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ArticleToxins2026

Microcystin-LR Drives Early NAFLD Pathogenesis via Hepatic Cholesterol Accumulation: Dysregulation of

Hideaki Kawahara, Yoshihito Koto, Yuuka Hitsuda, Koichi Kurata, Keisuke Yoshikiyo, Ayumi Hashiguchi, Hideaki Maseda, Kunihiro Okano, Norio Sugiura, Kazuya Shimizu and 1 more

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Article in Toxins, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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11 authors.

Hideaki KawaharaGraduate School of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu-Cho, Matsue 690-8504, Shimane, Japan.
Yoshihito KotoGraduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu-Cho, Matsue 690-8504, Shimane, Japan.
Yuuka HitsudaGraduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu-Cho, Matsue 690-8504, Shimane, Japan.
Koichi KurataGraduate School of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu-Cho, Matsue 690-8504, Shimane, Japan.
Keisuke YoshikiyoGraduate School of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu-Cho, Matsue 690-8504, Shimane, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9416-8098
Ayumi HashiguchiFaculty of Environmental, Life, Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1, Tsushima-Naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Okayama, Japan.
Hideaki MasedaBiomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Osaka 563-8577, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7972-396X
Kunihiro OkanoFaculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, Akita, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9845-3224
Norio SugiuraFaculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8572, Ibaraki, Japan.
Kazuya ShimizuFaculty of Life Sciences, Toyo University, 48-1 Oka, Asaka 351-8510, Saitama, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8274-0410
Hidehisa ShimizuGraduate School of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu-Cho, Matsue 690-8504, Shimane, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0939-0098

Funding

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology JP15K12352Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology JP18K19854
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic exposure to the cyanotoxin microcystin-LR is an emerging environmental driver of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); however, the initiating molecular events at sub-lethal, environmentally relevant concentrations remain elusive. Current safety guidelines focus primarily on acute injury, potentially overlooking silent metabolic disruption. The present study investigates the early metabolic toxicity of chronic low-dose microcystin-LR (10 µg/L) in a 7-week rat model, specifically focusing on pre-symptomatic perturbations in lipid homeostasis. By integrating biochemical profiling with multivariate systems toxicology (LASSO and PLS-DA), we identified a specific phenotype of "Silent Hepatic Total Cholesterol Accumulation" (T-CHOL +16%,

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ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 (ABCG1)cholesterol homeostasislow-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR)metabolic toxicitymicrocystin-LRnon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A)systems toxicology

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PMID41745758
PMCPMC12945090

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