Mitochondrial dysfunction charachterizes the multigenerational effects of maternal obesity on MASLD
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE291363 | GEO | 2025/06/18
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:Mitochondrial dysfunction charachterizes the multigenerational effects of maternal obesity on MASLD
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2025-01-22 | GSE276351 | GEO
Project description:Maternal exposure to a western-type diet (WD) increases the susceptibility of adult offspring to atherosclerosis. Lining the inner layer of blood vessels, fetus endothelial cells (ECs) become dysfunctional and inflamed in response to risk factors from mother through maternal and fetal blood exchange. However, the mechanism by which maternal WD promotes vascular endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis in offspring after adulthood has not been fully clarified. Here, we found that maternal WD exposure sensitized offspring to WD exposure in adulthood of Ldlr-/- mice, significantly increasing atherosclerotic lesions in the aorta and aortic roots, endowed inflammatory memory at the chromatin level and regulated chromatin dynamics by transcription factor AP-1 in mouse aortic ECs. Plasma 27-hydroxycholesterol (27-HC) was significantly increased in maternal blood and transferred into the offspring. Additionally, 27-HC played a crucial role in memory establishment and also acted as a secondary stimulator, amplifying the expression of inflammatory memory factors and enhancing the enrichment of AP-1/p300 and H3K27ac in the binding domain in human ECs. Inhibiting AP-1 binding to chromatin reduced the inflammatory response in human umbilical vein ECs from mother with maternal hypercholesterolemia and the occurrence and development of atherosclerosis in the offspring with maternal WD exposure. Our findings demonstrate that maternal WD aggravating EC dysfunction and atherosclerosis in offspring after adulthood acquires AP-1-associated epigenetic memory to increase chromatin accessibility of inflammatory genes.
2025-01-23 | GSE276350 | GEO
Project description:The importance of parental diet in relation to eventual offspring health is increasing in prominence due to the increased frequency of reproductive age adults consuming poor diets. Whilst maternal health and offspring outcome have been studied in some detail, the paternal impacts are not as well understood. A father’s poor nutritional status has been shown to have negative consequences on fetal growth and development and ultimately impact the long-term adult health of the offspring. In this study we examined sperm and seminal plasma mediated mechanisms of preimplantation embryo development alterations in response to sub-optimal paternal diets. Male mice were fed a diet to model either under (low protein diet (LPD)) or over (high fat/sugar (Western) diet (WD)) nutrition, LPD or WD supplemented with methyl-donors or a control diet before mating with age-matched control fed females. Male metabolic health was influenced by WD and MD-WD; with significant changes in serum lipids and hepatic 1-carbon metabolites. Sperm RNA sequencing revealed significant changes to mRNA profiles in all groups when compared to CD (LPD: 32, MD-LPD: 17, WD: 53, MD-WD: 35). In vitro embryo development was revealed all sub-optimal diets with and without methyl-donors increased the rate of embryo development. As embryo development can be directed by sperm and seminal plasma mediated mechanism, we also examined the proteomic profile of the seminal plasma, revealing a significant number of changes in all groups compared to control (LPD: 13, MD-LPD: 27, WD: 24, MD-WD: 19). Male diet also altered uterine gene expression examined via qPCR, specifically alterations in Cd14 and Ptgs1 were observed in response to male WD matings. Our current study shows that paternal nutritional status has the potential to influence male metabolic and reproductive factors, which can ultimately alter embryonic development and the post-mating maternal environment. This study highlights potential direct (sperm mediated) and indirect (semen mediated) pathways in which a father's poor diet could shape the long-term health of his offspring.
2024-07-18 | GSE241404 | GEO
Project description:Purpose: To investiagte why maternal obesity induces the susceptibility of offspring to diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-induced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) over generations upon over nutrition.The goals of this study are to find over-generationally altered genes and miRNAs which may contribute the accumulative progeny susceptibility to HCC under over nutrition. Methods: C57BL/6 female mice (F0 generation) were fed with either normal chow (NC) or HFD (60% kcal fat) from 1-month to 3-month old, and mated with NC-fed male mice to produce F1 generation. The F2 generation was similarly created. Male offspring of the F0, F1 and F2 generations were intraperitoneally injected with DEN at 2-weeks-old, and kept inmaintained on HFD and named as H1D, H2D and H3D groups, respectively. Male offspring of the F0 generation injected with PBS (Nor group) or DEN (NCD group) at the same age and kept inmaintained on NC. All groups were sacrificed at 40-weeks-old. Liver mRNA profiles and miRNA profiles from the different offspring groups were generated by LncRNA sequencing and small RNA sequencing. Results: We identified many over-generationally changed genes and miRNAs in the offspring by RNA-sequencing. Conclusions: The study revealed an important role of miRNA and targeting genes in regulating the incidence of HCC in the offspring of maternal-lineage under multi-generational HFD exposure, which has a profound effect on exploring the link between maternal obesity and the development of diseases in offspring.
