期刊
HEPATOLOGY
卷 66, 期 2, 页码 416-431出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hep.29039
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education, Science and Technology [2006-2005412, 2012R1A1A3012626, 2013R1A1A1009962]
- Korea Health technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI)
- Ministry of Health Welfare [HI16C1501]
- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Seoul, South Korea [2009-006, 2013-578, 2014-006]
- Plan Nacional de I+D, Spain [SAF-2015-69944-R]
- CIBEREHD
- NIAAA/NIH [P50-AA-11999]
- Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) [2009-006] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2013R1A1A1009962, 2012R1A1A3012626] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
Free cholesterol (FC) accumulation in the liver is an important pathogenic mechanism of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Plasmalogens, key structural components of the cell membrane, act as endogenous antioxidants and are primarily synthesized in the liver. However, the role of hepatic plasmalogens in metabolic liver disease is unclear. In this study, we found that hepatic levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-containing plasmalogens, expression of glyceronephosphate O-acyltransferase (Gnpat; the rate-limiting enzyme in plasmalogen biosynthesis), and expression of Ppar alpha were lower in mice with NASH caused by accumulation of FC in the liver. Cyclodextrin-induced depletion of FC transactivated D-6 desaturase by increasing sterol regulatory element-binding protein 2 expression in cultured hepatocytes. DHA, the major product of Delta-6 desaturase activation, activated GNPAT, thereby explaining the association between high hepatic FC and decreased Gnpat expression. Gnpat small interfering RNA treatment significantly decreased peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (Ppar alpha) expression in cultured hepatocytes. In addition to GNPAT, DHA activated PPAR alpha and increased expression of Ppar alpha and its target genes, suggesting that DHA in the DHA-containing plasmalogens contributed to activation of PPAR alpha. Accordingly, administration of the plasmalogen precursor, alkyl glycerol (AG), prevented hepatic steatosis and NASH through a PPAR alpha-dependent increase in fatty acid oxidation. Gnpat(+/-) mice were more susceptible to hepatic lipid accumulation and less responsive to the preventive effect of fluvastatin on NASH development, suggesting that endogenous plasmalogens prevent hepatic steatosis and NASH. Conclusion: Increased hepatic FC in animals with NASH decreased plasmalogens, thereby sensitizing animals to hepatocyte injury and NASH. Our findings uncover a novel link between hepatic FC and plasmalogen homeostasis through GNPAT regulation. Further study of AG or other agents that increase hepatic plasmalogen levels may identify novel therapeutic strategies against NASH.
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