects on the enhanced hepatic IRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS After inducing hepatic steatosis, rats were injected with lithium chloride or normal saline for 3 d before being subjected to 70% selective warm ischemia for 60 min. After reperfusion, rats were observed for 30 min, 6, 24, and 48 h. RESULTS Lithium chloride appeared to protect hepatocytes from IRI via its ability to induce autophagy by modulation of both GSK3b and ERK1/2 pathways. Hepatic damage was significantly decreased in the treatment group as indicated by a reduced inflammatory response, less apoptosis, less necrosis, and lower liver enzyme levels. CONCLUSIONS Simultaneous modulation of GSK3b and ERK1/2 pathways might be an interesting strategy to reduce IRI in steatotic livers with an impairment of autophagy.
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Garay-Lugo N, Domínguez-Lopez A, Miliar García A, Aguilar Barrera E, Gómez López M, Gómez Alcalá A, Martínez Godinez MDLA, Lara-Padilla E. n-3 Fatty acids modulate the mRNA expression of the Nlrp3 inflammasome and Mtor in the liver of rats fed with high-fat or high-fat/fructose diets. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol 2017; 38:353-63. [PMID: 27367537 DOI: 10.1080/08923973.2016.1208221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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CONTEXT There is evidence that n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3-PUFAs) can inhibit mTORC1, which should potentiate autophagy and eliminate NLRP3 inflammasome activity. OBJECTIVE Evaluate the effect of a high-fat or high-fat/fructose diet with and without n-3-PUFAs on hepatic gene expression. MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined the mRNA expression by RT-PCR of Mtor, Nlrp3, and other 22 genes associated with inflammation in rats livers after a 9-week diet. The dietary regimens were low-fat (control, CD), high-fat (HF), high-fat/fructose (HF-Fr), and also each of these supplemented with n-3-PUFAs (CD-n-3-PUFAs, HF-n-3-PUFAs, and HF-Fr-n-3-PUFAs). These data were processed by GeneMania and STRING databases. RESULTS Compared to the control, the HF group showed a significant increase (between p < 0.05 and p < 0.0001) in 20 of these genes (Il1b, Il18, Rxra, Nlrp3, Casp1, Il33, Tnf, Acaca, Mtor, Eif2s1, Eif2ak4, Nfkb1, Srebf1, Hif1a, Ppara, Ppard, Pparg, Mlxipl, Fasn y Scd1), and a decrease in Sirt1 (p < 0.05). With the HF-Fr diet, a significant increase (between p < 0.05 and p < 0.005) was also found in the expression of 16 evaluated genes (Srebf1, Mlxipl, Rxra, Abca1, Il33, Nfkb1, Hif1a, Pparg, Casp1, Il1b, Il-18, Tnf, Ppard, Acaca, Fasn, Scd1), along with a decrease in the transcription of Mtor and Elovl6 (p < 0.05). Contrarily, many of the genes whose expression increased with the HF and HF-Fr diets did not significantly increase with the HF-n-3-PUFAs or HF-Fr-n-3-PUFAs diet. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION We found the interrelation of the genes for the mTORC1 complex, the NLRP3 inflammasome, and other metabolically important proteins, and that these genes respond to n-3-PUFAs.
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- Natalia Garay-Lugo
- a Laboratorio de Biología Molecular , Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis and Salvador Díaz Mirón , México , D.F , México
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- a Laboratorio de Biología Molecular , Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis and Salvador Díaz Mirón , México , D.F , México
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- a Laboratorio de Biología Molecular , Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis and Salvador Díaz Mirón , México , D.F , México
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- a Laboratorio de Biología Molecular , Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis and Salvador Díaz Mirón , México , D.F , México
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- a Laboratorio de Biología Molecular , Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis and Salvador Díaz Mirón , México , D.F , México
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- a Laboratorio de Biología Molecular , Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis and Salvador Díaz Mirón , México , D.F , México
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- a Laboratorio de Biología Molecular , Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis and Salvador Díaz Mirón , México , D.F , México
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- b Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis and Díaz Mirón , México , D.F , México
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Sinha RA, Singh BK, Yen PM. Reciprocal Crosstalk Between Autophagic and Endocrine Signaling in Metabolic Homeostasis. Endocr Rev 2017; 38:69-102. [PMID: 27901588 DOI: 10.1210/er.2016-1103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Autophagy is a cellular quality control and energy-providing process that is under strict control by intra- and extracellular stimuli. Recently, there has been an exponential increase in autophagy research and its implications for mammalian physiology. Autophagy deregulation is now being implicated in many human diseases, and its modulation has shown promising results in several preclinical studies. However, despite the initial discovery of autophagy as a hormone-regulated process by De Duve in the early 1960s, endocrine regulation of autophagy still remains poorly understood. In this review, we provide a critical summary of our present understanding of the basic mechanism of autophagy, its regulation by endocrine hormones, and its contribution to endocrine and metabolic homeostasis under physiological and pathological settings. Understanding the cross-regulation of hormones and autophagy on endocrine cell signaling and function will provide new insight into mammalian physiology as well as promote the development of new therapeutic strategies involving modulation of autophagy in endocrine and metabolic disorders.
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- Rohit A Sinha
- Program of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School Singapore, Singapore 169016
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- Program of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School Singapore, Singapore 169016
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- Program of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School Singapore, Singapore 169016
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Guixé-Muntet S, de Mesquita FC, Vila S, Hernández-Gea V, Peralta C, García-Pagán JC, Bosch J, Gracia-Sancho J. Cross-talk between autophagy and KLF2 determines endothelial cell phenotype and microvascular function in acute liver injury. J Hepatol 2017; 66:86-94. [PMID: 27545498 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.07.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Revised: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS The transcription factor Krüppel-like factor 2 (KLF2), inducible by simvastatin, confers endothelial vasoprotection. Considering recent data suggesting activation of autophagy by statins, we aimed to: 1) characterize the relationship between autophagy and KLF2 in the endothelium, 2) assess this relationship in acute liver injury (cold ischemia/reperfusion) and 3) study the effects of modulating KLF2-autophagy in vitro and in vivo. METHODS Autophagic flux, the vasoprotective KLF2 pathway, cell viability and microvascular function were assessed in endothelial cells and in various pre-clinical models of acute liver injury (cold storage and warm reperfusion). RESULTS Positive feedback between autophagy and KLF2 was observed in the endothelium: KLF2 inducers, pharmacological (statins, resveratrol, GGTI-298), biomechanical (shear stress) or genetic (adenovirus containing KLF2), caused endothelial KLF2 overexpression through a Rac1-rab7-autophagy dependent mechanism, both in the specialized liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC) and in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. In turn, KLF2 induction promoted further activation of autophagy. Cold ischemia blunted autophagic flux. Upon reperfusion, LSEC stored in University of Wisconsin solution did not reactivate autophagy, which resulted in autophagosome accumulation probably due to impairment in autophagosome-lysosome fusion, ultimately leading to increased cell death and microvascular dysfunction. Simvastatin pretreatment maintained autophagy (through the upregulation of rab7), resulting in increased KLF2, improved cell viability, and ameliorated hepatic damage and microvascular function. CONCLUSIONS We herein describe for the first time the complex autophagy-KLF2 relationship, modulating the phenotype and survival of the endothelium. These results help understanding the mechanisms of protection conferred by KLF2-inducers, such as simvastatin, in hepatic vascular disorders. LAY SUMMARY Autophagy and the transcription factor KLF2 share a common activation pathway in the endothelium, being able to regulate each other. Statins maintain microvascular function through the inhibition of Rac1, which consequently liberates Rab7, activates autophagy and increments the expression of KLF2.
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- Sergi Guixé-Muntet
- Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Lab., IDIBAPS - Hospital Clínic - CIBEREHD, University of Barcelona Medical School, Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Lab., IDIBAPS - Hospital Clínic - CIBEREHD, University of Barcelona Medical School, Barcelona, Spain; Laboratório de Biofisica Celular e Inflamação, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Lab., IDIBAPS - Hospital Clínic - CIBEREHD, University of Barcelona Medical School, Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Lab., IDIBAPS - Hospital Clínic - CIBEREHD, University of Barcelona Medical School, Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Lab., IDIBAPS - Hospital Clínic - CIBEREHD, University of Barcelona Medical School, Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Lab., IDIBAPS - Hospital Clínic - CIBEREHD, University of Barcelona Medical School, Barcelona, Spain
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- Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Lab., IDIBAPS - Hospital Clínic - CIBEREHD, University of Barcelona Medical School, Barcelona, Spain.
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Mazzolini G, Sowa JP, Canbay A. Cell death mechanisms in human chronic liver diseases: a far cry from clinical applicability. Clin Sci (Lond) 2016; 130:2121-2138. [DOI: 10.1042/cs20160035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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The liver is constantly exposed to a host of injurious stimuli. This results in hepatocellular death mainly by apoptosis and necrosis, but also due to autophagy, necroptosis, pyroptosis and in some cases by an intricately balanced combination thereof. Overwhelming and continuous cell death in the liver leads to inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and eventually hepatocellular carcinoma. Although data from various disease models may suggest a specific (predominant) cell death mode for different aetiologies, the clinical reality is not as clear cut. Reliable and non-invasive cell death markers are not available in general practice and assessment of cell death mode to absolute certainty from liver biopsies does not seem feasible, yet. Various aetiologies probably induce different predominant cell death modes within the liver, although the death modes involved may change during disease progression. Moreover, current methods applicable in patients are limited to surrogate markers for apoptosis (M30), and possibly for pyroptosis (IL-1 family) and necro(pto)sis (HMGB1). Although markers for some death modes are not available at all (autophagy), others may not be specific for a cell death mode or might not always definitely indicate dying cells. Physicians need to take care in asserting the presence of cell death. Still the serum-derived markers are valuable tools to assess severity of chronic liver diseases. This review gives a short overview of known hepatocellular cell death modes in various aetiologies of chronic liver disease. Also the limitations of current knowledge in human settings and utilization of surrogate markers for disease assessment are summarized.
