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ArticleMolecular biomedicine2022

MicroRNA-379-5p regulates free cholesterol accumulation and relieves diet induced-liver damage in db/db mice via STAT1/HMGCS1 axis.

Yunxia Dong, Chuwei Yu, Ningning Ma, Xiaoding Xu, Qian Wu, Henglei Lu, Likun Gong, Jing Chen, Jin Ren

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Article in Molecular biomedicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yunxia Dong *Center for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 501 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Chuwei Yu *Center for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 501 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Ningning MaCenter for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 501 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Xiaoding XuCenter for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 501 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Qian WuCenter for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 501 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Henglei LuCenter for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 501 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Likun GongCenter for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 501 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Jing ChenCenter for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 501 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201203, China. jingchen@simm.ac.cn.
Jin RenCenter for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 501 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201203, China. jren@cdser.simm.ac.cn.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNShanghai Institute of Materia Medica · CN

Funding

Foundation of Shanghai Science and Technology Committee 21DZ2291100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipotoxicity induced by the overload of lipid in the liver, especially excess free cholesterol (FC), has been recognized as one of driving factors in the transition from non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). MicroRNA (miR)-379-5p has been reported to play regulatory roles in hepatic triglyceride homeostasis, but the relationship of miR-379-5p and hepatic cholesterol homeostasis has never been touched. In the current study, we found that hepatic miR-379-5p levels were decreased obviously in NAFLD patients and model mice compared with their controls. Moreover, miR-379-5p was discovered to be able to inhibit intracellular FC accumulation and alleviate mitochondrial damage induced by palmitic acid (PA) in vitro. Furthermore, overexpression of miR-379-5p in HFHC-fed db/db mice could reduce the level of hepatic total cholesterol (TC) and FC, and ameliorate hepatic injury reflected by the lower serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST). Subsequently, by combining spectrometry (MS) and luciferase assay, we identified miR-379-5p suppressed STAT1 through transcriptional and translational regulation. Finally, we confirmed that STAT1 was a transcriptional factor of HMGCS1. In conclusion, miR-379-5p inhibits STAT1 expression and regulates cholesterol metabolism through the STAT1/HMGCS1 axis, suggesting miR-379-5p might be applied to improve lipotoxicity in the future.

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Cholesterol metabolismHMGCS1MiR-379-5pNon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseSTAT1

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