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- Title
Hepatocyte PPARγ contributes to the progression of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in male and female obese mice.
- Authors
Lee, Samuel M.; Muratalla, Jose; Karimi, Saman; Diaz-Ruiz, Alberto; Frutos, Maria Dolores; Guzman, Grace; Ramos-Molina, Bruno; Cordoba-Chacon, Jose
- Abstract
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is associated with obesity and increased expression of hepatic peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ). However, the relevance of hepatocyte PPARγ in NASH associated with obesity is still poorly understood. In this study, hepatocyte PPARγ was knocked out (PpargΔHep) in male and female mice after the development of high-fat diet-induced obesity. The diet-induced obese mice were then maintained on their original diet or switched to a high fat, cholesterol, and fructose (HFCF) diet to induce NASH. Hepatic PPARγ expression was mostly derived from hepatocytes and increased by high fat diets. PpargΔHep reduced HFCF-induced NASH progression without altering steatosis, reduced the expression of key genes involved in hepatic fibrosis in HFCF-fed male and female mice, and decreased the area of collagen-stained fibrosis in the liver of HFCF-fed male mice. Moreover, transcriptomic and metabolomic data suggested that HFCF-diet regulated hepatic amino acid metabolism in a hepatocyte PPARγ-dependent manner. PpargΔHep increased betaine-homocysteine s-methyltransferase expression and reduced homocysteine levels in HFCF-fed male mice. In addition, in a cohort of 102 obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery with liver biopsies, 16 cases were scored with NASH and were associated with increased insulin resistance and hepatic PPARγ expression. Our study shows that hepatocyte PPARγ expression is associated with NASH in mice and humans. In male mice, hepatocyte PPARγ negatively regulates methionine metabolism and contributes to the progression of fibrosis.
- Subjects
BETAINE; NON-alcoholic fatty liver disease; WEIGHT loss; HIGH-fat diet; PEROXISOME proliferator-activated receptors; AMINO acid metabolism; METHIONINE metabolism
- Publication
Cellular & Molecular Life Sciences, 2023, Vol 80, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1420-682X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00018-022-04629-z