Dysfunctional very-low-density lipoprotein synthesis and release is a key factor in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis pathogenesis.

نویسندگان

  • Koji Fujita
  • Yuichi Nozaki
  • Koichiro Wada
  • Masato Yoneda
  • Yoko Fujimoto
  • Mihoyo Fujitake
  • Hiroki Endo
  • Hirokazu Takahashi
  • Masahiko Inamori
  • Noritoshi Kobayashi
  • Hiroyuki Kirikoshi
  • Kensuke Kubota
  • Satoru Saito
  • Atsushi Nakajima
چکیده

UNLABELLED The specific mechanisms of nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) pathogenesis remain unknown. In the present study we investigated the differences between NAFL and NASH in terms of liver lipid metabolites and serum lipoprotein. In all, 104 Japanese subjects (50 men and 54 postmenopausal women) with histologically verified NAFL disease (NAFLD) (51 with NAFL, 53 with NASH) were evaluated; all diagnoses were based on liver biopsy findings and the proposed diagnostic criteria. To investigate the differences between NAFL and NASH in humans, we carefully examined (1) lipid inflow in the liver, (2) lipid outflow from the liver, (3) very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) synthesis in the liver, (4) triglyceride (TG) metabolites in the liver, and (5) lipid changes and oxidative DNA damage. Most of the hepatic lipid metabolite profiles were similar in the NAFL and NASH groups. However, VLDL synthesis and lipid outflow from the liver were impaired, and surplus TGs might have been produced as a result of lipid oxidation and oxidative DNA damage in the NASH group. CONCLUSION A growing body of literature suggests that a deterioration in fatty acid oxidation and VLDL secretion from the liver, caused by the impediment of VLDL synthesis, might induce serious lipid oxidation and DNA oxidative damage, impacting the degree of liver injury and thereby contributing to the progression of NASH. Therefore, dysfunctional VLDL synthesis and release may be a key factor in progression to NASH.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Hepatology

دوره 50 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009