Erin Coyne, Yilin Nie, Desiree Abdurrachim, Charlene Lin Zhi Ong, Yongqi Zhou, Asad Abu Bakar Ali, Stacey Meyers, Jeff Grein, Wendy Blumenschein, Brendan Gongol, Yang Liu, Cedric Lorenz Hugelshofer, Ester Carballo-Jane, Saswata Talukdar
MASH is a prevalent liver disease that can progress to fibrosis, cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and ultimately death, but there are no approved therapies. Leukotriene B4 (LTB4) is a potent pro-inflammatory chemoattractant that drives macrophage and neutrophil chemotaxis, and genetic loss or inhibition of its high affinity receptor, leukotriene B4 receptor 1 (BLT1), results in improved insulin sensitivity and decreased hepatic steatosis. To validate the therapeutic efficacy of BLT1 inhibition in an inflammatory and pro-fibrotic mouse model of MASH and fibrosis, mice were challenged with a choline-deficient, L-amino acid defined high fat diet and treated with a BLT1 antagonist at 30 or 90 mg/kg for 8 weeks...
November 28, 2023: Biochemical Journal