通过特定基因表达模式预测非酒精性脂肪性肝病进展及免疫失调
Predicting Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Progression and Immune Deregulations by Specific Gene Expression Patterns.
作者信息
Zeng Fanhong, Zhang Yue, Han Xu, Zeng Min, Gao Yi, Weng Jun
机构信息
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery II, Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Artificial Organ and Tissue Engineering, Guangzhou Clinical Research and Transformation Center for Artificial Liver, Institute of Regenerative Medicine, ZhuJiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
出版信息
Front Immunol. 2021 Jan 26;11:609900. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.609900. eCollection 2020.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease worldwide with rising rates in parallel to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. NAFLD includes pathologies ranging from simple steatosis (NAFL) to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and cirrhosis (NASH), which may eventually develop into hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Mechanically, lipids accumulation and insulin resistance act as the first hit, inflammation and fibrosis serve as the second hit. Currently, the diagnosis of NAFLD mainly depends on pathology examination and medical imaging, whereas proper gene signature classifiers are necessary for the evaluation of disease status. Here, we developed three signature classifiers to distinguish different NAFLD disease states (NAFL and NASH). Moreover, we found that B cells, DCs, and MAIT cells are key deregulated immune cells in NAFLD, which are associated with NAFLD and NAFLD-HCC progression. Meanwhile, AKR1B10 and SPP1 are closely related to the above three immune cell infiltrations and immunosuppressive cytokines expressions in NAFLD and NAFLD-HCC. Subsequently, we screened out AKR1B10 and SPP1 sensitive molecules TGX-221, which may provide a possible therapy for NAFLD and NAFLD-HCC.
非酒精性脂肪性肝病(NAFLD)是全球最常见的肝脏疾病,其发病率与肥胖、2型糖尿病和代谢综合征同步上升。NAFLD包括从单纯性脂肪变性(NAFL)到非酒精性脂肪性肝炎和肝硬化(NASH)等一系列病变,最终可能发展为肝细胞癌(HCC)。从机制上讲,脂质蓄积和胰岛素抵抗是“第一次打击”,炎症和纤维化是“第二次打击”。目前,NAFLD的诊断主要依赖于病理检查和医学成像,而合适的基因特征分类器对于评估疾病状态是必要的。在此,我们开发了三种特征分类器以区分不同的NAFLD疾病状态(NAFL和NASH)。此外,我们发现B细胞、树突状细胞(DCs)和黏膜相关恒定T细胞(MAIT细胞)是NAFLD中关键的失调免疫细胞,它们与NAFLD和NAFLD-HCC的进展相关。同时,醛糖还原酶1B10(AKR1B10)和分泌型磷蛋白1(SPP1)与NAFLD和NAFLD-HCC中上述三种免疫细胞浸润及免疫抑制细胞因子表达密切相关。随后,我们筛选出了对AKR1B10和SPP1敏感的分子TGX-221,这可能为NAFLD和NAFLD-HCC提供一种可能的治疗方法。