Xuelian Zhou1, Ke Huang1, Junjun Jia2, Yan Ni1, Jinna Yuan1, Xinyi Liang1, Hu Lin1, Wei Peng1, Wei Wu1, Guanping Dong1, Junfen Fu3. 1. Division of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China. 2. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. 3. Division of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China, fjf68@zju.edu.cn.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in children increased rapidly. However, the pathogenesis of NAFLD, especially how non-alcoholic fatty liver progress to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, is still unclear. This study aims to explore the exosomal miRNAs profiles and the underline pathogenesis of child NAFLD. METHODS: Twenty NAFLD and 20 health control were enrolled in this study. Circulating exosomes were isolated, and RNA sequencing was performed in test set (3 NAFLD/3 Controls). The differentially expressed miRNAs (DEM) were further validated in validation set (17 NAFLD/17 Controls). Spearman correlation -analysis was used to investigate the association between DEM and clinical parameters. RESULTS: Eighty-two miRNAs were differentially expressed (absolute fold change >2 and p < 0.05) in the 2 groups, they were involved in fat acid metabolism, starch and sucrose metabolism, bile acid metabolism and inflammation. miRNA122-5p, miRNA34a-5p, -miRNA155-5p and miRNA146b-3p were up-regulated in NAFLD group (p < 0.05) and positively correlated with body mass index (r, 0.41-0.59), alanine aminotransferase (r, 0.36-0.52), aspartate transaminase (r, 0.31-0.48) and uric acid (UA, r, 0.51-0.69; p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Circulating exosomal miRNAs may be involved in the pathogenesis of NAFLD and correlated with transaminase and UA.
OBJECTIVE: The incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in children increased rapidly. However, the pathogenesis of NAFLD, especially how non-alcoholic fatty liver progress to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, is still unclear. This study aims to explore the exosomal miRNAs profiles and the underline pathogenesis of child NAFLD. METHODS: Twenty NAFLD and 20 health control were enrolled in this study. Circulating exosomes were isolated, and RNA sequencing was performed in test set (3 NAFLD/3 Controls). The differentially expressed miRNAs (DEM) were further validated in validation set (17 NAFLD/17 Controls). Spearman correlation -analysis was used to investigate the association between DEM and clinical parameters. RESULTS: Eighty-two miRNAs were differentially expressed (absolute fold change >2 and p < 0.05) in the 2 groups, they were involved in fat acid metabolism, starch and sucrose metabolism, bile acid metabolism and inflammation. miRNA122-5p, miRNA34a-5p, -miRNA155-5p and miRNA146b-3p were up-regulated in NAFLD group (p < 0.05) and positively correlated with body mass index (r, 0.41-0.59), alanine aminotransferase (r, 0.36-0.52), aspartate transaminase (r, 0.31-0.48) and uric acid (UA, r, 0.51-0.69; p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Circulating exosomal miRNAs may be involved in the pathogenesis of NAFLD and correlated with transaminase and UA.
Authors: Haixia Lin; Kelly E Mercer; Xiawei Ou; Kori Mansfield; Robert Buchmann; Elisabet Børsheim; Emir Tas Journal: Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) Date: 2022-04-14 Impact factor: 6.055