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We report on the early and late transcriptomic signatures of western diet (WD)-induced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in female and male <jats:italic>Ldlr<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup> mice, with time-points at 1\u2009week and 40\u2009weeks on the WD. Control <jats:italic>Ldlr<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup> mice were maintained on a low-fat diet (LFD) for 1 and 40\u2009weeks.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The approach included quantitation of anthropometric and hepatic histology markers of disease as well as the hepatic transcriptome.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Only mice fed the WD for 40 weeks revealed evidence of NASH, i.e., hepatic steatosis and fibrosis. RNASeq transcriptome analysis, however, revealed multiple cell-specific changes in gene expression after 1 week that persisted to 40 weeks on the WD. These early markers of disease include induction of acute phase response (<jats:italic>Saa1-2, Orm2<\/jats:italic>), fibrosis (<jats:italic>Col1A1, Col1A2, TGF\u03b2<\/jats:italic>) and NASH associated macrophage (NAM, i.e., <jats:italic>Trem2 high, Mmp12 low<\/jats:italic>). We also noted the induction of transcripts associated with metabolic syndrome, including <jats:italic>Mmp12, Trem2, Gpnmb, Lgals3<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Lpl<\/jats:italic>. Finally, 1 week of WD feeding was sufficient to significantly induce TNF\u03b1, a cytokine involved in both hepatic and systemic inflammation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study revealed early onset changes in the hepatic transcriptome that develop well before any anthropometric or histological evidence of NALFD or NASH and pointed to cell-specific targeting for the prevention of disease progression.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnut.2023.1147602","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,7]],"date-time":"2023-08-07T13:13:51Z","timestamp":1691414031000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Early transcriptome changes associated with western diet induced NASH in Ldlr\u2212\/\u2212 mice points to activation of hepatic macrophages and an acute phase response"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Jyothi","family":"Padiadpu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Melinda H.","family":"Spooner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhipeng","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nolan","family":"Newman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christiane V.","family":"L\u00f6hr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"K. 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