Liver Kinase B1/AMP-activated Protein Kinase-mediated Regulation by Gentiopicroside Ameliorates P2X7 Receptor-dependent Alcoholic Hepatosteatosis

Overview

Journal Br J Pharmacol

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Pharmacology

Date 2018 Jan 17

PMID 29338075

Citations 30

Authors

Xia Li

Yu Zhang

Quan Jin

Kai-Li Xia

Min Jiang

Ben-Wen Cui

Yan-Ling Wu

Shun-Zong Song

Li-Hua Lian

Ji-Xing Nan

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Abstract

Background And Purpose: Regulating P2X7 receptor-mediated activation of NLRP3 inflammasomes could be a therapeutic strategy to treat alcoholic hepatosteatosis. We investigated whether this process was modulated by gentiopicroside, the main active secoiridoid glycoside from Gentiana manshurica Kitagawa.

Experimental Approach: In vivo models of acute and chronic alcoholic hepatosteatosis were established by intragastrically administered ethanol or using chronic plus binge ethanol feeding of Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet to male C57BL/6 mice. In vitro, HepG2 cells were treated with ethanol. RAW 264.7 macrophages and murine bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) were stimulated with LPS and ATP.

Key Results: In both the acute and chronic alcohol-induced mouse hepatosteatosis models, gentiopicroside decreased serum aminotransferases and triglyceride accumulation. Up-regulated SREBP1, down-regulated PPARα and phosphorylated acetyl-CoA carboxylase caused by acute and chronic alcohol feeding were modulated by gentiopicroside, through the elevation of LKB1 and AMPK. Suppression of P2X7 receptor-NLRP3 activation by gentiopicroside inhibited IL-1β production. In ethanol-exposed HepG2 cells, gentiopicroside reduced lipogenesis and promoted lipid oxidation via activation of P2X7 receptor-NLRP3 inflammasomes. Genetic or pharmacological blockade of P2X7 receptors enhanced AMPK activity and reduced SREBP1 expression in ethanol-treated HepG2 cells. Gentiopicroside down-regulated P2X7 receptor-mediated inflammatory responses in LPS/ATP-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages and BMDMs. IL-1β from macrophages accelerated lipid accumulation in hepatocytes. Depleting macrophages by clodronate liposomes ameliorated alcoholic hepatosteatosis, and it was further alleviated by gentiopicroside.

Conclusions And Implications: Activation of LKB1/AMPK signalling by gentiopicroside was mediated by the P2X7 receptor-NLRP3 inflammasome, suggesting the therapeutic value of blocking P2X7 receptors in the treatment of alcoholic hepatosteatosis.

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