Nature Communications (May 2021)

PPDPF alleviates hepatic steatosis through inhibition of mTOR signaling

  • Ning Ma,
  • Yi-Kang Wang,
  • Sheng Xu,
  • Qian-Zhi Ni,
  • Qian-Wen Zheng,
  • Bing Zhu,
  • Hui-Jun Cao,
  • Hao Jiang,
  • Feng-Kun Zhang,
  • Yan-Mei Yuan,
  • Er-Bin Zhang,
  • Tian-Wei Chen,
  • Ji Xia,
  • Xu-Fen Ding,
  • Zhen-Hua Chen,
  • Xiu-Ping Zhang,
  • Kang Wang,
  • Shu-Qun Cheng,
  • Lin Qiu,
  • Zhi-Gang Li,
  • Yong-Chun Yu,
  • Xiao-Fan Wang,
  • Bin Zhou,
  • Jing-Jing Li,
  • Dong Xie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23285-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a prevalent chronic liver disease, however, drugs to treat this disease are still lacking. Here, the authors show that PPDPF inhibits the development of hepatic steatosis by negatively regulating mTORC1-S6K-SREBP1 signaling, which provides a potential therapeutic candidate for NAFLD treatment.