Project description:Purpose: We investigated the tetrachloroethylene associated changes in kidney transcriptomes among healthy mice, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease mice, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis mice.
Project description:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common chronic diseases globally and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is its progressive stage with limited therapeutic options. Here a role for intestinal peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα)-fatty acid binding protein 1 (FABP1) in obesity-associated metabolic syndrome, fatty liver and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis via modulating dietary fat absorption was uncovered. Intestinal PPARα is highly activated accompanied by marked upregulation of FABP1 by high-fat diet (HFD) in mice and obese humans. Intestine-specific PPARα or FABP1 disruption in mice decreases HFD-induced obesity, fatty liver and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and intestinal PPARα disruption fails to further decrease obesity and NASH. Chemical PPARα antagonism improves metabolic disorders depending on the presence of intestinal PPARα or FABP1. Translationally, GW6471 decreases human PPARα-driven intestinal fatty acid uptake and therapeutically improves obesity in PPARA-humanized, but not Ppara-null, mice. These results suggest that intestinal PPARα-FABP1 axis could be a therapeutic target for NASH.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE30447: Foxa1 Reduces Lipid Accumulation in Human Hepatocytes and Is Down-regulated in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver (HepG2 data) GSE30450: Foxa1 Reduces Lipid Accumulation in Human Hepatocytes and Is Down-regulated in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver (hepatocytes data) Refer to individual Series
