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Gancheva 2022 Diabetes Care

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Gancheva S, Kahl S, Pesta D, Mastrototaro L, Dewidar B, Strassburger K, Sabah E, Esposito I, Weiß J, Sarabhai T, Wolkersdorfer M, Fleming T, Nawroth P, Zimmermann M, Reichert AS, Schlensak M, Roden M (2022) Impaired hepatic mitochondrial capacity in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis associated with type 2 diabetes. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc21-1758

» Diabetes Care 45:928-37. PMID: 35113139

Gancheva Sofiya, Kahl Sabine, Pesta Dominik, Mastrototaro Lucia, Dewidar Bedair, Strassburger Klaus, Sabah Ehsan, Esposito Irene, Weiß Juergen, Sarabhai Theresia, Wolkersdorfer Martin, Fleming Thomas, Nawroth Peter, Zimmermann Marcel, Reichert Andreas S, Schlensak Matthias, Roden Michael (2022) Diabetes Care

Abstract: Individuals with type 2 diabetes are at higher risk of progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver (steatosis) to steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis, and cirrhosis. The hepatic metabolism of obese individuals adapts by upregulation of mitochondrial capacity, which may be lost during the progression of steatosis. However, the role of type 2 diabetes with regard to hepatic mitochondrial function in NASH remains unclear.

We therefore examined obese individuals with histologically proven NASH without (OBE) (n = 30; BMI 52 ± 9 kg/m2) or with type 2 diabetes (T2D) (n = 15; 51 ± 7 kg/m2) as well as healthy individuals without liver disease (CON) (n = 14; 25 ± 2 kg/m2). Insulin sensitivity was measured by hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamps with d-[6,6-2H2]glucose. Liver biopsies were used for assessing mitochondrial capacity by high-resolution respirometry and protein expression.

T2D and OBE had comparable hepatic fat content, lobular inflammation, and fibrosis. Oxidative capacity in liver tissue normalized for citrate synthase activity was 59% greater in OBE than in CON, whereas T2D presented with 33% lower complex II-linked oxidative capacity than OBE and higher H2O2 production than CON. Interestingly, those with NASH and hepatic fibrosis score ≥1 had lower oxidative capacity and antioxidant defense than those without fibrosis.

Loss of hepatic mitochondrial adaptation characterizes NASH and type 2 diabetes or hepatic fibrosis and may thereby favor accelerated disease progression.

Bioblast editor: Plangger M O2k-Network Lab: DE Cologne Pesta D, DE Duesseldorf Roden M


Labels: MiParea: Respiration  Pathology: Diabetes, Obesity 


Tissue;cell: Liver 



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