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GDF11 induces mild hepatic fibrosis independent of metabolic health
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Background & aims: Growth Differentiation Factor 11 (GDF11) is an anti-aging factor, yet its role in liver diseases is not established. We evaluated the role of GDF11 in healthy conditions and in the transition from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Results: GDF11 mRNA levels positively correlated with NAFLD activity score and with CPT1, SREBP, PPARγ and Col1A1 mRNA levels, and associated to portal fibrosis, in morbidly obese patients with NAFLD/NASH. GDF11-treated mice showed mildly exacerbated hepatic collagen deposition, accompanied by weight loss and without changes in liver steatosis or inflammation. GDF11 triggered ALK5-dependent SMAD2/3 nuclear translocation and the pro-fibrogenic activation of HSC. Conclusions: GDF11 supplementation promotes mild liver fibrosis. Even considering its beneficial metabolic effects, caution should be taken when considering therapeutics that regulate GDF11. Methods: We analyzed liver biopsies from a cohort of 33 morbidly obese adults with NAFLD/NASH. We determined the correlations in mRNA expression levels between GDF11 and genes involved in NAFLD-to-NASH progression and with pathological features. We also exposed wild type or obese mice with NAFLD to recombinant GDF11 by daily intra-peritoneal injection and monitor the hepatic pathological changes. Finally, we analyzed GDF11-activated signaling pathways in hepatic stellate cells (HSC).
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FROHLICH, Jan, KOVACOVICOVA, Kristina, MAZZA, Tommaso, EMMA, Maria r., CABIBI, Daniela, FOTI, Michelangelo, SOBOLEWSKI, Cyril, OBEN, Jude a., PEYROU, Marion, VILLARROYA I GOMBAU, Francesc, SORESI, Maurizio, REZZANI, Rita, CERVELLO, Melchiorre, BONOMINI, Francesca, ALISI, Anna, VINCIGUERRA, Manlio. GDF11 induces mild hepatic fibrosis independent of metabolic health. _Aging_. 2020. Vol. 12, núm. 20, pàgs. 20024-20046. [consulta: 24 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 1945-4589. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/196765]