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Albalawi SS, Aljabri A, Alshibani M, Al-Gayyar MM. The Involvement of Calcium Channels in the Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Pathogenesis. Cureus 2023; 15:e49150. [PMID: 38024063 PMCID: PMC10663096 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.49150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a prevalent and complex condition that affects millions of people globally. It occurs when fat, primarily triglycerides, accumulates in liver cells, leading to inflammation and damage. Calcium, an essential mineral, is involved in various physiological processes, including the regeneration process following liver injury. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a complex organelle involved in protein synthesis and lipid metabolism, regulates intracellular calcium levels. Dysregulation of this process can lead to calcium overload, oxidative stress, and cellular damage, all of which are hallmarks of NAFLD. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R), a type of calcium ion channel, is found throughout the body, including the liver. IP3R is classified into three subtypes: IP3R1, IP3R2, and IP3R3, and it plays a critical role in regulating intracellular calcium levels. However, excessive calcium accumulation in the mitochondria due to an overload of calcium ions or increased IP3R activity can lead to NAFLD. Therefore, targeting calcium channels in the ER membrane may represent a promising therapeutic strategy for preventing and treating this increasingly prevalent metabolic disorder. It may help prevent mitochondrial calcium accumulation and reduce the risk of hepatic damage. This review article aimed to review the relationship between IP3R modulation and the pathogenicity of NAFLD, providing valuable insights to help researchers develop more effective treatments for the condition.
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- Sarah S Albalawi
- PharmD Program, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, SAU
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- Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, SAU
- Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, SAU
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- Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, SAU
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, SAU
- Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, EGY
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Humbert A, Lefebvre R, Nawrot M, Caussy C, Rieusset J. Calcium signalling in hepatic metabolism: Health and diseases. Cell Calcium 2023; 114:102780. [PMID: 37506596 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2023.102780] [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] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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The flexibility between the wide array of hepatic functions relies on calcium (Ca2+) signalling. Indeed, Ca2+ is implicated in the control of many intracellular functions as well as intercellular communication. Thus, hepatocytes adapt their Ca2+ signalling depending on their nutritional and hormonal environment, leading to opposite cellular functions, such as glucose storage or synthesis. Interestingly, hepatic metabolic diseases, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases, are associated with impaired Ca2+ signalling. Here, we present the hepatocytes' toolkit for Ca2+ signalling, complete with regulation systems and signalling pathways activated by nutrients and hormones. We further discuss the current knowledge on the molecular mechanisms leading to alterations of Ca2+ signalling in hepatic metabolic diseases, and review the literature on the clinical impact of Ca2+-targeting therapeutics.
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- Alexandre Humbert
- Laboratoire CarMeN, INSERM U-1060, INRAE U-1397, Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre-Bénite, France
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- Laboratoire CarMeN, INSERM U-1060, INRAE U-1397, Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre-Bénite, France
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- Laboratoire CarMeN, INSERM U-1060, INRAE U-1397, Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre-Bénite, France
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- Laboratoire CarMeN, INSERM U-1060, INRAE U-1397, Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre-Bénite, France; Département Endocrinologie, Diabète et Nutrition, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Lyon Sud, Pierre-Bénite, France
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- Laboratoire CarMeN, INSERM U-1060, INRAE U-1397, Université Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre-Bénite, France.
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Zhou B, Luo Y, Ji N, Hu C, Lu Y. Orosomucoid 2 maintains hepatic lipid homeostasis through suppression of de novo lipogenesis. Nat Metab 2022; 4:1185-1201. [PMID: 36050503 DOI: 10.1038/s42255-022-00627-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is caused by imbalance in lipid metabolism. In this study, we show that the hepatokine orosomucoid (ORM) 2 is a key regulator of de novo lipogenesis in the liver. Hepatic and plasma ORM2 levels are markedly decreased in obese murine models and patients with NAFLD. Through multiple loss- and gain-of function studies, we demonstrate that ORM2 is essential to maintain hepatic and systemic lipid homeostasis. At the mechanistic level, ORM2 binds to inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptor type 2 to activate AMP-activated protein kinase signaling, thereby inhibiting sterol regulatory element binding protein 1c-mediated lipogenic gene program. Notably, intraperitoneal injections of recombinant ORM2 protein or stabilized ORM2-FC fusion protein markedly improved liver steatosis, steatohepatitis and atherosclerosis in preclinical mouse models, without adverse effects on body weight or food intake. Thus, these findings suggest that ORM2 may serve as a potential target for therapeutic intervention in NAFLD, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and related lipid disorders.
