Molecularly defined unfolded protein response subclasses have distinct correlations with fatty liver disease in zebrafish.

ABSTRACT: The unfolded protein response (UPR) is a complex network of sensors and target genes that ensure efficient folding of secretory proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). UPR activation is mediated by three main sensors, which regulate the expression of hundreds of targets. UPR activation can result in outcomes ranging from enhanced cellular function to cell dysfunction and cell death. How this pathway causes such different outcomes is unknown. Fatty liver disease (steatosis) is associated with markers of UPR activation and robust UPR induction can cause steatosis; however, in other cases, UPR activation can protect against this disease. By assessing the magnitude of activation of UPR sensors and target genes in the liver of zebrafish larvae exposed to three commonly used ER stressors (tu

SUBMITTER: Vacaru AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4073272 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature