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Cui Q, Jiang T, Xie X, Wang H, Qian L, Cheng Y, Li Q, Lu T, Yao Q, Liu J, Lai B, Chen C, Xiao L, Wang N. S-nitrosylation attenuates pregnane X receptor hyperactivity and acetaminophen-induced liver injury. JCI Insight 2024; 9:e172632. [PMID: 38032737 PMCID: PMC10906221 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.172632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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Drug-induced liver injury (DILI), especially acetaminophen overdose, is the leading cause of acute liver failure. Pregnane X receptor (PXR) is a nuclear receptor and the master regulator of drug metabolism. Aberrant activation of PXR plays a pathogenic role in the acetaminophen hepatotoxicity. Here, we aimed to examine the S-nitrosylation of PXR (SNO-PXR) in response to acetaminophen. We found that PXR was S-nitrosylated in hepatocytes and the mouse livers after exposure to acetaminophen or S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO). Mass spectrometry and site-directed mutagenesis identified the cysteine 307 as the primary residue for S-nitrosylation (SNO) modification. In hepatocytes, SNO suppressed both agonist-induced (rifampicin and SR12813) and constitutively active PXR (VP-PXR, a human PXR fused to the minimal transactivator domain of the herpes virus transcription factor VP16) activations. Furthermore, in acetaminophen-overdosed mouse livers, PXR protein was decreased at the centrilobular regions overlapping with increased SNO. In PXR-/- mice, replenishing the livers with the SNO-deficient PXR significantly aggravated hepatic necrosis, increased HMGB1 release, and exacerbated liver injury and inflammation. Particularly, we demonstrated that S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) inhibitor N6022 promoted hepatoprotection by increasing the levels of SNO-PXR. In conclusion, PXR is posttranslationally modified by SNO in hepatocytes in response to acetaminophen. This modification mitigated the acetaminophen-induced PXR hyperactivity. It may serve as a target for therapeutical intervention.
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- Qi Cui
- Advanced Institute for Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Advanced Institute for Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- East China Normal University Health Science Center, Shanghai, China
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- Advanced Institute for Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Advanced Institute for Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- East China Normal University Health Science Center, Shanghai, China
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Yan C, Hu W, Tu J, Li J, Liang Q, Han S. Pathogenic mechanisms and regulatory factors involved in alcoholic liver disease. J Transl Med 2023; 21:300. [PMID: 37143126 PMCID: PMC10158301 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-023-04166-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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Alcoholism is a widespread and damaging behaviour of people throughout the world. Long-term alcohol consumption has resulted in alcoholic liver disease (ALD) being the leading cause of chronic liver disease. Many metabolic enzymes, including alcohol dehydrogenases such as ADH, CYP2E1, and CATacetaldehyde dehydrogenases ALDHsand nonoxidative metabolizing enzymes such as SULT, UGT, and FAEES, are involved in the metabolism of ethanol, the main component in alcoholic beverages. Ethanol consumption changes the functional or expression profiles of various regulatory factors, such as kinases, transcription factors, and microRNAs. Therefore, the underlying mechanisms of ALD are complex, involving inflammation, mitochondrial damage, endoplasmic reticulum stress, nitrification, and oxidative stress. Moreover, recent evidence has demonstrated that the gut-liver axis plays a critical role in ALD pathogenesis. For example, ethanol damages the intestinal barrier, resulting in the release of endotoxins and alterations in intestinal flora content and bile acid metabolism. However, ALD therapies show low effectiveness. Therefore, this review summarizes ethanol metabolism pathways and highly influential pathogenic mechanisms and regulatory factors involved in ALD pathology with the aim of new therapeutic insights.
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- Chuyun Yan
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230001, Anhui, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Key Lab of Microanalytical Methods & Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College of Wuhu, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 241000, Anhui, China
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- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Key Lab of Microanalytical Methods & Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230001, Anhui, China.
- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China.
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Okina Y, Sato-Matsubara M, Kido Y, Urushima H, Daikoku A, Kadono C, Nakagama Y, Nitahara Y, Hoang TH, Thuy LTT, Matsubara T, Ohtani N, Ikeda K, Yoshizato K, Kawada N. Nitric Oxide Derived from Cytoglobin-Deficient Hepatic Stellate Cells Causes Suppression of Cytochrome c Oxidase Activity in Hepatocytes. Antioxid Redox Signal 2023; 38:463-479. [PMID: 36112670 PMCID: PMC10025843 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2021.0279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Aims: Cell-cell interactions between hepatocytes (Hep) and other liver cells are key to maintaining liver homeostasis. Cytoglobin (CYGB), expressed exclusively by hepatic stellate cells (HSC), is essential in mitigating mitochondrial oxidative stress. CYGB absence causes Hep dysfunction and evokes hepatocarcinogenesis through an elusive mechanism. CYGB deficiency is speculated to hinder nitric oxide dioxygenase (NOD) activity, resulting in the elevated formation and release of nitric oxide (NO). Hence, we hypothesized that NO accumulation induced by the loss of NOD activity in CYGB-deficient HSC could adversely affect mitochondrial function in Hep, leading to disease progression. Results: NO, a membrane-permeable gas metabolite overproduced by CYGB-deficient HSC, diffuses into the neighboring Hep to reversibly inhibit cytochrome c oxidase (CcO), resulting in the suppression of respiratory function in an electron transport chain (ETC). The binding of NO to CcO is proved using purified CcO fractions from Cygb knockout (Cygb-/-) mouse liver mitochondria. Its inhibitory action toward CcO-specific activity is fully reversed by the external administration of oxyhemoglobin chasing away the bound NO. Thus, these findings indicate that the attenuation of respiratory function in ETC causes liver damage through the formation of excessive reactive oxygen species. Treating Cygb-/- mice with an NO synthase inhibitor successfully relieved NO-induced inhibition of CcO activity in vivo. Innovation and Conclusion: Our findings provide a biochemical link between CYGB-absence in HSC and neighboring Hep dysfunction; mechanistically the absence of CYGB in HSC causes mitochondrial dysfunction of Hep via the inhibition of CcO activity by HSC-derived NO. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 38, 463-479.
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- Yoshinori Okina
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
- Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
- Endowed Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Virology and Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
- Research Center for Infectious Disease Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Virology and Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
- Research Center for Infectious Disease Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Virology and Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
- Research Center for Infectious Disease Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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- Endowed Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
- BioIntegrence Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan
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Chayanupatkul M, Somanawat K, Chuaypen N, Klaikeaw N, Wanpiyarat N, Siriviriyakul P, Tumwasorn S, Werawatganon D. Probiotics and their beneficial effects on alcohol-induced liver injury in a rat model: the role of fecal microbiota. BMC Complement Med Ther 2022; 22:168. [PMID: 35733194 PMCID: PMC9215017 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-022-03643-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background
Current therapies for alcohol-induced liver injury are of limited efficacy and associated with significant side effects. With the proposed pathophysiology of alcohol-induced liver injury to be related to deranged gut microbiota, we hypothesized that probiotics would have beneficial effects in attenuating alcohol-induced liver injury.
Methods
Twenty-four male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 4 groups: control group, alcohol group, Lactobacillus plantarum group, and mixed-strain probiotics group. After 4 weeks, all rats were sacrificed, and blood samples were analyzed for ALT, lipopolysaccharide level (LPS), interleukin 6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α). Liver tissues were processed for histopathology, malondialdehyde (MDA) level and immunohistochemistry for toll-like receptors 4 (TLR-4). Stool samples were collected, and 16S rRNA sequencing was used to analyze the fecal microbiota.
Results
Liver histopathology showed the presence of significant hepatocyte ballooning in the alcohol group as compared with the control group, and the treatment with L. plantarum or mixed-strain probiotics alleviated these changes. Significant elevation of serum ALT, LPS, IL-6, and TNF-α, hepatic MDA levels, and hepatic TLR-4 expression were observed in alcohol-fed rats as compared with control rats. The administration of L. plantarum or mixed-strain probiotics restored these changes to the levels of control rats. The relative abundance of fecal bacteria at genus level showed a significant reduction in Allobaculum, Romboutsia, Bifidobacterium, and Akkermansia in the alcohol group as compared with the control group. In probiotics-treated rats, significant increases in Allobaculum and Bifidobacterium were observed, while the relative abundance of Romboutsia and Akkermansia was unchanged compared to the alcohol group. A reduction in alpha diversity was observed in alcohol-treated rats, whereas the improvement was noted after probiotic treatment.
Conclusions
The treatment with Lactobacillus, whether as single-, or mixed-strain probiotics, was beneficial in reducing the severity of alcohol-induced liver injury likely through the increase in beneficial bacteria, and the reduction of inflammatory responses, and oxidative stress.
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Sousa AH, Vale GTD, Nascimento JA, Awata WMC, Silva CBP, Assis VO, Alves JV, Tostes RC, Tirapelli CR. Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase protects against the deleterious effects of sub-lethal sepsis and ethanol in the cardiorenal system. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2021; 99:1324-1332. [PMID: 34314655 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2021-0239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We tested the hypothesis that ethanol would aggravate the deleterious effects of sub-lethal cecal ligation and puncture (SL-CLP) sepsis in the cardiorenal system and that inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) would prevent such response. Male C57BL/6 mice were treated with ethanol for 12 weeks. One hour before SL-CLP surgery, mice were treated with N6-(1-iminoethyl)-lysine (L-NIL, 5 mg/kg, i.p.), a selective inhibitor of iNOS. A second dose of L-NIL was administered 24 h after SL-CLP surgery. Mice were killed 48 h post surgery and the blood, the renal cortex, and the left ventricle (LV) were collected for biochemical analysis. L-NIL attenuated the increase in serum creatinine levels induced by ethanol, but not by SL-CLP. Ethanol, but not SL-CLP, increased creatine kinase (CK)-MB activity and L-NIL did not prevent this response. In the renal cortex, L-NIL prevented the redox imbalance induced by ethanol and SL-CLP. Inhibition of iNOS also decreased lipoperoxidation induced by ethanol and SL-CLP in the LV. L-NIL prevented the increase of pro-inflammatory cytokines and reactive oxygen species induced by ethanol and (or) SL-CLP in the cardiorenal system, suggesting that iNOS modulated some of the molecular mechanisms that underlie the deleterious effects of both conditions in the cardiorenal system.
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- Arthur H Sousa
- Laboratório de Farmacologia, DEPCH, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia, DEPCH, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
- Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (UEMG)
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia, DEPCH, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia, DEPCH, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia, DEPCH, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Toxicologia, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia, DEPCH, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia, DEPCH, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Rodimova S, Elagin V, Karabut M, Koryakina I, Timin A, Zagainov V, Zyuzin M, Zagaynova E, Kuznetsova D. Toxicological Analysis of Hepatocytes Using FLIM Technique: In Vitro versus Ex Vivo Models. Cells 2021; 10:2894. [PMID: 34831114 PMCID: PMC8616382 DOI: 10.3390/cells10112894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The search for new criteria indicating acute or chronic pathological processes resulting from exposure to toxic agents, testing of drugs for potential hepatotoxicity, and fundamental study of the mechanisms of hepatotoxicity at a molecular level still represents a challenging issue that requires the selection of adequate research models and tools. Microfluidic chips (MFCs) offer a promising in vitro model for express analysis and are easy to implement. However, to obtain comprehensive information, more complex models are needed. A fundamentally new label-free approach for studying liver pathology is fluorescence-lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM). We obtained FLIM data on both the free and bound forms of NAD(P)H, which is associated with different metabolic pathways. In clinical cases, liver pathology resulting from overdoses is most often as a result of acetaminophen (APAP) or alcohol (ethanol). Therefore, we have studied and compared the metabolic state of hepatocytes in various experimental models of APAP and ethanol hepatotoxicity. We have determined the potential diagnostic criteria including the pathologically altered metabolism of the hepatocytes in the early stages of toxic damage, including pronounced changes in the contribution from the bound form of NAD(P)H. In contrast to the MFCs, the changes in the metabolic state of hepatocytes in the ex vivo models are, to a greater extent, associated with compensatory processes. Thus, MFCs in combination with FLIM can be applied as an effective tool set for the express modeling and diagnosis of hepatotoxicity in clinics.
