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?-catenin links hepatic metabolic zonation with lipid metabolism and diet-induced obesity in mice.


ABSTRACT: ?-catenin regulates the establishment of hepatic metabolic zonation. To elucidate the functional significance of liver metabolic zonation in the chronically overfed state in vivo, we fed a high-fat diet (HFD) to hepatocyte-specific ?-catenin transgenic (TG) and knockout (KO) mice. Chow-fed TG and KO mice had normal liver histologic findings and body weight. However, HFD-fed TG mice developed prominent perivenous steatosis with periportal sparing. In contrast, HFD-fed KO mice had increased lobular inflammation and hepatocyte apoptosis. HFD-fed TG mice rapidly developed diet-induced obesity and systemic insulin resistance, but KO mice were resistant to diet-induced obesity. However, ?-catenin did not directly affect hepatic insulin signaling, suggesting that the metabolic effects of ?-catenin occurred via a parallel pathway. Hepatic expression of key glycolytic and lipogenic genes was higher in HFD-fed TG and lower in KO mice compared with wild-type mice. KO mice also exhibited defective hepatic fatty acid oxidation and fasting ketogenesis. Hepatic levels of hypoxia inducible factor-1?, an oxygen-sensitive transcriptional regulator of glycolysis and a known ?-catenin binding partner, were higher in HFD-fed TG and lower in KO mice. KO mice had attenuated perivenous hypoxia, suggesting disruption of the normal sinusoidal oxygen gradient, a major determinant of liver carbohydrate and liver metabolism. Canonical Wnt signaling in hepatocytes is essential for the development of diet-induced fatty liver and obesity.

SUBMITTER: Behari J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4258504 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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β-catenin links hepatic metabolic zonation with lipid metabolism and diet-induced obesity in mice.

Behari Jaideep J   Li Huanan H   Liu Shiguang S   Stefanovic-Racic Maja M   Alonso Laura L   O'Donnell Christopher P CP   Shiva Sruti S   Singamsetty Srikanth S   Watanabe Yoshio Y   Singh Vijay P VP   Liu Qing Q  

The American journal of pathology 20141007 12


β-catenin regulates the establishment of hepatic metabolic zonation. To elucidate the functional significance of liver metabolic zonation in the chronically overfed state in vivo, we fed a high-fat diet (HFD) to hepatocyte-specific β-catenin transgenic (TG) and knockout (KO) mice. Chow-fed TG and KO mice had normal liver histologic findings and body weight. However, HFD-fed TG mice developed prominent perivenous steatosis with periportal sparing. In contrast, HFD-fed KO mice had increased lobula  ...[more]

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