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HEPATOLOGY RESEARCH
卷 30, 期 2, 页码 104-110出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2004.06.004
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steatosis; long chain fatty acids; triglycerides; serum enzymes; beta-oxidation of fatty acids; PCNA; hepatocyte proliferation
Pathogenesis of steatohepatitis, a common liver disease, remains controversial. It is proposed that fatty liver with a second hit capable of inducing necroinflammation results in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Long chain and very long chain fatty acids are considered important in induction of steatohepatitis. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor a (PPARalpha) plays an important role in P-oxidation of long chain and very long chain fatty acids and mitogenic effect caused by peroxisome proliferators in the liver. To determine the role of PPARalpha in the pathogenesis of steatohepatitis and compensatory liver cell hyperplasia, we have used PPARalpha null mice and methionine and choline deficient nutritional model. Male and female PPARa null mice and wild type mice were fed methionine and choline deficient diet (MCDD) or normal chow for 4 weeks. Livers were analyzed morphologically for steatosis, steatchepatitis and hepatocyte proliferation (PCNA labeling) and biochemically for triglyceride levels. In addition, serum alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase and triglyceride levels were measured. In MCDD fed PPARalpha null mice there was severe steatohepatitis and very high liver triglyceride levels compared to wild type mice. Serum aspartate transaminase levels were also significantly higher in MCDD fed PPARalpha null mice compared to wild type mice. The severity of steatohepatitis in MCDD fed male and female PPARalpha null mice was greater compared to wild type mice fed the same diet. The PCNA labeling index was similar in PPARalpha null mice and wild type mice fed MCDD, and significantly higher in both the groups compared to the mice fed control diet. These findings indicate that defective fatty acid oxidation aggravates steatohepatitis caused by methionine and choline deficiency and further establishes the role of long chain and very long chain fatty acids in the pathogenesis of steatohepatitis. In addition, the results of this study also indicate that there is no difference between males and females in the severity of steatohepatitis induced by MCDD and lack of PPARalpha does not affect compensatory hyperplasia in the liver. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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