The transcription factor ZNF469 regulates collagen production in liver fibrosis.

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Title
The transcription factor ZNF469 regulates collagen production in liver fibrosis.
Journal
JCI insight
Author(s)
Steinhauser S., Estoppey D., Buehler D.P., Xiong Y., Pizzato N., Rietsch A., Wu F., Leroy N., Wunderlin T., Claerr I., Tropberger P., Müller M., Vissieres A., Davison L.M., Farber-Eger E., Wells Q.S., Sheng Q., Bergling S., Wild S., Moulin P., Liang J., English W.J., Williams B., Knehr J., Altorfer M., Reyes A., Voshol J., Mickanin C., Hoepfner D., Nigsch F., Frederiksen M., Flynn C.R., Fodor B.D., Brown J.D., Kolter C.
ISSN
2379-3708 (Electronic)
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2379-3708
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Published
Issued date
25/02/2025
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
10
Number
7
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) - characterized by excess accumulation of fat in the liver - now affects one-third of the world's population. As MASLD progresses, extracellular matrix components including collagen accumulate in the liver, causing tissue fibrosis, a major determinant of disease severity and mortality. To identify transcriptional regulators of fibrosis, we computationally inferred the activity of transcription factors (TFs) relevant to fibrosis by profiling the matched transcriptomes and epigenomes of 108 human liver biopsies from a deeply characterized cohort of patients spanning the full histopathologic spectrum of MASLD. CRISPR-based genetic KO of the top 100 TFs identified ZNF469 as a regulator of collagen expression in primary human hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). Gain- and loss-of-function studies established that ZNF469 regulates collagen genes and genes involved in matrix homeostasis through direct binding to gene bodies and regulatory elements. By integrating multiomic large-scale profiling of human biopsies with extensive experimental validation, we demonstrate that ZNF469 is a transcriptional regulator of collagen in HSCs. Overall, these data nominate ZNF469 as a previously unrecognized determinant of MASLD-associated liver fibrosis.
Keywords
Humans, Liver Cirrhosis/genetics, Liver Cirrhosis/metabolism, Liver Cirrhosis/pathology, Collagen/genetics, Collagen/metabolism, Collagen/biosynthesis, Hepatic Stellate Cells/metabolism, Transcription Factors/metabolism, Transcription Factors/genetics, Liver/pathology, Liver/metabolism, Fatty Liver/genetics, Fatty Liver/pathology, Fatty Liver/metabolism, Fatty Liver/complications, Gene Expression Regulation, Male, Gene Expression Profiling, Transcriptome, Fibrosis, Hepatology, Inflammation
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