Loss of SQSTM1/p62 Induces Obesity and Exacerbates Alcohol-induced Liver Injury in Aged Mice
Hui Qian University of Kansas Medical Center
Wen-Xing Ding University of Kansas Medical Center
Hong-Min Ni University of Kansas Medical Center
Kurt Zatloukal Medical University of Graz
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Zhaoli Sun Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Xiaoxiao Jiang University of Kansas Medical Center
Yuan Li University of Kansas Medical Center
Shaogui Wang University of Kansas Medical Center
Xiaojuan Chao University of Kansas Medical Center
Elsevier
Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is a worldwide health problem, of which the effective treatment is still lacking. Both detrimental and protective roles of adipose tissue have been implicated in ALD. Although alcohol increases adipose tissue lipolysis to promote alcohol-induced liver injury, alcohol also activates brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis as an adaptive response in protecting against alcohol-induced liver injury. Moreover, aging and obesity are also risk factors for ALD. In the present study, we investigated the effects of autophagy receptor protein SQSTM1/p62 on adipose tissue and obesity in alcohol-induced liver injury in both young and aged mice.Young and aged whole-body SQSTM1/p62 knockout (KO) and their age-matched wild-type (WT) mice were subjected to chronic plus binge (Gao-binge) alcohol feeding. Blood, adipose and liver tissues were collected for biochemical and histologic analysis.Aged but not young SQSTM1/p62 KO mice had significantly increased body weight and fat mass compared with the matched WT mice. Gao-binge alcohol feeding induced white adipose atrophy and decreased levels of SQSTM1/p62 levels in adipose tissue in aged WT mice. SQSTM1/p62 KO aged mice were resistant to Gao-binge alcohol-induced white adipose atrophy. Alcohol feeding increased the expression of thermogenic genes in WT mouse BAT, which was significantly blunted in SQSTM1/p62 KO aged mice. Alcohol-fed aged SQSTM1/p62 KO mice showed significantly higher levels of serum alanine aminotransferase, hepatic triglyceride, and inflammation compared with young and aged WT mice fed with alcohol. Alcohol-fed SQSTM1/p62 KO mice also increased secretion of proinflammatory and angiogenic adipokines that may promote alcohol-induced liver injury.Loss of SQSTM1/p62 in aged mice leads to obesity and impairs alcohol-induced BAT adaptation, resulting in exacerbated alcohol-induced liver injury in mice.
Englisch
2023
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Animals; Mice; Sequestosome-1 Protein; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Chronic; Ethanoltoxicity; Liver Diseases, Alcoholicpathology; Mice, Knockout; Obesitycomplications; Atrophy