Published May 28, 2019 | Version v1
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Defective HNF4alpha-dependent gene expression as a driver of hepatocellular failure in alcoholic hepatitis [Suppl Data]

  • 1. University of Pittsburgh
  • 1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
  • 2. Imperial College, London, UK
  • 3. University College London, London, UK
  • 4. University of Lille, Lille, France

Description

Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a life-threatening condition characterized by profound hepatocellular dysfunction for which targeted treatments are urgently needed. Identification of molecular drivers is hampered by the lack of suitable animal models. By performing RNA sequencing in livers from patients with different phenotypes of alcohol-related liver disease (ALD), we show that the development of AH is characterized by the defective activity of liver-enriched transcription factors (LETFs). TGFb1is a key upstream transcriptome regulator in AH and induces the use of HNF4aP2 promoter in hepatocytes, which results in defective metabolic and synthetic functions. Gene polymorphisms in LETFs including HNF4aare not associated with the development of AH. In contrast, epigenetic studies show that AH livers have profound changes in DNA methylation state and chromatin remodeling, affecting HNF4a-dependent gene expression. We conclude that targeting TGFb1and epigenetic drivers that modulate HNF4a-dependent gene expression could be beneficial to improve hepatocellular function in patients with AH.

Notes

Data used in figures 8 and 10 of the mentioned manuscript is included in these datasets. These datasets include 7 GWAS summary files, described in GWAS Summary_metadata.txt file and 1 ChIP-seq peak calling result file, which variables are described in NatCommun_PeakCalling_results_metadata.txt file. Raw data of GWAS is available upon request to Dr. Mark Thursz (Imperial College, London UK, m.thursz@imperial.ac.uk). Raw data of ChIP-seq is available upon request to Dr. Vijay Shah (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA, vshah@mayo.edu).

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  • Argemi J., Latasa M.U., Atkinson S.R., Blokhin I.O., Massey V., Gue J.P., Cabezas J., Lozano J.J., Van Booven D., Bell A., Cao S., Vernetti L.A., Arab J.P., Ventura-Cots M., Edmunds L.R., Fondevilla C., Stärkel P., Dubuquoy L., Louvet A., Odena G., Gomez J.L., Aragon T., Altamirano J., Caballeria J., Jurzak14, Taylor, D. L., Berasain C., Wahlestedt C., Monga S.P., Morgan MY, Sancho-Bru P., Mathurin P., Furuya S., Lackner C., Rusyn I., Shah V.H.,Thursz M.R., Mann J., Avila M.A., Bataller R. "Defective HNF4alpha-dependent gene expression as a driver of hepatocellular failure in alcoholic hepatitis". Nat Commun. 2019, Accepted