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Redefining the Role of Ornithine Aspartate and Vitamin E in Metabolic-Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease through Its Biochemical Properties

2024; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 25; Issue: 13 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/ijms25136839

1661-6596

Larisse Longo, Rafael Aguiar Marschner, Laura Bainy Rodrigues de Freitas, Laura Renata de Bona, Luiza Marques Prates Behrens, Matheus Henrique Mariano Pereira, Valessa Emanoele Gabriel de Souza, Luiza Cecília Leonhard, Giulianna Zanettini, Carlos Eduardo Pinzon, G Pereira Lima, Carlos Thadeu Schmidt Cerski, Carolina Uribe Cruz, Simone Magagnin Wajner, Mário Reis Álvares‐da‐Silva,

Diet and metabolism studies

It is known that the inflammation process leading to oxidative stress and thyroid hormone metabolism dysfunction is highly altered in metabolic dysfunction associated with steatotic liver disease (MASLD). This study aims to address the effect of ornithine aspartate (LOLA) and vitamin E (VitE) in improving these processes. Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to five groups and treated for 28 weeks: controls (n = 10) received a standard diet (for 28 weeks) plus gavage with distilled water (DW) from weeks 16 to 28. MASLD groups received a high-fat and choline-deficient diet for 28 weeks (MASLD group) and daily gavage with 200 mg/kg/day of LOLA, or twice a week with 150 mg of VitE from weeks 16–28. LOLA diminished collagen deposition (p = 0.006). The same treatment diminished carbonyl, TBARS, and sulfhydryl levels and GPx activity (p < 0.001). Type 3 deiodinase increased in the MASLD group, downregulating T3-controlled genes, which was corrected in the presence of LOLA. LOLA also promoted a near-normalization of complex II, SDH, and GDH activities (p < 0.001) and improved reticulum stress, with a reduction in GRP78 and HSPA9/GRP75 protein levels (p < 0.05). The enhanced energy production and metabolism of thyroid hormones, probably because of GSH replenishment provided by the L-glutamate portion of LOLA, opens a new therapeutic approach for MASLD.