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- Bing Zhou
- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Clinical Centre for Diabetes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Molecular Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Qingpu Branch of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai Clinical Centre for Diabetes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Metabolism and Molecular Medicine of the Ministry of Education, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
- Institute of Metabolism and Regenerative Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.
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Rodgers RL. Glucagon, cyclic AMP, and hepatic glucose mobilization: A half‐century of uncertainty. Physiol Rep 2022; 10:e15263. [PMID: 35569125 PMCID: PMC9107925 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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For at least 50 years, the prevailing view has been that the adenylate cyclase (AC)/cyclic AMP (cAMP)/protein kinase A pathway is the predominant signal mediating the hepatic glucose‐mobilizing actions of glucagon. A wealth of evidence, however, supports the alternative, that the operative signal most of the time is the phospholipase C (PLC)/inositol‐phosphate (IP3)/calcium/calmodulin pathway. The evidence can be summarized as follows: (1) The consensus threshold glucagon concentration for activating AC ex vivo is 100 pM, but the statistical hepatic portal plasma glucagon concentration range, measured by RIA, is between 28 and 60 pM; (2) Within that physiological concentration range, glucagon stimulates the PLC/IP3 pathway and robustly increases glucose output without affecting the AC/cAMP pathway; (3) Activation of a latent, amplified AC/cAMP pathway at concentrations below 60 pM is very unlikely; and (4) Activation of the PLC/IP3 pathway at physiological concentrations produces intracellular effects that are similar to those produced by activation of the AC/cAMP pathway at concentrations above 100 pM, including elevated intracellular calcium and altered activities and expressions of key enzymes involved in glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis, and glycogen synthesis. Under metabolically stressful conditions, as in the early neonate or exercising adult, plasma glucagon concentrations often exceed 100 pM, recruiting the AC/cAMP pathway and enhancing the activation of PLC/IP3 pathway to boost glucose output, adaptively meeting the elevated systemic glucose demand. Whether the AC/cAMP pathway is consistently activated in starvation or diabetes is not clear. Because the importance of glucagon in the pathogenesis of diabetes is becoming increasingly evident, it is even more urgent now to resolve lingering uncertainties and definitively establish glucagon’s true mechanism of glycemia regulation in health and disease.
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- Robert L. Rodgers
- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy University of Rhode Island Kingston Rhode Island USA
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Chen CC, Hsu LW, Chen KD, Chiu KW, Chen CL, Huang KT. Emerging Roles of Calcium Signaling in the Development of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 23:ijms23010256. [PMID: 35008682 PMCID: PMC8745268 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23010256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The liver plays a central role in energy metabolism. Dysregulated hepatic lipid metabolism is a major cause of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a chronic liver disorder closely linked to obesity and insulin resistance. NAFLD is rapidly emerging as a global health problem with currently no approved therapy. While early stages of NAFLD are often considered benign, the disease can progress to an advanced stage that involves chronic inflammation, with increased risk for developing end-stage disease including fibrosis and liver cancer. Hence, there is an urgent need to identify potential pharmacological targets. Ca2+ is an essential signaling molecule involved in a myriad of cellular processes. Intracellular Ca2+ is intricately compartmentalized, and the Ca2+ flow is tightly controlled by a network of Ca2+ transport and buffering proteins. Impaired Ca2+ signaling is strongly associated with endoplasmic reticulum stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and autophagic defects, all of which are etiological factors of NAFLD. In this review, we describe the recent advances that underscore the critical role of dysregulated Ca2+ homeostasis in lipid metabolic abnormalities and discuss the feasibility of targeting Ca2+ signaling as a potential therapeutic approach.
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- Chien-Chih Chen
- Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan;
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- Liver Transplantation Center, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan; (L.-W.H.); (K.-D.C.); (K.-W.C.); (C.-L.C.)
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- Liver Transplantation Center, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan; (L.-W.H.); (K.-D.C.); (K.-W.C.); (C.-L.C.)
- Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan
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- Liver Transplantation Center, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan; (L.-W.H.); (K.-D.C.); (K.-W.C.); (C.-L.C.)
- Division of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan
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- Liver Transplantation Center, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan; (L.-W.H.); (K.-D.C.); (K.-W.C.); (C.-L.C.)
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- Liver Transplantation Center, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan; (L.-W.H.); (K.-D.C.); (K.-W.C.); (C.-L.C.)
- Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-7-731-7123 (ext. 8193)
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Ali ES, Girard D, Petrovsky N. Impaired Ca 2+ signaling due to hepatic steatosis mediates hepatic insulin resistance in Alström syndrome mice that is reversed by GLP-1 analog treatment. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2021; 321:C187-C198. [PMID: 34106786 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00020.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ca2+ signaling plays a critical role in the regulation of hepatic metabolism by hormones including insulin. Changes in cytoplasmic Ca2+ regulate synthesis and posttranslational modification of key signaling proteins in the insulin pathways. Emerging evidence suggests that hepatocyte intracellular Ca2+ signaling is altered in lipid-loaded liver cells isolated from obese rodent models. The mechanisms of altered Ca2+-insulin and insulin-Ca2+ signaling pathways in obesity remain poorly understood. Here, we show that the kinetics of insulin-initiated intracellular (initial) Ca2+ release from endoplasmic reticulum is significantly impaired in steatotic hepatocytes from obese Alström syndrome mice. Furthermore, exenatide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog, reversed lipid-induced inhibition of intracellular Ca2+ release kinetics in steatotic hepatocytes, without affecting the total content of intracellular Ca2+ released. Exenatide reversed the lipid-induced inhibition of intracellular Ca2+ release, at least partially, via lipid reduction in hepatocytes, which then restored hormone-regulated cytoplasmic Ca2+ signaling and insulin sensitivity. This data provides additional evidence for the important role of Ca2+ signaling pathways in obesity-associated impaired hepatic lipid homeostasis and insulin signaling. It also highlights a potential advantage of GLP-1 analogs when used to treat type 2 diabetes associated with hepatic steatosis.
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- Eunus S Ali
- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Vaxine Pty Ltd, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Lemos FO, Guerra MT, Leite MDF. Inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate receptors in secretory epithelial cells of the gastrointestinal tract. CURRENT OPINION IN PHYSIOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cophys.2020.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Lemos FDO, França A, Lima Filho ACM, Florentino RM, Santos ML, Missiaggia DG, Rodrigues GOL, Dias FF, Souza Passos IB, Teixeira MM, Andrade AMDF, Lima CX, Vidigal PVT, Costa VV, Fonseca MC, Nathanson MH, Leite MF. Molecular Mechanism for Protection Against Liver Failure in Human Yellow Fever Infection. Hepatol Commun 2020; 4:657-669. [PMID: 32363317 PMCID: PMC7193135 DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Yellow fever (YF) is a viral hemorrhagic fever that typically involves the liver. Brazil recently experienced its largest recorded YF outbreak, and the disease was fatal in more than a third of affected individuals, mostly because of acute liver failure. Affected individuals are generally treated only supportively, but during the recent Brazilian outbreak, selected patients were treated with liver transplant. We took advantage of this clinical experience to better characterize the clinical and pathological features of YF-induced liver failure and to examine the mechanism of hepatocellular injury in YF, to identify targets that would be amenable to therapeutic intervention in preventing progression to liver failure and death. Patients with YF liver failure rapidly developed massive transaminase elevations, with jaundice, coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia, and usually hepatic encephalopathy, along with pathological findings that included microvesicular steatosis and lytic necrosis. Hepatocytes began to express the type 3 isoform of the inositol trisphosphate receptor (ITPR3), an intracellular calcium (Ca2+) channel that is not normally expressed in hepatocytes. Experiments in an animal model, isolated hepatocytes, and liver-derived cell lines showed that this new expression of ITPR3 was associated with increased nuclear Ca2+ signaling and hepatocyte proliferation, and reduced steatosis and cell death induced by the YF virus. Conclusion: Yellow fever often induces liver failure characterized by massive hepatocellular damage plus steatosis. New expression of ITPR3 also occurs in YF-infected hepatocytes, which may represent an endogenous protective mechanism that could suggest approaches to treat affected individuals before they progress to liver failure, thereby decreasing the mortality of this disease in a way that does not rely on the costly and limited resource of liver transplantation.
