From fatty liver to fibrosis: a tale of "second hit"

Metin Basaranoglu, Gökcen Basaranoglu, Hakan Sentürk, Metin Basaranoglu, Gökcen Basaranoglu, Hakan Sentürk

Abstract

Although much is known about how fat accumulates in the liver, much remains unknown about how this causes sustained hepatocellular injury. The consequences of injury are recognized as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and progressive fibrosis. The accumulation of fat within the hepatocytes sensitizes the liver to injury from a variety of causes and the regenerative capacity of a fatty liver is impaired. An additional stressor is sometimes referred to as a "second hit" in a paradigm that identifies the accumulation of fat as the "first hit". Possible candidates for the second hit include increased oxidative stress, lipid peroxidation and release of toxic products such as malondialdehyde and 4-hydroxynonenal, decreased antioxidants, adipocytokines, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β, Fas ligand, mitochondrial dysfunction, fatty acid oxidation by CYPs (CYP 2E1, 4A10 and 4A14), and peroxisomes, excess iron, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, and the generation of gut-derived toxins such as lipopolysaccharide and ethanol. Oxidative stress is one of the most popular proposed mechanisms of hepatocellular injury. Previous studies have specifically observed increased plasma and tissue levels of oxidative stress markers and lipid peroxidation products, with reduced hepatic and plasma levels of antioxidants. There is also some indirect evidence of the benefit of antioxidants such as vitamin E, S-adenosylmethionine, betaine, phlebotomy to remove iron, and N-acetylcysteine in NASH. However, a causal relationship or a pathogenic link between NASH and oxidative stress has not been established so far. A number of sources of increased reactive oxygen species production have been established in NASH that include proinflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, iron overload, overburdened and dysfunctional mitochondria, CYPs, and peroxisomes. Briefly, the pathogenesis of NASH is multifactorial and excess intracellular fatty acids, oxidant stress, ATP depletion, and mitochondrial dysfunction are important causes of hepatocellular injury in the steatotic liver.

Keywords: Fatty liver; Fibrosis; Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; Oxidative stress.

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Figure 1
Oxidative stress is one of the most popular proposed mechanisms of hepatocellular injury and possible source of the oxidant stress as follows: increased free fatty acids supply, iron, intestinal bacterial over growth. NASH: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; NAFLD: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
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Figure 2
Logical and attractive hypothesis is that oxidative stress in TG-loaded hepatocytes is the cause of sustained injury with consequent NASH, fibrosis and cirrhosis. HSP: Heat shock proteins.

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