Journal
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 555, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2022.111729
Keywords
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; Angiotensin receptor blocker; Glycolysis; ARB; Glucokinase
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- University of California Mexico-United States (UC MEXUS) [19-194]
- UC-MEXUS
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT) fellowship
- University of California, Merced
- NIH [NCMHD9T37MD001480]
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Increased Ang II signaling leads to insulin resistance and liver steatosis. Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) not only ameliorate hypertension, but also improve lipid metabolism and hepatic steatosis. Chronic AT1 blockade increases plasma Ang 1-7, reduces liver lipids, and decreases expression of fatty acid transporter 5 and fatty acid synthase.
Increased angiotensin II (Ang II) signaling contributes to insulin resistance and liver steatosis. In addition to ameliorating hypertension, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) improve lipid metabolism and hepatic steatosis, which are impaired with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Chronic blockade of the Ang II receptor type 1 (AT1) increases plasma angiotensin 1-7 (Ang 1-7), which mediates mechanisms counterregulatory to AT1 signaling. Elevated plasma Ang 1-7 is associated with decreased plasma triacylglycerol (TAG), cholesterol, glucose, and insulin; however, the benefits of RAS modulation to prevent non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are not fully investigated. To better address the relationships among chronic ARB treatment, plasma Ang 1-7, and he-patic steatosis, three groups of 10-week-old-rats were studied: (1) untreated lean Long Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO), (2) untreated Otsuka Long Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF), and (3) OLETF + ARB (ARB; 10 mg olmesartan/kg/d x 6 weeks). Following overnight fasting, rats underwent an acute glucose load to better un-derstand the dynamic metabolic responses during hepatic steatosis and early MetS. Tissues were collected at baseline (pre-load; T0) and 1 and 2 h post-glucose load. AT1 blockade increased plasma Ang 1-7 and decreased liver lipids, which was associated with decreased fatty acid transporter 5 (FATP5) and fatty acid synthase (FASN) expression. AT1 blockade decreased liver glucose and increased glucokinase (GCK) expression. These results demonstrate that during MetS, overactivation of AT1 promotes hepatic lipid deposition that is stimulated by an acute glucose load and lipogenesis genes, suggesting that the chronic hyperglycemia associated with MetS contributes to fatty liver pathologies via an AT1-mediated mechanism.
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