The Interplay of Iron and Lipid Homeostasis in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

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Clinton J. Kidman https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-1171
Cyril D.S. Mamotte https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1831-3921
Keea R. Inder-Smith
Mark J. Tobin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1862-0649
Mark J. Hackett https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3296-7270
Ross M. Graham https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9336-3999

Keywords

cholesterol, iron metabolism, lipid metabolism, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, triglycerides

Abstract

The liver is essential for numerous metabolic functions and is the primary site of iron storage and regulation in addition to maintaining critical functions in lipid metabolism. Both iron deficiency and overload have been demonstrated as being involved with metabolic dysfunction; hence, tight regulation of iron absorption is essential to maintain health. Approximately one-third of individuals suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease have elevated hepatic iron concentrations, with increased iron associated with increased disease severity, suggesting a convergence in dysregulation between lipid and iron metabolism. Increasingly, the literature is demonstrating, using a myriad of model organisms and iron-loading methods, that iron loading induces dysregulation in multiple aspects of hepatic lipid metabolism. However, the molecular mechanisms involved, and their subsequent effects on human diseases, are unclear. As iron is a fundamental component of many enzymes and proteins involved in lipid metabolism and is involved in the production of free radicals and oxidative stress, the mechanisms are numerous. In this review, we examine and summarise the dysregulation that iron loading elicits on hepatic lipid availability, de novo synthesis, catabolism, and export. We propose that understanding the interplay between iron and lipid metabolism holds the key to unlocking the complexities of disease development and progression, ultimately leading to improved therapeutic avenues.

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