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ABSTRACT: Background and aims
Osteopontin (OPN) is reported to be associated with the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, the function of OPN in NAFLD is still inconclusive. Therefore, our aim in this study was to evaluate the role of OPN in NAFLD and clarify the involved mechanisms.Methods
We analyzed the expression change of OPN in NAFLD by bioinformatic analysis, qRT-PCR, western blotting and immunofluorescence staining. To clarify the role of OPN in NAFLD, the effect of OPN from HepG2 cells on macrophage polarization and the involved mechanisms were examined by FACS and western blotting.Results
OPN was significantly upregulated in NAFLD patients compared with normal volunteers by microarray data, and the high expression of OPN was related with disease stage and progression. OPN level was also significantly increased in liver tissue samples of NAFLD from human and mouse, and in HepG2 cells treated with oleic acid (OA). Furthermore, the supernatants of OPN-treated HepG2 cells promoted the macrophage M1 polarization. Mechanistically, OPN activated the janus kinase 1(JAK1)/signal transducers and activators of transcription 1 (STAT1) signaling pathway in HepG2 cells, and consequently HepG2 cells secreted more high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), thereby promoting macrophage M1 polarization.Conclusions
OPN promoted macrophage M1 polarization by increasing JAK1/STAT1-induced HMGB1 secretion in hepatocytes.
SUBMITTER: Xu Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9817049 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Zhihao Z Xi Feiyang F Deng Xinxin X Ni Yuqi Y Pu Changqin C Wang Dan D Lou Weiming W Zeng Xufang X Su Ning N Chen Chen C Zeng Ziqiang Z Deng Libin L Jiang Meixiu M
Journal of clinical and translational hepatology 20220531 2
<h4>Background and aims</h4>Osteopontin (OPN) is reported to be associated with the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, the function of OPN in NAFLD is still inconclusive. Therefore, our aim in this study was to evaluate the role of OPN in NAFLD and clarify the involved mechanisms.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed the expression change of OPN in NAFLD by bioinformatic analysis, qRT-PCR, western blotting and immunofluorescence staining. To clarify the role of OPN in NAFLD ...[more]