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- Svetlana Rodimova
- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Sq., 603000 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; (V.E.); (M.K.); (V.Z.); (E.Z.); (D.K.)
- Department of Biophysics, N.I. Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod National Research State University, 23 Gagarina Ave., 603022 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Sq., 603000 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; (V.E.); (M.K.); (V.Z.); (E.Z.); (D.K.)
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- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Sq., 603000 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; (V.E.); (M.K.); (V.Z.); (E.Z.); (D.K.)
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- School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, 9 Lomonosova St., 191002 St. Petersburg, Russia; (I.K.); (M.Z.)
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- Research School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 30 Lenin Ave., 634034 Tomsk, Russia;
- Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 29 Polytechnicheskaya St., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Sq., 603000 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; (V.E.); (M.K.); (V.Z.); (E.Z.); (D.K.)
- The Volga District Medical Centre of Federal Medical and Biological Agency, 14 Ilinskaya St., 603000 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, 9 Lomonosova St., 191002 St. Petersburg, Russia; (I.K.); (M.Z.)
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- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Sq., 603000 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; (V.E.); (M.K.); (V.Z.); (E.Z.); (D.K.)
- Department of Biophysics, N.I. Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod National Research State University, 23 Gagarina Ave., 603022 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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- Institute of Experimental Oncology and Biomedical Technologies, Privolzhsky Research Medical University, 10/1 Minin and Pozharsky Sq., 603000 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; (V.E.); (M.K.); (V.Z.); (E.Z.); (D.K.)
- Department of Biophysics, N.I. Lobachevsky Nizhny Novgorod National Research State University, 23 Gagarina Ave., 603022 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Li Z, Zhao Q, Lu Y, Zhang Y, Li L, Li M, Chen X, Sun D, Duan Y, Xu Y. DDIT4 S-Nitrosylation Aids p38-MAPK Signaling Complex Assembly to Promote Hepatic Reactive Oxygen Species Production. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:e2101957. [PMID: 34310076 PMCID: PMC8456271 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202101957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling plays a significant role in reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. The authors have previously shown that Brahma-related gene 1 (BRG1), a chromatin remodeling protein, contributes to hepatic ROS accumulation in multiple animal and cellular models of liver injury. Here it is reported that DNA damage-induced transcript 4 (DDIT4) is identified as a direct transcriptional target for BRG1. DDIT4 overexpression overcomes BRG1 deficiency to restore ROS production whereas DDIT4 knockdown phenocopies BRG1 deficiency in suppressing ROS production in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, DDIT4 coordinates the assembly of the p38-MAPK signaling complex to drive ROS production in an S-nitrosylation dependent manner. Molecular docking identifies several bioactive DDIT4-inteacting compounds including imatinib, nilotinib, and nateglinide, all of which are confirmed to attenuate hepatic ROS production, dampen p38-MAPK signaling, and ameliorate liver injury by influencing DDIT4 S-nitrosylation. Importantly, positive correlation between ROS levels and BRG1/DDIT4/S-nitrosylated DDIT4 levels is detected in human liver biopsy specimens. In conclusion, the data reveal a transcription-based signaling cascade that contributes to ROS production in liver injury.
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- Zilong Li
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeryThe First People's Hospital of ChangzhouThe Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow UniversityChangzhou213000China
- Key Laboratory of Targeted Intervention of Cardiovascular DiseaseCollaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Translational MedicineNanjing Medical UniversityNanjing211166China
- Institute of Biomedical ResearchLiaocheng UniversityLiaocheng252000China
- State Key Laboratory of Natural MedicinesDepartment of PharmacologyChina Pharmaceutical UniversityNanjingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural MedicinesDepartment of PharmacologyChina Pharmaceutical UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeryThe First People's Hospital of ChangzhouThe Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow UniversityChangzhou213000China
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- Key Laboratory of Targeted Intervention of Cardiovascular DiseaseCollaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Translational MedicineNanjing Medical UniversityNanjing211166China
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- Key Laboratory of Targeted Intervention of Cardiovascular DiseaseCollaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Translational MedicineNanjing Medical UniversityNanjing211166China
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- Key Laboratory of Targeted Intervention of Cardiovascular DiseaseCollaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Translational MedicineNanjing Medical UniversityNanjing211166China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeryThe First People's Hospital of ChangzhouThe Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow UniversityChangzhou213000China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeryThe First People's Hospital of ChangzhouThe Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow UniversityChangzhou213000China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic SurgeryThe First People's Hospital of ChangzhouThe Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow UniversityChangzhou213000China
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- Key Laboratory of Targeted Intervention of Cardiovascular DiseaseCollaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Translational MedicineNanjing Medical UniversityNanjing211166China
- Institute of Biomedical ResearchLiaocheng UniversityLiaocheng252000China
- State Key Laboratory of Natural MedicinesDepartment of PharmacologyChina Pharmaceutical UniversityNanjingChina
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Akinloye DI, Ugbaja RN, Dosumu OA, Rahman SA, Ugwor EI, James AS, Oyesile OO, Bada MB. A time course study on dose-response relationship between alcohol exposure and its effects on lipid profile and biomarkers of tissue damage. Biochem Biophys Rep 2021; 26:100927. [PMID: 33644419 PMCID: PMC7889833 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2021.100927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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This present research investigated variations in lipid profiles and important biomarkers of tissue damage in response to graded concentrations of alcohol administration in male Wistar rats. Group A (control) received distilled water while group B, C and D received 30%, 40% and 50% (v/v) alcohol respectively. Five rats each from groups A-D were sacrificed after day(s) 1, 7, 14, 21 and 28 of administration. A significant increase was observed at day 28 for serum cholesterol by 79% (group B), 78% (group C) and 47% (group D) together with serum phospholipid 58% (group B), 50% (group C) and 92% (group D). Serum triacylglycerol increased by 71% (group B), 43% (group C) and 16% (group D) at day 21, while concentration of serum albumin decreased at day 28 by 40.9% (group B), 50.2% (group C), 53.3% (group D) respectively when compared with control (group A). Serum aminotransferases and alkaline phosphatase specific activities, as well as creatinine and uric acid concentration increased in a concentration-dependent manner, following alcohol administration. Though most of these effects induced by alcohol were time- and concentration-dependent, 40% alcohol appear to be more stable, giving results consistent with alcohol-induced damages, with minimal mortality. This study therefore further validated dyslipidemia and imbalance in clinical biomarkers as hallmarks of tissue damage induced by excessive alcohol consumption with an insight on the time- and concentration-response relationship between alcohol consumption and its toxicity.
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- Dorcas Ibukun Akinloye
- Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, P.M.B 2240, Ogun State, Nigeria
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- Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, P.M.B 2240, Ogun State, Nigeria
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- Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, P.M.B 2240, Ogun State, Nigeria
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- Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, P.M.B 2240, Ogun State, Nigeria.,College of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, P.M.B 2240, Ogun State, Nigeria
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- Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, P.M.B 2240, Ogun State, Nigeria
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- Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, P.M.B 2240, Ogun State, Nigeria
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- Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, P.M.B 2240, Ogun State, Nigeria
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Sun Q, Sha W, Liu HP, Wang P, Liu ZB, Sun WW, Xiao HP. Genetic Polymorphisms in Antioxidant Enzymes Modulate the Susceptibility of Idiosyncratic Antituberculous Drug-Induced Liver Injury and Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Tuberculosis. Pharmacotherapy 2019; 40:4-16. [PMID: 31742742 DOI: 10.1002/phar.2349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND The pathogenic mechanism of antituberculous drug-induced liver injury (ATDILI) is associated with antioxidant enzymes. The objective of the present study was to investigate the associations of ATDILI susceptibility with genetic polymorphisms of antioxidant enzyme genes including nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2), thioredoxin reductase 1 (TXNRD1), superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2), BTB domain and CNC homolog 1 (BACH1), and MAF bZIP transcription factor K (MAFK). METHODS Thirty tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (tag-SNPs) from the all candidate genes were genotyped in a 2-stage cohort study including an initial discovery stage with 461 ATDILI patients and 466 controls and a replication stage with 216 ATDILI patients and 432 controls. The frequencies and distributions of genotypes and haplotypes were compared between the case and control groups. Three different genetic models including dominant, recessive, and additive models were used to determine the associations with susceptibility to ATDILI. RESULTS The SNPs rs9906835, rs944725, and rs3794764 of the NOS2 gene were significantly associated with an increased risk of ATDILI. The MAFK rs3735656 SNP was significantly associated with a decreased risk for ATDILI. The AAA haplotype of the NOS2 gene was associated with susceptibility to ATDILI. The treatment outcomes of patients with tuberculosis were further affected by genetic variants of the NOS2 and MAFK genes. CONCLUSIONS Genetic polymorphisms of NOS2 and MAFK are associated with ATDILI susceptibility in Chinese patients with tuberculosis. The variants in NOS2 and MAFK affect treatment outcomes of tuberculosis patients. Further studies are needed to better understand the molecular mechanisms of ATDILI susceptibility via regulation of the expression of ATDILI-susceptibility genes and proteins.
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- Qin Sun
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Clinic and Research Center of Tuberculosis, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Clinic and Research Center of Tuberculosis, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Clinic and Research Center of Tuberculosis, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Clinic and Research Center of Tuberculosis, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Clinic and Research Center of Tuberculosis, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Clinic and Research Center of Tuberculosis, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Clinic and Research Center of Tuberculosis, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Song BJ, Abdelmegeed MA, Cho YE, Akbar M, Rhim JS, Song MK, Hardwick JP. Contributing Roles of CYP2E1 and Other Cytochrome P450 Isoforms in Alcohol-Related Tissue Injury and Carcinogenesis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1164:73-87. [PMID: 31576541 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22254-3_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The purpose of this review is to briefly summarize the roles of alcohol (ethanol) and related compounds in promoting cancer and inflammatory injury in many tissues. Long-term chronic heavy alcohol exposure is known to increase the chances of inflammation, oxidative DNA damage, and cancer development in many organs. The rates of alcohol-mediated organ damage and cancer risks are significantly elevated in the presence of co-morbidity factors such as poor nutrition, unhealthy diets, smoking, infection with bacteria or viruses, and exposure to pro-carcinogens. Chronic ingestion of alcohol and its metabolite acetaldehyde may initiate and/or promote the development of cancer in the liver, oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, prostate, and female breast. In this chapter, we summarize the important roles of ethanol/acetaldehyde in promoting inflammatory injury and carcinogenesis in several tissues. We also review the updated roles of the ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450-2E1 (CYP2E1) and other cytochrome P450 isozymes in the metabolism of various potentially toxic substrates, and consequent toxicities, including carcinogenesis in different tissues. We also briefly describe the potential implications of endogenous ethanol produced by gut bacteria, as frequently observed in the experimental models and patients of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, in promoting DNA mutation and cancer development in the liver and other tissues, including the gastrointestinal tract.
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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, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.,Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Andong National University, Andong, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Neuroscience and Behavior, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Investigational Drug Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology in the Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA
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Lee S, Lee J, Lee H, Sung J. Relative protective activities of quercetin, quercetin-3-glucoside, and rutin in alcohol-induced liver injury. J Food Biochem 2019; 43:e13002. [PMID: 31378953 DOI: 10.1111/jfbc.13002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Alcoholic liver diseases has been known to be one of the major health risks worldwide. The purpose of this study was aimed to demonstrate the relative protective effect of quercetin, quercetin-3-glucoside, and rutin on alcohol-induced damage in hepatocytes. The hepatotoxicity, antioxidant enzymatic defense mechanisms, and pro-inflammatory mediators were examined for evaluating the hepatoprotective effects of quercetins in hepG2 cells. The results revealed that quercetin and its glucoside derivatives significantly prevented ethanol-induced hepatotoxicity by decreasing hepatic aminotransferase activities and inflammatory response in HepG2 cells. Moreover, the quercetins significantly induced detoxifying enzymes via the nuclear accumulation of the NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and induction of antioxidant response element (ARE) gene. These hepatoprotective activities were observed to be more effective with quercetin aglycone than quercetin glucosides. From the above findings, the present study imply that quercetin aglycone may have a vital function in the therapeutic and preventive strategies of alcoholic liver diseases. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: Quercetin is commonly present in fruits and vegetables as aglycone and glucoside-derived forms. In the present study, quercetin and its glycosides was shown to alleviate oxidative stress, glutathione depletion, and pro-inflammatory cytokines in alcohol-induced HepG2 cells via the Nrf2/ARE antioxidant pathway. Moreover, quercetin aglycone had better protective effects against alcohol-induced liver damage in vitro, compared to its glycosylated form. The present study proposed that quercetin aglycone may be a more efficient hepatoprotective agent than its glucoside derivatives such as rutin in the amelioration of alcohol-induced liver diseases.