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- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Center of MicroscopyUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and ImmunologyUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Hepatic Transplant ServiceHospital Felício RochoBelo HorizonteBrazil
- SurgeryUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio)Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and MaterialsRua Giuseppe Máximo ScolfaroCampinasBrazil
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- Section of Digestive DiseasesDepartment of Internal MedicineYale University School of MedicineNew HavenCT
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- Department of Physiology and BiophysicsUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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Alogaili F, Chinnarasu S, Jaeschke A, Kranias EG, Hui DY. Hepatic HAX-1 inactivation prevents metabolic diseases by enhancing mitochondrial activity and bile salt export. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:4631-4646. [PMID: 32079675 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.012361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Increasing hepatic mitochondrial activity through pyruvate dehydrogenase and elevating enterohepatic bile acid recirculation are promising new approaches for metabolic disease therapy, but neither approach alone can completely ameliorate disease phenotype in high-fat diet-fed mice. This study showed that diet-induced hepatosteatosis, hyperlipidemia, and insulin resistance can be completely prevented in mice with liver-specific HCLS1-associated protein X-1 (HAX-1) inactivation. Mechanistically, we showed that HAX-1 interacts with inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor-1 (InsP3R1) in the liver, and its absence reduces InsP3R1 levels, thereby improving endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria calcium homeostasis to prevent excess calcium overload and mitochondrial dysfunction. As a result, HAX-1 ablation activates pyruvate dehydrogenase and increases mitochondria utilization of glucose and fatty acids to prevent hepatosteatosis, hyperlipidemia, and insulin resistance. In contrast to the reduction of InsP3R1 levels, hepatic HAX-1 deficiency increases bile salt exporter protein levels, thereby promoting enterohepatic bile acid recirculation, leading to activation of bile acid-responsive genes in the intestinal ileum to augment insulin sensitivity and of cholesterol transport genes in the liver to suppress hyperlipidemia. The dual mechanisms of increased mitochondrial respiration and enterohepatic bile acid recirculation due to improvement of endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria calcium homeostasis with hepatic HAX-1 inactivation suggest that this may be a potential therapeutic target for metabolic disease intervention.
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- Fawzi Alogaili
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Metabolic Diseases Research Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237.,Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Metabolic Diseases Research Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Metabolic Diseases Research Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237
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- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Metabolic Diseases Research Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237
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Lemos FDO, Florentino RM, Lima Filho ACM, Santos MLD, Leite MF. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor in the liver: Expression and function. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25:6483-6494. [PMID: 31802829 PMCID: PMC6886013 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i44.6483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2019] [Revised: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The liver is a complex organ that performs several functions to maintain homeostasis. These functions are modulated by calcium, a second messenger that regulates several intracellular events. In hepatocytes and cholangiocytes, which are the epithelial cell types in the liver, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) receptors (ITPR) are the only intracellular calcium release channels. Three isoforms of the ITPR have been described, named type 1, type 2 and type 3. These ITPR isoforms are differentially expressed in liver cells where they regulate distinct physiological functions. Changes in the expression level of these receptors correlate with several liver diseases and hepatic dysfunctions. In this review, we highlight how the expression level, modulation, and localization of ITPR isoforms in hepatocytes and cholangiocytes play a role in hepatic homeostasis and liver pathology.
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- Fernanda de Oliveira Lemos
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- Department of Cell Biology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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Khamphaya T, Chukijrungroat N, Saengsirisuwan V, Mitchell-Richards KA, Robert ME, Mennone A, Nathanson MH, Weerachayaphorn J, Weerachayaphorn J. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease impairs expression of the type II inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor. Hepatology 2018; 67:560-574. [PMID: 29023819 PMCID: PMC5893412 DOI: 10.1002/hep.29588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Revised: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most prevalent liver disease worldwide. It may result in several types of liver problems, including impaired liver regeneration (LR), but the mechanism for this is unknown. Because LR depends on calcium signaling, we examined the effects of NAFLD on expression of the type II inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (ITPR2), the principle calcium release channel in hepatocytes. ITPR2 promoter activity was measured in Huh7 and HepG2 cells. ITPR2 and c-Jun protein levels were evaluated in Huh7 cells, in liver tissue from a rat model of NAFLD, and in liver biopsy specimens of patients with simple steatosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). LR was assessed in wild-type and Itpr2 knockout (Itpr2-/- ) mice following 67% hepatectomy. Cell proliferation was examined in ITPR2-knockout HepG2 cells generated by the CRISPR/Cas9 system. c-Jun dose dependently decreased activity of the human ITPR2 promoter. c-Jun expression was increased and ITPR2 was decreased in fat-loaded Huh7 cells and in livers of rats fed a high-fat, high-fructose diet. Overexpression of c-Jun reduced protein and mRNA expression of ITPR2 in Huh7 cells, whereas knockdown of c-Jun prevented the decrease of ITPR2 in fat-loaded Huh7 cells. ITPR2 expression was decreased and c-Jun was increased in liver biopsies of patients with steatosis and NASH compared to controls. ITPR2-knockout cells exhibited less nuclear calcium signaling and cell proliferation than control cells. LR assessed by Ki-67 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen was markedly decreased in Itpr2-/- mice. Conclusion: Fatty liver induces a c-Jun-mediated decrease in ITPR2 in hepatocytes. This may account for the impaired LR that occurs in NAFLD. (Hepatology 2018;67:560-574).
