A natural small molecule alleviates liver fibrosis by targeting apolipoprotein L2.

IF 12.9 1区生物学 Q1 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Nature chemical biology Pub Date : 2024-08-05 DOI:10.1038/s41589-024-01704-3

Lu Gan, Qiwei Jiang, Dong Huang, Xueji Wu, Xinying Zhu, Lei Wang, Wei Xie, Jialuo Huang, Runzhu Fan, Yihang Jing, Guihua Tang, Xiang David Li, Jianping Guo, Sheng Yin

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Abstract

Liver fibrosis is an urgent clinical problem without effective therapies. Here we conducted a high-content screening on a natural Euphorbiaceae diterpenoid library to identify a potent anti-liver fibrosis lead, 12-deoxyphorbol 13-palmitate (DP). Leveraging a photo-affinity labeling approach, apolipoprotein L2 (APOL2), an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-rich protein, was identified as the direct target of DP. Mechanistically, APOL2 is induced in activated hepatic stellate cells upon transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) stimulation, which then binds to sarcoplasmic/ER calcium ATPase 2 (SERCA2) to trigger ER stress and elevate its downstream protein kinase R-like ER kinase (PERK)-hairy and enhancer of split 1 (HES1) axis, ultimately promoting liver fibrosis. As a result, targeting APOL2 by DP or ablation of APOL2 significantly impairs APOL2-SERCA2-PERK-HES1 signaling and mitigates fibrosis progression. Our findings not only define APOL2 as a novel therapeutic target for liver fibrosis but also highlight DP as a promising lead for treatment of this symptom.

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一种天然小分子通过靶向载脂蛋白 L2 缓解肝纤维化。

肝纤维化是一个亟待解决而又缺乏有效疗法的临床问题。在此，我们对天然大戟科植物二萜类化合物库进行了高含量筛选，以确定一种有效的抗肝脏纤维化先导化合物--12-脱氧樟脑醇 13-棕榈酸酯（DP）。利用光亲和性标记方法，脂蛋白 L2（APOL2）这种富含内质网（ER）的蛋白质被确定为 DP 的直接靶标。从机理上讲，当转化生长因子-β1（TGF-β1）刺激活化的肝星状细胞时，APOL2会被诱导，然后与肌浆/ER钙ATP酶2（SERCA2）结合，引发ER应激，并使其下游的蛋白激酶R样ER激酶（PERK）-毛发和增强分裂1（HES1）轴升高，最终促进肝纤维化。因此，通过DP或消融APOL2靶向APOL2可显著损害APOL2-SERCA2-PERK-HES1信号传导，缓解肝纤维化进展。我们的研究结果不仅将APOL2定义为肝纤维化的新型治疗靶点，还强调了DP是治疗肝纤维化的一种有前景的方法。

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Nature chemical biology 生物-生化与分子生物学

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23.90

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1.40%

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238

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12 months

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