Impacts of liver macrophages, gut microbiota, and bile acid metabolism on the differences in iHFC diet-induced MASH progression between TSNO and TSOD mice

Naoya Igarashi, Kaichi Kasai, Yuki Tada, Koudai Kani, Miyuna Kato, Shun Takano, Kana Goto, Yudai Matsuura, Mayuko Ichimura-Shimizu, Shiro Watanabe, Koichi Tsuneyama, Yukihiro Furusawa, Yoshinori Nagai*

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Abstract

Background: Tsumura-Suzuki non-obese (TSNO) mice exhibit a severe form of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) with advanced liver fibrosis upon feeding a high-fat/cholesterol/cholate-based (iHFC) diet. Another ddY strain, Tsumura-Suzuki diabetes obese (TSOD) mice, are impaired in the progression of iHFC diet-induced MASH. Aim: To elucidate the underlying mechanisms contributing to the differences in MASH progression between TSNO and TSOD mice. Methods: We analyzed differences in the immune system, gut microbiota, and bile acid metabolism in TSNO and TSOD mice fed with a normal diet (ND) or an iHFC diet. Results: TSOD mice had more anti-inflammatory macrophages in the liver than TSNO mice under ND feeding, and were impaired in the iHFC diet-induced accumulation of fibrosis-associated macrophages and formation of histological hepatic crown-like structures in the liver. The gut microbiota of TSOD mice also exhibited a distinct community composition with lower diversity and higher abundance of Akkermansia muciniphila compared with that in TSNO mice. Finally, TSOD mice had lower levels of bile acids linked to intestinal barrier disruption under iHFC feeding. Conclusions: The dynamics of liver macrophage subsets, and the compositions of the gut microbiota and bile acids at steady state and post-onset of MASH, had major impacts on MASH development.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1081-1098
Number of pages18
JournalInflammation Research
Volume73
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024/07

Keywords

  • Akkermansia muciniphila
  • Bile acid
  • Fibrosis
  • Gut microbiota
  • Macrophage
  • Metabolic dysfunction associated steatohepatitis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology
  • Pharmacology

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