Journal article
High fat diet induces dysregulation of hepatic oxygen gradients and mitochondrial function in vivo
Biochemical journal, Vol.417(1), pp.183-193
01/01/2009
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20080868
PMCID: PMC2637578
PMID: 18752470
Abstract
NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease), associated with obesity and the cardiometabolic syndrome, is ail important medical problem affecting up to 20% of western populations. Evidence indicates that mitochondrial dysfunction plays a critical role ill NAFLD initiation and progression to the more serious condition of NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis). Herein we hypothesize that mitochondrial defects induced by exposure to a HFD (high fat diet) contribute to a hypoxic state in liver and this is associated with increased protein modification by RNS (reactive nitrogen species). To test this concept, C57BL/6 mice were pair-fed a control diet and HFD containing 35 % and 71 % total calories (1 cal approximate to 4.184 J) from fat respectively, for 8 or 16 weeks and liver hypoxia, mitochondrial bioenergetics, NO (nitric oxide)-dependent control of respiration, and 3-NT (3-nitrotyrosine), a marker of protein modification by RNS, were examined. Feeding a HFD for 16 weeks induced NASH-like pathology accompanied by elevated triacyl glycerols, increased CYP2E1 (cytochrome P450 2E1) and iNOS (inducible nitric oxide synthase) protein, and significantly enhanced hypoxia in the pericentral region of the liver. Mitochondria from the HFD group showed increased sensitivity to NO-dependent inhibition of respiration compared with controls. In addition, accumulation of 3-NT paralleled the hypoxia gradient in vivo and 3-NT levels were increased in mitochondrial proteins. Liver mitochondria from mice fed the HFD for 16 weeks exhibited depressed state 3 respiration, uncoupled respiration, cytochrome c oxidase activity, and mitochondrial membrane potential. These findings indicate that chronic exposure to a HFD negatively affects the bioenergetics of liver mitochondria and this probably contributes to hypoxic stress and deleterious NO-dependent modification of mitochondrial proteins,
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- High fat diet induces dysregulation of hepatic oxygen gradients and mitochondrial function in vivo
- Creators
- Sudheer K. Mantena - University of Alabama at BirminghamDenty Paul Vaughn - University of Alabama at BirminghamKelly K. Andringa - University of Alabama at BirminghamHeather B. Eccleston - University of Alabama at BirminghamAdrienne L. King - University of Alabama at BirminghamGary A. Abrams - University of Alabama at BirminghamJeannette E. Doeller - University of Alabama at BirminghamDavid W. Kraus - University of Alabama at BirminghamVictor M. Darley-Usmar - University of AlabamaShannon M. Bailey - University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Biochemical journal, Vol.417(1), pp.183-193
- Publisher
- Portland Press Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1042/BJ20080868
- PMID
- 18752470
- PMCID
- PMC2637578
- ISSN
- 0264-6021
- eISSN
- 1470-8728
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- R01AA013395 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAAA) AA15172 / NIH Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research linked to parent; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA AA13395; AA15172; DK73775 / National Institutes of Health (NIH); United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA DK56336 / NIH-funded University of Alabama at Birmingham Clinical Nutrition Research Center; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA P30DK056336 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Record Identifier
- 9984548669702771
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