Frontiers in Pharmacology
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2023
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IF 5.6
Liu Guanjie,Chang Ling,Qian Yihan,Lin Jiacheng,Shang Zhi,Xu Min,Wang Fang,Sun Xuehua,Jiang Yun,Gao Yueqiu,Kong Xiaoni
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a predominant contributor to end-stage liver disease in the forthcoming decades. Polygonum perfoliatum L. (PPL) is an herbal medicine with anti-lipid peroxidation and anti-inflammatory properties. However, detailed hepatoprotective effects of PPL against NAFLD and its underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Here, we found that PPL protects against high fat diet (HFD)-induced hepatic steatosis, lipid peroxidation, and glucose-lipid metabolism dysfunction in NAFLD mice. We therefore performed a label-free quantitative proteomic profiling analysis to determine the effect of PPL treatment on liver tissue proteomics and identified that activated PPARs/CPT1A/CPT2-mediated hepatic fatty acid β-oxidation (FAO) process was significantly altered. In vitro treatment of hepatocytes with PPL confirmed this altered process and FAO inhibitor etomoxir (ETO) attenuated the lipid-lowering activity of PPL in hepatocytes. Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography/Q Exactive-HFX (UPLC/QE-HFX) was used to determine the material basis of anti-NAFLD activity of PPL. Our results have demonstrated the efficacy and potential mechanisms of PPL as an effective pharmacological therapy of NAFLD.
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药理学
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肝病学
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蛋白质组学
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代谢学
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METABOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL
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2022
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IF 13.934
Xiangyang Liu,Song Hou,Rui Xiang,Chengqing Hu,Zhenzhen Chen,Na Li,Han Yan,Xiaoxing Yu,Xin Li,Yujing Chi,Jichun Yang
Mitochondrial FAM3A has been revealed to be a viable target for treating diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, its distinct mechanism in ameliorating hepatic steatosis remained unrevealed. High-throughput RNA sequencing revealed that carnitine palmityl transferase 2 (CPT2), one of the key enzymes for lipid oxidation , is the downstream molecule of FAM3A signaling pathway in hepatocytes. Intensive study demonstrated that FAM3A-induced ATP release activated P2 receptor to promote the translocation of calmodulin (CaM) from cytoplasm into nucleus, where it functioned as a co-activator of forkhead box protein A2 (FOXA2) to promote the transcription of CPT2, increasing free fatty acid oxidation and reducing lipid deposition in hepatocytes. Furthermore, antidepressant imipramine activated FAM3A-ATP-P2 receptor-CaM-FOXA2-CPT2 pathway to reduce lipid deposition in hepatocytes. In FAM3A-deficient hepatocytes, imipramine failed to activate CaM-FOXA2-CPT2 axis to increase lipid oxidation. Imipramine administration significantly ameliorated hepatic steatosis , hyperglycemia and obesity of obese mice mainly by activating FAM3A-ATP-CaM-FOXA2-CPT2 pathway in liver and thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT). In FAM3A-deficient mice fed on high-fat-diet, imipramine treatment failed to correct the dysregulated lipid and glucose metabolism, and activate thermogenesis in BAT. In conclusion, imipramine activates FAM3A-ATP-CaM-FOXA2-CPT2 pathway to ameliorate steatosis. For depressive patients complicated with metabolic disorders , imipramine may be recommended in priority as antidepressive drug.
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药理学
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肝病学
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代谢学
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分子生物学
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JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
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2025
·Vol. 23
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·1-24
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IF 12.6
Qiu Qiujing,Yan Xiaoyuan,Zhang Zeying,Zhang Xiyue,Ma Jiawei,Gao Wenqing,An Na,Qiu Lihong,Guo Jiajie
Background Recent studies have implicated periodontitis (PD) as a potential risk factor for osteoporosis; however, the precise mechanisms remain unclear. Porphyromonas gingivalis ( Pg ), a key pathogen associated with PD, can secrete extracellular vesicles (EVs). However, whether Pg EVs can be transported to the bone marrow and influence osteoporosis-related osteoblast differentiation warrants exploration. This study compares Pg EVs with EVs from Porphyromonas endodontalis ( Pe ), which is a less virulent congener but the evidence for its pathogenicity in PD is weak. Results Pg EVs can be translocated into the marrow of mice and be internalized by osteoblasts through clathrin- and lipid raft-mediated endocytosis, thereby exacerbating osteoporosis. Pg EVs promote mitochondrial fission and inhibit mitochondrial fusion, leading to mitochondrial fragmentation, impaired mitochondrial activity and suppressed osteogenic differentiation. Furthermore, Pg EVs downregulate the protein level of carnitine palmitoyl transferase 2 (Cpt2) and inhibit fatty acid oxidation (FAO) by disrupting mitochondrial dynamics, which impairs osteoblast ATP production and exacerbates osteoporosis. The effects of Pe EVs are similar but weaker than those of Pg EVs. Conclusions This study elucidates that Pg EVs exacerbate osteoporosis by disrupting osteoblast mitochondrial dynamics and suppressing Cpt2-regulated FAO. This study contributes to understanding of the etiological mechanisms through which Pg contributes to the progression of osteoporosis and highlights the pivotal role of EVs in the association between periodontal disease and systemic diseases. Graphical
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JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY
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2024
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IF 4.8
An-Qi Zhu,Ning Luo,Xiao-Ting Zhou,Min Yuan,Chu-Mei Zhang,Tian-Ling Pan,Kun-Ping Li
Along with the increasing prevalence of obesity worldwide, the deleterious effects of high-calorie diet are gradually recognized through more and more epidemiological studies. However, the concealed and chronic causality whitewashes its unhealthy character. Given an ingenious mechanism orchestrates the metabolic adaptation to high-fat high-fructose (HFF) diet and connive its lipotoxicity, in this study, an experimental rat/mouse model of obesity was induced and a comparative transcriptomic analysis was performed to probe the mystery. Our results demonstrated that HFF diet consumption altered the transcriptomic pattern as well as different high-calorie diet fed rat/mouse manifested distinct hepatic transcriptome. Validation with RT-qPCR and Western blotting confirmed that SREBP1-FASN involved in de novo lipogenesis partly mediated metabolic self-adaption. Moreover, hepatic ACSL1-CPT1A-CPT2 pathway involved in fatty acids β-oxidation, played a key role in the metabolic adaption to HFF. Collectively, our findings enrich the knowledge of the chronic adaptation mechanisms and also shed light on future investigations. Meanwhile, our results also suggest that efforts to restore the fatty acids metabolic fate could be a promising avenue to fight against obesity and associated steatosis and insulin resistance challenged by HFF diet.
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营养学
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分子生物学
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肥胖研究
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