title: Spontaneous nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and ER stress in Sidt2 deficiency mice.
abstract: Sidt2 is a newly discovered lysosomal membrane protein that is closely related to glucose metabolism. In the present study, we found that Sidt2 is also closely related to lipid metabolism. Gradual increases in serum triglyceride (TG) and free fatty acid, as well as elevated aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminase levels were observed in Sidt2(-/-) mice fed a normal diet from the age of 3 months, suggesting the presence of lipid metabolism disorders and impaired liver function in these mice. In the liver slices of 6-month-old Sidt2(-/-) mice, there were obvious fat degeneration and inflammatory changes. Almost all of the liver cells demonstrated different levels of lipid droplet accumulation and cell swelling, and some of the cells demonstrated balloon-like changes. Infiltration of inflammatory cells was observed in the portal area and hepatic lobule. Electron microscopy showed that macrophages tended to be attached to the endothelial cells, and a large number of lipid droplets were present in the liver cells. Oil red O staining showed that there were significantly increased number of deep straining particles in the liver cells of Sidt2(-/-) mice, and the TG content in liver tissue was also significantly increased. Detection of key genes and proteins related to fat synthesis showed that mRNA and protein levels of the SREBP1c in the liver of Sidt2(-/-) mice were significantly elevated, and the downstream genes acetyl-CoA carboxylase, fatty acid synthase, and mitochondrial glycerol 3-phosphate acyltransferase were significantly upregulated. In addition, there was severe endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) in the liver of Sidt2(-/-) mice, which had significantly increased levels of markers specific for unfolded protein response activation, Grp78 and CHOP, as well as significant elevation of downstream p-PERK, p-eIF2a, p-IRE1a, along with ER damage. These results suggest that Sidt2(-/-) mice had spontaneous nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) accompanied by ERS. In summary, as a lysosomal membrane protein, Sidt2 plays an important role in the pathogenesis of NAFLD, and ERS may mediate the occurrence and development of this disease in Sdit2 deficiency mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 241002, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biological Macro-molecules Research, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 241001, China.
authors.forename: Jialin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biological Macro-molecules Research, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 241001, China; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wannan Medical Collage, Wuhu, 241002, China.
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Genetic Metabolism, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 241002, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biological Macro-molecules Research, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 241001, China.
authors.forename: Cui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biological Macro-molecules Research, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 241001, China; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wannan Medical Collage, Wuhu, 241002, China.
authors.forename: Fengbiao
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biological Macro-molecules Research, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 241001, China; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wannan Medical Collage, Wuhu, 241002, China. Electronic address: 19277924@qq.com.
authors.forename: Lizhuo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D000091342:Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP; D059865:Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D065626:Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D033704:Nucleotide Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D000091342:Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP; C000717248:Hspa5 protein, mouse; D008055:Lipids; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D033704:Nucleotide Transport Proteins; C554947:Sidt2 protein, mouse
keywords: Endoplasmic reticulum stress; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Sidt2