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Alcohol Preference Impacts Multi-Organ Transcriptome in MetALD.

Saumya Sikhwal, Tyler C Gripshover, Rui S Treves, Josiah E Hardesty

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Saumya SikhwalDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Tyler C GripshoverDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Rui S TrevesDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Josiah E HardestyDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1955-3046

Funding

Restoration and preservation of hepatic cardiolipin levels promotes liver regeneration in AHR00AA030627 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI Josiah E Hardesty · 2024 to 2026
$732k
NIAAA NIH HHS R00 AA030627NIH NIAAA R00AA030627
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesAlcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major public health issue with rising global occurrence and metabolic consequences. Modeling the addictive behaviors associated with AUD remains inadequate and elusive. Even more so, models that are representative of AUD in concert with excessive caloric intake are limited. Some consequences of chronic alcohol use overlap with the metabolic phenotype of hypercaloric diets. Recently characterized metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease with increased alcohol intake (MetALD) helps to differentiate these conditions. This study aims to investigate metabolic phenotypes and gene expression alterations in MetALD mice that are grouped by alcohol preference based on blood phosphatidylethanol levels and alcohol consumption.

methodsMice were fed high-fat and chow diets, with water and 10% EtOH, for 13 weeks. mRNA sequencing was performed across multiple tissues including brain, liver, skeletal muscle, ileum, and white adipose tissue, and gut microbiome diversity was evaluated via 16S sequencing.

resultsKey findings included reduced glucagon in alcohol-preferring mice with no significant differences in dyslipidemia and hepatic steatosis. Additionally, we observed reduced gut microbiome diversity and Wnt signaling with elevated acute-phase response genes in ileum tissue. Reduced Wnt and Hippo signaling in the brain and liver, respectively, was also revealed. Other gene ontologies discovered included increased neural inflammation and adipose mitochondrial translation.

conclusionsThis novel model assists future intervention research in the characterization of MetALD and identifies potential biomarkers of alcohol preference.

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Alcohol DrinkingAlcoholismFatty LiverTranscriptomeAnimalsDiet, High-FatDisease Models, AnimalEthanolGastrointestinal MicrobiomeLiverMaleMiceEthanolALDAUDHFDMetALDtranscriptome

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PMCPMC12564771

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