Intestinal organoid expression data from patients with MASLD-cirrhosis versus non-fibrotic MASLD
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE299719 | GEO | 2025/09/04
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:Intestinal organoid expression data from patients with MASLD-cirrhosis versus non-fibrotic MASLD
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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.
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Project description:Allantoin promotes MASLD progression
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Project description:High-fat diet (HFD) is a risk factor for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), yet the molecular pathways that connect dietary fats to liver dysfunction remain unclear. Hepatocyte-specific RKIP depletion in male mice exacerbates ER stress, resulting in lipid droplets accumulation and MASLD progression.
2025-09-03 | GSE300123 | GEO
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
Project description:Here we describe a method for fabricating a primary human Small Intestine-on-a-Chip (Intestine Chip) containing epithelial cells isolated from healthy regions of intestinal biopsies. The primary epithelial cells are expanded as 3D organoids, dissociated, and cultured on a porous membrane within a microfluidic device with human intestinal microvascular endothelium cultured in a parallel microchannel under flow and cyclic deformation. In the Intestine Chip, the epithelium forms villi-like projections lined by polarized epithelial cells that undergo multi-lineage differentiation similar to that of intestinal organoids, however, these cells expose their apical surfaces to an open lumen and interface with endothelium. Transcriptomic analysis also indicates that the Intestine Chip more closely mimics whole human duodenum in vivo when compared to the duodenal organoids used to create the chips. Because fluids flowing through the lumen of the Intestine Chip can be collected continuously, sequential analysis of fluid samples can be used to quantify nutrient digestion, mucus secretion and establishment of intestinal barrier function over a period of multiple days in vitro. The Intestine Chip therefore may be useful as a research tool for applications where normal intestinal function is crucial, including studies of metabolism, nutrition, infection, and drug pharmacokinetics, as well as personalized medicine.
2018-02-15 | GSE109471 | GEO
Project description:- Background & Aims: Considering the escalating prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and MASLD-related fibrosis, accurate non-invasive biomarkers for diagnosis and staging of fibrosis are urgently needed. This study Aims to develop a blood-based biomarker panel for fibrosis detection in individuals with MASLD. - Approach & Results: Using a translational diet-induced LDLr-/-.Leiden MASLD mouse model, candidate biomarkers were identified focused on the mechanism of collagen deposition, by integrating hepatic gene expression and new extracellular matrix deposition, as detected by dynamic D2O-labeling. To translate these findings to humans, gene expression profiles and biomarkers were analyzed in liver biopsies and serum samples from 67 individuals with histologically characterized MASLD and variable degrees of fibrosis. This led to the selection of three biomarkers for a blood-based fibrosis biomarker panel: IGFBP7, SSc5D and Sema4D. The accuracy of the biomarker panel was tested in a separate cohort of 128 individuals with histologically characterized MASLD across different stages of fibrosis. A Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LGBM) model was applied to predict fibrosis stage in MASLD (F0/F1: AUC = 0.90; F2: AUC = 0.91; F3/F4: AUC = 0.87). - Conclusion & Discussion: Using a translational Approach to identify collagen turnover related proteins indicative of fibrosis, we developed an accurate blood-based biomarker panel to detect and stage hepatic fibrosis in individuals with MASLD.
2024-05-17 | GSE240729 | GEO
Project description:Background: N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification plays a crucial role in various biological events and is implicated in various metabolic-related diseases. However, its role in MASLD remains unclear. This study aims to investigate the impact of Mettl3 on MASLD through multi-omics analysis, with a focus on exploring its potential mechanisms of action. Methods: MASLD mouse models were established by feeding a high-fat diet for 12 weeks, and Mettl3 stable overexpression AML12 cell models were constructed via lentiviral transfection. Subsequent transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, as well as integrated analysis between different omics datasets, were conducted. Results: Mettl3 expression significantly increased in MASLD mouse models. In the transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, we identified 848 genes with significant inconsistencies between transcriptomic and proteomic datasets. GO/KEGG enrichment terms may involve post-transcriptional modifications, particularly Mettl3-mediated m6A modification. Subsequently, through integrated proteomic analysis of Mettl3-overexpressed AML12 cell models and MASLD mouse models, we selected the top 20 co-upregulated and co-downregulated GO/KEGG terms as the main biological processes influenced by Mettl3 in MASLD. By intersecting with pathways obtained from previous integrated analyses, we identified GO/KEGG terms affected by Mettl3-induced m6A modification. Protein-protein interaction analysis of proteins involved in these pathways highlighted GAPDH, ENO1, and TPI1 as three key hub genes. Conclusion: In MASLD, Mettl3 regulates the glycolytic pathway through m6A modification, influencing the occurrence and development of the disease via the key hub genes GAPDH, ENO1, and TPI1. These findings expand our understanding of MASLD and provide strong evidence for potential therapeutic targets and drug development.
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Project description:Radiation therapy for abdominal tumors is challenging because the small intestine is exquisitely radiosensitive. Unfortunately, there are no FDA-approved therapies to prevent or mitigate GI radiotoxicity. The EGLN protein family are oxygen sensors that regulate cell survival and metabolism through the degradation of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs). Our group has previously shown that stabilization of HIF2 through genetic deletion or pharmacologic inhibition of the EGLNs mitigates and protects against GI radiotoxicity in mice by improving intestinal crypt stem cell survival. Here we aimed to elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which HIF2 confers GI radioprotection. We developed duodenal organoids from mice, transiently overexpressed non-degradable HIF2, and performed bulk RNA sequencing. Interestingly, HIF2 upregulated known radiation modulators and genes involved in GI homeostasis, including Wnt5a. Non-canonical Wnt5a signaling has been shown by other groups to improve intestinal crypt regeneration in response to injury. Here we show that HIF2 drives Wnt5a expression in multiple duodenal organoid models. Luciferase reporter assays performed in human cells showed that HIF2 directly activates the WNT5A promoter via a hypoxia response element. We then evaluated crypt regeneration using spheroid formation assays. Duodenal organoids that were pre-treated with recombinant Wnt5a had a higher cryptogenic capacity after irradiation, compared to vehicle-treated organoids. Conversely, we found that Wnt5a knockout decreased the cryptogenic potential of intestinal stem cells following irradiation. Treatment with recombinant Wnt5a prior to irradiation rescued the cryptogenic capacity of Wnt5a knockout organoids, indicating that Wnt5a is necessary and sufficient for duodenal radioprotection. Taken together, our results.txt suggest that HIF2 radioprotects the GI tract by inducing Wnt5a expression.
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