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Cell Syst ; 6(1): 103-115.e7, 2018 Jan 24.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29361464

RESUMEN

The etiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the most common form of chronic liver disease, is poorly understood. To understand the causal mechanisms underlying NAFLD, we conducted a multi-omics, multi-tissue integrative study using the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel, consisting of ∼100 strains of mice with various degrees of NAFLD. We identified both tissue-specific biological processes and processes that were shared between adipose and liver tissues. We then used gene network modeling to predict candidate regulatory genes of these NAFLD processes, including Fasn, Thrsp, Pklr, and Chchd6. In vivo knockdown experiments of the candidate genes improved both steatosis and insulin resistance. Further in vitro testing demonstrated that downregulation of both Pklr and Chchd6 lowered mitochondrial respiration and led to a shift toward glycolytic metabolism, thus highlighting mitochondria dysfunction as a key mechanistic driver of NAFLD.


Asunto(s)
Enfermedad del Hígado Graso no Alcohólico/etiología , Enfermedad del Hígado Graso no Alcohólico/genética , Animales , Bases de Datos Genéticas , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica/métodos , Redes Reguladoras de Genes/genética , Genómica/métodos , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Resistencia a la Insulina , Metabolismo de los Lípidos , Hígado/metabolismo , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Ratones Endogámicos/genética , Mitocondrias/metabolismo , Enfermedad del Hígado Graso no Alcohólico/metabolismo , Obesidad/metabolismo , Polimorfismo de Nucleótido Simple/genética , Proteómica/métodos , Proteínas Ribosómicas/genética , Transcriptoma
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PLoS Genet ; 11(12): e1005711, 2015 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26694027

RESUMEN

Common forms of atherosclerosis involve multiple genetic and environmental factors. While human genome-wide association studies have identified numerous loci contributing to coronary artery disease and its risk factors, these studies are unable to control environmental factors or examine detailed molecular traits in relevant tissues. We now report a study of natural variations contributing to atherosclerosis and related traits in over 100 inbred strains of mice from the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel (HMDP). The mice were made hyperlipidemic by transgenic expression of human apolipoprotein E-Leiden (APOE-Leiden) and human cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP). The mice were examined for lesion size and morphology as well as plasma lipid, insulin and glucose levels, and blood cell profiles. A subset of mice was studied for plasma levels of metabolites and cytokines. We also measured global transcript levels in aorta and liver. Finally, the uptake of acetylated LDL by macrophages from HMDP mice was quantitatively examined. Loci contributing to the traits were mapped using association analysis, and relationships among traits were examined using correlation and statistical modeling. A number of conclusions emerged. First, relationships among atherosclerosis and the risk factors in mice resemble those found in humans. Second, a number of trait-loci were identified, including some overlapping with previous human and mouse studies. Third, gene expression data enabled enrichment analysis of pathways contributing to atherosclerosis and prioritization of candidate genes at associated loci in both mice and humans. Fourth, the data provided a number of mechanistic inferences; for example, we detected no association between macrophage uptake of acetylated LDL and atherosclerosis. Fifth, broad sense heritability for atherosclerosis was much larger than narrow sense heritability, indicating an important role for gene-by-gene interactions. Sixth, stepwise linear regression showed that the combined variations in plasma metabolites, including LDL/VLDL-cholesterol, trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), arginine, glucose and insulin, account for approximately 30 to 40% of the variation in atherosclerotic lesion area. Overall, our data provide a rich resource for studies of complex interactions underlying atherosclerosis.


Asunto(s)
Aterosclerosis/genética , Proteínas de Transferencia de Ésteres de Colesterol/genética , Endogamia , Sitios de Carácter Cuantitativo , Animales , Aorta/metabolismo , Aorta/patología , Apolipoproteínas E/genética , Apolipoproteínas E/metabolismo , Aterosclerosis/patología , Proteínas de Transferencia de Ésteres de Colesterol/metabolismo , LDL-Colesterol/sangre , Humanos , Insulina/sangre , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Metilaminas/sangre , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Transcriptoma
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J Lipid Res ; 56(1): 22-37, 2015 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25378658

RESUMEN

We performed silencing and overexpression studies of flavin containing monooxygenase (FMO) 3 in hyperlipidemic mouse models to examine its effects on trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) levels and atherosclerosis. Knockdown of hepatic FMO3 in LDL receptor knockout mice using an antisense oligonucleotide resulted in decreased circulating TMAO levels and atherosclerosis. Surprisingly, we also observed significant decreases in hepatic lipids and in levels of plasma lipids, ketone bodies, glucose, and insulin. FMO3 overexpression in transgenic mice, on the other hand, increased hepatic and plasma lipids. Global gene expression analyses suggested that these effects of FMO3 on lipogenesis and gluconeogenesis may be mediated through the PPARα and Kruppel-like factor 15 pathways. In vivo and in vitro results were consistent with the concept that the effects were mediated directly by FMO3 rather than trimethylamine/TMAO; in particular, overexpression of FMO3 in the human hepatoma cell line, Hep3B, resulted in significantly increased glucose secretion and lipogenesis. Our results indicate a major role for FMO3 in modulating glucose and lipid homeostasis in vivo, and they suggest that pharmacologic inhibition of FMO3 to reduce TMAO levels would be confounded by metabolic interactions.


Asunto(s)
Aterosclerosis/enzimología , Glucosa/metabolismo , Metabolismo de los Lípidos , Oxigenasas/metabolismo , Animales , Ácidos y Sales Biliares/metabolismo , Línea Celular Tumoral , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/metabolismo , Dieta Occidental , Heces/química , Femenino , Regulación Enzimológica de la Expresión Génica , Técnicas de Silenciamiento del Gen , Técnicas de Inactivación de Genes , Glucosa/biosíntesis , Homeostasis , Humanos , Insulina/sangre , Mucosa Intestinal/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción de Tipo Kruppel , Lipogénesis , Lipoproteínas/sangre , Hígado/metabolismo , Metilaminas/metabolismo , Ratones , Oxigenasas/deficiencia , Oxigenasas/genética , PPAR alfa/metabolismo , Receptores de LDL/deficiencia , Receptores de LDL/genética , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo
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