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- Seyun Lee
- Division of Food and Animal Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
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- Division of Food and Animal Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
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- Division of Food and Animal Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
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- Division of Food and Animal Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea
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Abdelmegeed MA, Ha SK, Choi Y, Akbar M, Song BJ. Role of CYP2E1 in Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Hepatic Injury by Alcohol and Non-Alcoholic Substances. Curr Mol Pharmacol 2019; 10:207-225. [PMID: 26278393 DOI: 10.2174/1874467208666150817111114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Revised: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Alcoholic fatty liver disease (AFLD) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are two pathological conditions that are spreading worldwide. Both conditions are remarkably similar with regard to the pathophysiological mechanism and progression despite different causes. Oxidative stressinduced mitochondrial dysfunction through post-translational protein modifications and/or mitochondrial DNA damage has been a major risk factor in both AFLD and NAFLD development and progression. Cytochrome P450-2E1 (CYP2E1), a known important inducer of oxidative radicals in the cells, has been reported to remarkably increase in both AFLD and NAFLD. Interestingly, CYP2E1 isoforms expressed in both endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria, likely lead to the deleterious consequences in response to alcohol or in conditions of NAFLD after exposure to high fat diet (HFD) and in obesity and diabetes. Whether CYP2E1 in both ER and mitochondria work simultaneously or sequentially in various conditions and whether mitochondrial CYP2E1 may exert more pronounced effects on mitochondrial dysfunction in AFLD and NAFLD are unclear. The aims of this review are to briefly describe the role of CYP2E1 and resultant oxidative stress in promoting mitochondrial dysfunction and the development or progression of AFLD and NAFLD, to shed a light on the function of the mitochondrial CYP2E1 as compared with the ER-associated CYP2E1. We finally discuss translational research opportunities related to this field.
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- Mohamed A Abdelmegeed
- Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892. United States
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- Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Membrane, Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD. United States
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- Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Membrane, Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD. United States
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- Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Membrane, Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD. United States
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- Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Membrane, Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD. United States
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Wang M, Ma LJ, Yang Y, Xiao Z, Wan JB. n-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids for the management of alcoholic liver disease: A critical review. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2018; 59:S116-S129. [PMID: 30580553 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2018.1544542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Excess alcohol exposure leads to alcoholic liver disease (ALD), a predominant cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the past decade, increasing attention has been paid to understand the association between n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) and ALD. In this review, we summarize the metabolism of n-3 PUFAs, animal model of ALD, and the findings from recent studies determining the role of n-3 PUFAs in ALD as a possible treatment. The animal models of acute ethanol exposure, chronic ethanol exposure and chronic-plus-single binge ethanol feeding have been widely used to explore the impact of n-3 PUFAs. Although the results of studies regarding the role of n-3 PUFAs in ALD have been inconsistent or controversial, increasing evidence has demonstrated that n-3 PUFAs may be useful in alleviating alcoholic steatosis and alcohol-induced liver injury through multiple mechanisms, including decreased de novo lipogenesis and lipid mobilization from adipose tissue, enhanced mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation, reduced hepatic inflammation and oxidative stress, and promoted intestinal homeostasis, positively suggesting that n-3 PUFAs might be promising for the management of ALD. The oxidation of n-3 PUFAs ex vivo in an experimental diet was rarely considered in most n-3 PUFA-related studies, likely contributing to the inconsistent results. Thus, the role of n-3 PUFAs in ALD deserves greater research efforts and remains to be evaluated in randomized, placebo-controlled clinic trial. ABBREVIATION AA arachidonic acid ACC acetyl-CoA carboxylase ACLY ATP-citrate lyase ACO acyl-CoA oxidase ALA α-linolenic acid ALD alcoholic liver disease ALP alkaline phosphatase ALT alanine aminotransferase AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase AST aspartate aminotransferase ATGL adipose triglyceride lipase cAMP cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate COX cyclooxygenases CPT1 carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 CYP2E1 cytochrome P450 2E1 DGAT2 diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 DGLA dihomo-γ-linolenic acid DHA docosahexaenoic acid DPA docosapentaenoic acid DTA docosatetraenoic acid EPA eicosapentaenoic acid ER endoplasmic reticulum ETA eicosatetraenoic acid FAS fatty acid synthase FATPs fatty acid transporter proteins GLA,γ linolenic acid GPR120 G protein-coupled receptor 120 GSH glutathione; H&E haematoxylin-eosin; HO-1 heme oxygenase-1; HSL hormone-sensitive lipase; IL-6 interleukin-6 iNOS nitric oxide synthase LA linoleic acid LBP lipopolysaccharide binding protein LOX lipoxygenases LXR liver X receptor LXREs LXR response elements MCP-1 monocyte chemotactic protein-1 MTP microsomal triglyceride transfer protein MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids MyD88 myeloid differentiation factor 88 n-3 PUFAs omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid NAFLD nonalcoholic fatty liver disease NASH nonalcoholic steatohepatitis NF-κB transcription factor nuclear factor κB PDE3B phosphodiesterase 3B PPAR peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ROS reactive oxygen species RXR retinoid X receptor SCD-1 stearyl CoA desaturase-1 SDA stearidonic acid SFA saturated fatty acids SIRT1 sirtuin 1 SOD superoxide dismutase SREBP sterol regulatory element-binding protein TB total bilirubin TC total cholesterol TG triacylglycerol TLR4 Toll-like receptor-4 TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-α VLDLR very low-density lipoprotein receptor WT wild type; ZO-1 zonula occludens-1.
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- Meng Wang
- a State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine , Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau , Macao , China.,b Center for Drug Innovation and Discovery, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University , Shijiazhuang , Hebei , China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine , Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau , Macao , China
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- c Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health , Sun Yat-Sen University , Guangzhou , China
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- d Collaborative Translational Medicine Collaborative Innovation Center, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- a State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine , Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau , Macao , China
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Alcohol-associated liver disease (AALD) is the third most common preventable cause for disease burden and mortality in the US. AALD, including alcoholic hepatitis (AH), contributes to half of admissions from decompensated liver disease and 20% of all liver transplants in the US. Peripheral blood cells contribute to systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and fibrosis in AALD and AH. Alcohol dysregulates function of lymphocytes, neutrophils, monocytes, and tissue macrophages of the innate immune system. These alterations in turn can modulate adaptive immune responses. In this review, we describe these disruptive effects of alcohol on cells of the innate and adaptive immune system and focus on cellular-based emerging biomarkers on diagnosis and prognosis of patients with AALD and AH.
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- Ashwani K. Singal
- *Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- †Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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García-Ruiz C, Fernández-Checa JC. Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants Balance in Fatty Liver Disease. Hepatol Commun 2018; 2:1425-1439. [PMID: 30556032 PMCID: PMC6287487 DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Fatty liver disease is one of the most prevalent forms of chronic liver disease that encompasses both alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are intermediate stages of ALD and NAFLD, which can progress to more advanced forms, including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Oxidative stress and particularly alterations in mitochondrial function are thought to play a significant role in both ASH and NASH and recognized to contribute to the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), as documented in experimental models. Despite the evidence of ROS generation, the therapeutic efficacy of treatment with antioxidants in patients with fatty liver disease has yielded poor results. Although oxidative stress is considered to be the disequilibrium between ROS and antioxidants, there is evidence that a subtle balance among antioxidants, particularly in mitochondria, is necessary to avoid the generation of ROS and hence oxidative stress. Conclusion: As mitochondria are a major source of ROS, the present review summarizes the role of mitochondrial oxidative stress in ASH and NASH and presents emerging data indicating the need to preserve mitochondrial antioxidant balance as a potential approach for the treatment of human fatty liver disease, which may pave the way for the design of future trials to test the therapeutic role of antioxidants in fatty liver disease.
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- Carmen García-Ruiz
- Cell Death and Proliferation Instituto Investigaciones Biomédicas de Barcelona, Consejo Superior Investigaciones Científicas Barcelona Spain.,Liver Unit, Hospital Cínic, IDIBAPS and CIBEREHD Barcelona Spain
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- Cell Death and Proliferation Instituto Investigaciones Biomédicas de Barcelona, Consejo Superior Investigaciones Científicas Barcelona Spain.,Liver Unit, Hospital Cínic, IDIBAPS and CIBEREHD Barcelona Spain.,University of Southern California Research Center for ALPD Keck School of Medicine Los Angeles CA
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Xia T, Zhang J, Yao J, Zhang B, Duan W, Zhao C, Du P, Song J, Zheng Y, Wang M. Shanxi Aged Vinegar Protects against Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury via Activating Nrf2-Mediated Antioxidant and Inhibiting TLR4-Induced Inflammatory Response. Nutrients 2018; 10:E805. [PMID: 29932157 PMCID: PMC6073858 DOI: 10.3390/nu10070805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Shanxi aged vinegar (SAV) is a typical fermented and antioxidant food, which has various health-promoting effects. This work aimed to explore the effects of SAV on alcohol-induced liver injury. A mice model of alcoholic liver injury was established to illuminate its potential mechanisms. All mice pretreated with SAV and then received an ethanol solution (50% w/v, 4.8 g/kg b.w.). The results showed that SAV ameliorated alcohol-induced histological changes and elevation of liver enzymes. SAV attenuated alcohol-induced oxidative stress by declining levels of hepatic oxidants, and restoring depletion of antioxidant enzyme activities in mice livers. Moreover, SAV alleviated alcohol-induced oxidative damage by activating nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)-mediated signal pathway. In addition, SAV prevented alcohol-induced inflammation by suppressing lipopolysaccharide (LPS) level and activities of pro-inflammatory enzymes, and regulating inflammatory cytokines. SAV inhibited alcohol-induced inflammation through down-regulating the expression of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-mediated inflammatory response. The findings provide crucial evidence for elucidating the hepatoprotective mechanisms of SAV and encourage the future application of SAV as a functional food for liver protection.
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- Ting Xia
- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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Mizobuchi H, Fujii W, Isokawa S, Ishizuka K, Wang Y, Watanabe S, Sanjoba C, Matsumoto Y, Goto Y. Exacerbation of hepatic injury during rodent malaria by myeloid-related protein 14. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0199111. [PMID: 29902248 PMCID: PMC6002122 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Hepatic dysfunction is one of the clinical features in severe malaria. However, the mechanism of hepatic injury during malaria is still unknown. Myeloid-related protein (MRP) 14 is abundantly expressed by myeloid cells and involved in various inflammatory diseases. We previously reported that serum MRP14 is elevated in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei ANKA. In order to verify whether extracellular MRP14 is involved in the pathology of hepatic injury during rodent malaria, we intravenously administrated recombinant MRP14 (rMRP14) to mice infected with P. berghei ANKA. The administration of rMRP14 did not affect parasite number or hematocrit. On the other hand, the hepatic injury was exacerbated in rMRP14-treated mice, and their serum concentration of hepatic enzymes increased significantly more than PBS-treated controls. Immunohistochemical analysis of the liver showed that more MRP14+ macrophages accumulated in rMRP14-treated mice than PBS-treated controls after infection. The administration of rMRP14 also promotes the up-regulation of pro-inflammatory molecules in the liver, such as iNOS, IL-1β, IL-12, and TNF-α. Even in the absence of Plasmodium infection, administration of rMRP14 could induce the accumulation of MRP14+ macrophages and up-regulation of the pro-inflammatory molecules in the liver of naïve mice. The results indicate that MRP14 promotes the accumulation of MRP14+ cells and the up-regulation of pro-inflammatory molecules and NO, which amplify inflammatory cascade leading to hepatic injury. In conclusion, MRP14 is a one of key molecules for liver inflammation during rodent malaria.
