Tetrahydrocurcumin ameliorates hepatic steatosis by restoring hepatocytes lipophagy through mTORC1-TFEB pathway in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Autor: Jiazhen Wu, Fengkun Guan, Haipiao Huang, Hanbin Chen, Yuhong Liu, Shangbin Zhang, Muxia Li, Jianping Chen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, Vol 178, Iss , Pp 117297- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0753-3322
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2024.117297
Popis: Purpose: To investigate the therapeutic effect and underlying mechanism of tetrahydrocurcumin (THC) on nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) induced by high-fat diet (HFD). Methods: NASH rat model was established through long-term feeding HFD, and the steatosis cell model was stimulated via palmitate acid (PA). The therapeutic effect of THC was evaluated in terms of liver function, lipid metabolism, liver pathophysiology, inflammation and oxidative stress in vivo, and lipid accumulation in vitro. The alteration in lipophagy was identified by using western blot and immunofluorescence. mTORC1-TFEB signaling pathway was measured by qRT-PCR, western blot and protein-ligand docking. In addition, chloroquine and MHY1485 were further introduced to validate the effect of THC on lipophagy and mTORC1-TFEB signaling pathway, respectively. Results: THC effectively improved hepatic steatosis, inflammation and oxidative stress in NASH rats, and reduced lipid accumulation in steatosis L02 cells and Hep G2 cells. THC promoted lipophagy with increasing LC3B-II as well as decreasing P62 expression via lysosomal biogenesis upregulation, which was greatly weakened after chloroquine intervention. mTORC1-TFEB is a critical pathway for regulating lysosome in autophagy, THC treatment induced TFEB nucleus translocation via inhibiting mTORC1 to upregulate lysosomal biogenesis. However, these effects were partly eliminated by mTORC1 activator MHY1485. Conclusion: THC restored lipophagy to reduce lipid accumulation by regulating mTORC1-TFEB pathway in NASH rats and steatosis hepatocytes. These findings suggested that THC represents a therapeutic candidate for NASH treatment.
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