0472127 - BC 2017 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Lake, A.D. - Chaput, A.L. - Novák, Petr - Cherrington, N.J. - Smith, C.L.
Transcription factor binding site enrichment analysis predicts drivers of altered gene expression in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
Biochemical Pharmacology. Roč. 122, December 15 (2016), s. 62-71. ISSN 0006-2952. E-ISSN 1873-2968
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : Transcription factor * Liver * Gene expression * Bioinformatics
Subject RIV: CE - Biochemistry
Impact factor: 4.581, year: 2016 ; AIS: 1.203, rok: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2016.11.006

The molecular mechanisms behind the transition from simple steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are not clearly understood. This hinders development of effective therapies for treatment and prevention of NASH. In this study expression profiling data from normal, steatosis, and NASH human livers were used to predict transcription factors that are misregulated as mechanistic features of NAFLD progression. Previously-published human NAFLD gene expression profiling data from normal, steatosis, and NASH livers were subjected to transcription factor binding site enrichment analysis. Selected transcription factors that bind enriched transcription factor binding sites were analyzed for changes in expression. Distinct transcription factor binding sites were enriched in genes significantly up- or down-regulated in NASH livers. Those enriched in up-regulated genes were bound by transcription factors such as FOXA, CEBP, and HNF1 family members, while those enriched in down-regulated genes were bound by nuclear receptors involved in xenobiotic sensing and lipid metabolism. Levels of mRNA and protein for selected transcription factors were significantly changed during disease progression. The study indicates that NAFLD progression involves changes in activity or expression of transcription factors that regulate genes involved in hepatic processes known to be altered in NASH. Transcription factors such as PPAR receptors, FoxA family members, and HNF4A might be targeted therapeutically to prevent NAFLD progression. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0269476