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Ethanol and its Nonoxidative Metabolites Promote Acute Liver Injury by Inducing ER Stress, Adipocyte Death, and Lipolysis

Park SH., Seo W., Xu MJ., Mackowiak B., Lin Y., He Y.

Animal Study, published in Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol (2023) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Animal Study
Journal
Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol (2023)
Reported sample size
—
Source database
Europe PMC
PMID
36243320
PMCID
PMC9791137
DOI
10.1016/j.jcmgh.2022.10.002
Citations
57

Abstract (original English)

Background & aims Binge drinking in patients with metabolic syndrome accelerates the development of alcohol-associated liver disease. However, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. We investigated if oxidative and nonoxidative alcohol metabolism pathways, diet-induced obesity, and adipose tissues influenced the development of acute liver injury in a single ethanol binge model. Methods A single ethanol binge was administered to chow-fed or high-fat diet (HFD)-fed wild-type and genetically modified mice. Results Oral administration of a single dose of ethanol induced acute liver injury and hepatic endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in chow- or HFD-fed mice. Disruption of the Adh1 gene increased blood ethanol concentration and exacerbated acute ethanol-induced ER stress and liver injury in both chow-fed and HFD-fed mice, while disruption of the Aldh2 gene did not affect such hepatic injury despite high blood acetaldehyde levels. Mechanistic studies showed that alcohol, not acetaldehyde, promoted hepatic ER stress, fatty acid synthesis, and increased adipocyte death and lipolysis, contributing to acute liver injury. Increased serum fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs), which are formed by an enzyme-mediated esterification of ethanol with fatty acids, were detected in mice after ethanol gavage, with higher levels in Adh1 knockout mice than in wild-type mice. Deletion of the Ces1d gene

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LiverAdipocytesAnimalsMiceEthanolAcetaldehydeEstersFatty AcidsLipolysisEndoplasmic Reticulum Stress

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