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ArticleOrphanet journal of rare diseases2024

Biallelic variants in LARS1 induce steatosis in developing zebrafish liver via enhanced autophagy.

Masanori Inoue, Wulan Apridita Sebastian, Shota Sonoda, Hiroaki Miyahara, Nobuyuki Shimizu, Hiroshi Shiraishi, Miwako Maeda, Kumiko Yanagi, Tadashi Kaname, Reiko Hanada and 2 more

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  1. Phenotype and Long-Term Outcome in Recurrent Paediatric Acute Liver Failure: Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Analysis.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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Masanori InoueDepartment of Pediatrics, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan.
Wulan Apridita SebastianDepartment of Pediatrics, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan.
Shota SonodaDepartment of Pediatrics, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan.
Hiroaki MiyaharaDepartment of Neuropathology, Institute for Medical Science of Aging, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan.
Nobuyuki ShimizuDepartment of Cell Biology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan.
Hiroshi ShiraishiDepartment of Cell Biology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan.
Miwako MaedaDepartment of Pediatrics, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan.
Kumiko YanagiDepartment of Genome Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
Tadashi KanameDepartment of Genome Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
Reiko HanadaDepartment of Neurophysiology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan.
Toshikatsu HanadaDepartment of Cell Biology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan. thanada@oita-u.ac.jp.
Kenji IharaDepartment of Pediatrics, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan. k-ihara@oita-u.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-8831-1991

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20H03644Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 22K15947
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBiallelic pathogenic variants of LARS1 cause infantile liver failure syndrome type 1 (ILFS1), which is characterized by acute hepatic failure with steatosis in infants. LARS functions as a protein associated with mTORC1 and plays a crucial role in amino acid-triggered mTORC1 activation and regulation of autophagy. A previous study demonstrated that larsb-knockout zebrafish exhibit conditions resembling ILFS. However, a comprehensive analysis of larsb-knockout zebrafish has not yet been performed because of early mortality.

methodsWe generated a long-term viable zebrafish model carrying a LARS1 variant identified in an ILFS1 patient (larsb-I451F zebrafish) and analyzed the pathogenesis of the affected liver of ILFS1.

resultsHepatic dysfunction is most prominent in ILFS1 patients during infancy; correspondingly, the larsb-I451F zebrafish manifested hepatic anomalies during developmental stages. The larsb-I451F zebrafish demonstrates augmented lipid accumulation within the liver during autophagy activation. Inhibition of DGAT1, which converts fatty acids to triacylglycerols, improved lipid droplets in the liver of larsb-I451F zebrafish. Notably, treatment with an autophagy inhibitor ameliorated hepatic lipid accumulation in this model.

conclusionsOur findings suggested that enhanced autophagy caused by biallelic LARS1 variants contributes to ILFS1-associated hepatic dysfunction. Furthermore, the larsb-I451F zebrafish model, which has a prolonged survival rate compared with the larsb-knockout model, highlights its potential utility as a tool for investigating the pathophysiology of ILFS1-associated liver dysfunction.

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AutophagyFatty LiverLiverAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansZebrafishAutophagyDGAT1Fatty liverILFS1LARS1

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PMID38807157
PMCPMC11134648

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