药物诱导肝硬化症中的线粒体功能障碍:最近的发现和当前的概念
Annie Borgne-Sanchez1, Bernard Fromenty2
1MITOLOGICS S.A.S., 172 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, France.
Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology
|January 11, 2025
概括
药物诱导的线粒体功能障碍会损害脂肪酸氧化 (FAO),导致肝脏肥胖症. 监测患有代谢功能障碍相关的脂肪性肝病 (MASLD) 的患者,并考虑像l-carnitine这样的疗法,可以预防肝损伤.
科学领域:
- 肝病学 肝病学是一种肝病学.
- 线粒体生物学 线粒体生物学
- 药物毒理学 药物毒理学
背景情况:
- 线粒体脂肪酸氧化 (FAO) 对于肝脏能量生产和脂质平衡至关重要,由线粒体呼吸链 (MRC) 和PPARα.
- 药物诱导的线粒体功能障碍可能会导致肝损伤,从微带状脂肪炎到脂肪肝炎和肝硬化,这取决于FAO损伤的严重程度.
- 机制包括直接的酶抑制,协酶A/l-卡尼分离,MRC复合物功能障碍和降低PPARα表达,氧化应激在疾病进展中起着关键作用.
研究的目的:
- 审查药物诱导线粒体功能障碍和随后的肝损伤的机制.
- 讨论药物诱导的肥胖症和肥胖肝炎的临床影响,特别是在MASLD患者中.
- 探索潜在的治疗策略,以缓解药物诱导的线粒体功能障碍和肝脏疾病.
主要方法:
- 对药物诱导的肝损伤的文献综述,重点关注线粒体通路.
- 分析影响脂肪酸氧化和脂质代谢的机制.
- 综合有关临床结果和治疗干预措施的信息.
主要成果:
- 药物诱导的线粒体功能障碍会损害FAO,导致不同程度的肥胖症 (微型或宏型).
- 进展为脂肪肝炎和肝硬化与线粒体功能障碍,氧化应激和潜在的非线粒体因素,如改变的脂质生成有关.
- 患有MASLD的患者有更高的药物诱导肝损伤风险,需要仔细监测.
结论:
- 线粒体功能障碍是药物诱导的肝硬化和肝硬化性肝炎的中心机制.
- 建议密切监测和潜在的治疗干预措施 (例如,l-carnitine,N-乙半氨酸) 适用于使用线粒体毒药物治疗的MASLD患者.
- 了解这些途径对于预防和管理药物诱导的肝病至关重要.
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