PMID- 31401190 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200225 LR - 20211204 IS - 1638-6183 (Electronic) IS - 0300-9084 (Linking) VI - 165 DP - 2019 Oct TI - Apolipoprotein A-I improves hepatic autophagy through the AMPK pathway. PG - 210-218 LID - S0300-9084(19)30233-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.biochi.2019.08.001 [doi] AB - Dysfunction in lipid metabolism may result in a decrease in hepatic autophagy, which contributes to the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 transports free cholesterol and phospholipids to apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) to form nascent high-density lipoprotein particles. Results from previous studies showed that the overexpression of apoA-I significantly reduced levels of hepatic lipids and endoplasmic reticulum stress by modifying lipid transport. Here, we investigated the effects of apoA-I overexpression on hepatic autophagy in cultured hepatocytes and mice. The overexpression of apoA-I in HepG2 cells resulted in an increase in the levels of autophagy as well as the phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase alpha (AMPKalpha) and ULK1 and a decrease in the phosphorylation of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). An AMPK inhibitor and siRNA eliminated this apoA-I effect. Consistently, apoA-I transgenic mice showed increased autophagy and AMPKalpha phosphorylation. These results suggest that apoA-I overexpression alleviates steatohepatitis by increasing hepatic autophagy through the AMPK-mTOR-ULK1 pathway. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. and Societe Francaise de Biochimie et Biologie Moleculaire (SFBBM). All rights reserved. FAU - Rao, Xia AU - Rao X AD - Department of Cell Biology, Municipal Laboratory for Liver Protection and Regulation of Regeneration, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China. FAU - Wang, Yutong AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Cell Biology, Municipal Laboratory for Liver Protection and Regulation of Regeneration, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China. Electronic address: yutongw@ccmu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190808 PL - France TA - Biochimie JT - Biochimie JID - 1264604 RN - 0 (APOA1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Apolipoprotein A-I) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Autophagy-Related Protein-1 Homolog) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (ULK1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.31 (AMP-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Apolipoprotein A-I/*physiology MH - Autophagy MH - Autophagy-Related Protein-1 Homolog/*metabolism MH - Fatty Liver/*metabolism MH - Hep G2 Cells MH - Hepatocytes/cytology/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/*metabolism MH - Lipid Metabolism MH - Liver/cytology/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - AMP-Activated protein kinase OT - Apolipoprotein A-I OT - Autophagy OT - Steatohepatitis EDAT- 2019/08/12 06:00 MHDA- 2020/02/26 06:00 CRDT- 2019/08/12 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/08/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/08/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/02/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/08/12 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0300-9084(19)30233-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biochi.2019.08.001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochimie. 2019 Oct;165:210-218. doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2019.08.001. Epub 2019 Aug 8.