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Thangapandi, V.R.* ; Knittelfelder, O.* ; Brosch, M.* ; Patsenker, E.* ; Vvedenskaya, O.* ; Buch, S.* ; Hinz, S.* ; Hendricks, A.* ; Nati, M.* ; Herrmann, A.* ; Rekhade, D.R.* ; Berg, T.* ; Matz-Soja, M.* ; Huse, K.* ; Klipp, E.* ; Pauling, J.K.* ; Wodke, J.A.* ; Miranda Ackerman, J.* ; Bonin, M.V.* ; Aigner, E.* ; Datz, C.* ; von Schönfels, W.* ; Nehring, S.* ; Zeissig, S.* ; Röcken, C.* ; Dahl, A.* ; Chavakis, T. ; Stickel, F.* ; Shevchenko, A.* ; Schafmayer, C.* ; Hampe, J.* ; Subramanian, P.*

Loss of hepatic Mboat7 leads to liver fibrosis.

Gut 70, 940-950 (2021)
Postprint DOI PMC
Open Access Gold (Paid Option)
Creative Commons Lizenzvertrag
OBJECTIVE: The rs641738C>T variant located near the membrane-bound O-acyltransferase domain containing 7 (MBOAT7) locus is associated with fibrosis in liver diseases, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), alcohol-related liver disease, hepatitis B and C. We aim to understand the mechanism by which the rs641738C>T variant contributes to pathogenesis of NAFLD. DESIGN: Mice with hepatocyte-specific deletion of MBOAT7 (Mboat7Δhep) were generated and livers were characterised by histology, flow cytometry, qPCR, RNA sequencing and lipidomics. We analysed the association of rs641738C>T genotype with liver inflammation and fibrosis in 846 NAFLD patients and obtained genotype-specific liver lipidomes from 280 human biopsies. RESULTS: Allelic imbalance analysis of heterozygous human liver samples pointed to lower expression of the MBOAT7 transcript on the rs641738C>T haplotype. Mboat7Δhep mice showed spontaneous steatosis characterised by increased hepatic cholesterol ester content after 10 weeks. After 6 weeks on a high fat, methionine-low, choline-deficient diet, mice developed increased hepatic fibrosis as measured by picrosirius staining (p<0.05), hydroxyproline content (p<0.05) and transcriptomics, while the inflammatory cell populations and inflammatory mediators were minimally affected. In a human biopsied NAFLD cohort, MBOAT7 rs641738C>T was associated with fibrosis (p=0.004) independent of the presence of histological inflammation. Liver lipidomes of Mboat7Δhep mice and human rs641738TT carriers with fibrosis showed increased total lysophosphatidylinositol levels. The altered lysophosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositol subspecies in MBOAT7Δhep livers and human rs641738TT carriers were similar. CONCLUSION: Mboat7 deficiency in mice and human points to an inflammation-independent pathway of liver fibrosis that may be mediated by lipid signalling and a potentially targetable treatment option in NAFLD.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Corresponding Author
Keywords Nafld ; Nash ; Liver Fibrosis, Lipidomics; Stearoyl-coa Desaturase; Disease; Pnpla3; Plasma; Pathogenesis; Cholesterol; Severity; Tm6sf2; Risk
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0017-5749
e-ISSN 1468-3288
Journal Gut (eGut)
Quellenangaben Volume: 70, Issue: 5, Pages: 940-950 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher BMJ Publishing Group
Publishing Place British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London Wc1h 9jr, England
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute for Pancreatic Beta Cell Research (IPI)
Grants Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts
Swiss National Funds
Lipidomics and Informatics for Life Sciences (LIFS) grant Unit of the de. NBI Consortium
ERC grant
ERACOSysMed (Dynaflow) grant
German Ministry of Research and Education (BmBF) through the Liver Systems Medicine (LiSyM) network grant