PMID- 30776459 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200114 LR - 20200114 IS - 1879-3185 (Electronic) IS - 0300-483X (Linking) VI - 417 DP - 2019 Apr 1 TI - Prenatal caffeine exposure increases the susceptibility to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in female offspring rats via activation of GR-C/EBPalpha-SIRT1 pathway. PG - 23-34 LID - S0300-483X(18)30318-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.tox.2019.02.008 [doi] AB - This study aimed to evaluate female adult offspring induced by prenatal caffeine exposure (PCE) are susceptible to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and to explore the underlying programming mechanisms. Pregnant rats were intragastrically administered caffeine (30, 60, and 120 mg/kg.d) on gestational day (GD) 9-20. The female adult offspring were randomly divided into three groups: offspring without or with chronic stress during postnatal week (PW) 10-12 and PW28 offspring. Results showed that PW28 PCE female offspring had a higher hepatic triglyceride content and Kleiner scores, accompanied by elevated serum corticosterone levels. Moreover, the expression levels of hepatic glucocorticoid receptor (GR), CCAAT enhancer binding protein alpha (C/EBPalpha), fatty acid synthetase (FASN) and the transcription factor-sterol regulatory element binding protein 1c (SREBP1c) were increased, but SIRT1 expression was decreased. The fetal rats and PW12 offspring with chronic stress exhibited similar changes as PW28 offspring, accompanied by increased levels of H3K14ac and H3K27ac in the SREBP1c and FASN gene promoters. These effects were also observed by treating L02 cells with cortisol and were partially reversed by GR or C/EBPalpha siRNA or treatment with the SIRT1 agonist resveratrol. Taken together, PCE-induced high glucocorticoids levels enhanced histone modifications and expression of SREBP1c and FASN via activation of the GR-C/EBPalpha-SIRT1 pathway in utero. This enhanced female fetal hepatic triglyceride synthesis and continued throughout postnatal and adult life, increasing the susceptibility to adult NAFLD. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Hu, Shuwei AU - Hu S AD - Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China. FAU - Xia, Liping AU - Xia L AD - Department of Pediatrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Hubei General Hospital, Wuhan, 430060, China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, 430071, China. FAU - Luo, Hanwen AU - Luo H AD - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China. FAU - Xu, Yanyong AU - Xu Y AD - Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, 430071, China. FAU - Yu, Hong AU - Yu H AD - Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, 430071, China. FAU - Xu, Dan AU - Xu D AD - Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, 430071, China. Electronic address: xuyidan70188@whu.edu.cn. FAU - Wang, Hui AU - Wang H AD - Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, 430071, China. Electronic address: wanghui19@whu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190215 PL - Ireland TA - Toxicology JT - Toxicology JID - 0361055 RN - 0 (CCAAT-Binding Factor) RN - 0 (Receptors, Glucocorticoid) RN - 3G6A5W338E (Caffeine) RN - EC 3.5.1.- (Sirt1 protein, rat) RN - EC 3.5.1.- (Sirtuin 1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CCAAT-Binding Factor/*metabolism MH - Caffeine/administration & dosage/*toxicity MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Female MH - Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/chemically induced/*metabolism/pathology MH - Pregnancy MH - Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/chemically induced/*metabolism/pathology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Receptors, Glucocorticoid/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects/physiology MH - Sirtuin 1/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Caffeine OT - Hepatic triglyceride metabolism OT - Histone acetylation OT - Intrauterine programming mechanism EDAT- 2019/02/19 06:00 MHDA- 2020/01/15 06:00 CRDT- 2019/02/19 06:00 PHST- 2018/08/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/01/31 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/02/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/02/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/01/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/02/19 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0300-483X(18)30318-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.tox.2019.02.008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicology. 2019 Apr 1;417:23-34. doi: 10.1016/j.tox.2019.02.008. Epub 2019 Feb 15.