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- Guillermo Mazzolini
- Department for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany
- Gene Therapy Laboratory, Instituto de Investigaciones Medicas Aplicadas, Universidad Austral-CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Pilar Centro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany
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- Department for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany
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Yan H, Gao Y, Zhang Y. Inhibition of JNK suppresses autophagy and attenuates insulin resistance in a rat model of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Mol Med Rep 2016; 15:180-186. [PMID: 27909723 PMCID: PMC5355648 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common chronic liver disease, the pathological process of which is complex. Activation of the c‑Jun N‑terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway is associated with the mechanism underlying obesity-induced insulin resistance. Furthermore, the JNK signaling pathway and dysfunctional autophagy serve important roles in hepatic lipid metabolism. However, the exact role of JNK in autophagy and obesity‑induced insulin resistance is not fully understood. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the underlying mechanisms by which the JNK signaling pathway regulates autophagy and insulin resistance in fatty liver. A rat model of NAFLD was established using a high‑fat diet (HFD), and insulin resistance in the livers of HFD rats was determined by peritoneal glucose tolerance testing. The results indicated that a HFD induced impaired glucose tolerance, liver function injury, insulin resistance and increased autophagy in rats. Treatment with SP600125, an inhibitor of JNK, relieved NAFLD in rats. Furthermore, SP600125 decreased the expression levels of autophagy-associated genes, including Beclin-1, microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B light chain 3, autophagy related gene (Atg)3 and Atg5, and the phosphorylation of insulin receptor (IR) β-subunit, IR substrate-1 and protein kinase B in vivo. In conclusion, JNK inhibition may suppress autophagy and attenuate insulin resistance. Therefore, JNK inhibition may provide a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of NAFLD.
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- Hua Yan
- Department of Gerontology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710068, P.R. China
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- Department of Functional Examination, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710068, P.R. China
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- Department of Gerontology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710068, P.R. China
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Liu TY, Xiong XQ, Ren XS, Zhao MX, Shi CX, Wang JJ, Zhou YB, Zhang F, Han Y, Gao XY, Chen Q, Li YH, Kang YM, Zhu GQ. FNDC5 Alleviates Hepatosteatosis by Restoring AMPK/mTOR-Mediated Autophagy, Fatty Acid Oxidation, and Lipogenesis in Mice. Diabetes 2016; 65:3262-3275. [PMID: 27504012 DOI: 10.2337/db16-0356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Fibronectin type III domain-containing 5 (FNDC5) protein induces browning of subcutaneous fat and mediates the beneficial effects of exercise on metabolism. However, whether FNDC5 is associated with hepatic steatosis, autophagy, fatty acid oxidation (FAO), and lipogenesis remains unknown. Herein, we show the roles and mechanisms of FNDC5 in hepatic steatosis, autophagy, and lipid metabolism. Fasted FNDC5-/- mice exhibited severe steatosis, reduced autophagy, and FAO, and enhanced lipogenesis in the liver compared with wild-type mice. Energy deprivation-induced autophagy, FAO, and AMPK activity were attenuated in FNDC5-/- hepatocytes, which were restored by activating AMPK with 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR). Inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex 1 with rapamycin enhanced autophagy and FAO and attenuated lipogenesis and steatosis in FNDC5-/- livers. FNDC5 deficiency exacerbated hyperlipemia, hepatic FAO and autophagy impairment, hepatic lipogenesis, and lipid accumulation in obese mice. Exogenous FNDC5 stimulated autophagy and FAO gene expression in hepatocytes and repaired the attenuated autophagy and palmitate-induced steatosis in FNDC5-/- hepatocytes. FNDC5 overexpression prevented hyperlipemia, hepatic FAO and autophagy impairment, hepatic lipogenesis, and lipid accumulation in obese mice. These results indicate that FNDC5 deficiency impairs autophagy and FAO and enhances lipogenesis via the AMPK/mTOR pathway. FNDC5 deficiency aggravates whereas FNDC5 overexpression prevents the HFD-induced hyperlipemia, hepatic lipid accumulation, and impaired FAO and autophagy in the liver.
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- Tong-Yan Liu
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Pathophysiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Psammomys obesus, a unique model of metabolic syndrome, inflammation and autophagy in the pathologic development of hepatic steatosis. C R Biol 2016; 339:475-486. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Revised: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Gong LL, Li GR, Zhang W, Liu H, Lv YL, Han FF, Wan ZR, Shi MB, Liu LH. Akebia Saponin D Decreases Hepatic Steatosis through Autophagy Modulation. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2016; 359:392-400. [DOI: 10.1124/jpet.116.236562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Wong VWS, Chitturi S, Wong GLH, Yu J, Chan HLY, Farrell GC. Pathogenesis and novel treatment options for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2016; 1:56-67. [PMID: 28404113 DOI: 10.1016/s2468-1253(16)30011-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Revised: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease affects 20-40% of the population. Its active form, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), is characterised by hepatocyte injury, liver inflammation, and progression of fibrosis, and has emerged as one of the most important causes of liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma. Weight reduction of 10% by dietary restriction and regular exercise is sufficient to reverse NASH in most patients, but in practice this reduction is often not achieved. Available drugs such as vitamin E, pioglitazone, and pentoxifylline have borderline efficacy, but are limited by potential side-effects and toxicities, and do not improve liver fibrosis. However, basic and translational research has improved our understanding of the pathophysiology of NASH, thereby identifying several promising new treatment targets. Several drugs are in phase 2 and 3 development and could enter clinical practice in the near future. In this Review, we discuss the pathogenesis, treatment evaluation, existing therapies, and potential new treatments for NASH.
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- Vincent Wai-Sun Wong
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- Liver Research Group, Australian National University Medical School at The Canberra Hospital, Woden, ACT, Australia
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Liver Research Group, Australian National University Medical School at The Canberra Hospital, Woden, ACT, Australia
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Kim IH, Xu J, Liu X, Koyama Y, Ma HY, Diggle K, You YH, Schilling JM, Jeste D, Sharma K, Brenner DA, Kisseleva T. Aging increases the susceptibility of hepatic inflammation, liver fibrosis and aging in response to high-fat diet in mice. AGE (DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS) 2016; 38:291-302. [PMID: 27578257 PMCID: PMC5061686 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-016-9938-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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We aimed to investigate whether aging increases the susceptibility of hepatic and renal inflammation or fibrosis in response to high-fat diet (HFD) and explore the underlying genetic alterations. Middle (10 months old) and old (20 months old) aged, male C57BL/6N mice were fed either a low-fat diet (4 % fat) or HFD (60 % fat) for 4 months. Young (3 months old) aged mice were included as control group. HFD-induced liver and kidney injuries were analyzed by serum and urine assay, histologic staining, immunohistochemistry, and reverse-transcription real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Total RNA sequencing with next-generation technology was done with RNA extracted from liver tissues. With HFD feeding, aged was associated with higher serum alanine aminotransferase levels, marked infiltration of hepatic macrophages, and increased expression of inflammatory cytokines (MCP1, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-12, IL-17A). Importantly, aged mice showed more advanced hepatic fibrosis and increased expression of fibrogenic markers (Col-I-α1, αSMA, TGF-β1, TGF-β2, TGFβRII, PDGF, PDGFRβII, TIMP1) in response to HFD. Aged mice fed on HFD also showed increased oxidative stress and TLR4 expression. In the total RNA seq and gene ontology analysis of liver, old-aged HFD group showed significant up-regulation of genes linked to innate immune response, immune response, defense response, inflammatory response compared to middle-aged HFD group. Meanwhile, aging and HFD feeding showed significant increase in glomerular size and mesangial area, higher urine albumin/creatinine ratio, and advanced renal inflammation or fibrosis. However, the difference of HFD-induced renal injury between old-aged group and middle-aged group was not significant. The susceptibility of hepatic fibrosis as well as hepatic inflammation in response to HFD was significantly increased with aging. In addition, aging was associated with glomerular alterations and increased renal inflammation or fibrosis, while the differential effect of aging on HFD-induced renal injury was not remarkable as shown in the liver.
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- In Hee Kim
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive # 0702, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Jeonju, South Korea
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive # 0702, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive # 0702, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive # 0702, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive # 0702, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive # 0702, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
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- Center for Renal Translational Medicine, Division of Nephrology-Hypertension, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, and the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive # 0702, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive # 0702, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive # 0702, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA.
