Partial replacement of glucose with galactose in the post-weaning diet positively affects markers of liver health
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE124929 | GEO | 2019/12/27
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:Background: Prolonged lactation provides substantial health benefits, possibly because of galactose as part of milk sugar lactose. Isocaloric replacement of dietary glucose [16 energy%(en%)] with galactose within a normal diet (64en% carbohydrates) during a 3-wk postweaning period provided substantial benefits on short- and long-term physiologic and metabolic parameters at the whole-body level and liver in female mice, which might be attributable to intestinal function. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate if partial dietary replacement of glucose with galactose alters intestinal metabolism underlying hepatic health effects. Methods: Proximal intestinal mucosa gene profiles in female mice were analyzed using RNAseq technology, validated, and correlated with hepatic health parameters. Results: Transcriptome analysis revealed that the presence of galactose primarily affected the pathways involved in energy metabolism. A consistently higher expression was observed in the subset of mitochondrial transcripts (78 of 80, all P.adj < 0.1). Oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) represented the most upregulated process (all top 10 pathways) independent of the total mitochondrial mass (P = 0.75). Moreover, galactose consistently upregulated carbohydrate metabolism pathways, specifically glycolysis till acetyl-CoA production and fructose metabolism. Also, the expression of transcripts involved in these pathways was negatively correlated with circulating serum amyloid A3 protein, a marker of hepatic inflammation [R (-0.61, -0.5), P (0.002, 0.01)]. Accordingly, CD163+ cells were decreased in the liver. Additionally, the expression of key fructolytic enzymes in the small intestinal mucosa was negatively correlated with triglyceride accumulation in the liver [R (-0.45, -0.4), P (0.03, 0.05)]. Conclusions: To our knowledge, our results show for the first time the role of galactose as an OXPHOS activator in vivo. Moreover, the concept of intestinal cells acting as the body's metabolic gatekeeper is strongly supported, as they alter substrate availability and thereby contribute to the maintenance of metabolic homeostasis, protecting other organs, as evidenced by their potential ability to shield the liver from the potentially detrimental effects of fructose.
2023-11-07 | GSE183792 | GEO
Project description:Liver-specific Knockdown of JNK1 Up-regulates Proliferator-activated Receptor Coactivator 1 and Increases Plasma Triglyceride despite Reduced Glucose and Insulin Levels in Diet-induced Obese Mice. The c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) have been implicated in the development of insulin resistance, diabetes, and obesity. Genetic disruption of JNK1, but not JNK2, improves insulin sensitivity in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice. We applied RNA interference to investigate the specific role of hepatic JNK1 in contributing to insulin resistance in DIO mice. Adenovirus-mediated delivery of JNK1 short-hairpin RNA (Ad-shJNK1) resulted in almost complete knockdown of hepatic JNK1 protein without affecting JNK1 protein in other tissues. Liver-specific knockdown of JNK1 resulted in significant reductions in circulating insulin and glucose levels, by 57 and 16%, respectively. At the molecular level, JNK1 knockdown mice had sustained and significant increase of hepatic Akt phosphorylation. Furthermore, knockdown of JNK1 enhanced insulin signaling in vitro. Unexpectedly, plasma triglyceride levels were robustly elevated upon hepatic JNK1 knockdown. Concomitantly, expression of proliferator-activated receptor coactivator 1, glucokinase, and microsomal triacylglycerol transfer protein was increased. Further gene expression analysis demonstrated that knockdown of JNK1 up-regulates the hepatic expression of clusters of genes in glycolysis and several genes in triglyceride synthesis pathways. Our results demonstrate that liver-specific knockdown of JNK1 lowers circulating glucose and insulin levels but increases triglyceride levels in DIO mice. Experiment Overall Design: Liver sample from vehicle, GFP Adv-shRNA, or Jnk1 Adv-shRNA treated DIO mice with 5, 4, and 5 replicates, respectively
2008-06-15 | E-GEOD-7648 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Liver-specific Knockdown of JNK1 Up-regulates Proliferator-activated Receptor Coactivator 1 and Increases Plasma Triglyceride despite Reduced Glucose and Insulin Levels in Diet-induced Obese Mice. The c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) have been implicated in the development of insulin resistance, diabetes, and obesity. Genetic disruption of JNK1, but not JNK2, improves insulin sensitivity in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice. We applied RNA interference to investigate the specific role of hepatic JNK1 in contributing to insulin resistance in DIO mice. Adenovirus-mediated delivery of JNK1 short-hairpin RNA (Ad-shJNK1) resulted in almost complete knockdown of hepatic JNK1 protein without affecting JNK1 protein in other tissues. Liver-specific knockdown