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BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12876-020-01189-z
Keywords
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; Uric acid; miR-149-5p
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81722009, 81770573, 81870400]
- Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province [2020C03033]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2018XZZX002-10, 2019QNA7034]
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Background Hyperuricemia is a major risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. However, the mechanisms for this phenomenon are not fully understood. This study aimed to investigate whether microRNAs mediated the pathogenic effects of uric acid on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Methods Microarray was used to determine the hepatic miRNA expression profiles of male C57BL/6 mice fed on standard chow diet, high fat diet (HFD), and HFD combined with uric acid-lowering therapy by allopurinol. We validated the expression of the most significant differentially expressed microRNAs and explored its role and downstream target in uric acid-induced hepatocytes lipid accumulation. Results Microarray analysis and subsequent validation showed that miR-149-5p was significantly up-regulated in the livers of HFD-fed mice, while the expression was down-regulated by allopurinol therapy. MiR-149-5p expression was also significantly up-regulated in uric acid-stimulated hepatocytes. Over-expression of miR-149-5p significantly aggregated uric acid-induced triglyceride accumulation in hepatocytes, while inhibiting miR-149-5p ameliorated the triglyceride accumulation. Luciferase report assay confirmed that FGF21 is a target gene of miR-149-5p. Silencing FGF21 abolished the ameliorative effects of miR-149-5p inhibitor on uric acid-induced hepatocytes lipid accumulation, while overexpression of FGF21 prevented the lipid accumulation induced by miR-149-5p mimics. Conclusions Uric acid significantly up-regulated the expression of miR-149-5p in hepatocytes and induced hepatocytes lipid accumulation via regulation of miR-149-5p/FGF21 axis.
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