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Zhu S, Wu Y, Ye X, Ma L, Qi J, Yu D, Wei Y, Lin G, Ren G, Li D. FGF21 ameliorates nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by inducing autophagy. Mol Cell Biochem 2016; 420:107-19. [PMID: 27435856 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-016-2774-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and seek to determine if its therapeutic effect is through induction of autophagy. In this research, Monosodium L-glutamate (MSG)-induced obese mice or normal lean mice were treated with vehicle, Fenofibrate, and recombinant murine FGF21, respectively. After 5 weeks of treatment, metabolic parameters including body weight, blood glucose and lipid levels, hepatic and fat gene expression levels were monitored and analyzed. Also, fat-loaded HepG2 cells were treated with vehicle or recombinant murine FGF21. The expression levels of proteins associated with autophagy were detected by western blot, real-time PCR, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Autophagic flux was monitored by laser confocal microscopy and western blot. Results showed that FGF21 significantly reduced body weight (P < 0.01) and serum triglyceride, improved insulin sensitivity, and reversed hepatic steatosis in the MSG model mice. In addition, FGF21 significantly increased the expression of several proteins related to autophagy both in MSG mice and fat-loaded HepG2 cells, such as microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3, Bcl-2-interacting myosin-like coiled-coil protein-1 (Beclin-1), and autophagy-related gene 5. Furthermore, the evidence of TEM revealed an increased number of autophagosomes and lysosomes in the model cells treated with FGF21. In vitro experimental results also showed that FGF21 remarkably increased autophagic flux. Taken together, FGF21 corrects multiple metabolic parameters on NAFLD in vitro and in vivo by inducing autophagy.
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- Shenglong Zhu
- School of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China.,State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- School of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- School of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China
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- School of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- School of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China.
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- School of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China.
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Machado MV, Diehl AM. Pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Gastroenterology 2016; 150:1769-77. [PMID: 26928243 PMCID: PMC4887389 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.02.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 349] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Revised: 01/30/2016] [Accepted: 02/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a necro-inflammatory response that ensues when hepatocytes are injured by lipids (lipotoxicity). NASH is a potential outcome of nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL), a condition that occurs when lipids accumulate in hepatocytes. NASH may be reversible, but it can also result in cirrhosis and primary liver cancer. We are beginning to learn about the mechanisms of progression of NAFL and NASH. NAFL does not inevitably lead to NASH because NAFL is a heterogeneous condition. This heterogeneity exists because different types of lipids with different cytotoxic potential accumulate in the NAFL, and individuals with NAFL differ in their ability to defend against lipotoxicity. There are no tests that reliably predict which patients with NAFL will develop lipotoxicity. However, NASH encompasses the spectrum of wound-healing responses induced by lipotoxic hepatocytes. Differences in these wound-healing responses among individuals determine whether lipotoxic livers regenerate, leading to stabilization or resolution of NASH, or develop progressive scarring, cirrhosis, and possibly liver cancer. We review concepts that are central to the pathogenesis of NASH.
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- Mariana Verdelho Machado
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA,Gastroenterology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHLN, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
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GLP-1 analogue improves hepatic lipid accumulation by inducing autophagy via AMPK/mTOR pathway. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2016; 476:196-203. [PMID: 27208776 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.05.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2016] [Accepted: 05/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) keeps rising year by year, and NAFLD is rapidly becoming the most common liver disease worldwide. Clinical studies have found that glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue, liraglutide (LRG), cannot only reduce glucose levels, but also improve hepatic lipase, especially in patients also with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In addition, enhancing autophagy decreases lipid accumulation in hepatocytes. The aim of the present study is to explore the effect of LRG on hepatocyte steatosis and the possible role of autophagy. We set up an obesity mouse model with a high-fat diet (HFD) and induced hepatocyte steatosis with free fatty acids (FFA) in human L-O2 cells. LRG and two inhibitors of autophagy, Chloroquine (CQ) and bafilomycin A1 (Baf), were added into each group, respectively. The lipid profiles and morphological modifications of each group were tested. Immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence staining and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to measure autophagy in this study. The autophagy protein expression of SQSTM1 (P62), and LC3B, along with the signaling pathway proteins of mTOR, phosphorylated mTOR (p-mTOR), AMPK, phosphorylated AMPK (p-AMPK) and Beclin1, were evaluated by western blot. Our results showed that LRG improved hepatocyte steatosis by inducing autophagy, and the AMPK/mTOR pathway is involved. These findings suggest an important mechanism for the positive effects of LRG on hepatic steatosis, and provide new evidence for clinical use of LRG in NAFLD.
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has gained importance in recent decades due to drastic changes in diet, especially in Western countries. NAFLD occurs as a spectrum from simple hepatic steatosis, steatohepatitis to cirrhosis, and even hepatocellular carcinoma. Although the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of NAFLD have been intensively investigated, many issues remain to be resolved. Autophagy is a cell survival mechanism for disposing of excess or defective organelles, and has become a hot spot for research. Recent studies have revealed that autophagy is linked to the development of NAFLD and regulation of autophagy has therapeutic potential. Autophagy reduces intracellular lipid droplets by enclosing them and fusing with lysosomes for degradation. Furthermore, autophagy is involved in attenuating inflammation and liver injury. However, autophagy is regarded as a double-edged sword, as it may also affect adipogenesis and adipocyte differentiation. Moreover, it is unclear as to whether autophagy protects the body from injury or causes diseases and even death, and the association between autophagy and NAFLD remains controversial. This review is intended to discuss, comment, and outline the progress made in this field and establish the possible molecular mechanism involved.
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- Yuqing Mao
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Central Hospital of Lishui City, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Xiong J, Wang K, He J, Zhang G, Zhang D, Chen F. TFE3 Alleviates Hepatic Steatosis through Autophagy-Induced Lipophagy and PGC1α-Mediated Fatty Acid β-Oxidation. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:387. [PMID: 26999124 PMCID: PMC4813243 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17030387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2016] [Revised: 03/06/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Autophagy flux deficiency is closely related to the development of hepatic steatosis. Transcription factor E3 (TFE3) is reported to be a crucial gene that regulates autophagy flux and lysosome function. Therefore, we investigated the role of TFE3 in a cell model of hepatic steatosis. We constructed L02 hepatocyte lines that stably over-expressed or knocked down the expression of TFE3. Subsequently, the effects of TFE3 on hepatocellular lipid metabolism were determined by autophagy flux assay, lipid oil red O (ORO) staining, immunofluorescence staining, and mitochondrial β-oxidation assessment. Finally, we analyzed whether peroxisome proliferative activated receptor gamma coactivator 1α (PGC1α) was the potential target gene of TFE3 in the regulation of hepatic steatosis using a chromatin immunoprecipitation (CHIP) assay and a luciferase reporter system. We found that overexpression of TFE3 markedly alleviated hepatocellular steatosis. On the contrary, downregulation of TFE3 resulted in an aggravated steatosis. The mechanistic studies revealed that the TFE3-manipulated regulatory effects on hepatocellular steatosis are dependent on autophagy-induced lipophagy and PGC1α-mediated fatty acid β-oxidation because blocking these pathways with an Atg5 small interfering RNA (siRNA) or PGC1α siRNA dramatically blunted the TFE3-mediated regulation of steatosis. In conclusion, TFE3 gene provides a novel insight into the treatment of hepatic steatosis and other metabolic disease.
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- Jie Xiong
- Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201999, China.
- Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200080, China.
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201999, China.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201999, China.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201999, China.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201999, China.
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Gonçalves IO, Passos E, Diogo CV, Rocha-Rodrigues S, Santos-Alves E, Oliveira PJ, Ascensão A, Magalhães J. Exercise mitigates mitochondrial permeability transition pore and quality control mechanisms alterations in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2016; 41:298-306. [DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2015-0470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Mitochondrial quality control and apoptosis have been described as key components in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); exercise is recognized as a nonpharmacological strategy to counteract NASH-associated consequences. We aimed to analyze the effect of voluntary physical activity (VPA) and endurance training (ET) against NASH-induced mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening and mitochondrial and cellular quality control deleterious alterations. Forty-eight male Sprague–Dawley rats were divided into standard-diet sedentary (SS, n = 16), standard-diet VPA (n = 8), high-fat diet sedentary (HS, n = 16), and high-fat diet VPA (n = 8). After 9 weeks of diet treatment, half of the SS and HS groups were engaged in an ET program for 8 weeks, 5 days/week, 1 h/day. Liver mPTP susceptibility through osmotic swelling, mPTP-related proteins (cyclophilin D, Sirtuin3, Cofilin-1), markers of mitochondrial biogenesis ((mitochondrial transcription factor A (Tfam) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma co-activator protein (PGC-1α)), dynamics (Mitofusin 1 (Mfn1), Mitofusin 2 (Mfn2), Dynamin related protein 1, and Optic atrophy 1)), auto/mitophagy (Beclin-1, microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3, p62, PINK1, and Parkin), and apoptotic signaling (Bax, Bcl-2) and caspases-like activities were assessed. HS animals showed an increased susceptibility to mPTP, compromised expression of Tfam, Mfn1, PINK1, and Parkin and an increase in Bax content (HS vs. SS). ET and VPA improved biogenesis-related proteins (PGC-1α) and autophagy signaling (Beclin-1 and Beclin-1/Bcl-2 ratio) and decreased apoptotic signaling (caspases 8 activity, Bax content, and Bax/Bcl-2 ratio). However, only ET decreased mPTP susceptibility and positively modulated Bcl-2, Tfam, Mfn1, Mfn2, PINK1, and Parkin content. In conclusion, exercise reduces the increased susceptibility to mPTP induced by NASH and promotes the increase of auto/mitophagy and mitochondrial fusion towards a protective phenotype.
