Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Deep proteomic profiling unveils arylsulfatase A as a non-alcoholic steatohepatitis inducible hepatokine and regulator of glycemic control

  • Magdalene K. Montgomery,
  • Jacqueline Bayliss,
  • Shuai Nie,
  • William De Nardo,
  • Stacey N. Keenan,
  • Paula M. Miotto,
  • Hamzeh Karimkhanloo,
  • Cheng Huang,
  • Ralf B. Schittenhelm,
  • Anthony S. Don,
  • Andrew Ryan,
  • Nicholas A. Williamson,
  • Geraldine J. Ooi,
  • Wendy A. Brown,
  • Paul R. Burton,
  • Benjamin L. Parker,
  • Matthew J. Watt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28889-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and type 2 diabetes are closely linked, but the connecting pathophysiological mechanisms are incompletely understood. Here the authors identify arylsulfatase A as a NASH-induced hepatokine that inhibits hepatic lysophosphatidylcholine and lysophosphatidic acid secretion, and improves muscle insulin action and systemic glucose homeostasis.