Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) affects one third of the global population. Understanding metabolic pathways involved can provide insights into disease progression and treatment. Untargeted metabolomics of livers from mice with early-stage steatosis uncovered decreased methylated metabolites, suggesting altered one-carbon metabolism. The levels of glycine, a central component of one-carbon metabolism, were lower in mice with hepatic steatosis, consistent with clinical evidence. Stable-isotope tracing demonstrated that increased serine synthesis from glycine via reverse serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT) is the underlying cause for decreased glycine in steatotic livers. Consequently, limited glycine availability in steatotic livers impaired glutathione synthesis under acetaminophen-induced oxidative stress, enhancing acute hepatotoxicity. Glycine supplementation or hepatocyte-specific
ablation of the mitochondrial SHMT2 isoform in mice with hepatic steatosis mitigated
acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity by supporting de novo glutathione synthesis. Thus, early metabolic changes in MASLD that limit glycine availability sensitize mice to xenobiotics even at the reversible stage of this disease.
[doi:10.25345/C57D2QJ6B]
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Keywords: MASLD ; Glycine ; acetaminophen hepatotoxicity ; GSH ; xenobiotic ; one carbon metabolism ; SHMT2
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Eyal Gottlieb, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States Inbal Mor, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Oren Rom, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, United States |
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