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- Inês O. Gonçalves
- Research Center in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Plácido Costa, n° 91 4200-450 Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Al. Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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- CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga Faculty of Medicine, Pólo I, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Research Center in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Plácido Costa, n° 91 4200-450 Porto, Portugal
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- Research Center in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Plácido Costa, n° 91 4200-450 Porto, Portugal
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- CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga Faculty of Medicine, Pólo I, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Research Center in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Plácido Costa, n° 91 4200-450 Porto, Portugal
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- Research Center in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Plácido Costa, n° 91 4200-450 Porto, Portugal
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Wu R, Nakatsu G, Zhang X, Yu J. Pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic potentials of macrophages in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2016; 20:615-26. [PMID: 26609894 DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2016.1125883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome, is a major cause of morbidity and healthcare burden worldwide. While the molecular pathogenesis of NASH remains unclear and therapeutic options are limited, inflammation is recognized as an essential factor for NASH development. Factors that link NASH to inflammation are macrophages and their secreted cytokines. AREAS COVERED This review summarizes the current knowledge of macrophage-mediated molecular pathways in NASH to shed insights on potential pharmacotherapeutic applications. EXPERT OPINION Macrophages are not only known for their role of phagocytosis in innate immunity, but also for both extrinsic and intrinsic regulation of inflammatory functions of many cytokines. Recent advances have revealed the effects of macrophage recruitment and polarization on the development of NASH. We and others have shown that the proliferation of hepatic macrophages and the subsequent production of pro-inflammatory cytokines initiates inflammatory cascades, orchestrates activities of transcription factors involved in lipid metabolism/translocation, and modulates programmed cell death. Together, these findings support the pathophysiological role of macrophages in the pathogenesis of NASH. Thus, evaluating potential therapeutic targets against the infiltration and/or polarization of specific macrophage subtypes is of clinical interest for alleviation of early-stage NASH, with the goal of halting disease progression.
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- Ruonan Wu
- a Institute of Digestive Disease and the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences , CUHK-Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin , Hong Kong
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- a Institute of Digestive Disease and the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences , CUHK-Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin , Hong Kong
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- a Institute of Digestive Disease and the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences , CUHK-Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin , Hong Kong
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- a Institute of Digestive Disease and the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences , CUHK-Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin , Hong Kong
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Gómez de Cedrón M, Ramírez de Molina A. Microtargeting cancer metabolism: opening new therapeutic windows based on lipid metabolism. J Lipid Res 2015; 57:193-206. [PMID: 26630911 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.r061812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Metabolic reprogramming has emerged as a hallmark of cancer. MicroRNAs are noncoding RNAs that posttranscriptionally repress the expression of target mRNAs implicated in multiple physiological processes, including apoptosis, differentiation, and cancer. MicroRNAs can affect entire biological pathways, making them good candidates for therapeutic intervention compared with classical single target approaches. Moreover, microRNAs may become more relevant in the fine-tuning adaptation to stress situations, such as oncogenic events, hypoxia, nutrient deprivation, and oxidative stress. Furthermore, artificial microRNAs can be designed to modulate the expression of multiple targets of a specific pathway. In this review, we describe the metabolic reprogramming associated to cancer, with a special interest in the altered lipid metabolism. Next, we describe specific features of microRNAs that make them relevant to target cancer cell metabolism. Finally, in an attempt to open new therapeutic windows, we emphasize two exciting scenarios for microRNA-mediated intervention that need to be further explored: 1) the cooperation between FA biosynthesis (lipogenesis) and FA oxidation as complementary partners for the survival of cancer cells; and 2) the regulation of the intracellular lipid content modulating both lipid storage into lipid droplets, and lipid mobilization through lipolysis and/or lipophagy.
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- Marta Gómez de Cedrón
- Molecular Oncology and Nutritional Genomics of Cancer Group, IMDEA (Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies)-Food, CEI UAM + CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Molecular Oncology and Nutritional Genomics of Cancer Group, IMDEA (Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies)-Food, CEI UAM + CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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NAFLD is the most common chronic liver disease in children and adults, with its prevalence closely associated with obesity and other features of the metabolic syndrome. As young adults with NAFLD transition from the paediatric care environment to adult services, establishing a coordinated model of transition to ensure ongoing and appropriate care is critical. Enabling a smooth transfer begins with an understanding of the key differences between paediatric and adult NAFLD as well as the psychosocial factors that affect older adolescents. This Review summarizes the literature on paediatric NAFLD from the past two decades with a focus on the differences in epidemiology, pathology, pathophysiology and treatment that are relevant to clinicians who transition paediatric patients to adult care. An integrated model, which employs a team of adult and paediatric providers who can address the psychosocial, cognitive and logistical challenges of transition, provides the best opportunity for a seamless and coordinated transfer to adult care.
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Li SJ, Ding ST, Mersmann HJ, Chu CH, Hsu CD, Chen CY. A nutritional nonalcoholic steatohepatitis minipig model. J Nutr Biochem 2015; 28:51-60. [PMID: 26878782 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2015.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Revised: 09/26/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The objective of this study was to elucidate whether a Western diet was associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and the relationship between NASH, autophagy and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. METHODS Four-month-old Lee-Sung minipigs were randomly assigned to two groups: control diet (C) and Western diet (W), for a 5-month experimental period. RESULTS Feeding a Western diet produced a body composition with more fat, less lean and a greater liver weight. Compared with C pigs, W pigs also exhibited an elevated level of plasma insulin and free fatty acid. The W pigs displayed glucose intolerance, lower circulation antioxidant capacity and greater hepatic oxidative stress. Furthermore, pig fed the W diets had increased collagen accumulation in the liver and elevated systemic inflammation [tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin (IL)-6]. Compared with C pigs, W pigs had higher hepatic ER stress-related protein expression of GRP94, CHOP and caspase-12. The W pigs also had greater hepatic autophagy-related protein expression of p62 and LC3II. In an obesity antibody array analysis, W pigs had higher type 2 diabetes mellitus- (insulin-like growth factor 1, osteoprotegerin and resistin), atherosclerosis- (vascular endothelial growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor-AA and plasminogen activator inhibitor-I) and inflammation- [IL-1, macrophage-stimulating protein alpha, X-linked ectodermal dysplasia receptor and serum amyloid A (SAA)] related protein expressions. In addition, W pigs had greater plasma SAA concentration than C pigs and plasma SAA level was highly associated with IL-6. CONCLUSIONS We successfully established a NASH pig model, and our findings suggested an association of NASH with ER stress and autophagy. The SAA has potential as a novel plasma biomarker for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease pigs.
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- Sin-Jin Li
- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, No. 50, Lane 155, Sec 3, Keelung Rd, Taipei 10672, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, No. 50, Lane 155, Sec 3, Keelung Rd, Taipei 10672, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, No. 50, Lane 155, Sec 3, Keelung Rd, Taipei 10672, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, No. 50, Lane 155, Sec 3, Keelung Rd, Taipei 10672, Taiwan
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, No. 50, Lane 155, Sec 3, Keelung Rd, Taipei 10672, Taiwan.
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Czaja MJ. A new mechanism of lipotoxicity: Calcium channel blockers as a treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis? Hepatology 2015; 62:312-4. [PMID: 25904459 PMCID: PMC4482768 DOI: 10.1002/hep.27858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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- Mark J. Czaja
- Department of Medicine and Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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Song BJ, Akbar M, Jo I, Hardwick JP, Abdelmegeed MA. Translational Implications of the Alcohol-Metabolizing Enzymes, Including Cytochrome P450-2E1, in Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Liver Disease. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY 2015; 74:303-72. [PMID: 26233911 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apha.2015.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Fat accumulation (hepatic steatosis) in alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a potentially pathologic condition which can progress to steatohepatitis (inflammation), fibrosis, cirrhosis, and carcinogenesis. Many clinically used drugs or some alternative medicine compounds are also known to cause drug-induced liver injury, which can further lead to fulminant liver failure and acute deaths in extreme cases. During liver disease process, certain cytochromes P450 such as the ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450-2E1 (CYP2E1) and CYP4A isozymes can be induced and/or activated by alcohol and/or high-fat diets and pathophysiological conditions such as fasting, obesity, and diabetes. Activation of these P450 isozymes, involved in the metabolism of ethanol, fatty acids, and various drugs, can produce reactive oxygen/nitrogen species directly and/or indirectly, contributing to oxidative modifications of DNA/RNA, proteins and lipids. In addition, aldehyde dehydrogenases including the mitochondrial low Km aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2), responsible for the metabolism of acetaldehyde and lipid aldehydes, can be inactivated by various hepatotoxic agents. These highly reactive acetaldehyde and lipid peroxides, accumulated due to ALDH2 suppression, can interact with cellular macromolecules DNA/RNA, lipids, and proteins, leading to suppression of their normal function, contributing to DNA mutations, endoplasmic reticulum stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, steatosis, and cell death. In this chapter, we specifically review the roles of the alcohol-metabolizing enzymes including the alcohol dehydrogenase, ALDH2, CYP2E1, and other enzymes in promoting liver disease. We also discuss translational research opportunities with natural and/or synthetic antioxidants, which can prevent or delay the onset of inflammation and liver disease.
