Journal
MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH
Volume 57, Issue 4, Pages 596-606Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201200077
Keywords
Alcohol; Folate; Liver; Methionine
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- U.S. National Institutes of Health [K08 DK084111, R03AA020577]
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Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is typically associated with folate deficiency, which is the result of reduced dietary folate intake, intestinal malabsorption, reduced liver uptake and storage, and increased urinary folate excretion. Folate deficiency favors the progression of liver disease through mechanisms that include its effects on methionine metabolism with consequences for DNA synthesis and stability and the epigenetic regulation of gene expression involved in pathways of liver injury. This paper reviews the pathogenesis of ALD with particular focus on ethanol-induced alterations in methionine metabolism, which may act in synergy with folate deficiency to decrease antioxidant defense as well as DNA stability while regulating epigenetic mechanisms of relevant gene expressions. We also review the current evidence available on potential treatments of ALD based on correcting abnormalities in methionine metabolism and the methylation regulation of relevant gene expressions.
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