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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology2016

Defect of mitochondrial respiratory chain is a mechanism of ROS overproduction in a rat model of alcoholic liver disease: role of zinc deficiency.

Qian Sun, Wei Zhong, Wenliang Zhang, Zhanxiang Zhou

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Article in American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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64citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qian SunDepartment of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina; and Center for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina.
Wei ZhongCenter for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina.
Wenliang ZhangCenter for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina.
Zhanxiang ZhouDepartment of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina; and Center for Translational Biomedical Research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina z_zhou@uncg.edu.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro · US

Funding

UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CLINICAL NUTRITION RESEARCH UNITP30DK056350 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SUSAN M. SMITH · 1999 to 2026
$31.6M
Aldehydes in Alcohol-Induced Organ InjuryR01AA020212 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO · PI ZHANXIANG ZHOU · 2010 to 2026
$6.4M
Lipotoxicity in Alcoholic Liver DiseaseR01AA018844 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO · PI ZHANXIANG ZHOU · 2009 to 2026
$6.0M
NIAAA NIH HHS 2R01AA018844NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA018844NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA020212NIAAA NIH HHS R01AA020212NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056350
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Morphological and functional alterations of hepatic mitochondria have been documented in patients with alcoholic liver disease (ALD). Our recent study demonstrated that zinc level was decreased in whole liver and mitochondria by chronic alcohol feeding. The present study was undertaken to determine whether zinc deficiency mediates alcohol-induced mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) defect and whether defective ETC function may lead to generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Male Wistar rats were pair fed with the Lieber-DeCarli control or ethanol diet for 5 mo. Chronic alcohol exposure increased hepatic triglyceride, free fatty acid, and 4-hydroxynonenal (4HNE) levels; meanwhile hepatic mitochondrial 4HNE level was also increased. Moreover, hepatic mitochondrial respiratory complexes I, III, IV, and V and hepatic ATP production were decreased by chronic alcohol exposure. Chronic alcohol feeding decreased peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1-alpha (PGC1α), nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF1), mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM), and mitochondrial DNA. HepG2 cells were treated with N,N,N',N'-tetrakis (2-pyridylmethyl) ethylenediamine (TPEN) for 6 h. Zinc deficiency significantly decreased mitochondrial respiratory complexes I, III, and IV. In addition, PGC1α, NRF1, and TFAM levels as well as mitochondrial DNA were significantly decreased by TPEN treatment. Knockdown of mitochondrial respiratory complexes I, III, or IV by shRNA caused a decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential and an increase in ROS production. These results suggest that alcohol-induced hepatic zinc deficiency could inactivate mitochondrial biogenesis pathway and decrease mitochondrial DNA replication, which, in turn, decreases mitochondrial complex protein expression. The defect of mitochondrial respiratory complexes may worsen alcohol-induced ROS production.

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Adenosine TriphosphateAnimalsCell Line, TumorElectron TransportHumansImmunohistochemistryLipid MetabolismLiverLiver Diseases, AlcoholicMaleMembrane Potential, MitochondrialMitochondria, LiverOxidative PhosphorylationOxidative StressRatsRats, WistarAdenosine TriphosphateReactive Oxygen SpeciesZincalcoholic liver disease, zinc, mitochondrial complex, ROS

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PMID26585415
PMCPMC4971814
OpenAlexW2178337638

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