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- Byoung-Joon Song
- Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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- Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology in Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio, USA
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- Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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The Dual Role of Nrf2 in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Regulation of Antioxidant Defenses and Hepatic Lipid Metabolism. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:597134. [PMID: 26120584 PMCID: PMC4450261 DOI: 10.1155/2015/597134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Revised: 01/16/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a progressive liver disease with ever-growing incidence in the industrialized world. It starts with the simple accumulation of lipids in the hepatocyte and can progress to the more severe nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which is associated with inflammation, fibrosis, and cirrhosis. There is increasing awareness that reactive oxygen species and electrophiles are implicated in the pathogenesis of NASH. Transcription factor nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a positive regulator of the expression of a battery of genes involved in the protection against oxidative/electrophilic stress. In rodents, Nrf2 is also known to participate in hepatic fatty acid metabolism, as a negative regulator of genes that promote hepatosteatosis. We review relevant evidence in the literature that these two mechanisms may contribute to the protective role of Nrf2 in the development of hepatic steatosis and in the progression to steatohepatitis, particularly in young animals. We propose that age may be a key to explain contradictory findings in the literature. In summary, Nrf2 mediates the crosstalk between lipid metabolism and antioxidant defense mechanisms in experimental models of NAFLD, and the nutritional or pharmacological induction of Nrf2 represents a promising potential new strategy for its prevention and treatment.
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Min HK, Mirshahi F, Verdianelli A, Pacana T, Patel V, Park CG, Choi A, Lee JH, Park CB, Ren S, Sanyal AJ. Activation of the GP130-STAT3 axis and its potential implications in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2015; 308:G794-803. [PMID: 25747354 PMCID: PMC4421014 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00390.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The status of the GP130-STAT3 signaling pathway in humans with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its relevance to disease pathogenesis are unknown. The expression of the gp130-STAT3 axis and gp130 cytokine receptors were studied in subjects with varying phenotypes of NAFLD including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and compared with lean and weight-matched controls without NAFLD. Gp130 and its downstream signaling element (Tyk2 and STAT3) expression were inhibited in obese controls whereas they were increased in NAFLD. IL-6 levels were increased in NASH and correlated with gp130 expression (P < 0.01). Palmitate inhibited gp130-STAT3 expression and signaling. IL-6 and palmitate inhibited hepatic insulin signaling via STAT3-dependent and independent mechanisms, respectively. STAT3 overexpression reversed palmitate-induced lipotoxicity by increasing autophagy (ATG7) and decreasing endoplasmic reticulum stress. These data demonstrate that the STAT3 pathway is activated in NAFLD and can worsen insulin resistance while protecting against other lipotoxic mechanisms of disease pathogenesis.
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia; and
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia; and
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia; and
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia; and
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia; and
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- Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Eumseong, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Eumseong, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Eumseong, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Eumseong, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia; and
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia; and
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Aging is a condition in which a person gradually loses the ability to maintain homeostasis, due to structural alteration or dysfunction. Aging is a major risk factor for most chronic diseases. As the liver has a remarkable ability to regenerate, this review assessed the effect of aging on clinical liver disease with references to preclinical models when relevant to pathogenesis. RECENT FINDINGS Aging has been shown to not only enhance vulnerability to acute liver injury but also increase susceptibility of the fibrotic response. Aging is associated with the severity and poor prognosis of various liver diseases including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, alcoholic liver disease, hepatitis C, and liver transplantation. SUMMARY Treatment of older patients with liver disease may require different or longer interventions. Transplantation of an older liver will be less tolerant of subsequent injury. Future studies are needed to understand more about the molecular mechanism of aging and contribute to the development of a noble treatment strategy that can block the progression of aging-induced liver diseases.
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Guo R, Liong EC, So KF, Fung ML, Tipoe GL. Beneficial mechanisms of aerobic exercise on hepatic lipid metabolism in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int 2015; 14:139-44. [PMID: 25865685 DOI: 10.1016/s1499-3872(15)60355-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) refers to any fatty liver disease that is not due to excessive use of alcohol. NAFLD probably results from abnormal hepatic lipid metabolism and insulin resistance. Aerobic exercise is shown to improve NAFLD. This review aimed to evaluate the molecular mechanisms involved in the beneficial effects of aerobic exercise on NAFLD. DATA SOURCE We searched articles in English on the role of aerobic exercise in NAFLD therapy in PubMed. RESULTS The mechanisms of chronic aerobic exercise in regulating the outcome of NAFLD include: (i) reducing intrahepatic fat content by down-regulating sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c and up-regulating peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma expression levels; (ii) decreasing hepatic oxidative stress through modulating the reactive oxygen species, and enhancing antioxidant enzymes such as catalase and glutathione peroxidase; (iii) ameliorating hepatic inflammation via the inhibition of pro-inflammatory mediators such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1 beta; (iv) attenuating mitochondrial dependent apoptosis by reducing cytochrome C released from the mitochondria to the cytosol; and (v) inducing hepato-protective autophagy. CONCLUSION Aerobic exercise, via different mechanisms, significantly decreases the fat content of the liver and improves the outcomes of patients with NAFLD.
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- Rui Guo
- Departments of Anatomy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Galluzzi L, Pietrocola F, Levine B, Kroemer G. Metabolic control of autophagy. Cell 2015; 159:1263-76. [PMID: 25480292 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 641] [Impact Index Per Article: 71.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Macroautophagy (herein referred to as autophagy) is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism of adaptation to adverse microenvironmental conditions, including limited nutrient supplies. Several sensors interacting with the autophagic machinery have evolved to detect fluctuations in key metabolic parameters. The signal transduction cascades operating downstream of these sensors are highly interconnected to control a spatially and chronologically coordinated autophagic response that maintains the health and function of individual cells while preserving organismal homeostasis. Here, we discuss the physiological regulation of autophagy by metabolic circuitries, as well as alterations of such control in disease.
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- Lorenzo Galluzzi
- Equipe 11 labellisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 75006 Paris, France; INSERM, U1138, 75006 Paris, France; Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75005 Paris, France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France; Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, 94805 Villejuif, France
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- Equipe 11 labellisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 75006 Paris, France; INSERM, U1138, 75006 Paris, France; Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75005 Paris, France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France; Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, 94805 Villejuif, France; Université Paris Sud, 94805 Villejuif, France
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- Center for Autophagy Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75690, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Equipe 11 labellisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, 75006 Paris, France; INSERM, U1138, 75006 Paris, France; Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75005 Paris, France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France; Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, 75015 Paris, France; Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, 94805 Villejuif, France.
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Hauff P, Gottwald U, Ocker M. Early to Phase II drugs currently under investigation for the treatment of liver fibrosis. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2014; 24:309-27. [PMID: 25547844 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2015.997874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Chronic liver diseases represent a high unmet medical need and are characterized by persistent inflammation, parenchymal damage and fibrotic remodeling, leading eventually to cirrhosis and hepatic failure. Besides the persisting high prevalence of chronic viral hepatitis B and C, the dramatic increase in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is now considered to be a major pathophysiologic driver for fibrosis development and subsequently cirrhosis. Increasing evidence suggests that also liver cirrhosis can regress when treated adequately. AREAS COVERED Herein, the authors review the underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms leading to fibrotic remodeling in the liver. They also highlight the options for novel treatment strategies by using molecular targeted agents. EXPERT OPINION New in vitro and preclinical animal models, and the careful selection of patients with high disease dynamics for clinical studies, provide a sound basis for the clinical development of antifibrotic agents in humans. Surrogate parameters of liver function, inflammation, tissue remodeling and damage, as well as noninvasive imaging techniques, can be applied in clinical trials to provide fast readouts and novel and reliable endpoints for trial design, and provide an attractive regulatory environment for this emerging disease area.
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Hirsova P, Gores GJ. Death Receptor-Mediated Cell Death and Proinflammatory Signaling in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2014; 1:17-27. [PMID: 25729762 PMCID: PMC4340657 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2014.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is becoming public health problem worldwide. A subset of patients develop an inflammatory disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), characterized by steatosis, hepatocellular death, macrophage and neutrophil accumulation and varying stages of fibrosis. Hepatocyte cell death triggers the cellular inflammatory response and, therefore, reducing cell death may be salutary in the steatohepatitis disease process. Recently, a better understanding of hepatocyte apoptosis in NASH has been obtained and new information regarding other cell death modes, such as necroptosis and pyroptosis, has been reported. Hepatocyte lipotoxicity is often triggered by death receptors. In addition to causing apoptosis, death receptors have been shown to mediate proinflammatory signaling, suggesting that apoptosis in this context is not an immunologically silent process. Here we review recent developments in our understanding of hepatocyte cell death by death receptors and its mechanistic link to inflammation in NASH. We emphasize how proapoptotic signaling by death receptors may induce the release of proinflammatory extracellular vesicles, thereby recruiting and activating macrophages and promoting the steatohepatitis process. Potential therapeutic strategies are discussed based on this evolving information.
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- Correspondence Address correspondence to: Gregory J. Gores, MD, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905. fax: (507) 284-0762.