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- Tanaporn Khamphaya
- Toxicology Graduate Program, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06519, USA
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- Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven 06519, Connecticut, USA
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- Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven 06519, Connecticut, USA,Corresponding Authors: Michael H. Nathanson, M.D., Ph.D., Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA. Phone: (+1) 203-785-7312; Fax: (+1) 203-785-7273, ; Jittima Weerachayaphorn, Ph.D., Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. Phone: (+66) 2201-5514; Fax: (+66) 2354-7154, ,
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand,Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven 06519, Connecticut, USA,Corresponding Authors: Michael H. Nathanson, M.D., Ph.D., Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA. Phone: (+1) 203-785-7312; Fax: (+1) 203-785-7273, ; Jittima Weerachayaphorn, Ph.D., Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. Phone: (+66) 2201-5514; Fax: (+66) 2354-7154, ,
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.,Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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Calcium-dependent O-GlcNAc signaling drives liver autophagy in adaptation to starvation. Genes Dev 2017; 31:1655-1665. [PMID: 28903979 PMCID: PMC5647936 DOI: 10.1101/gad.305441.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In this study, Ruan et al. demonstrate that O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) is required for glucagon-stimulated liver autophagy and metabolic adaptation to starvation. Their findings delineate a new signaling pathway in which starvation promotes autophagy through OGT phosphorylation and establish the importance of O-GlcNAc signaling in coupling liver autophagy to nutrient homeostasis. Starvation induces liver autophagy, which is thought to provide nutrients for use by other organs and thereby maintain whole-body homeostasis. Here we demonstrate that O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) transferase (OGT) is required for glucagon-stimulated liver autophagy and metabolic adaptation to starvation. Genetic ablation of OGT in mouse livers reduces autophagic flux and the production of glucose and ketone bodies. Upon glucagon-induced calcium signaling, calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) phosphorylates OGT, which in turn promotes O-GlcNAc modification and activation of Ulk proteins by potentiating AMPK-dependent phosphorylation. These findings uncover a signaling cascade by which starvation promotes autophagy through OGT phosphorylation and establish the importance of O-GlcNAc signaling in coupling liver autophagy to nutrient homeostasis.
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Iwakiri Y, Nathanson MH. Alcohol and calcium make a potent cocktail. J Physiol 2017; 595:3109-3110. [PMID: 28295353 DOI: 10.1113/jp274133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Yasuko Iwakiri
- Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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Bartlett PJ, Antony AN, Agarwal A, Hilly M, Prince VL, Combettes L, Hoek JB, Gaspers LD. Chronic alcohol feeding potentiates hormone-induced calcium signalling in hepatocytes. J Physiol 2017; 595:3143-3164. [PMID: 28220501 DOI: 10.1113/jp273891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Chronic alcohol consumption causes a spectrum of liver diseases, but the pathogenic mechanisms driving the onset and progression of disease are not clearly defined. We show that chronic alcohol feeding sensitizes rat hepatocytes to Ca2+ -mobilizing hormones resulting in a leftward shift in the concentration-response relationship and the transition from oscillatory to more sustained and prolonged Ca2+ increases. Our data demonstrate that alcohol-dependent adaptation in the Ca2+ signalling pathway occurs at the level of hormone-induced inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate (IP3 ) production and does not involve changes in the sensitivity of the IP3 receptor or size of internal Ca2+ stores. We suggest that prolonged and aberrant hormone-evoked Ca2+ increases may stimulate the production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species and contribute to alcohol-induced hepatocyte injury. ABSTRACT: 'Adaptive' responses of the liver to chronic alcohol consumption may underlie the development of cell and tissue injury. Alcohol administration can perturb multiple signalling pathways including phosphoinositide-dependent cytosolic calcium ([Ca2+ ]i ) increases, which can adversely affect mitochondrial Ca2+ levels, reactive oxygen species production and energy metabolism. Our data indicate that chronic alcohol feeding induces a leftward shift in the dose-response for Ca2+ -mobilizing hormones resulting in more sustained and prolonged [Ca2+ ]i increases in both cultured hepatocytes and hepatocytes within the intact perfused liver. Ca2+ increases were initiated at lower hormone concentrations, and intercellular calcium wave propagation rates were faster in alcoholics compared to controls. Acute alcohol treatment (25 mm) completely inhibited hormone-induced calcium increases in control livers, but not after chronic alcohol-feeding, suggesting desensitization to the inhibitory actions of ethanol. Hormone-induced inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate (IP3 ) accumulation and phospholipase C (PLC) activity were significantly potentiated in hepatocytes from alcohol-fed rats compared to controls. Removal of extracellular calcium, or chelation of intracellular calcium did not normalize the differences in hormone-stimulated PLC activity, indicating calcium-dependent PLCs are not upregulated by alcohol. We propose that the liver 'adapts' to chronic alcohol exposure by increasing hormone-dependent IP3 formation, leading to aberrant calcium increases, which may contribute to hepatocyte injury.
