期刊
GENES
卷 13, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/genes13020315
关键词
MAFLD; oxidative stress; mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA); mitochondrial quality control; mitophagy; mtBER; thermoneutrality; fatty liver disease
资金
- grant Progetto di Ricerca di rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN) 2017 [2017J92TM5_003]
This study investigates the effects of a long-term high-fat diet on mitochondrial quality control in a rodent model of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD). The results show that the high-fat diet leads to increased mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production, mitochondrial DNA damage, and reduced mitochondrial biogenesis, mtDNA copy numbers, mtDNA repair, and mitochondrial fusion, as well as impaired mitophagy.
Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is defined as the presence of hepatic steatosis in addition to one of three metabolic conditions: overweight/obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, or metabolic dysregulation. Chronic exposure to excess dietary fatty acids may cause hepatic steatosis and metabolic disturbances. The alteration of the quality of mitochondria is one of the factors that could contribute to the metabolic dysregulation of MAFDL. This study was designed to determine, in a rodent model of MAFLD, the effects of a long-term high-fat diet (HFD) on some hepatic processes that characterize mitochondrial quality control, such as biogenesis, dynamics, and mitophagy. To mimic the human manifestation of MAFLD, the rats were exposed to both an HFD and a housing temperature within the rat thermoneutral zone (28-30 degrees C). After 14 weeks of the HFD, the rats showed significant fat deposition and liver steatosis. Concomitantly, some important factors related to the hepatic mitochondrial quality were markedly affected, such as increased mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage; reduced mitochondrial biogenesis, mtDNA copy numbers, mtDNA repair, and mitochondrial fusion. HFDfed rats also showed an impaired mitophagy. Overall, the obtained data shed new light on the network of different processes contributing to the failure of mitochondrial quality control as a central event for mitochondrial dysregulation in MAFLD.
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