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Chronic ethanol consumption and HBV induce abnormal lipid metabolism through HBx/SWELL1/arachidonic acid signaling and activate Tregs in HBV-Tg mice

Zixian Liu, Jiapei Wang, Lei Liu, Hongfeng Yuan, Yanan Bu, Jinyan Feng, Yunxia Liu, Guang Yang, Man Zhao, Ying Yuan, Huihui Zhang, Haolin Yun, Xiaodong Zhang

Department of Cancer Research, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P.R. China.

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Liu Z, Wang J, Liu L, Yuan H, Bu Y, Feng J, Liu Y, Yang G, Zhao M, Yuan Y, Zhang H, Yun H, Zhang X. Chronic ethanol consumption and HBV induce abnormal lipid metabolism through HBx/SWELL1/arachidonic acid signaling and activate Tregs in HBV-Tg mice. Theranostics 2020; 10(20):9249-9267. doi:10.7150/thno.46005. https://www.thno.org/v10p9249.htm
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Rationale: Chronic ethanol consumption as a public health problem worldwide boosts the development of chronic liver diseases in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected patients. Arachidonic acid metabolite prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) activates regulatory T cells (Tregs) function. Here, we aim to investigate the underlying mechanism by which chronic ethanol consumption enriches the HBV-induced abnormal lipid metabolism and Tregs.

Methods: The si-RNAs were used to weaken the expression of SWELL1 in HepG2, HepG2.2.15 and K180 cancer cell lines, followed by RNA sequencing from HepG2 cells. Arachidonic acid metabolite PGE2 and LTD4 were measured by ELISA assay in vivo and in vitro. Western blot analysis and RT-qPCR were used to examine HBx and SWELL1 and transcriptional factor Sp1 in clinical HCC samples and cell lines. The effect of chronic ethanol consumption on Tregs was tested by flow cytometry in HBV-Tg mice. The splenic Tregs were collected and analyzed by RNA sequencing.

Results: The cooperative effect of ethanol and HBV in abnormal lipid metabolism was observed in vivo and in vitro. The depression of SWELL1 (or HBx) resulted in the reduction of lipid content and arachidonic acid metabolite, correlating with suppression of relative gene atlas. Ethanol and SWELL1 elevated the levels of PGE2 or LTD4 in the liver of mice and cell lines. Interestingly, the ethanol modulated abnormal lipid metabolism through activating HBx/Sp1/SWELL1/arachidonic acid signaling. Chronic ethanol consumption remarkably increased the population of PBL Tregs and splenic Tregs in HBV-Tg mice, consistently with the enhanced expression of PD-L1 in vivo and in vitro. Mechanically, RNA-seq data showed that multiple genes were altered in the transcriptomic atlas of Tregs sorting from ethanol-fed mice or HBV-Tg mice.

Conclusion: The chronic ethanol intake enriches the HBV-enhanced abnormal lipid metabolism through HBx/SWELL1/arachidonic acid signaling and activates Tregs in mice.

Keywords: Ethanol, HBx, SWELL1, Arachidonic acid metabolism, Tregs


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Liu, Z., Wang, J., Liu, L., Yuan, H., Bu, Y., Feng, J., Liu, Y., Yang, G., Zhao, M., Yuan, Y., Zhang, H., Yun, H., Zhang, X. (2020). Chronic ethanol consumption and HBV induce abnormal lipid metabolism through HBx/SWELL1/arachidonic acid signaling and activate Tregs in HBV-Tg mice. Theranostics, 10(20), 9249-9267. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.46005.

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Liu, Z.; Wang, J.; Liu, L.; Yuan, H.; Bu, Y.; Feng, J.; Liu, Y.; Yang, G.; Zhao, M.; Yuan, Y.; Zhang, H.; Yun, H.; Zhang, X. Chronic ethanol consumption and HBV induce abnormal lipid metabolism through HBx/SWELL1/arachidonic acid signaling and activate Tregs in HBV-Tg mice. Theranostics 2020, 10 (20), 9249-9267. DOI: 10.7150/thno.46005.

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Liu Z, Wang J, Liu L, Yuan H, Bu Y, Feng J, Liu Y, Yang G, Zhao M, Yuan Y, Zhang H, Yun H, Zhang X. Chronic ethanol consumption and HBV induce abnormal lipid metabolism through HBx/SWELL1/arachidonic acid signaling and activate Tregs in HBV-Tg mice. Theranostics 2020; 10(20):9249-9267. doi:10.7150/thno.46005. https://www.thno.org/v10p9249.htm

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Liu Z, Wang J, Liu L, Yuan H, Bu Y, Feng J, Liu Y, Yang G, Zhao M, Yuan Y, Zhang H, Yun H, Zhang X. 2020. Chronic ethanol consumption and HBV induce abnormal lipid metabolism through HBx/SWELL1/arachidonic acid signaling and activate Tregs in HBV-Tg mice. Theranostics. 10(20):9249-9267.

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