of JNK1 resulted in significant reductions in circulating insulin and glucose levels, by 57 and 16%, respectively. At the molecular level, JNK1 knockdown mice had sustained and significant increase of hepatic Akt phosphorylation. Furthermore, knockdown of JNK1 enhanced insulin signaling in vitro. Unexpectedly, plasma triglyceride levels were robustly elevated upon hepatic JNK1 knockdown. Concomitantly, expression of proliferator-activated receptor coactivator 1, glucokinase, and microsomal triacylglycerol transfer protein was increased. Further gene expression analysis demonstrated that knockdown of JNK1 up-regulates the hepatic expression of clusters of genes in glycolysis and several genes in triglyceride synthesis pathways. Our results demonstrate that liver-specific knockdown of JNK1 lowers circulating glucose and insulin levels but increases triglyceride levels in DIO mice. Keywords: Treatment Response
2007-10-02 | GSE7648 | GEO
Project description:Activation of protein kinase C epsilon (PKCε) in the liver has been widely associated with hepatic insulin resistance. PKCε is proposed to inhibit insulin signalling through phosphorylation of the insulin receptor. We have tested this directly by breeding PKCε floxed mice with mice expressing Cre recombinase under the control of the cytomegalovirus, albumin or adiponectin promoters to generate global, liver- and adipose tissue-specific PKCε knockout (KO) mice. Global deletion of PKCε recapitulated the benefits for diet-induced glucose intolerance that we previously described using conventional PKCε KO mice. However, we did not detect PKCε-dependent alterations in hepatic insulin receptor phosphorylation. Furthermore, liver-specific KO mice were not protected against diet-induced glucose intolerance or insulin resistance determined by euglycemic clamp. In contrast, adipose tissue-specific KO mice exhibited improved glucose tolerance and mildly increased hepatic triglyceride storage, but no change in liver insulin sensitivity. Phosphoproteomic analysis of insulin signalling in PKCε KO adipocytes revealed no defect in the canonical INSR/AKT/mTOR pathways. However, PKCε KO resulted in changes in phosphorylation of several proteins associated with the endosome and cell junctions suggesting regulation in secretory pathways and a potential role of PKCε in endocrine function. Indeed, RNA-seq analysis revealed adipose-tissue PKCε-dependent changes in the hepatic expression of several genes linked to glucose homeostasis and hepatic lipid metabolism. The primary effect of PKCε on glucose homeostasis is therefore not exerted directly in the liver as currently assumed. However, PKCε in adipose tissue modulates glucose tolerance and is involved in crosstalk with the liver that affects gene expression and lipid accumulation.
2018-10-04 | PXD010212 | Pride
Project description:Pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has distinct and variable pathology that affects up to 10% of children, yet causation remains unclear. We have shown that maternal Western- style diet (mWSD) compared with chow diet (mCD) consumption in nonhuman primates (NHP) produces hepatic injury and steatosis in fetal offspring. Here, we define the role of mWSD and postweaning WSD (pwWSD) exposures on potential molecular mechanisms linked to NAFLD development in a cohort of 3-year-old (3YO) juvenile NHP offspring exposed to mCD or mWSD followed by CD or WSD after weaning. We used histologic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses to identify hepatic pathways regulating NAFLD. Offspring exposed to mWSD showed increased hepatic periportal collagen deposition but unchanged hepatic triglyceride levels and body weight. mWSD was associated with a down-regulation of gene expression pathways underlying HNF4 activity, antioxidant signaling, mitochondrial biogenesis, and PPAR signaling. In offspring exposed to both mWSD and pwWSD, liver RNA profiles showed up-regulation of pathways promoting fibrosis and ER stress. pwWSD increased acylcarnitines and decreased anti- inflammatory fatty acids, which was more pronounced when coupled with mWSD exposure. Further, mWSD shifted liver metabolites towards decreased purine catabolism in favor of synthesis, suggesting a mitochondrial DNA repair response.
2022-12-05 | GSE220102 | GEO
Project description:To better understand the pathophysiology of galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT) deficiency in humans, we studied the mechanisms by which a GALT-deficient yeast survived on galactose medium. Under normal conditions, GALT-deficient yeast cannot grow in medium that contains 0.2% galactose as the sole carbohydrate, a phenotype of Gal(-). We isolated revertants from a GALT-deficient yeast by direct selection for growth in galactose, a phenotype of Gal(+). Comparison of gene expression profiles among wild-type and revertant strains on galactose medium revealed that the revertant down-regulated genes encoding enzymes including galactokinase, galactose permease, and UDP-galactose-4-epimerase (the GAL regulon). By contrast, the revertant strain up-regulated the gene for UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, UGP1. There was reduced accumulation of galactose-1-phosphate in the galactose-grown revertant cells when compared to the GALT-deficient parent cells.
2008-04-10 | E-MEXP-1420 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Insulin integrates hepatic glucose and lipid metabolism, directing nutrients to storage as glycogen and triglyceride. In type 2 diabetes, levels of the former are low and the latter are exaggerated, posing a pathophysiologic and therapeutic conundrum. A branching model1 of insulin signaling, with FoxO1 presiding over glucose production2-5 and Srebp–1c regulating lipogenesis,6-8 provides a potential explanation. Here we illustrate an alternative mechanism that integrates glucose production and lipogenesis under the unifying control of FoxO. Liver–specific ablation of three FoxOs (L–FoxO1,3,4) prevents the induction of glucose–6–phosphatase and the repression of glucokinase during fasting, thus increasing lipogenesis at the expense of glucose production. We document a similar pattern in the early phases of diet-induced insulin resistance, and propose that FoxOs are required to enable the liver to direct nutritionally derived carbons to glucose vs. lipid metabolism. Our data underscore the heterogeneity of hepatic insulin resistance during progression from the metabolic syndrome to overt diabetes, and the conceptual challenge of designing therapies that curtail glucose production without promoting hepatic lipid accumulation. We used microarrays to detail the change of gene expression in liver after knocking out FoxO1,3 and 4. Liver tissue samples were collected from hepatocyte- specific triple FoxO(1,3, and 4) KO and their littermates control (WT) mice after fasting (22 h) or refeeding (4 h). Gene expression was analyzed by microarray. Mice were on a mixed background of C57BL/6J and 129.
2014-08-20 | E-GEOD-60527 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Insulin integrates hepatic glucose and lipid metabolism, directing nutrients to storage as glycogen and triglyceride. In type 2 diabetes, levels of the former are low and the latter are exaggerated, posing a pathophysiologic and therapeutic conundrum. A branching model1 of insulin signaling, with FoxO1 presiding over glucose production2-5 and Srebp–1c regulating lipogenesis,6-8 provides a potential explanation. Here we illustrate an alternative mechanism that integrates glucose production and lipogenesis under the unifying control of FoxO. Liver–specific ablation of three FoxOs (L–FoxO1,3,4) prevents the induction of glucose–6–phosphatase and the repression of glucokinase during fasting, thus increasing lipogenesis at the expense of glucose production. We document a similar pattern in the early phases of diet-induced insulin resistance, and propose that FoxOs are required to enable the liver to direct nutritionally derived carbons to glucose vs. lipid metabolism. Our data underscore the heterogeneity of hepatic insulin resistance during progression from the metabolic syndrome to overt diabetes, and the conceptual challenge of designing therapies that curtail glucose production without promoting hepatic lipid accumulation. We used microarrays to detail the change of gene expression in liver after knocking out FoxO1,3 and 4.
2014-08-20 | GSE60527 | GEO
Project description:The liver is critical for maintaining systemic energy balance during starvation. To understand the role of hepatic fatty acid β-oxidation on this process, we generated mice with a liver-specific knockout of carnitine palmitoyltransferase 2 (Cpt2L-/-), an obligate step in mitochondrial long-chain fatty acid β-oxidation. Surprisingly, Cpt2L-/- mice survived the perinatal period and a 24hr fast with sufficient blood glucose. The loss of hepatic fatty acid oxidation resulted in a significant loss in circulating ketones that remained unaltered by fasting. Fasting induced serum dyslipidemia, hepatic steatosis and adaptations in hepatic and systemic oxidative gene expression in Cpt2L-/- mice to maintain systemic energy homeostasis. Alternatively, feeding a ketogenic diet resulted in severe hepatomegaly, liver damage and death within one week with a complete absence of adipose triglyceride stores. These data show that hepatic fatty acid oxidation is not required for survival during acute food deprivation but essential for constraining adipocyte lipolysis and regulating systemic catabolism when glucose is limiting. In this dataset, we include the expression data obtained from dissected mouse liver from mice fasted for 24 hours with and without the deletion of carnitine palmitoyltransferase 2 (i.e. hepatocytes unable to beta-oxidize long chain fatty acids in mitochondria). WildType and KnockOut mice were fasted for 24 hours. Three biologic replicates were compared per class, thus six mice.
2016-06-16 | E-GEOD-76079 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:The goal was to study the long term metabolic programming effects of exposure of offspring to a dam eating 60% high fat diet during the lactation period only. We previously showed that offspring from dams given lactational high fat diet (HFD) are predisposed to obesity, glucose intolerance and inflammation. The purpose of these studies was to understand the programming implications of lactational HFD on offspring metabolic liver disease risk. Dams were fed a 60% lard-based HFD from the day of delivery through the 21 day lactation period. Starting at weaning offspring were fed normal fat diet until 3 months of age at which point a subset were challenged with an additional HFD stressor. Lactational HFD fed male offspring developed hepatic insulin resistance. Postweaning HFD challenge led male offspring progressing to NAFLD with more severe outcomes in the lactational HFD challenged offspring.
2021-08-14 | GSE182071 | GEO