PMID- 35222075 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220301 IS - 1664-042X (Print) IS - 1664-042X (Electronic) IS - 1664-042X (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2022 TI - MicroRNA-122-5p Inhibition Improves Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Damage in Dietary-Induced Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Through Targeting FOXO3. PG - 803445 LID - 10.3389/fphys.2022.803445 [doi] LID - 803445 AB - Misregulated microRNA network has been emerging as the main regulator in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The deregulation of miR-122-5p is associated with the liver disease. However, the specific role and molecular mechanism of miR-122-5p in NAFLD remain unclear. In this study, we have reported that the high-fat diet (HFD) or palmitic acid (PA) significantly upregulated the hepatic miR-122-5p expression in vivo and in vitro. Inhibition of miR-122-5p suppressed accumulation-induced inflammation of lipids and oxidative stress damage in PA-treated L02 cells and HFD-induced fatty liver. The effect of the miR-122-5p inhibitor on NAFLD did not depend on insulin resistance-mediated PI3K/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway but rather on the upregulation of its downstream FOXO3. Subsequently, we validated that miR-122-5p directly binds to the predicted 3'-UTR of FOXO3 to inhibit its gene expression. Conversely, silencing FOXO3 abolished the hepatic benefits of miR-122-5p inhibition to obese mice by decreasing the activity of antioxidant enzymes of superoxide dismutase (SOD). This study provides a novel finding that FOXO3 was the target gene of miR-122-5p to attenuate inflammatory response and oxidative stress damage in dietary-induced NAFLD. Our study provided evidence to reveal the physiological role of miR-122-5p in dietary-induced NAFLD. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Hu, Peng, Du, Zhang, Zhai, Xiong and Luo. FAU - Hu, Yiyi AU - Hu Y AD - Department of Gestroenterology, Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University, Foshan, China. AD - Department of VIP Medical Center, Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University, Foshan, China. FAU - Peng, Xuetao AU - Peng X AD - Department of Gestroenterology, Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University, Foshan, China. FAU - Du, Guoping AU - Du G AD - Department of Gestroenterology, Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University, Foshan, China. FAU - Zhang, Zhiqiao AU - Zhang Z AD - Department of Infectious Diseases, Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University, Foshan, China. FAU - Zhai, Yingji AU - Zhai Y AD - Department of Gestroenterology, Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University, Foshan, China. FAU - Xiong, Xingbo AU - Xiong X AD - Department of Gestroenterology, Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University, Foshan, China. FAU - Luo, Xiaoliang AU - Luo X AD - Department of Gestroenterology, Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University, Foshan, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220211 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Physiol JT - Frontiers in physiology JID - 101549006 PMC - PMC8874326 OTO - NOTNLM OT - FOXO3 OT - inflammation OT - miR-122-5p OT - non-alcoholic fatty liver disease OT - oxidative stress COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/03/01 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/01 06:01 PMCR- 2022/02/11 CRDT- 2022/02/28 05:33 PHST- 2021/10/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/28 05:33 [entrez] PHST- 2022/03/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/01 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/02/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fphys.2022.803445 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Physiol. 2022 Feb 11;13:803445. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.803445. eCollection 2022.