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- Title
A high-trans fat, high-carbohydrate, high-cholesterol, high-cholate diet-induced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis mouse model and its hepatic immune response.
- Authors
Zhang, Qian; Jin, Yue; Xin, Xin; An, Ziming; Hu, Yi-yang; Li, Yajuan; Feng, Qin
- Abstract
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic progressive disease that can progress to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Animal models are important tools for basic NASH research. Immune activation plays a key role in liver inflammation in patients with NASH. We established a high-trans fat, high-carbohydrate, and high-cholesterol, high-cholate diet-induced (HFHCCC) mouse model. C57BL/6 mice were fed a normal or HFHCCC diet for 24 weeks, and the immune response characteristics of this model were evaluated. The proportion of immune cells in mouse liver tissues was detected by immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry, Multiplex bead immunoassay and Luminex technology was used to detecte the expression of cytokines in mouse liver tissues. The results showed that mice treated with HFHCCC diet exhibited remarkably increased hepatic triglycerides (TG) content, and the increase in plasma transaminases resulted in hepatocyte injury. Biochemical results showed that HFHCCC induced elevated hepatic lipids, blood glucose, insulin; marked hepatocyte steatosis, ballooning, inflammation, and fibrosis. The proportion of innate immunity-related cells, including Kupffer cells (KCs), neutrophils, dendritic cells (DCs), natural killer T cells (NKT), and adaptive immunity-related CD3+ T cells increased; interleukin-1α (IL-1α), IL-1β, IL-2, IL-6, IL-9, and chemokines, including CCL2, CCL3, and macrophage colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) increased. The constructed model closely approximated the characteristics of human NASH and evaluation of its immune response signature, showed that the innate immune response was more pronounced than adaptive immunity. Its use as an experimental tool for understanding innate immune responses in NASH is recommended.
- Subjects
ANALYSIS of triglycerides; BLOOD sugar analysis; LIPID analysis; BIOLOGICAL models; FLOW cytometry; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC cells; INTERLEUKINS; LIVER; DIETARY cholesterol; ANIMAL experimentation; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; COLONY-stimulating factors (Physiology); NON-alcoholic fatty liver disease; CIRRHOSIS of the liver; MACROPHAGES; KILLER cells; IMMUNOASSAY; INSULIN; NEUTROPHILS; BILE acids; IMMUNITY; RESEARCH funding; DIETARY carbohydrates; AMINOTRANSFERASES; LIVER cells; T cells; CHEMOKINES; DIETARY fats; MICE
- Publication
Nutrition & Metabolism, 2023, Vol 20, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1743-7075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12986-023-00749-w