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Differential gene expression analysis in liver, inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT), skeletal muscle, and hypothalamus of mice with liver-specific Crif1 deficiency

ABSTRACT: CR6-interacting factor-1 (CRIF1) interacting with large mitoribosome subunits is essential for the maturation and insertion of oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) polypeptides into the mitochondrial inner membrane. Recently, it has reported that the genetic ablation of Crif1 in a tissue-specific manner results in mitochondrial stress response (MSR) including mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt). In this study, we aim to obtain a comprehensive understanding of systemic energy metabolism in response to hepatic mitochondrial dysfunction. Through the liver-specific Crif1 deficient mice (LKO), we explore the adaptive response not only in the liver but also in inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT). Moreover, RNA sequencing in liver, iWAT, skeletal muscle, and hypothalamus suggest that hepatic mitochondrial dysfunction enhance metabolic pathways, including glycolysis, fatty acid elongation and degradation, and 1C metabolism in liver and insulin signaling in iWAT. RNA sequencing also suggests that hepato-mitokines, GDF15 and FGF21 are highly increased in liver of LKO mice. To identify the role of hepato-mitokines, we generate double knockout mice (LKO/Gdf15-/- and LKO/Fgf21-/-), suggesting that GDF15 is responsible for the regulation of the body and fat mass and FGF21 has a critical role for the insulin sensitivity and energy expenditure in this mice.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE149553 | GEO | 2021/03/10

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Background&aims: Patients with acute decompensation (AD) of cirrhosis progressing to acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) present a systemic hyperinflammatory response associated with increased circulating levels of small-molecule metabolites. To investigate whether these alterations reflect inadequate cell energy output, we assessed mitochondrial morphology and central metabolic pathways with emphasis on the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in peripheral leukocytes from AD patients with and without ACLF. Methods: The study included samples from AD patients (102 without and 126 with ACLF) along with 41 healthy subjects. Leukocyte mitochondria ultrastructure was visualized by transmission electron microscopy and cytosolic and mitochondrial metabolic fluxes were determined by assessing NADH/FADH 2 production from various substrates. Plasma GDF15 and FGF21 were determined by Luminex and acylcarnitines by LC-MS/MS. Gene expression was analyzed by RNA-seq and PCR-based glucose metabolism profiler array. Results: Mitochondrial ultrastructure in patients with advanced cirrhosis was distinguished by cristae rarefication and swelling. The number of mitochondria per leukocyte was higher in patients, accompanied by a reduction in their size. Increased FGF21 and C:6- and C:8-carnitines predicted mortality whereas GDF15 strongly correlated with a gene set signature related to leukocyte activation. Metabolic flux analyses revealed increased energy production in mononuclear leukocytes from patients with preferential involvement of extra-mitochondrial pathways, supported by upregulated expression of genes encoding enzymes of the glycolytic and pentose phosphate pathways. In ACLF patients, mitochondrial function analysis uncovered two break-points in the TCA cycle at the isocitrate dehydrogenase and succinate dehydrogenase level, which were bridged by anaplerotic reactions involving glutaminolysis and nucleoside metabolism. Conclusions: Our findings provide evidence at the cellular, organelle and biochemical levels that severe mitochondrial dysfunction governs immunometabolism in leukocytes from patients with AD cirrhosis and ACLF.

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Differential gene expression analysis in liver, inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT), skeletal muscle, and hypothalamus of mice with liver-specific Crif1 deficiency

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