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Gupta NA, Kolachala VL, Jiang R, Abramowsky C, Shenoi A, Kosters A, Pavuluri H, Anania F, Kirk AD. Mitigation of autophagy ameliorates hepatocellular damage following ischemia-reperfusion injury in murine steatotic liver. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2014; 307:G1088-99. [PMID: 25258410 PMCID: PMC4254956 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00210.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a common clinical consequence of hepatic surgery, cardiogenic shock, and liver transplantation. A steatotic liver is particularly vulnerable to IRI, responding with extensive hepatocellular injury. Autophagy, a lysosomal pathway balancing cell survival and cell death, is engaged in IRI, although its role in IRI of a steatotic liver is unclear. The role of autophagy was investigated in high-fat diet (HFD)-fed mice exposed to IRI in vivo and in steatotic hepatocytes exposed to hypoxic IRI (HIRI) in vitro. Two inhibitors of autophagy, 3-methyladenine and bafilomycin A1, protected the steatotic hepatocytes from HIRI. Exendin 4 (Ex4), a glucagon-like peptide 1 analog, also led to suppression of autophagy, as evidenced by decreased autophagy-associated proteins [microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3 (LC3) II, p62, high-mobility group protein B1, beclin-1, and autophagy-related protein 7], reduced hepatocellular damage, and improved mitochondrial structure and function in HFD-fed mice exposed to IRI. Decreased autophagy was further demonstrated by reversal of a punctate pattern of LC3 and decreased autophagic flux after IRI in HFD-fed mice. Under the same conditions, the effects of Ex4 were reversed by the competitive antagonist exendin 9-39. The present study suggests that, in IRI of hepatic steatosis, treatment of hepatocytes with Ex4 mitigates autophagy, ameliorates hepatocellular injury, and preserves mitochondrial integrity. These data suggest that therapies targeting autophagy, by Ex4 treatment in particular, may ameliorate the effects of IRI in highly prevalent steatotic liver.
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- Nitika A. Gupta
- 1Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; ,2Transplant Services, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia;
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia;
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; ,3Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia;
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; ,2Transplant Services, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia;
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia;
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia;
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- 4Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; and
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; ,2Transplant Services, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia; ,5Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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Fucho R, Martínez L, Baulies A, Torres S, Tarrats N, Fernandez A, Ribas V, Astudillo AM, Balsinde J, Garcia-Rovés P, Elena M, Bergheim I, Lotersztajn S, Trautwein C, Appelqvist H, Paton AW, Paton JC, Czaja MJ, Kaplowitz N, Fernandez-Checa JC, García-Ruiz C. ASMase regulates autophagy and lysosomal membrane permeabilization and its inhibition prevents early stage non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. J Hepatol 2014; 61:1126-34. [PMID: 24946279 PMCID: PMC4203709 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Revised: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 06/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase) is activated in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). However, the contribution of ASMase to NASH is poorly understood and limited to hepatic steatosis and glucose metabolism. Here we examined the role of ASMase in high fat diet (HFD)-induced NASH. METHODS Autophagy, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and lysosomal membrane permeabilization (LMP) were determined in ASMase(-/-) mice fed a HFD. The impact of pharmacological ASMase inhibition on NASH was analyzed in wild type mice fed a HFD. RESULTS ASMase deficiency determined resistance to hepatic steatosis mediated by a HFD or methionine-choline deficient diet. ASMase(-/-) mice were resistant to HFD-induced hepatic ER stress, but sensitive to tunicamycin-mediated ER stress, indicating selectivity in the resistance of ASMase(-/-) mice to ER stress and steatosis. Autophagic flux, determined in the presence of rapamycin and/or chloroquine, was lower in primary mouse hepatocytes (PMH) from ASMase(-/-) mice and accompanied by increased p62 levels, suggesting autophagic impairment. Moreover, autophagy suppression by chloroquine and brefeldin A caused ER stress in PMH from ASMase(+/+) mice but not in ASMase(-/-) mice. ASMase(-/-) PMH exhibited increased lysosomal cholesterol loading, decreased LMP and apoptosis resistance induced by O-methyl-serine dodecylamide hydrochloride or palmitic acid, effects that were reversed by decreasing cholesterol levels by oxysterol 25-hydroxycholesterol. In vivo pharmacological ASMase inhibition by amitriptyline, a widely used tricyclic antidepressant, protected wild type mice against HFD-induced hepatic steatosis, fibrosis, and liver damage, effects indicative of early-stage NASH. CONCLUSIONS These findings underscore a critical role for ASMase in diet-induced NASH and suggest the potential of amitriptyline as a treatment for patients with NASH.
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- Raquel Fucho
- Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Liver Unit, IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic de Barcelona and CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Liver Unit, IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic de Barcelona and CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Liver Unit, IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic de Barcelona and CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Liver Unit, IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic de Barcelona and CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Liver Unit, IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic de Barcelona and CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Liver Unit, IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic de Barcelona and CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Liver Unit, IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic de Barcelona and CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics CSIC, Medical School, University of Valladolid and CIBERDEM, Valladolid, Spain
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics CSIC, Medical School, University of Valladolid and CIBERDEM, Valladolid, Spain
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- Diabetes and Obesity Laboratory, IDIBAPS-Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Biochemical Service, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Experimental Pathology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Australia
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- Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States
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- Southern California Research Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Liver Unit, IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic de Barcelona and CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain; Southern California Research Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
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- Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, IIBB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Liver Unit, IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic de Barcelona and CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain; Southern California Research Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
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The pathogenic mechanism underlying alcoholic fatty liver (AFL) is not clear. Autophagy is a self-digestion process that is critical for the maintenance of cellular homeostasis and regulation of lipid metabolism. We investigated the role of autophagy and autophagic flux in hepatic injury induced by chronic ethanol feeding in mice. C57BL/6 mice were fed a Lieber-DeCarli ethanol diet (ED) to induce AFL or an isocaloric control diet for 6 weeks. Chloroquine (CQ, 10 mg/kg, intra-peritoneally [i.p.]) or rapamycin (Rapa, 5 mg/kg, i.p.) were administered during the last 2 weeks of the experimental period. Chronic ethanol feeding induced AFL with focal necrosis associated with increased levels of hepatic triglyceride. This phenomenon was aggravated by CQ, an inhibitor of autophagy, and attenuated by Rapa, an inducer of autophagy. Expression of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3)-II and sequestosome1/p62 significantly increased in the ED group. Moreover, accumulation of autophagosomes was observed by transmission electron microscopy in chronic ethanol-treated mice. Chronic ethanol consumption decreased protein expression of LC3 lipidation-related proteins Atg3 and Atg7, and the lysosomal proteins lysosome-associated membrane protein-2 and Rab7, and increased the protein expression of calpain 1 and phosphorylated mammalian target of rapamycin. Taken together, these findings suggest that chronic ethanol consumption leads to impairment of autophagic flux, which contributes to ethanol-induced liver injury.
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Lee JH, Jang EJ, Seo HL, Ku SK, Lee JR, Shin SS, Park SD, Kim SC, Kim YW. Sauchinone attenuates liver fibrosis and hepatic stellate cell activation through TGF-β/Smad signaling pathway. Chem Biol Interact 2014; 224:58-67. [PMID: 25451574 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2014.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2014] [Revised: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are key mediators of fibrogenesis, and the regulation of their activation is now viewed as an attractive target for the treatment of liver fibrosis. Here, the authors investigated the ability of sauchinone, an active lignan found in Saururus chinensis, to regulate the activation of HSCs, to prevent liver fibrosis, and to inhibit oxidative stress in vivo and in vitro. Blood biochemistry and histopathology were assessed in CCl4-induced mouse model of liver fibrosis to investigate the effects of sauchinone. In addition, transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1)-activated LX-2 cells (a human HSC line) were used to investigate the in vitro effects of sauchinone. Sauchinone significantly inhibited liver fibrosis, as indicated by decreases in regions of hepatic degeneration, inflammatory cell infiltration, and the intensity of α-smooth muscle actin staining in mice. Sauchinone blocked the TGF-β1-induced phosphorylation of Smad 2/3 and the transcript levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and matrix metalloproteinase-2 as well as autophagy in HSCs. Furthermore, sauchinone inhibited oxidative stress, as assessed by stainings of 4-hydroxynonenal and nitrotyrosine: these events may have a role in its inhibitory effects on HSCs activation. Sauchinone attenuated CCl4-induced liver fibrosis and TGF-β1-induced HSCs activation, which might be, at least in part, mediated by suppressing autophagy and oxidative stress in HSCs.
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- College of Oriental Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu 706-828, Republic of Korea
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- College of Oriental Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu 706-828, Republic of Korea
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- College of Oriental Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu 706-828, Republic of Korea
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- College of Oriental Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu 706-828, Republic of Korea
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- College of Oriental Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu 706-828, Republic of Korea
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- College of Oriental Medicine, Dongeui University, Busan 614-851, Republic of Korea
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- College of Oriental Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk 780-714, Republic of Korea
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- College of Oriental Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu 706-828, Republic of Korea
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- College of Oriental Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu 706-828, Republic of Korea.
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Autophagy and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:120179. [PMID: 25295245 PMCID: PMC4175790 DOI: 10.1155/2014/120179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Autophagy, or cellular self-digestion, is a catabolic process that targets cell constituents including damaged organelles, unfolded proteins, and intracellular pathogens to lysosomes for degradation. Autophagy is crucial for development, differentiation, survival, and homeostasis. Important links between the regulation of autophagy and liver complications associated with obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), have been reported. The spectrum of these hepatic abnormalities extends from isolated steatosis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), steatofibrosis, which sometimes leads to cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. NAFLD is one of the three main causes of cirrhosis and increases the risk of liver-related death and hepatocellular carcinoma. The pathophysiological mechanisms of the progression of a normal liver to steatosis and then more severe disease are complex and still unclear. The regulation of the autophagic flux, a dynamic response, and the knowledge of the role of autophagy in specific cells including hepatocytes, hepatic stellate cells, immune cells, and hepatic cancer cells have been extensively studied these last years. This review will provide insight into the current understanding of autophagy and its role in the evolution of the hepatic complications associated with obesity, from steatosis to hepatocellular carcinoma.
