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2019 , Vol. 25 >Issue 1: 1 - 9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.2086

Precision and Translational Medicine

Dysfunction of mitochondrial in mice with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

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  • 1. School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University,Shanghai 200444, China
    2. Department of Gastroenterology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, China

Received date: 2018-09-19

  Online published: 2019-02-26

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Abstract

[Objective] This research is to study the changes of mitochondrial function in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). [Methods] The method is to use C57BL/6 mice fed with choline methionine deficient (MCD) diet to induce a mouse NASH model. The choline methionine sufficient (MCS) group serves as the control group. Four weeks later, serum and liver tissue are detected when mice are sacrificed. Biochemical indicators of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activity, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activity, liver triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC) levels are detected by enzymelinked immunosorbent assay. Pathological examination has also been performed. The mtDNA/nDNA and nDNA in liver tissue of mice and the expression of genes encoded by mitochondrial DNA, mitochondrial DNA replication and associated with energy metabolism in mouse liver are tested by qRT-PCR (quantificational real-time polymerase chain reaction). [Results] Compared with the MCS group, the MCD model group shows severe degeneration of liver tissue, and ALT, AST, and TG become significantly elevated, but TC levels are decreased. A large amount of fat vacuoles, severe destruction of lobular structure, and significant infiltration of inflammatory cells become increased in MCD model. In addition, the amount of mitochondrial is decreased. Furthermore, the capacity of energy metabolism and DNA repair of the MCD model group are significantly reduced. [Conclusion] Mitochondrial dysfunction occurs in mice with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Key words： non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); mitochondria; energy metabolism

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HOU Wenlin, PAN Wen, FU Siyi, SONG Meiyi, WANG Fei . Dysfunction of mitochondrial in mice with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis[J]. Journal of Shanghai University, 2019 , 25(1) : 1 -9 . DOI: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.2086

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