TY - JOUR
T1 - Replication stress triggered by nucleotide pool imbalance drives DNA damage and cGAS-STING pathway activation in NAFLD
AU - Donne, Romain
AU - Saroul-Ainama, Maëva
AU - Cordier, Pierre
AU - Hammoutene, Adel
AU - Kabore, Christelle
AU - Stadler, Mira
AU - Nemazanyy, Ivan
AU - Galy-Fauroux, Isabelle
AU - Herrag, Mounia
AU - Riedl, Tobias
AU - Chansel-Da Cruz, Marie
AU - Caruso, Stefano
AU - Bonnafous, Stéphanie
AU - Öllinger, Rupert
AU - Rad, Roland
AU - Unger, Kristian
AU - Tran, Albert
AU - Couty, Jean Pierre
AU - Gual, Philippe
AU - Paradis, Valérie
AU - Celton-Morizur, Séverine
AU - Heikenwalder, Mathias
AU - Revy, Patrick
AU - Desdouets, Chantal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/7/25
Y1 - 2022/7/25
N2 - Non-alcoholic steatotic liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. NAFLD has a major effect on the intrinsic proliferative properties of hepatocytes. Here, we investigated the mechanisms underlying the activation of DNA damage response during NAFLD. Proliferating mouse NAFLD hepatocytes harbor replication stress (RS) with an alteration of the replication fork's speed and activation of ATR pathway, which is sufficient to cause DNA breaks. Nucleotide pool imbalance occurring during NAFLD is the key driver of RS. Remarkably, DNA lesions drive cGAS/STING pathway activation, a major component of cells’ intrinsic immune response. The translational significance of this study was reiterated by showing that lipid overload in proliferating HepaRG was sufficient to induce RS and nucleotide pool imbalance. Moreover, livers from NAFLD patients displayed nucleotide pathway deregulation and cGAS/STING gene alteration. Altogether, our findings shed light on the mechanisms by which damaged NAFLD hepatocytes might promote disease progression.
AB - Non-alcoholic steatotic liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. NAFLD has a major effect on the intrinsic proliferative properties of hepatocytes. Here, we investigated the mechanisms underlying the activation of DNA damage response during NAFLD. Proliferating mouse NAFLD hepatocytes harbor replication stress (RS) with an alteration of the replication fork's speed and activation of ATR pathway, which is sufficient to cause DNA breaks. Nucleotide pool imbalance occurring during NAFLD is the key driver of RS. Remarkably, DNA lesions drive cGAS/STING pathway activation, a major component of cells’ intrinsic immune response. The translational significance of this study was reiterated by showing that lipid overload in proliferating HepaRG was sufficient to induce RS and nucleotide pool imbalance. Moreover, livers from NAFLD patients displayed nucleotide pathway deregulation and cGAS/STING gene alteration. Altogether, our findings shed light on the mechanisms by which damaged NAFLD hepatocytes might promote disease progression.
KW - DNA damage
KW - cGAS/STING
KW - cell proliferation
KW - dNTP pools
KW - hepatocyte
KW - non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
KW - replication stress
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U2 - 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.06.003
DO - 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.06.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 35768000
AN - SCOPUS:85134981516
SN - 1534-5807
VL - 57
SP - 1728-1741.e6
JO - Developmental Cell
JF - Developmental Cell
IS - 14
ER -