Multi‐omic network analysis identified betacellulin as a novel target of omega‐3 fatty acid attenuation of western diet‐induced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Autor: Jyothi Padiadpu, Manuel Garcia‐Jaramillo, Nolan K Newman, Jacob W Pederson, Richard Rodrigues, Zhipeng Li, Sehajvir Singh, Philip Monnier, Giorgio Trinchieri, Kevin Brown, Amiran K Dzutsev, Natalia Shulzhenko, Donald B Jump, Andrey Morgun
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: EMBO Molecular Medicine, Vol 15, Iss 11, Pp 1-21 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1757-4676
1757-4684
DOI: 10.15252/emmm.202318367
Popis: Abstract Clinical and preclinical studies established that supplementing diets with ω3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) can reduce hepatic dysfunction in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) but molecular underpinnings of this action were elusive. Herein, we used multi‐omic network analysis that unveiled critical molecular pathways involved in ω3 PUFA effects in a preclinical mouse model of western diet induced NASH. Since NASH is a precursor of liver cancer, we also performed meta‐analysis of human liver cancer transcriptomes that uncovered betacellulin as a key EGFR‐binding protein upregulated in liver cancer and downregulated by ω3 PUFAs in animals and humans with NASH. We then confirmed that betacellulin acts by promoting proliferation of quiescent hepatic stellate cells, inducing transforming growth factor–β2 and increasing collagen production. When used in combination with TLR2/4 agonists, betacellulin upregulated integrins in macrophages thereby potentiating inflammation and fibrosis. Taken together, our results suggest that suppression of betacellulin is one of the key mechanisms associated with anti‐inflammatory and anti‐fibrotic effects of ω3 PUFA on NASH.
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