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Epidemiological evidences provide proof of concept that certain pesticides are involved in metabolic disorders, but also in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease (PD). In addition, large prospective cohort studies reported that type 2 diabetes (T2D) and PD are epidemiologically associated, including an elevated risk of developing PD in patients with T2D.

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TGFβ activity stabilizes ACC1 to increase de novo lipogenesis in metabolic liver disease

Brent Mayfield, Yoko Yagashita, Jinku Kang, Changyu Zhu, ... Utpal B. Pajvani

Metabolic liver disease arises due to dysregulated signaling between hepatocytes and non-parenchymal cells (NPCs). Through parallel RNA sequencing screens in diet-induced and genetic mouse models, backdropped by human transcriptomic data, we identified latent TGFβ binding protein-3 (LTBP3) – a regulator of TGFβ secretion – as a novel contributor to metabolic liver disease pathogenesis. GalNAc-conjugated Ltbp3 ASO reduced hepatic triglyceride accumulation in diet-induced metabolic liver disease mouse models, which was phenocopied in mice lacking hepatocyte TGFβ activity, but surprisingly not in hepatocyte-specific Ltbp3 knockout mice. This discordance prompted evaluation as to whether GalNAc-based tools are hepatocyte-specific. In fact, we found that GalNAc-Ltbp3 ASO also targeted multiple NPC populations, reducing intrahepatic TGFβ activity, culminating to lowered lipid content by increased proteasomal degradation of the key lipogenic enzyme Acetyl-CoA-Carboxylase 1 (ACC1) in hepatocytes. These data reveal a previously unrecognized NPC-hepatocyte axis to regulate lipogenesis in metabolic liver disease.

 

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TGFβ activity stabilizes ACC1 to increase de novo lipogenesis in metabolic liver disease

Brent Mayfield, Yoko Yagashita, Jinku Kang, Changyu Zhu, ... Utpal B. Pajvani

Metabolic liver disease arises due to dysregulated signaling between hepatocytes and non-parenchymal cells (NPCs). Through parallel RNA sequencing screens in diet-induced and genetic mouse models, backdropped by human transcriptomic data, we identified latent TGFβ binding protein-3 (LTBP3) – a regulator of TGFβ secretion – as a novel contributor to metabolic liver disease pathogenesis. GalNAc-conjugated Ltbp3 ASO reduced hepatic triglyceride accumulation in diet-induced metabolic liver disease mouse models, which was phenocopied in mice lacking hepatocyte TGFβ activity, but surprisingly not in hepatocyte-specific Ltbp3 knockout mice. This discordance prompted evaluation as to whether GalNAc-based tools are hepatocyte-specific. In fact, we found that GalNAc-Ltbp3 ASO also targeted multiple NPC populations, reducing intrahepatic TGFβ activity, culminating to lowered lipid content by increased proteasomal degradation of the key lipogenic enzyme Acetyl-CoA-Carboxylase 1 (ACC1) in hepatocytes. These data reveal a previously unrecognized NPC-hepatocyte axis to regulate lipogenesis in metabolic liver disease.

 

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