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Hepatic-specific Pgc-1α ablation drives fibrosis in a MASH model.
Arconzo, Maria; Piccinin, Elena; Pasculli, Emanuela; Cariello, Marica; Loiseau, Nicolas; Bertrand-Michel, Justine; Guillou, Hervé; Matrella, Maria L; Villani, Gaetano; Moschetta, Antonio.
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  • Arconzo M; Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine (DIM), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.
  • Piccinin E; Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine (DIM), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.
  • Pasculli E; Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.
  • Cariello M; Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine (DIM), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.
  • Loiseau N; Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine (DIM), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.
  • Bertrand-Michel J; Toxalim (Research Center in Food Toxicology), INRAE, ENVT, INP-PURPAN, UMR 1331, UPS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
  • Guillou H; MetaboHUB-MetaToul, National Infrastructure of Metabolomics and Fluxomics, Toulouse, France.
  • Matrella ML; Toxalim (Research Center in Food Toxicology), INRAE, ENVT, INP-PURPAN, UMR 1331, UPS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
  • Villani G; Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.
  • Moschetta A; Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.
Liver Int ; 2024 Jul 24.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39046166
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND &

AIMS:

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is a growing cause of chronic liver disease, characterized by fat accumulation, inflammation and fibrosis, which development depends on mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress. Highly expressed in the liver during fasting, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) regulates mitochondrial and oxidative metabolism. Given the relevant role of mitochondrial function in MASH, we investigated the relationship between PGC-1α and steatohepatitis.

METHODS:

We measured the hepatic expression of Pgc-1α in both MASH patients and wild-type mice fed a western diet (WD) inducing steatosis and fibrosis. We then generated a pure C57BL6/J strain loss of function mouse model in which Pgc-1α is selectively deleted in the liver and we fed these mice with a WD supplemented with sugar water that accurately mimics human MASH.

RESULTS:

We observed that the hepatic expression of Pgc-1α is strongly reduced in MASH, in both humans and mice. Moreover, the hepatic ablation of Pgc-1α promotes a considerable reduction of the hepatic mitochondrial respiratory capacity, setting up a bioenergetic harmful environment for liver diseases. Indeed, the lack of Pgc-1α decreases mitochondrial function and increases inflammation, fibrosis and oxidative stress in the scenario of MASH. Intriguingly, this profibrotic phenotype is not linked with obesity, insulin resistance and lipid disbalance.

CONCLUSIONS:

In a MASH model the hepatic ablation of Pgc-1α drives fibrosis independently from lipid and glucose metabolism. These results add a novel mechanistic piece to the puzzle of the specific and crucial role of mitochondrial function in MASH development.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Liver Int Asunto de la revista: GASTROENTEROLOGIA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Liver Int Asunto de la revista: GASTROENTEROLOGIA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos