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Dietary oxidized frying oil activates hepatic stellate cells and accelerates the severity of carbon tetrachloride- and thioacetamide-induced liver fibrosis in mice

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JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 115, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2023.109267

Keywords

Oxidized frying oil; Liver fibrosis; Hepatic stellate cells

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Studies have found that oxidized dietary frying oil increases the risk of birth defects in mice and cancer and cardiovascular risks in humans. Furthermore, long-term consumption of fried foods can lead to liver damage and fibrosis by activating hepatic stellate cells, promoting inflammation, and inducing lipid peroxidation.
Deep-frying is a common cooking practice worldwide, and after repeated heating's, the oil undergoes various chemical reactions, including hydroly-sis, polymerization, lipid oxidation, and the Maillard reaction. Studies have pointed out that oxidized dietary frying oil may cause teratogenesis in mice and increase cancer and cardiovascular risks. The liver is the main organ involved in dietary nutrient catabolism, detoxification, bile production, and lipid metabolism. Nevertheless, the effects of oxidized frying oil exposure on the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and liver fibrosis are still unclear. In this study, we showed that exposure to oxidized frying oil enhanced the sensitivity of HSCs to transforming growth factor (TGF)-,B1-induced a-smooth muscle actin (a-SMA), collagen 1a2, collagen 1a1, metalloproteinase-2, and phosphorylated smad2/3 activation. In both carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-and thioacetamide (TAA)-induced liver fibrosis mouse models, we showed that long-term administration of a 10% fried oil-containing diet significantly upregu-lated fibrogenesis genes expression and deposition of hepatic collagen. Furthermore, long-term fried oil exposure not only promoted macrophage infiltration and increased inflammatory-related gene expression, but also accumulated excess cholesterol and lipid peroxidation in the liver tissues. In conclusion, our study demonstrated that feeding a fried oil-containing diet may trigger TGF-,B1-induced HSCs activation and thereby promote liver damage and fibrosis progression through enhancing the inflammatory response and lipid peroxidation.(c) 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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