Author, as appears in the article.: Auguet, Teresa; Berlanga, Alba; Guiu-Jurado, Esther; Terra, Ximena; Martinez, Salome; Aguilar, Carmen; Filiu, Elisa; Alibalic, Ajla; Sabench, Fatima; Hernandez, Merce; Del Castillo, Daniel; Richart, Cristbal
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques Medicina i Cirurgia Bioquímica i Biotecnologia
URV's Author/s: Aguilar Crespillo, Carmen Isabel / Alibalic, Ajla / Auguet Quintillà, Maria Teresa / BERLANGA BUSTOS, ALBA / Del Castillo Déjardin, Daniel / GUIU JURADO, ESTHER / Hernández González, Mercè / Martínez González, María Salomé / Richart Jurado, Cristobal Manuel / Sabench Pereferrer, Fàtima / Terra Barbadora, Ximena
Abstract: Background. Recent reports suggest a role for the endocannabinoid system in the pathology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between liver expression of cannabinoid (CB) receptor subtypes, CB1 and CB2, in morbidly obese (MO) women with different histological stages of NAFLD. Methods. We analysed hepatic CB1 and CB2 mRNA expression, and the expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism in 72 MO women, subclassified by liver histology into MO with normal liver (NL, n=16), simple steatosis (SS, n=28), and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH, n=28) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and RT-PCR. Results. We found that CB1 mRNA expression was significantly higher in NASH compared with SS and correlated negatively with PPARα. Regarding CB2, CB2 mRNA expression correlated positively with ACC1, PPARγ, IL6, TNFα, resistin, and adiponectin. Conclusions. The increased expression of CB1 in NASH and the negative correlation with PPARα suggest a deleterious role of CB1 in NAFLD. Regarding CB2, its positive correlation with the anti-inflammatory molecule adiponectin and, paradoxically, with inflammatory genes suggests that this receptor has a dual role. Taken together, our results suggest that endocannabinoid receptors might be involved in the pathogenesis of NAFLD, a finding which justifies further study. © 2014 Teresa Auguet et al.
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licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 23146133
Author's mail: mariasalome.martinez@urv.cat danieldel.castillo@urv.cat ajla.alibalic@estudiants.urv.cat ximena.terra@urv.cat fatima.sabench@urv.cat carmenisabel.aguilar@urv.cat carmenisabel.aguilar@urv.cat mariateresa.auguet@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-6185-2889 0000-0003-0456-3102 0000-0001-7024-7824 0000-0003-1043-5844 0000-0002-9262-8756 0000-0002-4440-562X 0000-0002-4440-562X 0000-0003-0396-6428
Record's date: 2024-09-28
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2014/502542/
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Biomed Research International. 2014 502542-
APA: Auguet, Teresa; Berlanga, Alba; Guiu-Jurado, Esther; Terra, Ximena; Martinez, Salome; Aguilar, Carmen; Filiu, Elisa; Alibalic, Ajla; Sabench, Fatima; (2014). Endocannabinoid receptors gene expression in morbidly obese women with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Biomed Research International, 2014(), 502542-. DOI: 10.1155/2014/502542
Article's DOI: 10.1155/2014/502542
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2014
Publication Type: Journal Publications