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- Haruka Mizobuchi
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Choi Y, Abdelmegeed MA, Song BJ. Preventive effects of indole-3-carbinol against alcohol-induced liver injury in mice via antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-apoptotic mechanisms: Role of gut-liver-adipose tissue axis. J Nutr Biochem 2017; 55:12-25. [PMID: 29331880 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2017.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 10/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Indole-3-carbinol (I3C), found in Brassica family vegetables, exhibits antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancerous properties. Here, we aimed to evaluate the preventive effects of I3C against ethanol (EtOH)-induced liver injury and study the protective mechanism(s) by using the well-established chronic-plus-binge alcohol exposure model. The preventive effects of I3C were evaluated by conducting various histological, biochemical, and real-time PCR analyses in mouse liver, adipose tissue, and colon, since functional alterations of adipose tissue and intestine can also participate in promoting EtOH-induced liver damage. Daily treatment with I3C alleviated EtOH-induced liver injury and hepatocyte apoptosis, but not steatosis, by attenuating elevated oxidative stress, as evidenced by the decreased levels of hepatic lipid peroxidation, hydrogen peroxide, CYP2E1, NADPH-oxidase, and protein acetylation with maintenance of mitochondrial complex I, II, and III protein levels and activities. I3C also restored the hepatic antioxidant capacity by preventing EtOH-induced suppression of glutathione contents and mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 activity. I3C preventive effects were also achieved by attenuating the increased levels of hepatic proinflammatory cytokines, including IL1β, and neutrophil infiltration. I3C also attenuated EtOH-induced gut leakiness with decreased serum endotoxin levels through preventing EtOH-induced oxidative stress, apoptosis of enterocytes, and alteration of tight junction protein claudin-1. Furthermore, I3C alleviated adipose tissue inflammation and decreased free fatty acid release. Collectively, I3C prevented EtOH-induced liver injury via attenuating the damaging effect of ethanol on the gut-liver-adipose tissue axis. Therefore, I3C may also have a high potential for translational research in treating or preventing other types of hepatic injury associated with oxidative stress and inflammation.
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- Youngshim Choi
- Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, 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, MD, 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, MD, USA.
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Mitochondria-targeted ubiquinone (MitoQ) enhances acetaldehyde clearance by reversing alcohol-induced posttranslational modification of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2: A molecular mechanism of protection against alcoholic liver disease. Redox Biol 2017; 14:626-636. [PMID: 29156373 PMCID: PMC5700831 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2017.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Revised: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Alcohol metabolism in the liver generates highly toxic acetaldehyde. Breakdown of acetaldehyde by aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) in the mitochondria consumes NAD+ and generates reactive oxygen/nitrogen species, which represents a fundamental mechanism in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease (ALD). A mitochondria-targeted lipophilic ubiquinone (MitoQ) has been shown to confer greater protection against oxidative damage in the mitochondria compared to untargeted antioxidants. The present study aimed to investigate if MitoQ could preserve mitochondrial ALDH2 activity and speed up acetaldehyde clearance, thereby protects against ALD. Male C57BL/6 J mice were exposed to alcohol for 8 weeks with MitoQ supplementation (5 mg/kg/d) for the last 4 weeks. MitoQ ameliorated alcohol-induced oxidative/nitrosative stress and glutathione deficiency. It also reversed alcohol-reduced hepatic ALDH activity and accelerated acetaldehyde clearance through modulating ALDH2 cysteine S-nitrosylation, tyrosine nitration and 4-hydroxynonenol adducts formation. MitoQ ameliorated nitric oxide (NO) donor-mediated ADLH2 S-nitrosylation and nitration in Hepa-1c1c7 cells under glutathion depletion condition. In addition, alcohol-increased circulating acetaldehyde levels were accompanied by reduced intestinal ALDH activity and impaired intestinal barrier. In accordance, MitoQ reversed alcohol-increased plasma endotoxin levels and hepatic toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-NF-κB signaling along with subsequent inhibition of inflammatory cell infiltration. MitoQ also reversed alcohol-induced hepatic lipid accumulation through enhancing fatty acid β-oxidation. Alcohol-induced ER stress and apoptotic cell death signaling were reversed by MitoQ. This study demonstrated that speeding up acetaldehyde clearance by preserving ALDH2 activity critically mediates the beneficial effect of MitoQ on alcohol-induced pathogenesis at the gut-liver axis. PTMs of ALDH2 participated in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease. MitoQ treatment accelerated acetaldehyde detoxification. MitoQ ameliorated acetaldehyde-related tight junction disruption. MitoQ reversed TLR4-mediated inflammatory response in alcoholic liver disease. MitoQ counteracts alcohol-induced ER stress and cell apoptosis.
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Cho YE, Mezey E, Hardwick JP, Salem N, Clemens DL, Song BJ. Increased ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450-2E1 and cytochrome P450 isoforms in exosomes of alcohol-exposed rodents and patients with alcoholism through oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum stress. Hepatol Commun 2017; 1:675-690. [PMID: 29404485 PMCID: PMC5721437 DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Revised: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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This study investigated the role of ethanol‐inducible cytochrome P450‐2E1 (CYP2E1) in enhancing CYP2E1 and other P450 proteins in extracellular vesicles (EVs) from alcohol‐exposed rodents and human patients with alcoholism and their effects on oxidative hepatocyte injury. Female Fischer rats and wild‐type or Cyp2e1‐null mice were exposed to three oral doses of binge ethanol or dextrose control at 12‐hour intervals. Plasma EV and hepatic proteins from alcohol‐exposed rodents, patients with alcoholism, and their respective controls were isolated and characterized. The number of EVs and the amounts of EV CYP2E1, CYP2A, CYP1A1/2, and CYP4B proteins were markedly elevated in both patients with alcoholism and alcohol‐exposed rats and mice. The number of EVs and EV P450 proteins were significantly reduced in ethanol‐exposed rats fed a diet containing polyunsaturated fatty acids. The increased number of EVs and EV CYP2E1 and other P450 isoforms in alcohol‐exposed wild types were significantly reduced in the corresponding Cyp2e1‐null mice. EV CYP2E1 amounts depended on increased oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress because their levels were decreased by cotreatment with the antioxidant N‐acetylcysteine or the CYP2E1 inhibitor chlormethiazole but increased by ER stress‐inducer thapsigargin, which was blocked by 4‐phenylbutyric acid. Furthermore, cell death rates were elevated when primary hepatocytes or human hepatoma cells were exposed to EVs from alcohol‐exposed rodents and patients with alcoholism, demonstrating that EVs from alcohol‐exposed rats and patients with alcoholism are functional and can promote cell death by activating the apoptosis signaling pathway, including phospho‐c‐Jun N‐terminal kinase, proapoptotic Bax, and activated caspase‐3. Conclusion: CYP2E1 has an important role in elevating EV CYP2E1 and other P450 isoforms through increased oxidative and ER stress. Elevated EV‐CYP2E1 detected after withdrawal from alcohol or exposure to the CYP2E1 inducer pyrazole can be a potential biomarker for liver injury. (Hepatology Communications 2017;1:675–690)
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- Young-Eun Cho
- Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD
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- Department of Medicine The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore MD
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- Department of Integrative Medical Sciences College of Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown OH
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- Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD
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- Department of Internal Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha NE
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- Section of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health Bethesda MD
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Hoyt LR, Randall MJ, Ather JL, DePuccio DP, Landry CC, Qian X, Janssen-Heininger YM, van der Vliet A, Dixon AE, Amiel E, Poynter ME. Mitochondrial ROS induced by chronic ethanol exposure promote hyper-activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome. Redox Biol 2017; 12:883-896. [PMID: 28463821 PMCID: PMC5413213 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2017.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Revised: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Alcohol use disorders are common both in the United States and globally, and are associated with a variety of co-morbid, inflammation-linked diseases. The pathogenesis of many of these ailments are driven by the activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome, a multi-protein intracellular pattern recognition receptor complex that facilitates the cleavage and secretion of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18. We hypothesized that protracted exposure of leukocytes to ethanol would amplify inflammasome activation, which would help to implicate mechanisms involved in diseases associated with both alcoholism and aberrant NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Here we show that long-term ethanol exposure of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and a mouse macrophage cell line (J774) amplifies IL-1β secretion following stimulation with NLRP3 agonists, but not with AIM2 or NLRP1b agonists. The augmented NRLP3 activation was mediated by increases in iNOS expression and NO production, in conjunction with increases in mitochondrial membrane depolarization, oxygen consumption rate, and ROS generation in J774 cells chronically exposed to ethanol (CE cells), effects that could be inhibited by the iNOS inhibitor SEITU, the NO scavenger carboxy-PTIO, and the mitochondrial ROS scavenger MitoQ. Chronic ethanol exposure did not alter K+ efflux or Zn2+ homeostasis in CE cells, although it did result in a lower intracellular concentration of NAD+. Prolonged administration of acetaldehyde, the product of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) mediated metabolism of ethanol, mimicked chronic ethanol exposure, whereas ADH inhibition prevented ethanol-induced IL-1β hypersecretion. Together, these results indicate that increases in iNOS and mitochondrial ROS production are critical for chronic ethanol-induced IL-1β hypersecretion, and that protracted exposure to the products of ethanol metabolism are probable mediators of NLRP3 inflammasome hyperactivation. Chronic ethanol exposure amplifies NLRP3 inflammasome-induced IL-1β secretion. NO and mitochondrial ROS mediate chronic ethanol-augmented IL-1β secretion. Alcohol dehydrogenase-generated metabolites cause NLRP3 inflammasome over-activation.
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- Laura R Hoyt
- Vermont Lung Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Vermont Lung Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Vermont Lung Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Vermont Lung Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Vermont Lung Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Vermont Lung Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Vermont Lung Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Department of Medical Laboratory and Radiation Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- Vermont Lung Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
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Gao W, Zhao J, Gao Z, Li H. Synergistic Interaction of Light Alcohol Administration in the Presence of Mild Iron Overload in a Mouse Model of Liver Injury: Involvement of Triosephosphate Isomerase Nitration and Inactivation. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0170350. [PMID: 28103293 PMCID: PMC5245837 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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It is well known that iron overload promotes alcoholic liver injury, but the doses of iron or alcohol used in studies are usually able to induce liver injury independently. Little attention has been paid to the coexistence of low alcohol consumption and mild iron overload when either of them is insufficient to cause obvious liver damage, although this situation is very common among some people. We studied the interactive effects and the underlining mechanism of mild doses of iron and alcohol on liver injury in a mouse model. Forty eight male Kunming mice were randomly divided into four groups: control, iron (300 mg/kg iron dextran, i.p.), alcohol (2 g/kg/day ethanol for four weeks i.g.), and iron plus alcohol group. After 4 weeks of treatment, mice were sacrificed and blood and livers were collected for biochemical analysis. Protein nitration level in liver tissue was determined by immunoprecipitation and Western blot analysis. Although neither iron overload nor alcohol consumption at our tested doses can cause severe liver injury, it was found that co-administration of the same doses of alcohol and iron resulted in liver injury and hepatic dysfunction, accompanied with elevated ratio of NADH/NAD+, reduced antioxidant ability, increased oxidative stress, and subsequent elevated protein nitration level. Further study revealed that triosephosphate isomerase, an important glycolytic enzyme, was one of the targets to be oxidized and nitrated, which was responsible for its inactivation. These data indicate that even under low alcohol intake, a certain amount of iron overload can cause significant liver oxidative damage, and the modification of triosephosphate isomerasemight be the important underlining mechanism of hepatic dysfunction.
