Deletion of Nrf2 leads to rapid progression of steatohepatitis in mice fed atherogenic plus high-fat diet
| Autor: | Hiroshi Takahashi, Junichi Shoda, Hirokazu Sugimoto, Tetsuro Ishii, Naohiro Gotoh, Katsutoshi Tokushige, Kosuke Okada, Masaki Horie, Hirotoshi Utsunomiya, Eiji Warabi, Masayuki Yamamoto, Etsuko Hashimoto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors NF-E2-Related Factor 2 Antioxidative stress medicine.disease_cause Diet High-Fat Mice Internal medicine medicine Animals Transcription factor Gene chemistry.chemical_classification Mice Knockout Chemistry Gastroenterology Fatty acid High fat diet Hepatology medicine.disease Fatty Liver Mice Inbred C57BL Endocrinology Disease Progression Diet Atherogenic Steatohepatitis Oxidative stress Gene Deletion |
| Zdroj: | Journal of gastroenterology. 48(5) |
| ISSN: | 1435-5922 |
| Popis: | The transcription factor nuclear factor-E2-related factor-2 (Nrf2) inhibits lipid accumulation and oxidative stress in the liver by interfering with lipogenic pathways and inducing antioxidative stress genes.The involvement of Nrf2 in defense against the development of steatohepatitis was studied in an experimental model induced by an atherogenic plus high-fat (Ath + HF) diet. Wild-type (WT) and Nrf2-null mice were fed the diet. Their specimens were analyzed for pathology as well as for the expression levels of genes involved in fatty acid metabolism and those involved via the Nrf2 transcriptional pathway.In Nrf2-null mice fed the diet, steatohepatitis developed rapidly, leading to precirrhosis. The Ath + HF diet increased hepatic triglyceride levels and changed fatty acid composition in both mouse groups. However, oleic acid (C18:1 n-9) predominated in the livers of Nrf2-null mice. Correlating well with the pathology, the mRNA levels of the factors involved in fatty acid metabolism (Lxr, Srebp-1a, 1c, Acc-1, Fas, Scd-1, and Fatty acid transporting peptides 1, 3, 4), the inflammatory cytokine genes (Tnf-α and IL-1β), and the fibrogenesis-related genes (Tgf-β1 and α-Sma) were significantly increased in the livers of Nrf2-null mice fed the diet, compared with the levels of these factors in matched WT mice. Oxidative stress was significantly increased in the livers of Nrf2-null mice fed the diet. This change was closely associated with the decreased levels of antioxidative stress genes.Nrf2 deletion leads to the rapid onset and progression of steatohepatitis induced by an Ath + HF diet, through both up-regulation of co-regulators of fatty acid metabolism and down-regulation of oxidative metabolism regulators in the liver. |
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