HDAC1 as a nutrient sensor in the development and progression of NAFLD

HDAC1 作为 NAFLD 发生和进展中的营养传感器

• 批准号: 10633180
• 负责人: Hang Shi
• 金额: $ 55.88万
• 依托单位: GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-03 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10633180
• 关键词: ATAC-seq; Address; Affect; Chemotaxis; Chromatin; Cirrhosis; Complex; Cues; Cytoplasmic Protein; Data; Development; Diet; Disease; Down-Regulation; Environment; Environmental Risk Factor; Enzymes; Epigenetic Process; Evaluation; Event; Family; Family member; Fatty Acids; Fatty Liver; Fibrosis; Gene Expression; Gene Expression Profile; Genes; Genetic; Genetic Models; Glucose; Goals; HDAC1 gene; Hepatic; High Fat Diet; Histone Acetylation; Histone Deacetylase; Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor; Histones; Individual; Inflammation; Insulin Resistance; JUN gene; Lead; Link; Lipids; Liver; Liver Failure; Location; Lysine; Malignant neoplasm of liver; Mediating; Meta-Analysis; Metabolic Diseases; Metabolic Pathway; Molecular; Mus; Names; Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus; Nuclear Protein; Nutrient; Nutritional; Obesity; PPAR gamma; Pathologic; Play; Post-Translational Protein Processing; Prevention; Process; Proteins; Regulation; Reporting; Resistance; Risk Factors; Role; Saturated Fatty Acids; Secondary to; Susceptibility Gene; Transcription Repressor; Triglycerides; Ubiquitination; Up-Regulation; Weight; driving force; epigenetic regulation; epigenome; feeding; fibrogenesis; genome wide association study; lipid biosynthesis; lipid metabolism; liver development; liver inflammation; mRNA Expression; member; new therapeutic target; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; overexpression; prevent; programs; promoter; response; sensor; therapeutic target; transcription factor; transcriptome sequencing

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a growing metabolic disorder that is closely associated with obesity and insulin resistance/type 2 diabetes. NAFLD begins with a simple hepatic steatosis, which in some individuals may progress to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), an advanced abnormity that may further lead to fibrosis, cirrhosis, liver failure or cancer. Whereas enhanced de novo lipogenesis and fatty acid influx initiate the hepatic steatosis, hepatic inflammation triggers the transition from hepatic steatosis to NASH and is an important driving force of the pathological progression towards fibrogenesis. However, the exact mechanisms underlying the development and progression of NAFLD remain poorly understood. While numerous studies have been devoted to the evaluation of genetic factors involved in obesity and its associated complications such as NAFLD, much is unknown about epigenetic changes in this process. Epigenetic regulation, including histone acetylation, is a molecular link between environmental factors (e.g., diets) and complex diseases (e.g., NAFLD). Histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) acts to remove acetyl groups from lysine residues in histones, thereby inhibiting gene expression. Our preliminary data suggested that liver-specific deletion of HDAC1 decreased hepatic lipid accumulation, inflammation and fibrosis in mice. Therefore, we hypothesize that HDAC1 plays a central role in the development of NAFLD. Aim 1 will determine the role of HDAC1 in promoting hepatic steatosis. We have generated genetic models with liver specific deletion or overexpression of HDAC1. We will determine: 1) whether and how liver-specific deletion of HDAC1 prevents, whereas specific overexpression of HDAC1 promotes hepatic steatosis in mice; 2) whether down-regulation of the transcriptional repressor KLF3 mediates the effect of HDAC1 in promoting hepatic lipid storage via regulation of PPARγ. Aim 2 will determine the role of HDAC1 in promoting hepatic inflammation in the development of NASH. Hepatic inflammation triggers the transition from hepatic steatosis to NASH. We will determine: 1) whether liver-specific deletion of HDAC1 prevents, whereas specific overexpression of HDAC1 promotes NASH in mice; 2) whether down-regulation of the transcriptional repressor KLF3 mediates the effect of HDAC1 in promoting hepatic chemotaxis and inflammation via regulation of C-Jun. Aim 3 will determine the mechanism underlying regulation of HDAC1 by excess nutrients. O-GlcNAcylation has emerged as a key nutrient sensor that regulates cellular metabolic pathways in response to over-nutritional cues. We will determine whether HDAC1 O-GlcNAcylation by excess nutrients such as glucose and saturated fatty acids, levels of which are commonly elevated in obesity, increases HDAC1 protein stability by preventing ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation, leading to enhanced HDAC1 protein content and activity. This project will define the role of HDAC1 as a nutrient sensor that regulates hepatic lipid metabolism and inflammation in the development and progression of NFALD. Our studies could guide the development of the epigenetic regulation as new therapeutic targets in the treatment of NAFLD.

非酒精性脂肪性肝病（NAFLD）是一种日益严重的代谢性疾病，与