Metronidazole enhances steatosis-related early-stage hepatocarcinogenesis in high fat diet-fed rats through DNA double-strand breaks and modulation of autophagy.
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a hepatic disorder with deposition of fat droplets and has a high risk of progression to steatosis-related hepatitis and irreversible hepatic cancer. Metronidazole (MNZ) is an antiprotozoal and antimicrobial agent widely used to treat patients infected with anaerobic bacteria and intestinal parasites; however, MNZ has also been shown to induce liver tumors in rodents. To investigate the effects of MNZ on steatosis-related early-stage hepatocarcinogenesis, male rats treated with N-nitrosodiethylamine following 2/3 hepatectomy at week 3 were received a control basal diet, high fat diet (HFD), or HFD containing 0.5% MNZ. The HFD induced obesity and steatosis in the liver, accompanied by altered expression of Pparg and Fasn, genes related to lipid metabolism. MNZ increased nuclear translocation of lipid metabolism-related transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma in hepatocytes, together with altered liver expression of lipid metabolism genes (Srebf1, Srebf2, Pnpla2). Furthermore, MNZ significantly increased the number of preneoplastic liver foci, accompanied by DNA double-strand breaks and late-stage autophagy inhibition, as reflected by increased levels of γ-H2AX, LC3, and p62. Therefore, MNZ could induce steatosis-related hepatocarcinogenesis by inducing DNA double-strand breaks and modulating autophagy in HFD-fed rats.
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| Authors | Ayumi Eguchi, Sayaka Mizukami, Misato Nakamura, Sousuke Masuda, Hirotada Murayama, Masashi Kawashima, Mari Inohana, Rei Nagahara, Mio Kobayashi, Risako Yamashita, Suzuka Uomoto, Emi Makino, Ryoichi Ohtsuka, Naofumi Takahashi, Shim-Mo Hayashi, Robert R Maronpot, Makoto Shibutani, Toshinori Yoshida |
| Journal | Environmental science and pollution research international (Environ Sci Pollut Res Int) Vol. 29 Issue 1 Pg. 779-789 (Jan 2022) ISSN: 1614-7499 [Electronic] Germany |
| PMID | 34341928 (Publication Type: Journal Article) |
| Copyright | © 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. |
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