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- Paula J Bartlett
- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, 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 Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA
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- INSERM UMR-S 757, Université de Paris-Sud, bât 443, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA
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- INSERM UMR-S 757, Université de Paris-Sud, bât 443, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA
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Kruglov E, Ananthanarayanan M, Sousa P, Weerachayaphorn J, Guerra MT, Nathanson MH. Type 2 inositol trisphosphate receptor gene expression in hepatocytes is regulated by cyclic AMP. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 486:659-664. [PMID: 28327356 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.03.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The type 2 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R2) is the principal intracellular Ca2+ release channel in hepatocytes, and so is important for bile secretion and other functions. IP3R2 activity is regulated in part by post-translational modifications but little is known about transcriptional regulation of its expression. We found that both IP3R2 mRNA and protein levels in liver were increased during fasting. Treatment of hepatocytes with forskolin or 8-CPT-cAMP also increased IP3R2, and this was reduced by actinomycin D. Analysis of the IP3R2 promoter revealed five CREs, and CREB potently increased promoter activity. Mutation of CRE4 or CRE5 decreased induction by CREB, and ChIP assay showed recruitment of CREB to these sites. Adenylyl cyclase (AC) 6 and 9 were the principal AC isoforms detected in rat hepatocytes, and silencing either one decreased organic anion secretion, which depends on IP3R2. Secretion furthermore was increased by overnight but not acute treatment with forskolin or 8-CPT-cAMP. These findings provide evidence that IP3R2 expression is transcriptionally regulated by cAMP via CREB binding to CRE elements in its promoter. The findings furthermore suggest that this mechanism is relevant for hormonal regulation of bile secretion.
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- Emma Kruglov
- Digestive Diseases Section, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8019, USA
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- Digestive Diseases Section, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8019, USA
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- Digestive Diseases Section, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8019, USA
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- Digestive Diseases Section, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8019, USA
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- Digestive Diseases Section, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8019, USA.
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Feriod CN, Oliveira AG, Guerra MT, Nguyen L, Richards KM, Jurczak MJ, Ruan HB, Camporez JP, Yang X, Shulman GI, Bennett AM, Nathanson MH, Ehrlich BE. Hepatic Inositol 1,4,5 Trisphosphate Receptor Type 1 Mediates Fatty Liver. Hepatol Commun 2016; 1:23-35. [PMID: 28966992 PMCID: PMC5613674 DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Fatty liver is the most common type of liver disease, affecting nearly one third of the US population and more than half a billion people worldwide. Abnormalities in ER calcium handling and mitochondrial function each have been implicated in abnormal lipid droplet formation. Here we show that the type 1 isoform of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (InsP3R1) specifically links ER calcium release to mitochondrial calcium signaling and lipid droplet formation in hepatocytes. Moreover, liver-specific InsP3R1 knockout mice have impaired mitochondrial calcium signaling, decreased hepatic triglycerides, reduced lipid droplet formation and are resistant to development of fatty liver. Patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, the most malignant form of fatty liver, have increased hepatic expression of InsP3R1 and the extent of ER-mitochondrial co-localization correlates with the degree of steatosis in human liver biopsies. CONCLUSION InsP3R1 plays a central role in lipid droplet formation in hepatocytes and the data suggest that it is involved in the development of human fatty liver disease.
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- Colleen N Feriod
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Section of Digestive Diseases, Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Section of Digestive Diseases, Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Section of Digestive Diseases, Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520.,Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT 06520
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