Table 4.
Gene expression profiles of hepatic oxidative stress in HFD and MCD diet-fed animal models.
Gene Symbol | Nomenclature | Role | Diet Type | Duration (Weeks) |
Animal Model | Gene Expression | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AOX | Alternative oxidase mitochondrial precursor | Catalyzes the cyanide-resistant oxidation of ubiquinol | MCD | 4 | db/db mice | Down | [37] |
db/m Mice | Up | ||||||
CAT | Catalase | Protects cells from the toxic effects of hydrogen peroxide | HFD | 8 | Female SD rats | Down | [30] |
CHOP (DDIT3) | C/EBP homologous protein (DNA damage-inducible transcript 3) | Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response | HFD | 25 | Male C57BL/6 mice | Up | [22] |
CPT-1 | Carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase 1 | Plays role in mitochondrial uptake of long-chain fatty acids | MCD | 4 | db/db mice | Up | [37] |
4 | db/m mice | Up | |||||
CPT-2 | Carnitine O-palmitoyl transferase 2, mitochondrial | Intra-mitochondrial synthesis of acylcarnitines | MCD | 4 | db/db mice | Up | |
4 | db/m mice | Up | |||||
GAB1 | GRB2-associated binding protein 1 | Plays a role in FGFR1 signaling | HFD | 16 | Male Wistar rats | Up | [44] |
GADD45G | Growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible, gamma | Mediates activation of stress-responsive MTK1/MEKK4 MAPKKK | HFD | 16 | Male Wistar rats | Up | |
Gp91phox (CYBB) | Cytochrome B-245, beta polypeptide | A critical component of the membrane-bound oxidase of phagocytes that generates superoxide | HFD | 24 | Male C57BL/6J mice | Up | [45] |
GPX1 | Glutathione peroxidase | Protects from oxidative breakdown | HFD | 8 | Female SD rats | Down | [30] |
LCAD | Long-chain specific acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, mitochondrial | Catalyzes the first step of mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation | MCD | 4 | db/db mice | No change | [37] |
4 | db/m mice | Up | |||||
L-FABP | Fatty acid-binding protein, liver | Plays a role in lipoprotein-mediated cholesterol uptake | MCD | 4 | db/db mice | Down | |
4 | db/m mice | Down | |||||
NFE2L2 | Nuclear factor, erythroid 2-Like 2 | Transcription factor | HFD | 16 | Male Wistar rats | Up | [44] |
P22phox (CYPA) | Cytochrome B-245, alpha polypeptide | Critical component of the membrane-bound oxidase | HFD | 24 | Male C57BL/6J mice | Up | [45] |
P47phox (NCF1) | Neutrophil cytosolic factor 1 | Activation of the latent NADPH oxidase (necessary for superoxide production) | HFD | 24 | Male C57BL/6J mice | Up | |
PERK | Protein kinase R (PKR)-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase | Plays a role in the early steps of protein synthesis | HFD | 25 | Male C57BL/6 mice | Down | [22] |
SIRT1 | Sirtuin 1 (silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog) | Deacetylase, ADP-ribosyl transferase, and other deacylase activities | HFD | 12 | Male Wistar rats | Down | [56] |