Insulin Resistance Accelerates a Dietary Rat Model of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

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Background & Aims: The increasing prevalence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is due to the epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes, both of which are associated with insulin resistance. Methods: To clarify the causal relationship between insulin resistance and the development of NASH, steatohepatitis was induced in obese diabetic Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) and nondiabetic control Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO) rats by feeding them a methionine and choline-deficient (MCD) diet. Insulin sensitivity of the rats was altered by adding a high-fat (HF) diet or the peroxisomal-proliferator activated receptor-γ agonist pioglitazone to the MCD diet. Results: The MCD diet-induced steatohepatitis was accelerated in OLETF rats after 8 weeks. Steatosis preceded inflammation, which led to fibrosis and the development of steatohepatitis. The hepatic gene expression for transforming growth factor-β, α1 procollagen and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 was up-regulated in OLETF rats compared with LETO rats. The MCD + HF diet further enhanced insulin resistance and led to rapid development of pre-cirrhosis in OLETF rats by increasing the triglyceride pool, activating stellate cells, and up-regulating gene expression for sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c and fatty acid synthase in the liver. In contrast, pioglitazone attenuated the MCD diet-induced steatohepatitis in OLETF rats but not in LETO rats by reversing the underlying pathogenesis involved in this model through improvement of insulin resistance. These results confirm a link between insulin resistance and the development/progression of steatohepatitis, at least partly via up-regulation of genes for lipogenesis, inflammation, and fibrogenesis, in animal models. Conclusions: Insulin resistance and/or diabetes may accelerate the entire pathologic spectrum of NASH. © 2007 AGA Institute.

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Ota, T., Takamura, T., Kurita, S., Matsuzawa, N., Kita, Y., Uno, M., … Kaneko, S. (2007). Insulin Resistance Accelerates a Dietary Rat Model of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Gastroenterology, 132(1), 282–293. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2006.10.014

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