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Liver Glycogen Phosphorylase Deficiency Leads to Profibrogenic Phenotype in a Murine Model of Glycogen Storage Disease Type VI.


ABSTRACT: Mutations in the liver glycogen phosphorylase (Pygl) gene are associated with the diagnosis of glycogen storage disease type VI (GSD-VI). To understand the pathogenesis of GSD-VI, we generated a mouse model with Pygl deficiency (Pygl -/-). Pygl -/- mice exhibit hepatomegaly, excessive hepatic glycogen accumulation, and low hepatic free glucose along with lower fasting blood glucose levels and elevated blood ketone bodies. Hepatic glycogen accumulation in Pygl -/- mice increases with age. Masson's trichrome and picrosirius red staining revealed minimal to mild collagen deposition in periportal, subcapsular, and/or perisinusoidal areas in the livers of old Pygl -/- mice (>40 weeks). Consistently, immunohistochemical analysis showed the number of cells positive for alpha smooth muscle actin (?-SMA), a marker of activated hepatic stellate cells, was increased in the livers of old Pygl -/- mice compared with those of age-matched wild-type (WT) mice. Furthermore, old Pygl -/- mice had inflammatory infiltrates associated with hepatic vessels in their livers along with up-regulated hepatic messenger RNA levels of C-C chemokine ligand 5 (Ccl5/Rantes) and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (Mcp-1), indicating inflammation, while age-matched WT mice did not. Serum levels of aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase were elevated in old Pygl -/- mice, indicating liver damage. Conclusion: Pygl deficiency results in progressive accumulation of hepatic glycogen with age and liver damage, inflammation, and collagen deposition, which can increase the risk of liver fibrosis. Collectively, the Pygl-deficient mouse recapitulates clinical features in patients with GSD-VI and provides a model to elucidate the mechanisms underlying hepatic complications associated with defective glycogen metabolism.

SUBMITTER: Wilson LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6824077 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Liver Glycogen Phosphorylase Deficiency Leads to Profibrogenic Phenotype in a Murine Model of Glycogen Storage Disease Type VI.

Wilson Lane H LH   Cho Jun-Ho JH   Estrella Ana A   Smyth Joan A JA   Wu Rong R   Chengsupanimit Tayoot T   Brown Laurie M LM   Weinstein David A DA   Lee Young Mok YM  

Hepatology communications 20190924 11


Mutations in the liver glycogen phosphorylase (<i>Pygl</i>) gene are associated with the diagnosis of glycogen storage disease type VI (GSD-VI). To understand the pathogenesis of GSD-VI, we generated a mouse model with <i>Pygl</i> deficiency (<i>Pygl</i> <sup>-/-</sup>). <i>Pygl</i> <sup>-/-</sup> mice exhibit hepatomegaly, excessive hepatic glycogen accumulation, and low hepatic free glucose along with lower fasting blood glucose levels and elevated blood ketone bodies. Hepatic glycogen accumul  ...[more]

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