Glutamate Signaling in Hepatic Stellate Cells Drives Alcoholic Steatosis

  • Won Mook Choi
  • , Hee Hoon Kim
  • , Myung Ho Kim
  • , Resat Cinar
  • , Hyon Seung Yi
  • , Hyuk Soo Eun
  • , Seok Hwan Kim
  • , Young Jae Choi
  • , Young Sun Lee
  • , So Yeon Kim
  • , Wonhyo Seo
  • , Jun Hee Lee
  • , Young Ri Shim
  • , Ye Eun Kim
  • , Keungmo Yang
  • , Tom Ryu
  • , Jung Hwan Hwang
  • , Chul Ho Lee
  • , Hueng Sik Choi
  • , Bin Gao
  • Won Kim, Sang Kyum Kim, George Kunos, Won Il Jeong

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Abstract

Choi et al. show that chronic alcohol consumption induces CYP2E1-mediated reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by hepatocytes, which is compensated by GSH generation through xCT-mediated uptake of cystine. The parallel release of glutamate stimulates mGluR5 on hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) to produce 2-AG, which, in turn, activates CB1R on neighboring hepatocytes to induce de novo lipogenesis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)877-889.e7
JournalCell Metabolism
Volume30
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Nov 2019

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Keywords

  • 2-arachidonoylglycerol
  • Nrf2
  • alcoholic liver disease
  • cannabinoid receptor
  • metabotrophic glutamate receptor 5
  • transsulfuration pathway
  • xCT

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