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Melatonin Effects on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Are Related to MicroRNA-34a-5p/Sirt1 Axis and Autophagy.
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- Melatonin in lung cancer: integrating molecular mechanisms, tumor microenvironment regulation, apoptotic signaling, and therapeutic opportunities.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Review
- Emerging roles of mitophagy in liver fibrosis: Implications for therapy.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2026Review
- MicroRNA Crosstalk in Metabolic Disorders: The Dual Role of miR-122 and miR-34a in NAFLD and Type 2 Diabetes.Molecular biotechnology · 2026Review
- MicroRNA-SIRT1 crosstalk in liver diseases: molecular regulation of metabolism, inflammation, and cell survival.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- Melatonin receptor 1 signaling modulates the metabolic response to high-fat diet in female melatonin-proficient mice.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Cell membrane-coated nanoparticles against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease via regulating endoplasmic reticulum stress.Regenerative biomaterials · 2026Article
- Induction of Autophagy as a Therapeutic Breakthrough for NAFLD: Current Evidence and Perspectives.Biology · 2025Review
- Mechanisms and therapeutic implications of selective autophagy in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.Journal of advanced research · 2025Review
- Chronobiotic and cytoprotective activity of melatonin in the cardiovascular system. Doses matter.Npj biological timing and sleep · 2024Review
- Assessment of melatonin's therapeutic effectiveness against hepatic steatosis induced by a high-carbohydrate high-fat diet in rats.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2024Article
- Cardiometabolic Changes in Sirtuin1-Heterozygous Mice on High-Fat Diet and Melatonin Supplementation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Intestinal tryptophan metabolism in disease prevention and swine production.Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2023Review
- Melatonin alleviates cadmium-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in ducks by alleviating autophagic flow arrest via PPAR-α and reducing oxidative stress.Poultry science · 2023Article
- Melatonin Improves Skeletal Muscle Structure and Oxidative Phenotype by Regulating Mitochondrial Dynamics and Autophagy in Zücker Diabetic Fatty Rat.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Experimental Data on the Role of Melatonin in the Pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Modulation of AKT Pathway-Targeting miRNAs for Cancer Cell Treatment with Natural Products.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Melatonin Ameliorates Hepatic Ferroptosis in NAFLD by Inhibiting ER Stress via the MT2/cAMP/PKA/IRE1 Signaling Pathway.International journal of biological sciences · 2023Article
- Dihydroartemisinin ameliorates the liver steatosis in metabolic associated fatty liver disease mice by attenuating the inflammation and oxidative stress and promoting autophagy.Acta cirurgica brasileira · 2023Article
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Abstract
Melatonin, an indole produced by pineal and extrapineal tissues, but also taken with a vegetarian diet, has strong anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-obesogenic potentials. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the hepatic side of the metabolic syndrome. NAFLD is a still reversible phase but may evolve into steatohepatitis (NASH), cirrhosis and carcinoma. Currently, an effective therapy for blocking NAFLD staging is lacking. Silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1), a NAD+ dependent histone deacetylase, modulates the energetic metabolism in the liver. Micro-RNA-34a-5p, a direct inhibitor of SIRT1, is an emerging indicator of NAFLD grading. Thus, here we analyzed the effects of oral melatonin against NAFLD and underlying molecular mechanisms, focusing on steatosis, ER stress, mitochondrial shape and autophagy. Male C57BL/6J (WT) and SIRT1 heterozygous (HET) mice were placed either on a high-fat diet (58.4% energy from lard) (HFD) or on a standard maintenance diet (8.4% energy from lipids) for 16 weeks, drinking melatonin (10 mg/kg) or not. Indirect calorimetry, glucose tolerance, steatosis, inflammation, ER stress, mitochondrial changes, autophagy and microRNA-34a-5p expression were estimated. Melatonin improved hepatic metabolism and steatosis, influenced ER stress and mitochondrial shape, and promoted autophagy in WT HFD mice. Conversely, melatonin was ineffective in HET HFD mice, maintaining NASH changes. Indeed, autophagy was inconsistent in HET HFD or starved mice, as indicated by LC3II/LC3I ratio, p62/SQSTM1 and autophagosomes estimation. The beneficial role of melatonin in dietary induced NAFLD/NASH in mice was related to reduced expression of microRNA-34a-5p and sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP1) but only in the presence of full SIRT1 availability.
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