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- Wanxia Gao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
- Basis medical college, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry & Materia Medica, Wuhan, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry & Materia Medica, Wuhan, P. R. China
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Han D, Johnson HS, Rao MP, Martin G, Sancheti H, Silkwood KH, Decker CW, Nguyen KT, Casian JG, Cadenas E, Kaplowitz N. Mitochondrial remodeling in the liver following chronic alcohol feeding to rats. Free Radic Biol Med 2017; 102:100-110. [PMID: 27867097 PMCID: PMC5209270 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Revised: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The feeding of alcohol orally (Lieber-DeCarli diet) to rats has been shown to cause declines in mitochondrial respiration (state III), decreased expression of respiratory complexes, and decreased respiratory control ratios (RCR) in liver mitochondria. These declines and other mitochondrial alterations have led to the hypothesis that alcohol feeding causes "mitochondrial dysfunction" in the liver. If oral alcohol feeding leads to mitochondrial dysfunction, one would predict that increasing alcohol delivery by intragastric (IG) alcohol feeding to rats would cause greater declines in mitochondrial bioenergetics in the liver. In this study, we examined the mitochondrial alterations that occur in rats fed alcohol both orally and intragastrically. Oral alcohol feeding decreased glutamate/malate-, acetaldehyde- and succinate-driven state III respiration, RCR, and expression of respiratory complexes (I, III, IV, V) in liver mitochondria, in agreement with previous results. IG alcohol feeding, on the other hand, caused a slight increase in glutamate/malate-driven respiration, and significantly increased acetaldehyde-driven respiration in liver mitochondria. IG feeding also caused liver mitochondria to experience a decline in succinate-driven respiration, but these decreases were smaller than those observed with oral alcohol feeding. Surprisingly, oral and IG alcohol feeding to rats increased mitochondrial respiration using other substrates, including glycerol-3-phosphate (which delivers electrons from cytoplasmic NADH to mitochondria) and octanoate (a substrate for beta-oxidation). The enhancement of glycerol-3-phosphate- and octanoate-driven respiration suggests that liver mitochondria remodeled in response to alcohol feeding. In support of this notion, we observed that IG alcohol feeding also increased expression of mitochondrial glycerol phosphate dehydrogenase-2 (GPD2), transcription factor A (TFAM), and increased mitochondrial NAD+-NADH and NADP+-NADPH levels in the liver. Our findings suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction represents an incomplete picture of mitochondrial dynamics that occur in the liver following alcohol feeding. While alcohol feeding causes some mitochondrial dysfunction (i.e. succinate-driven respiration), our work suggests that the major consequence of alcohol feeding is mitochondrial remodeling in the liver as an adaptation. This mitochondrial remodeling may play an important role in the enhanced alcohol metabolism and other adaptations in the liver that develop with alcohol intake.
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- Derick Han
- Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Keck Graduate Institute, 535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA 91711, USA.
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- University of Southern California Research Center for Liver Diseases and Southern California Research Center for ALPD, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121, USA
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- W.M. Keck Science Department, Scripps College, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- Department of Biology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0303, USA
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- Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Keck Graduate Institute, 535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Keck Graduate Institute, 535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Keck Graduate Institute, 535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- University of Southern California Research Center for Liver Diseases and Southern California Research Center for ALPD, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121, USA
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Caveolin-1 Function in Liver Physiology and Disease. Trends Mol Med 2016; 22:889-904. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2016.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Revised: 08/14/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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King AL, Mantena SK, Andringa KK, Millender-Swain T, Dunham-Snary KJ, Oliva CR, Griguer CE, Bailey SM. The methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine prevents liver hypoxia and dysregulation of mitochondrial bioenergetic function in a rat model of alcohol-induced fatty liver disease. Redox Biol 2016; 9:188-197. [PMID: 27566282 PMCID: PMC5007436 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2016.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2016] [Revised: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Mitochondrial dysfunction and bioenergetic stress play an important role in the etiology of alcoholic liver disease. Previous studies from our laboratory show that the primary methyl donor S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM) minimizes alcohol-induced disruptions in several mitochondrial functions in the liver. Herein, we expand on these earlier observations to determine whether the beneficial actions of SAM against alcohol toxicity extend to changes in the responsiveness of mitochondrial respiration to inhibition by nitric oxide (NO), induction of the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) pore, and the hypoxic state of the liver. METHODS For this, male Sprague-Dawley rats were pair-fed control and alcohol-containing liquid diets with and without SAM for 5 weeks and liver hypoxia, mitochondrial respiration, MPT pore induction, and NO-dependent control of respiration were examined. RESULTS Chronic alcohol feeding significantly enhanced liver hypoxia, whereas SAM supplementation attenuated hypoxia in livers of alcohol-fed rats. SAM supplementation prevented alcohol-mediated decreases in mitochondrial state 3 respiration and cytochrome c oxidase activity. Mitochondria isolated from livers of alcohol-fed rats were more sensitive to calcium-mediated MPT pore induction (i.e., mitochondrial swelling) than mitochondria from pair-fed controls, whereas SAM treatment normalized sensitivity for calcium-induced swelling in mitochondria from alcohol-fed rats. Liver mitochondria from alcohol-fed rats showed increased sensitivity to NO-dependent inhibition of respiration compared with pair-fed controls. In contrast, mitochondria isolated from the livers of SAM treated alcohol-fed rats showed no change in the sensitivity to NO-mediated inhibition of respiration. CONCLUSION Collectively, these findings indicate that the hepato-protective effects of SAM against alcohol toxicity are mediated, in part, through a mitochondrial mechanism involving preservation of key mitochondrial bioenergetic parameters and the attenuation of hypoxic stress.
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- Adrienne L King
- Departments of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
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- Departments of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
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- Departments of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
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- Departments of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States; Departments of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
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- Departments of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
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- Departments of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
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- Departments of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
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- Departments of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States; Departments of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States.
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Nuño-Lámbarri N, Barbero-Becerra VJ, Uribe M, Chávez-Tapia NC. Mitochondrial Molecular Pathophysiology of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Proteomics Approach. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:281. [PMID: 26999105 PMCID: PMC4813145 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17030281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Revised: 02/19/2016] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic liver condition that can progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, cirrhosis and cancer. It is considered an emerging health problem due to malnourishment or a high-fat diet (HFD) intake, which is observed worldwide. It is well known that the hepatocytes’ apoptosis phenomenon is one of the most important features of NAFLD. Thus, this review focuses on revealing, through a proteomics approach, the complex network of protein interactions that promote fibrosis, liver cell stress, and apoptosis. According to different types of in vitro and murine models, it has been found that oxidative/nitrative protein stress leads to mitochondrial dysfunction, which plays a major role in stimulating NAFLD damage. Human studies have revealed the importance of novel biomarkers, such as retinol-binding protein 4, lumican, transgelin 2 and hemoglobin, which have a significant role in the disease. The post-genome era has brought proteomics technology, which allows the determination of molecular pathogenesis in NAFLD. This has led to the search for biomarkers which improve early diagnosis and optimal treatment and which may effectively prevent fatal consequences such as cirrhosis or cancer.
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- Natalia Nuño-Lámbarri
- Traslational Research Unit, Médica Sur Clinic & Foundation, Mexico City 14050, Mexico.
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- Obesity and Digestive Diseases Unit, Médica Sur Clinic & Foundation, Mexico City 14050, Mexico.
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- Traslational Research Unit, Médica Sur Clinic & Foundation, Mexico City 14050, Mexico.
- Obesity and Digestive Diseases Unit, Médica Sur Clinic & Foundation, Mexico City 14050, Mexico.
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Alcoholic Liver Disease: A Mouse Model Reveals Protection by Lactobacillus fermentum. Clin Transl Gastroenterol 2016; 7:e138. [PMID: 26795070 PMCID: PMC4737872 DOI: 10.1038/ctg.2015.66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Accepted: 12/04/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Alcoholism is one of the most devastating diseases with high incidence, but knowledge of its pathology and treatment is still plagued with gaps mostly because of the inherent limitations of research with patients. We developed an animal model for studying liver histopathology, Hsp (heat-shock protein)-chaperones involvement, and response to treatment. METHODS The system was standardized using mice to which ethanol was orally administered alone or in combination with Lactobacillus fermentum following a precise schedule over time and applying, at predetermined intervals, a battery of techniques (histology, immunohistochemistry, western blotting, real-time PCR, immunoprecipitation, 3-nitrotyrosine labeling) to assess liver pathology (e.g., steatosis, fibrosis), and Hsp60 and iNOS (inducible form of nitric oxide synthase) gene expression and protein levels, and post-translational modifications. RESULTS Typical ethanol-induced liver pathology occurred and the effect of the probiotic could be reliably monitored. Steatosis score, iNOS levels, and nitrated proteins (e.g., Hsp60) decreased after probiotic intake. CONCLUSIONS We describe a mouse model useful for studying liver disease induced by chronic ethanol intake and for testing pertinent therapeutic agents, e.g., probiotics. We tested L. fermentum, which reduced considerably ethanol-induced tissue damage and deleterious post-translational modifications of the chaperone Hsp60. The model is available to test other agents and probiotics with therapeutic potential in alcoholic liver disease.
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Song BJ, Akbar M, Abdelmegeed MA, Byun K, Lee B, Yoon SK, Hardwick JP. Mitochondrial dysfunction and tissue injury by alcohol, high fat, nonalcoholic substances and pathological conditions through post-translational protein modifications. Redox Biol 2015; 3:109-23. [PMID: 25465468 PMCID: PMC4297931 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2014.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2014] [Revised: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Mitochondria are critically important in providing cellular energy ATP as well as their involvement in anti-oxidant defense, fat oxidation, intermediary metabolism and cell death processes. It is well-established that mitochondrial functions are suppressed when living cells or organisms are exposed to potentially toxic agents including alcohol, high fat diets, smoking and certain drugs or in many pathophysiological states through increased levels of oxidative/nitrative stress. Under elevated nitroxidative stress, cellular macromolecules proteins, DNA, and lipids can undergo different oxidative modifications, leading to disruption of their normal, sometimes critical, physiological functions. Recent reports also indicated that many mitochondrial proteins are modified via various post-translation modifications (PTMs) and primarily inactivated. Because of the recently-emerging information, in this review, we specifically focus on the mechanisms and roles of five major PTMs (namely oxidation, nitration, phosphorylation, acetylation, and adduct formation with lipid-peroxides, reactive metabolites, or advanced glycation end products) in experimental models of alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease as well as acute hepatic injury caused by toxic compounds. We also highlight the role of the ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450-2E1 (CYP2E1) in some of these PTM changes. Finally, we discuss translational research opportunities with natural and/or synthetic anti-oxidants, which can prevent or delay the onset of mitochondrial dysfunction, fat accumulation and tissue injury. Hepatotoxic agents including alcohol and high fat elevate nitroxidative stress. Increased nitroxidative stress promotes post-translational protein modifications. Post-translational protein modifications of many proteins lead to their inactivation. Inactivation of mitochondrial proteins contributes to mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to necrotic or apoptotic tissue injury.
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Steiner JP, Bachani M, Wolfson-Stofko B, Lee MH, Wang T, Li G, Li W, Strayer D, Haughey NJ, Nath A. Interaction of paroxetine with mitochondrial proteins mediates neuroprotection. Neurotherapeutics 2015; 12:200-16. [PMID: 25404050 PMCID: PMC4322069 DOI: 10.1007/s13311-014-0315-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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There are severe neurological complications that arise from HIV infection, ranging from peripheral sensory neuropathy to cognitive decline and dementia for which no specific treatments are available. The HIV proteins secreted from infected macrophages, gp120 and Tat, are neurotoxic. The goal of this study was to screen, identify and develop neuroprotective compounds relevant to HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). We screened more than 2000 compounds that included FDA approved drugs for protective efficacy against oxidative stress-mediated neurodegeneration and identified selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) as potential neuroprotectants. Numerous SSRIs were then extensively evaluated as protectants against neurotoxicity as measured by changes in neuronal cell death, mitochondrial potential, and axodendritic degeneration elicited by HIV Tat and gp120 and other mitochondrial toxins. While many SSRIs demonstrated neuroprotective actions, paroxetine was potently neuroprotective (100 nM potency) against these toxins in vitro and in vivo following systemic administration in a gp120 neurotoxicity model. Interestingly, the inhibition of serotonin reuptake by paroxetine was not required for neuroprotection, since depletion of the serotonin transporter had no effect on its neuroprotective properties. We determined that paroxetine interacts selectively and preferentially with brain mitochondrial proteins and blocks calcium-dependent swelling but had less effect on liver mitochondria. Additionally, paroxetine induced proliferation of neural progenitor cells in vitro and in vivo in gp120 transgenic animals. Therefore, SSRIs such as paroxetine may provide a novel adjunctive neuroprotective and neuroregenerative therapy to treat HIV-infected individuals.
