Dysregulation of intercellular signaling by MOF deletion leads to liver injury

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Epigenetic mechanisms that alter heritable gene expression and chromatin structure play an essential role in many biological processes, including liver function. Human MOF (males absent on the first) is a histone acetyltransferase that is globally downregulated in human steatohepatitis. However, the function of MOF in the liver remains unclear. Here, we report that MOF plays an essential role in adult liver. Genetic deletion of Mof by Mx1-Cre in the liver leads to acute liver injury, with increase of lipid deposition and fibrosis akin to human steatohepatitis. Surprisingly, hepatocyte-specific Mof deletion had no overt liver abnormality. Using the in vitro coculturing experiment, we show that Mof deletion-induced liver injury requires coordinated changes and reciprocal signaling between hepatocytes and Kupffer cells, which enables feedforward regulation to augment inflammation and apoptotic responses. At the molecular level, Mof deletion induced characteristic changes in metabolic gene programs, which bore noticeable similarity to the molecular signature of human steatohepatitis. Simultaneous deletion of Mof in both hepatocytes and macrophages results in enhanced expression of inflammatory genes and NO signaling in vitro. These changes, in turn, lead to apoptosis of hepatocytes and lipotoxicity. Our work highlights the importance of histone acetyltransferase MOF in maintaining metabolic liver homeostasis and sheds light on the epigenetic dysregulation in liver pathogenesis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:296

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The Journal of biological chemistry - 296(2021) vom: 16. Jan., Seite 100235

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lei, Hongwei [VerfasserIn]
denDekker, Aaron D [VerfasserIn]
Li, Guobing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhiguo [VerfasserIn]
Sha, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Schaller, Matthew A [VerfasserIn]
Kunkel, Steven L [VerfasserIn]
Rui, Liangyou [VerfasserIn]
Tao, Kaixiong [VerfasserIn]
Dou, Yali [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

31C4KY9ESH
Chromatin
EC 2.3.1.48
Epigenetic regulation
Epigenetics
Fibrosis
Histone Acetyltransferases
Histone acetyltransferase
Journal Article
KAT8 protein, human
Lipids
Liver injury
MOF
Mitochondria dysregulation
Nitric Oxide
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Steatohepatitis

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Date Completed 24.08.2021

Date Revised 14.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1074/jbc.RA120.016079

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319402800