Eun-Ho Lee, Jae-Ho Lee, Do-Young Kim, Young-Seung Lee, Yunju Jo, Tam Dao, Kyung Eun Kim, Dae-Kyu Song, Ji Hae Seo, Young-Kyo Seo, Je Kyung Seong, Changjong Moon, Eugene Han, Mi Kyung Kim, Seungwan Ryu, Minsang Shin, Gu Seob Roh, Hye Ra Jung, Timothy F Osborne, Dongryeol Ryu, Tae-Il Jeon, Seung-Soon Im
Sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP)-1c is involved in cellular lipid homeostasis and cholesterol biosynthesis and is highly increased in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). However, the molecular mechanism by which SREBP-1c regulates hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) activation in NASH animal models and patients have not been fully elucidated. In this study, we examined the role of SREBP-1c in NASH and the regulation of LCN2 gene expression. Wild-type and SREBP-1c knockout (1cKO) mice were fed a high-fat/high-sucrose diet, treated with carbon tetrachloride (CCl4 ), and subjected to lipocalin-2 (LCN2) overexpression...
April 16, 2024: Experimental & Molecular Medicine