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- Joseph P. Steiner
- />Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA
- />Translational Neuroscience Center, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Bldg 10, Room 7C-105, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- />Translational Neuroscience Center, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Bldg 10, Room 7C-105, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- />Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA
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- />Section of Infections of the Nervous System, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institute of Health, Bldg 10, Room 7C103, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- />Translational Neuroscience Center, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Bldg 10, Room 7C-105, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- />Section of Infections of the Nervous System, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institute of Health, Bldg 10, Room 7C103, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- />Section of Infections of the Nervous System, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institute of Health, Bldg 10, Room 7C103, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- />Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
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- />Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA
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- />Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287 USA
- />Translational Neuroscience Center, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Bldg 10, Room 7C-105, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
- />Section of Infections of the Nervous System, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institute of Health, Bldg 10, Room 7C103, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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Zhang P, Qiang X, Zhang M, Ma D, Zhao Z, Zhou C, Liu X, Li R, Chen H, Zhang Y. Demethyleneberberine, a natural mitochondria-targeted antioxidant, inhibits mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and steatosis in alcoholic liver disease mouse model. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2014; 352:139-47. [PMID: 25362106 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.114.219832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Excessive alcohol consumption induces oxidative stress and lipid accumulation in the liver. Mitochondria have long been recognized as the key target for alcoholic liver disease (ALD). Recently, the artificial mitochondria-targeted antioxidant MitoQ has been used to treat ALD effectively in mice. Here, we introduce the natural mitochondria-targeted antioxidant demethyleneberberine (DMB), which has been found in Chinese herb Cortex Phellodendri chinensis. The protective effect of DMB on ALD was evaluated with HepG2 cells and acutely/chronically ethanol-fed mice, mimicking two common patterns of drinking in human. The results showed that DMB, which is composed of a potential antioxidant structure, could penetrate the membrane of mitochondria and accumulate in mitochondria either in vitro or in vivo. Consequently, the acute drinking-caused oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction were significantly ameliorated by DMB. Moreover, we also found that DMB suppressed CYP2E1, hypoxia inducible factor α, and inducible nitric oxide synthase, which contributed to oxidative stress and restored sirtuin 1/AMP-activated protein kinase/peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α pathway-associated fatty acid oxidation in chronic ethanol-fed mice, which in turn ameliorated lipid peroxidation and macrosteatosis in the liver. Taking these findings together, DMB could serve as a novel and potential therapy for ALD in human beings.
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- Pengcheng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Biochemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China; and Institute of Toxicology, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Biochemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China; and Institute of Toxicology, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Biochemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China; and Institute of Toxicology, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Biochemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China; and Institute of Toxicology, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Biochemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China; and Institute of Toxicology, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Biochemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China; and Institute of Toxicology, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Biochemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China; and Institute of Toxicology, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Biochemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China; and Institute of Toxicology, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Biochemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China; and Institute of Toxicology, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of Biochemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China; and Institute of Toxicology, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanjing, China
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Gao L, Zhou Y, Zhong W, Zhao X, Chen C, Chen X, Gu Y, Chen J, Lv Z, Shen J. Caveolin-1 is essential for protecting against binge drinking-induced liver damage through inhibiting reactive nitrogen species. Hepatology 2014; 60:687-99. [PMID: 24710718 DOI: 10.1002/hep.27162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 04/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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UNLABELLED Caveolin-1 (Cav-1) is known to participate in many diseases, but its roles in alcoholic liver injury remain unknown. In the present study, we aimed to explore the roles of Cav-1 in protecting hepatocytes from ethanol-mediated nitrosative injury. We hypothesized that Cav-1 could attenuate ethanol-mediated nitrosative stress and liver damage through regulating epidermal growth factor receptor/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3/inducible nitric oxide synthase (EGFR/STAT3/iNOS)-signaling cascades. Ethanol-fed mice had time- and dose-dependent increases of Cav-1 in serum and liver with peak increase at 12 hours. Compared to wild-type mice, Cav-1 deficiency mice revealed higher expression of iNOS, higher levels of nitrate/nitrite and peroxynitrite, and had more serious liver damage, accompanied with higher levels of cleaved caspase-3 and apoptotic cell death in liver, and higher levels of alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase in serum. Furthermore, the results revealed that the ethanol-mediated Cav-1 increase was in an extracellular signal-regulated kinase-dependent manner, and Cav-1 protected hepatocytes from ethanol-mediated apoptosis by inhibiting iNOS activity and regulating EGFR- and STAT3-signaling cascades. In agreement with these findings, clinical trials in human subjects revealed that serum Cav-1 level was time dependently elevated and peak concentration was observed 12 hours after binge drinking. Alcohol-induced liver lesions were negatively correlated with Cav-1 level, but positively correlated with nitrate/nitrite level, in serum of binge drinkers. CONCLUSIONS Cav-1 could be a cellular defense protein against alcoholic hepatic injury through inhibiting reactive nitrogen species and regulating EGFR/STAT3/iNOS-signaling cascades.
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- Lei Gao
- School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China; School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Landmann M, Kanuri G, Spruss A, Stahl C, Bergheim I. Oral intake of chicoric acid reduces acute alcohol-induced hepatic steatosis in mice. Nutrition 2014; 30:882-9. [PMID: 24985007 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2013.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Revised: 10/25/2013] [Accepted: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Acute and chronic consumption of alcohol can alter intestinal barrier function thereby increasing portal endotoxin levels subsequently leading to an activation of toll-like receptor (TLR) 4-dependent signaling cascades, elevated levels of reactive oxygen species and induction of tumor necrosis factor α in the liver. Recent studies suggest that chicoric acid found in Echinacea pupurea, chicory, and other plants, may possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. The aim of the present study was to determine if chicoric acid can reduce acute alcohol-induced liver damage. METHODS Female mice were given chicoric acid orally (4 mg/kg body weight) for 4 d before acute ethanol administration (6 g/kg body weight). Furthermore, the effect of chicoric acid on the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-dependent activation in an in vitro model of Kupffer cells (RAW264.7 macrophages) was assessed. RESULTS Acute alcohol ingestion caused a significant increase in hepatic triacylglycerols accumulation, which was associated with increased protein levels of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), 4-hydroxynonenal protein adducts, and active plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 protein in the liver. Pretreatment of animals with chicoric acid significantly attenuated these effects of alcohol on the liver. In LPS-treated RAW264.7 macrophages, pretreatment with chicoric acid significantly suppressed LPS-induced mRNA expression of iNOS and tumor necrosis factor α. CONCLUSION These data suggest that chicoric acid may reduce acute alcohol-induced steatosis in mice through interfering with the induction of iNOS and iNOS-dependent signaling cascades in the liver.
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- Marianne Landmann
- SD Model Systems of Molecular Nutrition, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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- SD Model Systems of Molecular Nutrition, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Nutritional Medicine, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Nutritional Medicine, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- SD Model Systems of Molecular Nutrition, Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
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Functional roles of protein nitration in acute and chronic liver diseases. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2014; 2014:149627. [PMID: 24876909 PMCID: PMC4021747 DOI: 10.1155/2014/149627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/04/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Nitric oxide, when combined with superoxide, produces peroxynitrite, which is known to be an important mediator for a number of diseases including various liver diseases. Peroxynitrite can modify tyrosine residue(s) of many proteins resulting in protein nitration, which may alter structure and function of each target protein. Various proteomics and immunological methods including mass spectrometry combined with both high pressure liquid chromatography and 2D PAGE have been employed to identify and characterize nitrated proteins from pathological tissue samples to determine their roles. However, these methods contain a few technical problems such as low efficiencies with the detection of a limited number of nitrated proteins and labor intensiveness. Therefore, a systematic approach to efficiently identify nitrated proteins and characterize their functional roles is likely to shed new insights into understanding of the mechanisms of hepatic disease pathophysiology and subsequent development of new therapeutics. The aims of this review are to briefly describe the mechanisms of hepatic diseases. In addition, we specifically describe a systematic approach to efficiently identify nitrated proteins to study their causal roles or functional consequences in promoting acute and chronic liver diseases including alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases. We finally discuss translational research applications by analyzing nitrated proteins in evaluating the efficacies of potentially beneficial agents to prevent or treat various diseases in the liver and other tissues.
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Medici V, Schroeder DI, Woods R, LaSalle JM, Geng Y, Shibata NM, Peerson J, Hodzic E, Dayal S, Tsukamoto H, Kharbanda KK, Tillman B, French SW, Halsted CH. Methylation and gene expression responses to ethanol feeding and betaine supplementation in the cystathionine beta synthase-deficient mouse. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2014; 38:1540-9. [PMID: 24730561 DOI: 10.1111/acer.12405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) is caused in part by the effects of ethanol (EtOH) on hepatic methionine metabolism. METHODS To investigate the phenotypic and epigenetic consequences of altered methionine metabolism in this disease, we studied the effects of 4-week intragastric EtOH feeding with and without the methyl donor betaine in cystathionine beta synthase (CβS) heterozygous C57BL/6J mice. RESULTS The histopathology of early ASH was induced by EtOH feeding and prevented by betaine supplementation, while EtOH feeding reduced and betaine supplementation maintained the hepatic methylation ratio of the universal methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) to the methyltransferase inhibitor S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH). MethylC-seq genomic sequencing of heterozygous liver samples from each diet group found 2 to 4% reduced methylation in gene bodies, but not promoter regions of all autosomes of EtOH-fed mice, each of which were normalized in samples from mice fed the betaine-supplemented diet. The transcript levels of nitric oxide synthase (Nos2) and DNA methyltransferase 1 (Dnmt1) were increased, while those of peroxisome proliferator receptor-α (Pparα) were reduced in EtOH-fed mice, and each was normalized in mice fed the betaine-supplemented diet. DNA pyrosequencing of CβS heterozygous samples found reduced methylation in a gene body of Nos2 by EtOH feeding that was restored by betaine supplementation and was correlated inversely with its expression and positively with SAM/SAH ratios. CONCLUSIONS The present study has demonstrated relationships among EtOH induction of ASH with aberrant methionine metabolism that was associated with gene body DNA hypomethylation in all autosomes and was prevented by betaine supplementation. The data imply that EtOH-induced changes in selected gene transcript levels and hypomethylation in gene bodies during the induction of ASH are a result of altered methionine metabolism that can be reversed through dietary supplementation of methyl donors.