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HLA DQB1 alleles are related with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Mol Biol Rep 2014; 41:7937-43. [PMID: 25156535 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3688-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease. NAFLD is a complex disease and inflammation is a crucial component in the disease pathogenesis. Recent genome wide association studies in hepatology area highlighted significant relations with human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DQ region and certain liver diseases. The previous animal models also emphasized the involvement of adaptive immune system in the liver damage pathways. To investigate possible polymorphisms in the HLA region that can contribute to the immune response affecting the NAFLD, we enrolled 93 consecutive biopsy proven NAFLD patients and a control group consisted of 101 healthy people and genotyped HLA DQB1 alleles at high resolution by sequence specific primers-polymerase chain reaction. The mean NAFLD activity score (NAS) was 5.2 ± 1.2, fibrosis score was 0.9 ± 0.9, ALT was 77 ± 47.4 U/L, AST was 49.4 ± 26.3 U/L. Among 13 HLA DQB1 alleles analyzed in this study, DQB1*06:04 was observed significantly at a more frequent rate among the NAFLD patients compared to that of healthy controls (12.9 vs. 2 % χ(2) = 8.6, P = 0.003, P c = 0.039, OR: 7.3 95 % CI 1.6-33.7). In addition, the frequency of DQB1*03:02 was significantly higher in the healthy control group than the NAFLD patients (24.8 vs. 7.5 %, χ(2) = 10.4, P = 0.001, P c = 0.013, OR: 0.2, 95 % CI 0.1-0.6). NAFLD patients were grouped according to their fibrosis score and NAS. The distribution of DQB1 alleles over stratified NAFLD patients did not reveal any statistically significant relation. Taken together, immune repertoire of individuals may have an effect on NAFLD pathogenesis and therefore, in NAFLD, adaptive immunity pathways should be investigated.
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Autophagy in HCV infection: keeping fat and inflammation at bay. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:265353. [PMID: 25162004 PMCID: PMC4138948 DOI: 10.1155/2014/265353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2014] [Accepted: 07/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the main causes of chronic liver disease. Viral persistence and pathogenesis rely mainly on the ability of HCV to deregulate specific host processes, including lipid metabolism and innate immunity. Recently, autophagy has emerged as a cellular pathway, playing a role in several aspects of HCV infection. This review summarizes current knowledge on the molecular mechanisms that link the HCV life cycle with autophagy machinery. In particular, we discuss the role of HCV/autophagy interaction in dysregulating inflammation and lipid homeostasis and its potential for translational applications in the treatment of HCV-infected patients.
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Uncoupling protein 2 regulates palmitic acid-induced hepatoma cell autophagy. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:810401. [PMID: 25512910 PMCID: PMC4143590 DOI: 10.1155/2014/810401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Revised: 06/29/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) is suggested to have a role in the development of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). However, the mechanism remains unclear. Autophagy is an important mediator of many pathological responses. This study aims to investigate the relationship between UCP2 and hepatoma cells autophagy in palmitic acid- (PA-) induced lipotoxicity. H4IIE cells were treated with palmitic acid (PA), and cell autophagy and apoptosis were examined. UCP2 expression, in association with LC3-II and caspase-3, which are indicators of cell autophagy and apoptosis, respectively,was measured. Results demonstrated that UCP2 was associated with autophagy during PA-induced hepatic carcinoma cells injury. Tests on reactive oxygen species (ROS) showed that UCP2 overexpression strongly decreases PA-induced ROS production and apoptosis. Conversely, UCP2 inhibition by genipin or UCP2 mRNA silencing enhances PA-induced ROS production and apoptosis. Autophagy partially participates in this progress. Moreover, UCP2 was associated with ATP synthesis during PA-induced autophagy. In conclusion, increasing UCP2 expression in hepatoma cells may contribute to cell autophagy and antiapoptotic as result of fatty acid injury. Our results may bring new insights for potential NASH therapies.
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Bartuzi P, Wijshake T, Dekker DC, Fedoseienko A, Kloosterhuis NJ, Youssef SA, Li H, Shiri-Sverdlov R, Kuivenhoven JA, de Bruin A, Burstein E, Hofker MH, van de Sluis B. A cell-type-specific role for murine Commd1 in liver inflammation. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2014; 1842:2257-65. [PMID: 25072958 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2014.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Revised: 05/29/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The transcription factor NF-κB plays a critical role in the inflammatory response and it has been implicated in various diseases, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Although transient NF-κB activation may protect tissues from stress, a prolonged NF-κB activation can have a detrimental effect on tissue homeostasis and therefore accurate termination is crucial. Copper Metabolism MURR1 Domain-containing 1 (COMMD1), a protein with functions in multiple pathways, has been shown to suppress NF-κB activity. However, its action in controlling liver inflammation has not yet been investigated. To determine the cell-type-specific contribution of Commd1 to liver inflammation, we used hepatocyte and myeloid-specific Commd1-deficient mice. We also used a mouse model of NAFLD to study low-grade chronic liver inflammation: we fed the mice a high fat, high cholesterol (HFC) diet, which results in hepatic lipid accumulation accompanied by liver inflammation. Depletion of hepatocyte Commd1 resulted in elevated levels of the NF-κB transactivation subunit p65 (RelA) but, surprisingly, the level of liver inflammation was not aggravated. In contrast, deficiency of myeloid Commd1 exacerbated diet-induced liver inflammation. Unexpectedly we observed that hepatic and myeloid Commd1 deficiency in the mice both augmented hepatic lipid accumulation. The elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines in myeloid Commd1-deficient mice might be responsible for the increased level of steatosis. This increase was not seen in hepatocyte Commd1-deficient mice, in which increased lipid accumulation appeared to be independent of inflammation. Our mouse models demonstrate a cell-type-specific role for Commd1 in suppressing liver inflammation and in the progression of NAFLD.
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- Paulina Bartuzi
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, Molecular Genetics Section, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, Molecular Genetics Section, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, Molecular Genetics Section, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, Molecular Genetics Section, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, Molecular Genetics Section, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Dutch Molecular Pathology Center, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 1, De Uithof, 3584 CL Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Departments of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology, Dallas, TX 75390-9151, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Maastricht University, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, Molecular Genetics Section, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Dutch Molecular Pathology Center, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 1, De Uithof, 3584 CL Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Departments of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology, Dallas, TX 75390-9151, USA
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, Molecular Genetics Section, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, Molecular Genetics Section, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Contributions of metabolic dysregulation and inflammation to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, hepatic fibrosis, and cancer. Curr Opin Oncol 2014; 26:100-7. [PMID: 24275855 DOI: 10.1097/cco.0000000000000042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW We review accumulating evidence that nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a more advanced form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), predisposes patients to the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and we summarize recent advances in the elucidation of cancer-promoting pathways in NASH. We highlight the potential role of progenitor cells and hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) in promoting the early events that could culminate in cancer, as well as the emerging contribution of the gut-liver axis in promoting inflammation, senescence, and tumor growth in NASH and HCC. Finally, we review the role of bile acid receptors, vitamin D, and protective cellular pathways such as autophagy. RECENT FINDINGS Studies have recently uncovered roles for gut microbiota, bile acid receptors and vitamin D in regulating the progression from NAFLD to HCC. Intriguing findings linking senescence and autophagy in hepatic stellate cells to HCC have also been discovered, as well as a link between dysregulated progenitor cell regulation and HCC. SUMMARY NAFLD is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in the United States and Western Europe. The lack of definitive mechanisms underlying development of NASH among patients with NAFLD and its progression to HCC limit diagnosis and management, but new findings are paving the way for better biomarkers and therapies.
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Nassir F, Ibdah JA. Role of mitochondria in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:8713-42. [PMID: 24837835 PMCID: PMC4057755 DOI: 10.3390/ijms15058713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2014] [Revised: 05/04/2014] [Accepted: 05/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects about 30% of the general population in the United States and includes a spectrum of disease that includes simple steatosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis and cirrhosis. Significant insight has been gained into our understanding of the pathogenesis of NALFD; however the key metabolic aberrations underlying lipid accumulation in hepatocytes and the progression of NAFLD remain to be elucidated. Accumulating and emerging evidence indicate that hepatic mitochondria play a critical role in the development and pathogenesis of steatosis and NAFLD. Here, we review studies that document a link between the pathogenesis of NAFLD and hepatic mitochondrial dysfunction with particular focus on new insights into the role of impaired fatty acid oxidation, the transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α), and sirtuins in development and progression of NAFLD.
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- Fatiha Nassir
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, USA.
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, USA.
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an important player in regulating protein synthesis and lipid metabolism. Perturbation of ER homeostasis, referred as “ER stress,” has been linked to numerous pathological conditions, such as inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, and metabolic disorders. The liver plays a central role in regulating nutrient and lipid metabolism. Accumulating evidence implicates that ER stress disrupts lipid metabolism and induces hepatic lipotoxicity. Here, we review the major ER stress signaling pathways, how ER stress contributes to the dysregulation of hepatic lipid metabolism, and the potential causative mechanisms of ER stress in hepatic lipotoxicity. Understanding the role of ER stress in hepatic metabolism may lead to the identification of new therapeutic targets for metabolic diseases.
