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Hepatic Steatosis: A Mediator of the Metabolic Syndrome. Lessons From Animal Models

den Boer, M., Voshol, P.J., Kuipers, F., Havekes, L.M., Romijn, J.A.·2004·Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

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Epidemiological studies in humans, as well as experimental studies in animal models, have shown an association between visceral obesity and dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Recently, attention has been focused on the excessive accumulation of triglycerides (TG) in the liver as part of this syndrome. In this review, important principles of the pathophysiological involvement of the liver in the metabolic syndrome obtained in rodent models are summarized. We focus on non-alcoholic causes of steatosis, because the animal experiments we refer to did not include alcohol as an experimental condition. In general, there is continuous cycling and redistribution of non-oxidized fatty acids between different organs. The amount of TG in an intrinsically normal liver is not fixed but can readily be increased by nutritional, metabolic, and endocrine interactions involving TG/free fatty acid (FFA) partitioning and TG/FFA metabolism. Several lines of evidence indicate that hepatic TG accumulation is also a causative factor involved in hepatic insulin resistance. Complex interactions between endocrine, metabolic, and transcriptional pathways are involved in TG-induced hepatic insulin resistance. Therefore, the liver participates passively and actively in the metabolic derangements of the metabolic syndrome. We speculate that similar mechanisms may also be involved in human pathophysiology.

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Authors
den Boer, M., Voshol, P. J., Kuipers, F., Havekes, L. M., & Romijn, J. A.
Affiliations
  • From TNO Prevention and Health (M.d.B., P.J.V., L.M.H.), Gaubius Laboratory Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes (M.d.B., P.J.V., J.A.R.), Department of General Internal Medicine (L.M.H.), and Department of Cardiology (L.M.H.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; and Center for Liver, Digestive, and Metabolic Diseases (F.K.), Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • Leiden University (NL)
Venue
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
Published
2004-04
Volume
24
Issue
4
Pages
644-649
ISSN
  • 1079-5642 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4636
OpenAlex
W2160518844
Cited by
260
References
49
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (publishedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (publishedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
  • TNO Repository (submittedVersion)
  • Repository hosted by TU Delft Library (TU Delft) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
Keywords
hepatic steatosis, metabolic syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, triglyceride accumulation, hepatic insulin resistance, visceral obesity, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, rodent models
MeSH terms
Adipose Tissue, Animals, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Dogs, Fatty Acids, Fatty Liver, Glucose, Homeostasis, Humans, Hyperlipidemias, Insulin Resistance, Liver, Models, Biological, Obesity, Rats, Zucker, Transcription, Genetic, Triglycerides, Models, Animal, Metabolic Syndrome, Mice, Rats

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