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- Valentina Medici
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California
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Elshazly SM, Mahmoud AAA. Antifibrotic activity of hesperidin against dimethylnitrosamine-induced liver fibrosis in rats. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2014; 387:559-67. [DOI: 10.1007/s00210-014-0968-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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King AL, Swain TM, Mao Z, Udoh US, Oliva CR, Betancourt AM, Griguer CE, Crowe DR, Lesort M, Bailey SM. Involvement of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore in chronic ethanol-mediated liver injury in mice. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2014; 306:G265-77. [PMID: 24356880 PMCID: PMC3920122 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00278.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Chronic ethanol consumption increases sensitivity of the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) pore induction in liver. Ca(2+) promotes MPT pore opening, and genetic ablation of cyclophilin D (CypD) increases the Ca(2+) threshold for the MPT. We used wild-type (WT) and CypD-null (CypD(-/-)) mice fed a control or an ethanol-containing diet to investigate the role of the MPT in ethanol-mediated liver injury. Ca(2+)-mediated induction of the MPT and mitochondrial respiration were measured in isolated liver mitochondria. Steatosis was present in WT and CypD(-/-) mice fed ethanol and accompanied by increased terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP-mediated nick-end label-positive nuclei. Autophagy was increased in ethanol-fed WT mice compared with ethanol-fed CypD(-/-) mice, as reflected by an increase in the ratio of microtubule protein 1 light chain 3B II to microtubule protein 1 light chain 3B I. Higher levels of p62 were measured in CypD(-/-) than WT mice. Ethanol decreased mitochondrial respiratory control ratios and select complex activities in WT and CypD(-/-) mice. Ethanol also increased CypD protein in liver of WT mice. Mitochondria from control- and ethanol-fed WT mice were more sensitive to Ca(2+)-mediated MPT pore induction than mitochondria from their CypD(-/-) counterparts. Mitochondria from ethanol-fed CypD(-/-) mice were also more sensitive to Ca(2+)-induced swelling than mitochondria from control-fed CypD(-/-) mice but were less sensitive than mitochondria from ethanol-fed WT mice. In summary, CypD deficiency was associated with impaired autophagy and did not prevent ethanol-mediated steatosis. Furthermore, increased MPT sensitivity was observed in mitochondria from ethanol-fed WT and CypD(-/-) mice. We conclude that chronic ethanol consumption likely lowers the threshold for CypD-regulated and -independent characteristics of the ethanol-mediated MPT pore in liver mitochondria.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Autophagy
- Calcium Signaling
- Cell Respiration
- Peptidyl-Prolyl Isomerase F
- Cyclophilins/deficiency
- Cyclophilins/genetics
- Disease Models, Animal
- Ethanol
- Fatty Liver, Alcoholic/etiology
- Fatty Liver, Alcoholic/metabolism
- Genotype
- Liver/metabolism
- Liver/pathology
- Liver Diseases, Alcoholic/etiology
- Liver Diseases, Alcoholic/genetics
- Liver Diseases, Alcoholic/metabolism
- Liver Diseases, Alcoholic/pathology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Microtubule-Associated Proteins/metabolism
- Mitochondria, Liver/metabolism
- Mitochondria, Liver/pathology
- Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism
- Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore
- Mitochondrial Swelling
- Phenotype
- Time Factors
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- Adrienne L King
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Cox AG, Saunders DC, Kelsey PB, Conway AA, Tesmenitsky Y, Marchini JF, Brown KK, Stamler JS, Colagiovanni DB, Rosenthal GJ, Croce KJ, North TE, Goessling W. S-nitrosothiol signaling regulates liver development and improves outcome following toxic liver injury. Cell Rep 2014; 6:56-69. [PMID: 24388745 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2013] [Revised: 10/26/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Toxic liver injury is a leading cause of liver failure and death because of the organ's inability to regenerate amidst massive cell death, and few therapeutic options exist. The mechanisms coordinating damage protection and repair are poorly understood. Here, we show that S-nitrosothiols regulate liver growth during development and after injury in vivo; in zebrafish, nitric-oxide (NO) enhanced liver formation independently of cGMP-mediated vasoactive effects. After acetaminophen (APAP) exposure, inhibition of the enzymatic regulator S-nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) minimized toxic liver damage, increased cell proliferation, and improved survival through sustained activation of the cytoprotective Nrf2 pathway. Preclinical studies of APAP injury in GSNOR-deficient mice confirmed conservation of hepatoprotective properties of S-nitrosothiol signaling across vertebrates; a GSNOR-specific inhibitor improved liver histology and acted with the approved therapy N-acetylcysteine to expand the therapeutic time window and improve outcome. These studies demonstrate that GSNOR inhibitors will be beneficial therapeutic candidates for treating liver injury.
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- Andrew G Cox
- Genetics Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Genetics Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Genetics Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Genetics Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Institute for Transformative Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Harrington Discovery Institute, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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- Genetics Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Gastroenterology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Gastrointestinal Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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KIM H, KIM JH, IM JA. Effect of Active Hexose Correlated Compound (AHCC) in Alcohol-Induced Liver Enzyme Elevation. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2014; 60:348-56. [DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.60.348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Hyangkyoung KIM
- Department of Surgery, Chung-Ang University Healthcare System, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine
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- Department of Family Medicine, Chung-Ang University Healthcare System, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine
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- Sports and Medicine Research Center, INTOTO Inc
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Lu Y, Ward SC, Nieto N. Ethanol plus the Jo2 Fas agonistic antibody-induced liver injury is attenuated in mice with partial ablation of argininosuccinate synthase. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2013; 38:649-56. [PMID: 24224890 DOI: 10.1111/acer.12309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Argininosuccinate synthase (ASS) is an enzyme shared by the urea cycle and the l-citrulline/nitric oxide (NO·) cycle. ASS is the rate-limiting enzyme in the urea cycle and along with nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2), it endows cells with the l-citrulline/NO· salvage pathway to continuously supply l-arginine from l-citrulline for sustained NO· generation. Thus, ASS conditions NO· synthesis by NOS2. Because of the relevance of NOS2 activation for liver injury, we examined the contribution of ASS to NO· generation and how it impacts liver injury. METHODS Wild-type (WT) mice and Ass(+/-) mice (Ass(-/-) mice are lethal) were intraperitoneally injected with ethanol (EtOH) at a dose of 2.5 g/kg of body weight twice a day for 3 days. Two hours after the last dose of EtOH, mice were administered the agonistic Jo2 anti-mouse Fas monoclonal antibody (Ab) at a dose of 0.2 μg/g of body weight. Mice were sacrificed 8 hours after the Jo2 Ab injection. Markers of nitrosative and oxidative stress as well as liver damage were analyzed. RESULTS EtOH plus Jo2 injection induced liver injury as shown by serum alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase activity, liver pathology, TUNEL, and cleaved caspase-3 were lower in Ass(+/-) mice compared with WT mice, suggesting that ASS contributes to EtOH plus Jo2-mediated liver injury. CYP2E1 induction, glutathione depletion, and elevated thiobarbituric acid reactive substances were comparable in both groups of mice, suggesting that CYP2E1-mediated oxidative stress is not linked to ASS-induced liver injury. In contrast, NOS2 induction, 3-nitrotyrosine adducts formation and elevated nitrites, nitrates, and S-nitrosothiols were higher in livers from WT mice than from Ass(+/-) mice. CONCLUSION Decreased nitrosative stress causes lower EtOH plus Jo2-induced liver injury in Ass(+/-) mice.
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- Yongke Lu
- Division of Liver Diseases , Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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Convergent mechanisms for dysregulation of mitochondrial quality control in metabolic disease: implications for mitochondrial therapeutics. Biochem Soc Trans 2013; 41:127-33. [PMID: 23356271 DOI: 10.1042/bst20120231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with a broad range of pathologies including diabetes, ethanol toxicity, metabolic syndrome and cardiac failure. It is now becoming clear that maintaining mitochondrial quality through a balance between biogenesis, reserve capacity and mitophagy is critical in determining the response to metabolic or xenobiotic stress. In diseases associated with metabolic stress, such as Type II diabetes and non-alcoholic and alcoholic steatosis, the mitochondria are subjected to multiple 'hits' such as hypoxia and oxidative and nitrative stress, which can overwhelm the mitochondrial quality control pathways. In addition, the underlying mitochondrial genetics that evolved to accommodate high-energy demand, low-calorie supply environments may now be maladapted to modern lifestyles (low-energy demand, high-calorie environments). The pro-oxidant and pro-inflammatory environment of a sedentary western lifestyle has been associated with modified redox cell signalling pathways such as steatosis, hypoxic signalling, inflammation and fibrosis. These data suggest that loss of mitochondrial quality control is intimately associated with the aberrant activation of redox cell signalling pathways under pathological conditions. In the present short review, we discuss evidence from alcoholic liver disease supporting this concept, the insights obtained from experimental models and the application of bioenergetic-based therapeutics in the context of maintaining mitochondrial quality.
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García-Ruiz C, Kaplowitz N, Fernandez-Checa JC. Role of Mitochondria in Alcoholic Liver Disease. CURRENT PATHOBIOLOGY REPORTS 2013; 1:159-168. [PMID: 25343061 DOI: 10.1007/s40139-013-0021-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Alcohol-induced liver disease (ALD) is a major health concern of alcohol abuse and a leading cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality. The pathogenesis of ALD is multifactorial and still ill characterized. One of the hallmarks of ALD common for both patients and experimental models is the alteration in the architecture and function of mitochondria. Due to their primordial role in energy production, metabolism and cell fate decisions, these changes in mitochondria caused by alcohol are considered an important contributory factor in ALD. A better understanding of the mechanisms underlying alcohol-mediated mitochondrial alterations may shed light on ALD pathogenesis and provide novel avenues for treatment. The purpose of the current review is to briefly update the latest developments in ALD research regarding morphological and functional mitochondrial regulation including mitochondrial dynamics and biogenesis, mitochondrial protein acetylation and evidence for an endoplasmic reticulum stress-mitochondrial cholesterol link of potential relevance for ALD.
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- Carmen García-Ruiz
- Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB), Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) and Liver Unit-Hospital Clinic and CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain
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- Southern California Research Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern, California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB), Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) and Liver Unit-Hospital Clinic and CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain. Southern California Research Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern, California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Increased nitroxidative stress promotes mitochondrial dysfunction in alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2013; 2013:781050. [PMID: 23691267 PMCID: PMC3649774 DOI: 10.1155/2013/781050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Accepted: 02/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Increased nitroxidative stress causes mitochondrial dysfunctions through oxidative modifications of mitochondrial DNA, lipids, and proteins. Persistent mitochondrial dysfunction sensitizes the target cells/organs to other pathological risk factors and thus ultimately contributes to the development of more severe disease states in alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The incidences of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease continuously increase due to high prevalence of metabolic syndrome including hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, insulin resistance, and diabetes. Many mitochondrial proteins including the enzymes involved in fat oxidation and energy supply could be oxidatively modified (including S-nitrosylation/nitration) under increased nitroxidative stress and thus inactivated, leading to increased fat accumulation and ATP depletion. To demonstrate the underlying mechanism(s) of mitochondrial dysfunction, we employed a redox proteomics approach using biotin-N-maleimide (biotin-NM) as a sensitive biotin-switch probe to identify oxidized Cys residues of mitochondrial proteins in the experimental models of alcoholic and acute liver disease. The aims of this paper are to briefly describe the mechanisms, functional consequences, and detection methods of mitochondrial dysfunction. We also describe advantages and limitations of the Cys-targeted redox proteomics method with alternative approaches. Finally, we discuss various applications of this method in studying oxidatively modified mitochondrial proteins in extrahepatic tissues or different subcellular organelles and translational research.
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Alcohol-induced oxidative/nitrosative stress alters brain mitochondrial membrane properties. Mol Cell Biochem 2012; 375:39-47. [PMID: 23212448 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-012-1526-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 11/23/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Chronic alcohol consumption causes numerous biochemical and biophysical changes in the central nervous system, in which mitochondria is the primary organelle affected. In the present study, we hypothesized that alcohol alters the mitochondrial membrane properties and leads to mitochondrial dysfunction via mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS). Alcohol-induced hypoxia further enhances these effects. Administration of alcohol to rats significantly increased the mitochondrial lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation with decreased SOD2 mRNA and protein expression was decreased, while nitric oxide (NO) levels and expression of iNOS and nNOS in brain cortex were increased. In addition, alcohol augmented HIF-1α mRNA and protein expression in the brain cortex. Results from this study showed that alcohol administration to rats decreased mitochondrial complex I, III, IV activities, Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity and cardiolipin content with increased anisotropic value. Cardiolipin regulates numerous enzyme activities, especially those related to oxidative phosphorylation and coupled respiration. In the present study, decreased cardiolipin could be ascribed to ROS/RNS-induced damage. In conclusion, alcohol-induced ROS/RNS is responsible for the altered mitochondrial membrane properties, and alcohol-induced hypoxia further enhance these alterations, which ultimately leads to mitochondrial dysfunction.
