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ArticleNature communications2024

Sonic hedgehog-heat shock protein 90β axis promotes the development of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in mice.

Weitao Zhang, Junfeng Lu, Lianshun Feng, Hanyue Xue, Shiyang Shen, Shuiqing Lai, PingPing Li, Ping Li, Jian Kuang, Zhiwei Yang and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Weitao ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China; Center for Innovative Traditional Chinese Medicine Target and New Drug Research, International Institutes of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China.
Junfeng LuFirst Department of Liver Disease, Beijing You'An Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China.
Lianshun FengState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Hanyue XueState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Shiyang ShenState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Shuiqing LaiGuangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China.
PingPing LiState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Diabetes Research Center of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0679-270X
Ping LiState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, 210009, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Jian KuangGuangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China.
Zhiwei YangInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical Collage (PUMC), Beijing, 100021, PR China. yangzhiwei@cnilas.pumc.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-3006-2512
Xiaojun XuDepartment of Pharmacy, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China; Center for Innovative Traditional Chinese Medicine Target and New Drug Research, International Institutes of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China. xiaojunxu@zju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4379-8748
China Pharmaceutical University · CNGuangdong Academy of Medical Sciences · CNCapital Medical University · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNZhejiang International Studies University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sonic hedgehog (SHH) and heat shock protein 90β (HSP90β) have been implicated in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) but their molecular mechanisms of action remain elusive. We find that HSP90β is a key SHH downstream molecule for promoting NASH process. In hepatocytes, SHH reduces HSP90β ubiquitylation through deubiquitylase USP31, thus preventing HSP90β degradation and promoting hepatic lipid synthesis. HSP90β significantly increases in NASH mouse model, leading to secretion of exosomes enriched with miR-28-5p. miR-28-5p directly targetes and decreases Rap1b levels, which in turn promotes NF-κB transcriptional activity in macrophages and stimulates the expression of inflammatory factors. Genetic deletion, pharmacological inhibition of the SHH-HSP90β axis, or delivery of miR-28-5p to macrophages in the male mice liver, impairs NASH symptomatic development. Importantly, there is a markedly higher abundance of miR-28-5p in NASH patient sera. Taken together, the SHH-HSP90β-miR-28-5p axis offers promising therapeutic targets against NASH, and serum miR-28-5p may serve as a NASH diagnostic biomarker.

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MicroRNAsNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseAnimalsHeat-Shock ProteinsHedgehog ProteinsHumansLiverMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLHeat-Shock ProteinsHedgehog ProteinsMicroRNAs

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PMID38342927
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