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ArticleEndocrinology2022

Constitutively Active STAT5b Feminizes Mouse Liver Gene Expression.

Dana Lau-Corona, Hong Ma, Cameron Vergato, Andre Sarmento-Cabral, Mercedes Del Rio-Moreno, Rhonda D Kineman, David J Waxman

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Article in Endocrinology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dana Lau-CoronaDepartment of Biology and Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Hong MaDepartment of Biology and Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Cameron VergatoDepartment of Biology and Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Andre Sarmento-CabralDepartment of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Illinois at Chicago and Research and Development Division, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Mercedes Del Rio-MorenoDepartment of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Illinois at Chicago and Research and Development Division, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Rhonda D KinemanDepartment of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Illinois at Chicago and Research and Development Division, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
David J WaxmanDepartment of Biology and Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7982-9206
Boston University · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Growth Hormone Regulation of Sex Differences in Liver MetabolismR01DK121998 · NIDDK · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI WAXMAN, DAVID J · 2019 to 2023
$2.5M
Hormonal Regulation of Liver MetabolismR01DK116878 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI KINEMAN, RHONDA D · 2019 to 2022
$1.5M
BLRD VA I01 BX004448BLRD VA IK6 BX005382NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK116878NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK121998
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STAT5 is an essential transcriptional regulator of the sex-biased actions of GH in the liver. Delivery of constitutively active STAT5 (STAT5CA) to male mouse liver using an engineered adeno-associated virus with high tropism for the liver is shown to induce widespread feminization of the liver, with extensive induction of female-biased genes and repression of male-biased genes, largely mimicking results obtained when male mice are given GH as a continuous infusion. Many of the STAT5CA-responding genes were associated with nearby (< 50 kb) sites of STAT5 binding to liver chromatin, supporting the proposed direct role of persistently active STAT5 in continuous GH-induced liver feminization. The feminizing effects of STAT5CA were dose-dependent; moreover, at higher levels, STAT5CA overexpression resulted in some histopathology, including hepatocyte hyperplasia, and increased karyomegaly and multinuclear hepatocytes. These findings establish that the persistent activation of STAT5 by GH that characterizes female liver is by itself sufficient to account for the sex-dependent expression of a majority of hepatic sex-biased genes. Moreover, histological changes seen when STAT5CA is overexpressed highlight the importance of carefully evaluating such effects before considering STAT5 derivatives for therapeutic use in treating liver disease.

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FeminizationSTAT5 Transcription FactorAnimalsFemaleGene ExpressionGrowth HormoneHepatocytesHumansLiverMaleMiceMilk ProteinsGrowth HormoneMilk ProteinsSTAT5B protein, humanStat5b protein, mouseSTAT5 Transcription FactorJAK-STATliver sex differencespituitary GH secretion profilesSTAT5 knockout

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PMID35396838
PMCPMC9070516
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