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ArticleLiver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver2017

Impaired N-linked glycosylation of uptake and efflux transporters in human non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

John D Clarke, Petr Novak, April D Lake, Rhiannon N Hardwick, Nathan J Cherrington

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Article in Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

John D ClarkeDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Petr NovakBiology Centre ASCR, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
April D LakeDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Rhiannon N HardwickDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Nathan J CherringtonDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9840-8140
University of Arizona · USInstitute of Plant Molecular Biology · CZ

Funding

SOUTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTERP30ES006694 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI DEAN BILLHEIMER · 1994 to 2026
$36.7M
Training in Environmental Toxicology of Human DiseaseT32ES007091 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Nathan J Cherrington · 1985 to 2026
$10.7M
Pediatric Adverse Drug Reactions in NASHR01HD062489 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI CHERRINGTON, NATHAN J · 2011 to 2015
$1.6M
Hepatoprotective Mrp3R01DK068039 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI CHERRINGTON, NATHAN J · 2005 to 2009
$1.5M
Microcystin-LR toxicity in nonalcoholic steatohepatitisR00ES024455 · NIEHS · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CLARKE, JOHN DANIEL · 2017 to 2019
$715k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD062489NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK068039NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES006694NIEHS NIH HHS R00 ES024455NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007091NLM NIH HHS HHSN267200700004CNLM NIH HHS HHSN267200700004G
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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aimsN-linked glycosylation of proteins is critical for proper protein folding and trafficking to the plasma membrane. Drug transporters are one class of proteins that have reduced function when glycosylation is impaired. N-linked glycosylation of plasma proteins has also been investigated as a biomarker for several liver diseases, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The purpose of this study was to assess the transcriptomic expression of genes involved in protein processing and glycosylation, and to determine the glycosylation status of key drug transporters during human NAFLD progression.

methodsHuman liver samples diagnosed as healthy, steatosis, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) were analysed for gene expression of glycosylation-related genes and for protein glycosylation using immunoblot.

resultsGenes involved in protein processing in the ER and biosynthesis of N-glycans were significantly enriched for down-regulation in NAFLD progression. Included in the down regulated N-glycan biosynthesis category were genes involved in the oligosaccharyltransferase complex, N-glycan quality control, N-glycan precursor biosynthesis, N-glycan trimming to the core, and N-glycan extension from the core. N-glycan degradation genes were unaltered in the progression to NASH. Immunoblot analysis of the uptake transporters organic anion transporting polypeptide-1B1 (OATP1B1), OATP1B3, OATP2B1, and Sodium/Taurocholate Co-transporting Polypeptide (NTCP) and the efflux transporter multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 (MRP2) demonstrated a significant loss of glycosylation following the progression to NASH.

conclusionsThese data suggest that the loss of glycosylation of key uptake and efflux transporters in humans NASH may influence transporter function and contribute to altered drug disposition observed in NASH.

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Protein Processing, Post-TranslationalBiological TransportBlotting, WesternCase-Control StudiesEndoplasmic ReticulumGene Expression ProfilingGlycosylationHumansLiverMembrane Transport ProteinsNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseTranscriptomeMembrane Transport Proteinsdrug transportershepatobiliary drug dispositionN-linked glycosylationNon-alcoholic steatohepatitis

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PMID28097795
PMCPMC5479731
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