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- Huiping Zhou
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA, USA ; McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond VA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA, USA
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Eguchi A, Wree A, Feldstein AE. Biomarkers of liver cell death. J Hepatol 2014; 60:1063-74. [PMID: 24412608 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Revised: 12/08/2013] [Accepted: 12/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Hepatocyte cell death during liver injury was classically viewed to occur by either programmed (apoptosis), or accidental, uncontrolled cell death (necrosis). Growing evidence from our increasing understanding of the biochemical and molecular mechanisms involved in cell demise has provided an expanding view of various modes of cell death that can be triggered during both acute and chronic liver damage such as necroptosis, pyroptosis, and autophagic cell death. The complexity of non-invasively assessing the predominant mode of cell death during a specific liver insult in either experimental in vivo models or in humans is highlighted by the fact that in many instances there is significant crosstalk and overlap between the different cell death pathways. Nevertheless, the realization that during cell demise triggered by a specific mode of cell death certain intracellular molecules such as proteins, newly generated protein fragments, or MicroRNAs are released from hepatocytes into the extracellular space and may appear in circulation have spurred a significant interest in the development of non-invasive markers to monitor liver cell death. This review focuses on some of the most promising markers, and their potential role in assessing the presence and severity of liver damage in humans.
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- Akiko Eguchi
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Rady Children's Hospital, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92123, United States
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Rady Children's Hospital, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92123, United States
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Rady Children's Hospital, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92123, United States.
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Degradation of Keap1 activates BH3-only proteins Bim and PUMA during hepatocyte lipoapoptosis. Cell Death Differ 2014; 21:1303-12. [PMID: 24769730 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2014.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Revised: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is characterized by hepatic steatosis, elevated levels of circulating free fatty acids (FFA) and hepatocyte lipoapoptosis. This lipoapoptosis requires increased JNK phosphorylation and activation of the pro-apoptotic BH3-only proteins Bim and PUMA. Kelch-like ECH-associated protein (Keap)-1 is a BTB/Kelch protein that can regulate the expression of Bcl-2 protein and control apoptotic cell death. Yet, the role of Keap1 in hepatocyte lipotoxicity is unclear. Here we demonstrate that Keap1 protein was rapidly degraded in hepatocytes, through autophagy in a p62-dependent manner, in response to the toxic saturated FFA palmitate, but not following incubation with the non-toxic FFA oleic acid. Stable knockdown of Keap1 expression, using shRNA technology, in hepatocarcinoma cell lines induced spontaneous cell toxicity that was associated with JNK1-dependent upregulation of Bim and PUMA protein levels. Also, Keap1 knockdown further sensitized hepatocytes to lipoapoptosis by palmitate. Likewise, primary hepatocytes isolated from liver-specific Keap1(-/-) mice displayed higher Bim and PUMA protein levels and demonstrated increased sensitivity to palmitate-induced apoptosis than wild-type mouse hepatocytes. Finally, stable knockdown of Bim or PUMA expression prevented cell toxicity induced by loss of Keap1. These results implicate p62-dependent autophagic degradation of Keap1 by palmitate as a mechanism contributing to hepatocyte lipoapoptosis.
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Gracia-Sancho J, Guixé-Muntet S, Hide D, Bosch J. Modulation of autophagy for the treatment of liver diseases. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2014; 23:965-77. [DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2014.912274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Jordi Gracia-Sancho
- Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) – Hospital Clínic de Barcelona – CIBEREHD,
Barcelona, Spain ;
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- Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) – Hospital Clínic de Barcelona – CIBEREHD,
Barcelona, Spain ;
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- Barcelona Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) – Hospital Clínic de Barcelona – CIBEREHD,
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Gonçalves IO, Passos E, Rocha-Rodrigues S, Torrella JR, Rizo D, Santos-Alves E, Portincasa P, Martins MJ, Ascensão A, Magalhães J. Physical exercise antagonizes clinical and anatomical features characterizing Lieber-DeCarli diet-induced obesity and related metabolic disorders. Clin Nutr 2014; 34:241-7. [PMID: 24746977 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2014.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Revised: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Lieber-DeCarli diet has been used to induce obesity and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). As scarce anatomical and clinical-related information on this diet model exists and being exercise an advised strategy to counteract metabolic diseases, we aimed to analyze the preventive (voluntary physical activity - VPA) and therapeutic (endurance training - ET) effect of exercise on clinical/anatomical features of rats fed with Lieber-DeCarli diet. METHODS In the beginning of the protocol, Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into standard-diet sedentary (SS, n = 20), standard-diet VPA (SVPA, n = 10), high-fat diet sedentary (HS, n = 20) and high-fat diet VPA (HVPA, n = 10) groups. After 9-weeks, half (n = 10) of SS and HS groups were engaged in an ET program (8 wks/5 d/wk/60 min/day). At this time, a blood sample was collected for biochemical analysis. At the end of protocol (17-weeks) anatomic measures were assessed. Heart, liver, femur and visceral fat were weighted and blood was collected again. Liver section was used for histopathological examination. RESULTS At 17-weeks, high-fat diet increased visceral adiposity (HS vs. SS), which was counteracted by both exercises. However, ET was the only intervention able to diminished obesity-related measures and the histological features of NASH. Moreover, blood analysis at 9 weeks showed that high-fat diet increased ALT, AST, cholesterol and HDL while VLDL and TG levels were decreased (HS vs. SS). Notably, although these parameters were counteracted after 9-weeks of VPA, they were transitory and not observed after 17-weeks. CONCLUSIONS ET used as a therapeutic tool mitigated the clinical/anatomical-related features induced by Liber-DeCarli diet, thus possibly contributing to control obesity and metabolic disorders.
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- Inês O Gonçalves
- Research Center in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Portugal.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal
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- Research Center in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Center in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University Medical School, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal
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- Research Center in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Portugal
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- Research Center in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Portugal
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Puri P, Chandra A. Autophagy modulation as a potential therapeutic target for liver diseases. J Clin Exp Hepatol 2014; 4:51-9. [PMID: 25755534 PMCID: PMC4017203 DOI: 10.1016/j.jceh.2014.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Autophagy is a critical intracellular pathway which maintains cellular function by lysosomal degradation of damaged proteins and organelles besides elimination of invading pathogens. Its primary function is to prevent cell death. Autophagy has diverse physiological functions namely; starvation adaptation, prevention of tumorigenesis, energy homeostasis, intracellular quality control and degradation of abnormal intracellular protein aggregates. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of autophagy has given key insights into the pathogenesis of various diseases like Non Alcoholic Steato-Hepatitis, Hepatitis B and C infections, Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and hepatocellular carcinoma. Pharmacological modulation of autophagy may have a therapeutic potential in management of these liver diseases.
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Key Words
- AMPk, adenosine monophosphate-activated protein linase
- AT, antitrypsin
- ER, endoplasmic reticulum
- HBV, hepatitis B virus
- HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma
- HCV, hepatitis C virus
- HSC, hepatic stellate cells
- NASH, Non Alcoholic Steato-Hepatitis
- STEBPs, sterol regulatory element-binding proteins
- TG, triglyceride
- ULK1, Uncoordinated 51-like kinase 1
- autophagosome
- autophagy
- liver diseases
- mTORC1, mTOR complex 1
- mTORC2, mTOR complex 2
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- Pankaj Puri
- Department of Gastroenterology, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi 110010, India,Address for correspondence: Pankaj Puri, Department of Gastroenterology, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi 110010, India.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Command Hospital (EC), Alipore Road, Kolkata 700027, West Bengal, India
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Zhou R, Lin J, Wu D. Sulforaphane induces Nrf2 and protects against CYP2E1-dependent binge alcohol-induced liver steatosis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2014; 1840:209-18. [PMID: 24060752 PMCID: PMC3859691 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Revised: 08/22/2013] [Accepted: 09/11/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The mechanism(s) by which alcohol causes cell injury are still not clear but a major mechanism appears to be the role of lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress in alcohol toxicity. CYP2E1-generated ROS contributes to the ethanol-induced oxidant stress and inhibition of CYP2E1 activity decreases ethanol-induced fatty liver. The transcription factor Nrf2 regulates the expression of many cytoprotective enzymes which results in cellular protection against a variety of toxins. METHOD The current study was designed to evaluate the ability of sulforaphane, an activator of Nrf2, to blunt CYP2E1-dependent, ethanol-induced steatosis in vivo and in vitro. RESULTS The sulforaphane treatment activated Nrf2, increased levels of the Nrf2 target heme oxygenase-1 and subsequently lowered oxidant stress as shown by the decline in lipid peroxidation and 3-nitrotyrosine protein adducts and an increase in GSH levels after the acute ethanol treatment. It decreased ethanol-elevated liver levels of triglycerides and cholesterol and Oil Red O staining. Similar results were found in vitro as addition of sulforaphane to HepG2 E47 cells, which express CYP2E1, elevated Nrf2 levels and decreased the accumulation of lipid in cells cultured with ethanol. Sulforaphane treatment had no effect on levels of or activity of CYP2E1. CONCLUSIONS Sulforaphane proved to be an effective in vivo inhibitor of acute ethanol-induced fatty liver in mice. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE The possible amelioration of liver injury which occurs under these conditions by chemical activators of Nrf2 is of clinical relevance and worthy of further study.
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- Richard Zhou
- Depetment of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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- Liver Disease Center, Xiamen Chinese Medicine Hospital, Fujian Chinese Medicine University, Xiamen, China
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- Depetment of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029
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