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ArticleToxicology and applied pharmacology2011

Lipidomic changes in rat liver after long-term exposure to ethanol.

Harshica Fernando, Kamlesh K Bhopale, Shakuntala Kondraganti, Bhupendra S Kaphalia, G A Shakeel Ansari

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Article in Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Harshica FernandoDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Kamlesh K Bhopale
Shakuntala Kondraganti
Bhupendra S Kaphalia
G A Shakeel Ansari
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Hepatic Steatosis and the Lipid MetabolomeR01AA016364 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI ANSARI, GHULAM A.S. · 2007 to 2012
$2.0M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA016364NIAAA NIH HHS R01AA016364
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a serious health problem with significant morbidity and mortality. In this study we examined the progression of ALD along with lipidomic changes in rats fed ethanol for 2 and 3 months to understand the mechanism, and identify possible biomarkers. Male Fischer 344 rats were fed 5% ethanol or caloric equivalent of maltose-dextrin in a Lieber-DeCarli diet. Animals were killed at the end of 2 and 3 months and plasma and livers were collected. Portions of the liver were fixed for histological and immunohistological studies. Plasma and the liver lipids were extracted and analyzed by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. A time dependent fatty infiltration was observed in the livers of ethanol-fed rats. Mild inflammation and oxidative stress were observed in some ethanol-fed rats at 3 months. The multivariate and principal component analysis of proton and phosphorus NMR spectroscopy data of extracted lipids from the plasma and livers showed segregation of ethanol-fed groups from the pair-fed controls. Significant hepatic lipids that were increased by ethanol exposure included fatty acids and triglycerides, whereas phosphatidylcholine (PC) decreased. However, both free fatty acids and PC decreased in the plasma. In liver lipids unsaturation of fatty acyl chains increased, contrary to plasma, where it decreased. Our studies confirm that over-accumulation of lipids in ethanol-induced liver steatosis accompanied by mild inflammation on long duration of ethanol exposure. Identified metabolic profile using NMR lipidomics could be further explored to establish biomarker signatures representing the etiopathogenesis, progression and/or severity of ALD.

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Alanine TransaminaseAnimalsAspartate AminotransferasesBody WeightEthanolImmunohistochemistryLipid MetabolismLiverLiver Diseases, AlcoholicMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMaleMetabolomicsOrgan SizeOxidative StressPrincipal Component AnalysisRatsAlanine TransaminaseAspartate AminotransferasesEthanol

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PMCPMC3156350
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