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Hepatic NPC1L1 overexpression attenuates alcoholic autophagy in mice

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    • Youlin Wang
    • Pan Yang
    • Bo Zhang
    • Yao Ding
    • Shun  Lei
    • Yuning Hou
    • Xiaoqing Guan
    • Qingwang Li
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    Affiliations: College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China, Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA, Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, P.R. China, Department of Oncology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing 400038, P.R. China
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Abstract

Alcohol consumption causes liver steatosis in humans. Metabolic disorders of lipids are one of the factors that cause liver steatosis in hepatocytes. Hepatic Niemann‑Pick C1‑like 1 (NPC1L1) regulates lipid homeostasis in mammals. The relationship between NPC1L1 and autophagy in those with a history of alcohol abuse is unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the function of NPC1L1 in the activation of hepatic autophagy in a mouse model with a human (h)NPC1L1 transgene under alcohol feeding conditions. The mice expressing hNPC1L1 (Ad‑L1) or controls (Ad‑null) were created by retro‑orbital adenovirus injection. The Ad‑L1 and Ad‑null mice were fed with alcohol or a non‑alcoholic diet to mimic chronic alcohol consumption in humans. Hepatic autophagy was demonstrated in isolated primary hepatocytes by monitoring autophagic vacuoles under fluorescence microscopy, and by western blotting for autophagic makers. Isolated hepatocytes from the livers of Ad‑L1 mice were treated with different doses of ezetimibe to study the restoration of autophagy. Chronic alcohol feeding caused liver injury and steatosis, shown by significantly higher levels of plasma alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase activity, and by hematoxylin and eosin staining in Ad‑L1 and Ad‑null mice. Compared to Ad‑null control mice, the microtubule‑associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3 (LC3) particles in the isolated hepatocytes of Ad‑L1 mice were decreased, both under alcohol and non‑alcoholic feeding. The ratio of LC3II/LC3I was significantly decreased, and the level of p62/sequestosome‑1 protein was significantly increased in Ad‑L1 mice compared with Ad‑null mice after alcohol feeding. Levels of LC3II protein were statistically increased in hepatocytes isolated from Ad‑L1 mice with ezetimibe treatment. The increase in LC3II expression was dose dependent. Within the tested range, it reached its highest level at 40 µM. The livers of Ad‑L1 mice represent a more human‑like state for the study of hepatic autophagy. Hepatic expression of human NPC1L1 resulted in an inhibition of autophagy; it may contribute to alcoholic fatty liver disease in humans.
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Wang, Y., Yang, P., Zhang, B., Ding, Y., Lei, S., Hou, Y. ... Li, Q. (2019). Hepatic NPC1L1 overexpression attenuates alcoholic autophagy in mice. Molecular Medicine Reports, 20, 3224-3232. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2019.10549
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Wang, Y., Yang, P., Zhang, B., Ding, Y., Lei, S., Hou, Y., Guan, X., Li, Q."Hepatic NPC1L1 overexpression attenuates alcoholic autophagy in mice". Molecular Medicine Reports 20.4 (2019): 3224-3232.
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Wang, Y., Yang, P., Zhang, B., Ding, Y., Lei, S., Hou, Y., Guan, X., Li, Q."Hepatic NPC1L1 overexpression attenuates alcoholic autophagy in mice". Molecular Medicine Reports 20, no. 4 (2019): 3224-3232. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2019.10549
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Wang Y, Yang P, Zhang B, Ding Y, Lei S, Hou Y, Guan X and Li Q: Hepatic NPC1L1 overexpression attenuates alcoholic autophagy in mice. Mol Med Rep 20: 3224-3232, 2019.
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Wang, Y., Yang, P., Zhang, B., Ding, Y., Lei, S., Hou, Y. ... Li, Q. (2019). Hepatic NPC1L1 overexpression attenuates alcoholic autophagy in mice. Molecular Medicine Reports, 20, 3224-3232. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2019.10549
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Wang, Y., Yang, P., Zhang, B., Ding, Y., Lei, S., Hou, Y., Guan, X., Li, Q."Hepatic NPC1L1 overexpression attenuates alcoholic autophagy in mice". Molecular Medicine Reports 20.4 (2019): 3224-3232.
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Wang, Y., Yang, P., Zhang, B., Ding, Y., Lei, S., Hou, Y., Guan, X., Li, Q."Hepatic NPC1L1 overexpression attenuates alcoholic autophagy in mice". Molecular Medicine Reports 20, no. 4 (2019): 3224-3232. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2019.10549
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