2021-07-01 | GSE117539 | GEO
Project description:Poor parental health can influence the development and eventual health outcomes of their offspring. Many studies have detailed the maternal role yet a father’s health requires further examination as his poor nutritional status has also been shown to have negative consequences on fetal development and impact the long-term health of his offspring. The present study examined how preimplantation embryo development was altered by sub-optimal paternal diet, with specific focus on sperm- and seminal plasma-mediated mechanisms. To address this, male mice were fed a diet to model either under (low protein diet (LPD)) or over (high fat/sugar ‘Western’ diet (WD)) nutrition, LPD or WD supplemented with methyl-donors or a control diet (CD) before mating. Embryo development was assessed using in vitro time-lapse imaging of preimplantation embryos which revealed a significant increase in embryo development rates in all experimental groups when compared to CD embryos. Further analysis of the semen revealed a significant number of differentially expressed seminal plasma proteins in all groups (LPD: 13, MD-LPD: 27, WD: 24, MD-WD: 19) when compared to control. This study highlights a role for paternal nutritional status influencing embryonic development and the maternal reproductive tract via changes to his metabolic and reproductive health. These findings demonstrate potential direct (sperm-mediated) and indirect (seminal plasma-mediated) pathways in which a father's poor diet could shape the long-term health of his offspring
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Project description:Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is strongly associated with obesity. The use of animal models fed Western-style diets is vital for investigating the molecular mechanisms contributing to metabolic dysregulation and for facilitating novel drug target identification. However, the sex- and age-associated mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology remain poorly understood. Here we show distinct responses to a HFD between males and females. Our study underscores the need for utilizing both sexes in drug target identification studies, and characterizing the molecular mechanisms contributing to the MASLD pathophysiology in aging animals. Hepatology Communications 2024
2024-09-03 | GSE274914 | GEO
Project description:Uric acid has garnered increasing attention for its association with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in recent cross-sectional studies, although detailed understanding of its involvement remains limited. This study confirms a strong association between urate levels and elevated risk of both MASLD and type 2 diabetes (T2D) through a large-scale observational analysis of UK Biobank data. However, Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis involving over 2 million samples identified only causal effects of urate on serum triglyceride levels and the risk of T2D. Additionally, a targeted metabolomics study involving elderly Chinese participants revealed that, rather than UA, allantoin—a byproduct of UA oxidation—was significantly elevated in individuals with dyslipidemia or T2D. Notably, a significant negative correlation was found between serum allantoin level and fasting glucose, as well as serum triglyceride and cholesterol levels. Animal studies demonstrated that allantoin exacerbates hepatic lipid accumulation and glucose intolerance in mice fed a high-fat diet, which was accompanied by increased hepatic lipid biogenesis and reduced bile acid production. Interestingly, our findings indicate that allantoin exhibits a strong binding affinity for PPARα, suggesting that it may act as an inhibitor of PPARα, thereby promoting the progression of MASLD. These results underscore the critical role of allantoin, rather than UA, in the development of MASLD, offering valuable insights for the prediction and management of hepatic metabolic disorders.
2025-06-04 | GSE283505 | GEO
Project description:Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), closely associated with obesity, can progress to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis when the liver undergoes overt inflammatory damage. A-kinase anchoring protein 1 (AKAP1) has been shown to control lipid accumulation in brown adipocytes. However, the role of AKAP1 signaling in hepatic lipid metabolism and MASLD remains poorly understood. Here, we showed that hepatocyte-specific AKAP1 deficiency exacerbated hepatic steatosis and steatohepatitis in male mice subjected to a high-fat diet and fast-food diet, respectively. Mechanistically, AKAP1 directly phosphorylated and inactivated glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 1 (GPAT1) in a PKA-dependent manner, thus suppressing lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) production. Increased endogenous LPA in hepatocytes promoted hepatocellular triglyceride (TG) synthesis and initiated pronounced inflammatory response in Kupffer cells. Restoring hepatic AKAP1 or repressing LPA levels via GPAT1 knockdown alleviated MASLD exacerbation. Overall, AKAP1 plays a protective role against MASLD by inhibiting GPAT1 activity, highlighting the potential of targeting AKAP1/PKA/GPAT1 signalosome for MASLD therapy.
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Project description:The burden of senescent hepatocytes correlates with MASLD severity but mechanisms driving senescence, and how it exacerbates MASLD are poorly understood. Hepatocytes become senescent when Smoothened (Smo) is deleted to disrupt Hedgehog signaling. We aimed to determine if the secretomes of Smo-deficient hepatocytes perpetuate senescence to drive MASLD progression. RNA seq analysis confirmed that hepatocyte populations of MASLD livers are depleted of Smo(+) cells and enriched with senescent cells. When fed CDA-HFD, Smo(-) mice had lower antioxidant markers and developed worse DNA damage, senescence, MASH and liver fibrosis than Smo(+) mice. Sera and hepatocyte-conditioned medium from Smo(-) mice were depleted of thymidine phosphorylase (TP), a protein that maintains mitochondrial fitness. Treating Smo(-) hepatocytes with TP reduced senescence and lipotoxicity; inhibiting TP in Smo(+) hepatocytes had the opposite effects and exacerbated hepatocyte senescence, MASH, and fibrosis in CDA-HFD-fed mice.Therefore, we found that inhibiting Hedgehog signaling in hepatocytes promotes MASLD by suppressing hepatocyte production of proteins that prevent lipotoxicity and senescence.
2024-10-01 | GSE273523 | GEO