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Hill BG, Benavides GA, Lancaster JR, Ballinger S, Dell’Italia L, Zhang J, Darley-Usmar VM. Integration of cellular bioenergetics with mitochondrial quality control and autophagy. Biol Chem 2012; 393:1485-1512. [PMID: 23092819 PMCID: PMC3594552 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2012-0198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 346] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2012] [Accepted: 06/22/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Bioenergetic dysfunction is emerging as a cornerstone for establishing a framework for understanding the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease, diabetes,cancer and neurodegeneration. Recent advances in cellular bioenergetics have shown that many cells maintain a substantial bioenergetic reserve capacity, which is a prospective index of ‘ healthy ’ mitochondrial populations.The bioenergetics of the cell are likely regulated by energy requirements and substrate availability. Additionally,the overall quality of the mitochondrial population and the relative abundance of mitochondria in cells and tissues also impinge on overall bioenergetic capacity and resistance to stress. Because mitochondria are susceptible to damage mediated by reactive oxygen/nitrogen and lipid species, maintaining a ‘ healthy ’ population of mitochondria through quality control mechanisms appears to be essential for cell survival under conditions of pathological stress. Accumulating evidence suggest that mitophagy is particularly important for preventing amplification of initial oxidative insults, which otherwise would further impair the respiratory chain or promote mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The processes underlying the regulation of mitophagy depend on several factors, including the integrity of mtDNA, electron transport chain activity, and the interaction and regulation of the autophagic machinery. The integration and interpretation of cellular bioenergetics in the context of mitochondrial quality control and genetics is the theme of this review.
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- Bradford G. Hill
- Diabetes and Obesity Center, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, and Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Physiology and Biophysics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
- Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
- Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
- Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
- Department of Medicine, Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
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- Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
- Department of Medicine, Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
- Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35294
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
- Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
- Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35294
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
- Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
- Department of Medicine, Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294
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Han D, Ybanez MD, Johnson HS, McDonald JN, Mesropyan L, Sancheti H, Martin G, Martin A, Lim AM, Dara L, Cadenas E, Tsukamoto H, Kaplowitz N. Dynamic adaptation of liver mitochondria to chronic alcohol feeding in mice: biogenesis, remodeling, and functional alterations. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:42165-79. [PMID: 23086958 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.377374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Liver mitochondria undergo dynamic alterations following chronic alcohol feeding to mice. Intragastric alcohol feeding to mice resulted in 1) increased state III respiration (109% compared with control) in isolated liver mitochondria, probably due to increased levels of complexes I, IV, and V being incorporated into the respiratory chain; 2) increased mitochondrial NAD(+) and NADH levels (∼2-fold), with no change in the redox status; 3) alteration in mitochondrial morphology, with increased numbers of elongated mitochondria; and 4) enhanced mitochondrial biogenesis in the liver, which corresponded with an up-regulation of PGC-1α (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α). Oral alcohol feeding to mice, which is associated with less liver injury and steatosis, slightly enhanced respiration in isolated liver mitochondria (30.8% compared with control), lower than the striking increase caused by intragastric alcohol feeding. Mitochondrial respiration increased with both oral and intragastric alcohol feeding despite extensive N-acetylation of mitochondrial proteins. The alcohol-induced mitochondrial alterations are probably an adaptive response to enhance alcohol metabolism in the liver. Isolated liver mitochondria from alcohol-treated mice had a greater rate of acetaldehyde metabolism and respiration when treated with acetaldehyde than control. Aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 levels were unaltered in response to alcohol, suggesting that the greater acetaldehyde metabolism by isolated mitochondria from alcohol-treated mice was due to increased mitochondrial respiration that regenerated NAD(+), the rate-limiting substrate in alcohol/acetaldehyde metabolism. Overall, our work suggests that mitochondrial plasticity in the liver may be an important adaptive response to the metabolic stress caused by alcohol intake and could potentially play a role in many other vital functions performed by the liver.
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- Derick Han
- University of Southern California Research Center for Liver Diseases and Southern California Research Center for Alcoholic Liver and Pancreatic Diseases, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-9121, USA.
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Becerril S, Rodríguez A, Catalán V, Sáinz N, Ramírez B, Gómez-Ambrosi J, Frühbeck G. Transcriptional analysis of brown adipose tissue in leptin-deficient mice lacking inducible nitric oxide synthase: evidence of the role of Med1 in energy balance. Physiol Genomics 2012; 44:678-88. [PMID: 22570438 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00039.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Leptin and nitric oxide (NO) are implicated in the control of energy homeostasis. The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of the absence of the inducible NO synthase (iNOS) gene on the regulation of energy balance in ob/ob mice analyzing the changes in gene expression levels in brown adipose tissue (BAT). Double knockout (DBKO) mice simultaneously lacking the ob and iNOS genes were generated and the expression of genes involved in energy balance including fatty acid and glucose metabolism as well as mitochondrial genes were analyzed by microarrays. DBKO mice exhibited an improvement in energy balance with a decrease in body weight (P < 0.001), total fat pads (P < 0.05), and food intake (P < 0.05), as well as an enhancement in BAT function compared with ob/ob mice. To better understand the molecular events associated with this improvement, BAT gene expression was analyzed. Of particular interest, gene expression levels of the key subunit of the Mediator complex Med1 was upregulated (P < 0.05) in DBKO mice. Real-time PCR and immunohistochemistry further confirmed this data. Med1 is implicated in adipogenesis, lipid metabolic and biosynthetic processes, glucose metabolism, and mitochondrial metabolic pathways. Med1 plays an important role in the transcriptional control of genes implicated in energy homeostasis, suggesting that the improvement in energy balance and BAT function of the DBKO mice is mediated, at least in part, through the transcription coactivator Med1.
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- Sara Becerril
- Metabolic Research Laboratory, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Leung TM, Lu Y, Yan W, Morón-Concepción JA, Ward SC, Ge X, de la Rosa LC, Nieto N. Argininosuccinate synthase conditions the response to acute and chronic ethanol-induced liver injury in mice. Hepatology 2012; 55:1596-1609. [PMID: 22213272 PMCID: PMC4632528 DOI: 10.1002/hep.25543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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UNLABELLED Argininosuccinate synthase (ASS) is the rate-limiting enzyme in both the urea and the L-citrulline/nitric oxide (NO·) cycles regulating protein catabolism, ammonia levels, and NO· generation. Because a proteomics analysis identified ASS and nitric oxide synthase-2 (NOS2) as coinduced in rat hepatocytes by chronic ethanol consumption, which also occurred in alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and in cirrhosis patients, we hypothesized that ASS could play a role in ethanol binge and chronic ethanol-induced liver damage. To investigate the contribution of ASS to the pathophysiology of ALD, wildtype (WT) and Ass(+/-) mice (Ass(-/-) are lethal due to hyperammonemia) were exposed to an ethanol binge or to chronic ethanol drinking. Compared with WT, Ass(+/-) mice given an ethanol binge exhibited decreased steatosis, lower NOS2 induction, and less 3-nitrotyrosine (3-NT) protein residues, indicating that reducing nitrosative stress by way of the L-citrulline/NO· pathway plays a significant role in preventing liver damage. However, chronic ethanol-treated Ass(+/-) mice displayed enhanced liver injury compared with WT mice. This was due to hyperammonemia, lower phosphorylated AMP-activated protein kinase alpha (pAMPKα) to total AMPKα ratio, decreased sirtuin-1 (Sirt-1) and peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor coactivator-1α (Pgc1α) messenger RNAs (mRNAs), lower fatty acid β-oxidation due to down-regulation of carnitine palmitoyl transferase-II (CPT-II), decreased antioxidant defense, and elevated lipid peroxidation end-products in spite of comparable nitrosative stress but likely reduced NOS3. CONCLUSION Partial Ass ablation protects only in acute ethanol-induced liver injury by decreasing nitrosative stress but not in a more chronic scenario where oxidative stress and impaired fatty acid β-oxidation are key events.
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- Tung Ming Leung
- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1123, 1425 Madison Avenue, Room 11-76, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1123, 1425 Madison Avenue, Room 11-76, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, 1441 North 34 Street, Seattle, WA 98103, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 West 168 Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1468 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1123, 1425 Madison Avenue, Room 11-76, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1123, 1425 Madison Avenue, Room 11-76, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1123, 1425 Madison Avenue, Room 11-76, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Ogunlade B, Saalu L, Ogunmodede O, Akunna G, Adeeyo O, Ajayi G. The Salutary Role of Allium cepa Extract on the Liver Histology, Liver Oxidative Status and Liver Marker Enzymes of Rabbits Submitted to Alcohol-induced Toxicity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.3923/ajbmb.2012.67.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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ZHU H, JIA Z, MISRA H, LI YR. Oxidative stress and redox signaling mechanisms of alcoholic liver disease: updated experimental and clinical evidence. J Dig Dis 2012; 13:133-142. [PMID: 22356308 PMCID: PMC3297983 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2011.00569.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and Europe. The spectrum of ALD ranges from fatty liver to alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis, which may eventually lead to hepatocellular carcinoma. In developed countries as well as developing nations, ALD is a major cause of end-stage liver disease that requires liver transplantation. The most effective therapy for ALD is alcohol abstinence; however, for individuals with severe ALD and those in whom alcohol abstinence is not achievable, targeted therapies are absolutely necessary. In this context, advances of our understanding of the pathophysiology of ALD over the past two decades have contributed to the development of therapeutic modalities (e.g., pentoxifylline and corticosteroids) for the disease although the efficacy of the available treatments remains limited. This article is intended to succinctly review the recent experimental and clinical findings of the involvement of oxidative stress and redox signaling in the pathophysiology of ALD and the development of mechanistically based antioxidant modalities targeting oxidative stress and redox signaling mechanisms. The biochemical and cellular sources of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) and dysregulated redox signaling pathways associated with alcohol consumption are particularly discussed to provide insight into the molecular basis of hepatic cell dysfunction and destruction as well as tissue remodeling underlying ALD.
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- Hong ZHU
- Department of Pharmacology, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA,Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA,Correspondence should be addressed to: Y. Robert Li, MD, PhD, Professor and Department Chair, Phone: (540) 231-1465, Fax: (540) 231-8846, or H. Zhu, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Phone: (540) 231-1468, Fax: (540) 231-8846,
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA,Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA,Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA,Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences,, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA,Correspondence should be addressed to: Y. Robert Li, MD, PhD, Professor and Department Chair, Phone: (540) 231-1465, Fax: (540) 231-8846, or H. Zhu, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Phone: (540) 231-1468, Fax: (540) 231-8846,
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Activation of liver X receptors attenuates endotoxin-induced liver injury in mice with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Dig Dis Sci 2012; 57:390-8. [PMID: 21948338 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1902-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2011] [Accepted: 08/31/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is classically associated with insulin resistance and the inflammatory response, especially in the nonalcoholic steatohepatitis phase. The liver X receptors (LXRs) play a critical role in the regulation of cholesterol metabolism and inflammatory processes. METHODS Wild-type C57BL/6 mice were fed a normal diet (ND) or a high-fat (HF) diet for 8 weeks. Some ND- and HF-fed mice were treated (i.p.) with the LXR agonist T0901317 (30 mg/kg/day) for 7 days. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 50 μg/mouse) was then injected intraperitoneally to induce liver injury. The activation of MAPKs, NF-κB and the PI3K pathway was evaluated using Western blot. Bone marrow-derived macrophages (MDMs) were isolated from the femurs of C57BL/6 mice and cultured with or without T0901317 (20 μmol/l). The expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) was evaluated in vitro or in vivo using real-time PCR, immunohistochemistry, or Western blot. RESULTS The LXR agonist T0901317 attenuated LPS-induced liver injury in a murine model of NAFLD, reflected by reduced serum alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase levels, and reduced liver histology changes. Activation of LXRs reduced TNF-α and iNOS expression through inhibiting JNK and the PI3K signaling pathway. An in vitro study demonstrated that the activation of LXR inhibited the expression of TNF-α and iNOS in the MDMs of mice. CONCLUSIONS Activation of LXRs attenuates LPS-induced liver injury in murine NAFLD through inhibiting the pro-inflammatory activity of macrophages.
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