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ArticleFASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology2023

FGF1 ameliorates obesity-associated hepatic steatosis by reversing IGFBP2 hypermethylation.

Jie Wang, Feng Zhang, Weiwei Yang, Dandan Gao, Linglong Yang, Chenhua Yu, Chengshui Chen, Xiaokun Li, Jin-San Zhang

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Article in FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jie WangThe Quzhou Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Quzhou People's Hospital, Quzhou, China.
Feng ZhangThe Quzhou Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Quzhou People's Hospital, Quzhou, China.
Weiwei YangInternational Collaborative Center on Growth Factor Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Dandan GaoThe Quzhou Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Quzhou People's Hospital, Quzhou, China.
Linglong YangMedical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Chenhua YuMedical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Chengshui ChenThe Quzhou Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Quzhou People's Hospital, Quzhou, China.
Xiaokun LiInternational Collaborative Center on Growth Factor Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Jin-San ZhangThe Quzhou Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Quzhou People's Hospital, Quzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4436-9593
Wenzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is a major contributing factor for metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD). Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 1 is the first paracrine FGF family member identified to exhibit promising metabolic regulatory properties capable of conferring glucose-lowering and insulin-sensitizing effect. This study explores the role and molecular underpinnings of FGF1 in obesity-associated hepatic steatosis. In a mouse high-fat diet (HFD)-induced MAFLD model, chronic treatment with recombinant FGF1(rFGF1) was found to effectively reduce the severity of insulin resistance, hyperlipidemia, and inflammation. FGF1 treatment decreased lipid accumulation in the mouse liver and palmitic acid-treated AML12 cells. These effects were associated with decreased mature form SREBF1 expression and its target genes FASN and SCD1. Interestingly, we uncovered that rFGF1 significantly induced IGFBP2 expression at both mRNA and protein levels in HFD-fed mouse livers and cultured hepatocytes treated with palmitic acid. Adeno-associated virus-mediated IGFBP2 suppression significantly diminished the therapeutic benefit of rFGF1 on MAFLD-associated phenotypes, indicating that IGFBP2 plays a crucial role in the FGF1-mediated reduction of hepatic steatosis. Further analysis revealed that rFGF1 treatment reduces the recruitment of DNA methyltransferase 3 alpha to the IGFBP2 genomic locus, leading to decreased IGFBP2 gene methylation and increased mRNA and protein expression. Collectively, our findings reveal FGF1 modulation of lipid metabolism via epigenetic regulation of IGFBP2 expression, and unravel the therapeutic potential of the FGF1-IGFBP2 axis in metabolic diseases associated with obesity.

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Fibroblast Growth Factor 1Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2Insulin ResistanceNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseObesityAnimalsDiet, High-FatDisease Models, AnimalEpigenesis, GeneticLipid MobilizationLiverMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPalmitic AcidRecombinant ProteinsFibroblast Growth Factor 1Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2Palmitic AcidRecombinant ProteinsDNMT3AFGF1IGFBP2metabolic-associated fatty liver diseasemethylationobesity

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PMID36934380
PMCPMC11977529
OpenAlexW4327857967

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