脲基琥珀酸缓解小鼠肥胖引起非酒精脂肪肝的作用机制

The mechanism of urethrosuccinic acid in alleviating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease caused by obesity in mice

  • 摘要: 【目的】 探究脲基琥珀酸在体外与生物体内调节脂质及能量代谢的功效,明确其对非酒精脂肪肝的影响及潜在机制,为脲基琥珀酸在防治非酒精脂肪肝方面的应用提供理论依据。【方法】 使用油酸/棕榈酸(OA/PA)诱导的HepG2细胞为细胞模型,从细胞氧化应激、线粒体ATP含量和线粒体荧光强度3个层面验证脲基琥珀酸在细胞水平缓解非酒精脂肪肝的作用;以高脂饮食(HFD)饲喂的C57BL/6雄性小鼠为生物模型,通过测量小鼠体重、肝脏重量、甘油三酯(TG)含量、总胆固醇(TC)含量,制作肝脏组织切片,以及实时荧光定量PCR检测脂肪肝相关基因表达变化,进一步验证脲基琥珀酸在生物体内缓解非酒精脂肪肝的功效;同时采用反向找靶和分子对接技术筛选脲基琥珀酸缓解脂肪肝的潜在靶点。【结果】 100 μmol/L脲基琥珀酸能有效降低诱导HepG2细胞内的TG积累,极显著抑制脂肪沉积基因Pparγ基因表达(P<0.01,下同),极显著降低细胞内的ROS水平,同时极显著提高CAT活性,显著提高GSH水平及SOD活性(P<0.05,下同),以及显著提高细胞线粒体DNA(mtDNA)转录水平和ATP含量。在小鼠试验中,100 mg/kg脲基琥珀酸能降低高脂饮食饲喂小鼠的肝脏重量和体重,显著抑制TG和TC在肝脏中的积累,并显著下调Pparγ表达及显著上调促进线粒体生物合成基因Pgc1α表达。组蛋白赖氨酸去甲基化酶4B(KDM4B)可能是脲基琥珀酸缓解非酒精脂肪肝的潜在靶点,其结合能为-78.2345 kJ/mol,结合相互作用能为-77.9353 kJ/mol。【结论】 脲基琥珀酸通过减轻与肥胖有关的氧化应激,促进脂质的分解与代谢及改善能量代谢,还可能通过与KDM4B蛋白相互作用,而改善高脂饮食诱导的小鼠非酒精脂肪肝。

     

    Abstract: 【Objective】 To investigate the efficacy of ureidosuccinic acid(UA)in regulating lipid and energy metabolism in vitro and in vivo,and to clarify its effects on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and the potential mechanisms,which could provide theoretical basis for the application of UA in the prevention and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver di-sease. 【Method】 Using oleic acid/palmitic acid(OA/PA)-treated HepG2 cells as a cellular model,cellular oxidative stress, mitochondrial ATP levels and mitochondrial fluorescence were assessed to validate the role of UA in alleviating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease at the cellular level. Additionally,C57BL/6J mice which were fed with high-fat diet(HFD) were served as the biological model. Body weight,liver weight,triglyceride(TG)content and total cholesterol(TC) content were measured,and liver tissue sections were prepared. Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR was employed to evaluate the expression of fatty liver related genes,further confirming the function of UA in alleviating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in vivo. Moreover,reverse target finding and molecular docking techniques were applied to identify potential targets of UA for mitigating fatty liver. 【Result】 100 μmol/L UA effectively reduced TG accumulation in induced HepG2 cells,extremely significantly inhibited fat deposition gene(Pparγ)expression(P<0.01,the same below),extremely significantly reduced ROS level,extremely significantly increased CAT activity,significantly increased GSH level and SOD activity(P<0.05,the same below),and significantly increased cellular mitochondrial DNA(mtDNA) transcription levels and ATP contents. In the mouse test,100 mg/kg UA reduced the liver weight and body weight of mice fed with HFD,significantly inhibited the accumulation of TG and TC in the liver,and significantly down-regulated the expression of the Pparγ and significantly up-regulated the expression of the mitochondrial biosynthesis promoting gene Pgc1α. Histone lysine demethylase 4B(KDM4B) might be a potential target for UA to alleviate non-alcoholic fatty liver disease,with a binding energy of -78.2345 kJ/mol and a binding interaction energy of -77.9353 kJ/mol. 【Conclusion】 UA improves non-alcoholic fatty liver disease induced by HFD in mice by reducing oxidative stress related to obesity, promoting lipid catabolism and metabolism,and improving energy metabolism,as well as interacting with KDM4B protein.

     

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