Association between liver fibrosis progression and endothelin-1/nitric oxide in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
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摘要:
目的 探讨非酒精性脂肪性肝病(NAFLD)肝纤维化进展是否会对内皮功能产生影响,以早期发现纤维化进展对内皮功能障碍所致心血管疾病的预警。 方法 选取2019年4月—2020年10月就诊于广西中医药大学附属瑞康医院肝病科门诊/住院,经超声诊断为脂肪肝且符合NAFLD诊断标准的患者280例,收集并记录患者的一般资料及各血清学指标。对超声诊断的NAFLD患者进行FibroTouch技术检测,分别记录其脂肪衰减度(FAP)及肝硬度值(LSM),根据LSM将研究对象分为非进展期纤维化组(LSM<11 kPa,n=239) 和进展期纤维化组(LSM≥11 kPa,n=41),比较分析NAFLD肝纤维化进展与内皮素-1(ET-1)、一氧化氮(NO)的关系。计量资料两组间比较采用t检验或Mann-Whitney U检验,相关性分析用Spearman分析方法。 结果 非进展期纤维化组和进展期纤维化组中ET-1(Z=-0.190, P=0.849)、NO(Z=-1.509, P=0.131)的表达水平比较差异无统计学意义。BMI、ALT、AST、GGT、TG、HDL-C在两组间比较差异均有统计学意义(Z值分别为-3.977、-4.162、-3.471、-3.201、-3.202、-3.311,P值均<0.05)。Spearman分析示,LSM与ET-1、NO、NO/ET-1无相关性(rs值分别为-0.046、0.086和0.104,P值均>0.05)。进一步分析了ET-1、NO与血脂、肝功能等指标的相关性,结果显示ET-1与年龄、NO、ALT、AST、GGT、TC、TG、HDL-C、LDL-C、FAP、BMI均不相关(P值均>0.05),NO与年龄、ET-1、ALT、AST、GGT、TC、TG、HDL-C、LDL-C、FAP、BMI各指标间也并无相关性(P值均>0.05)。 结论 在本研究中,NAFLD肝纤维化进展对ET-1、NO无影响,提示纤维化进展可能对内皮功能无影响。 Abstract:Objective To investigate whether the progression of liver fibrosis affects endothelial function in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and to early identify the warning of cardiovascular diseases caused by endothelial dysfunction by liver fibrosis progression. Methods A total of 280 patients who attended the outpatient service or were hospitalized in Department of Liver Disease, Ruikang Hospital Affiliated to Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, from April 2019 to October 2020 were enrolled, and they were diagnosed with fatty liver disease by ultrasound and met the diagnostic criteria for NAFLD. General information and related serological markers were collected and recorded. FibroTouch technique was performed for the NAFLD patients diagnosed by ultrasound to record their fat attenuation parameter (FAP) and liver stiffness measurement (LSM), and according to LSM, the patients were divided into non-progressive fibrosis group (239 patients with LSM < 11 kPa) and progressive fibrosis group (41 patients with LSM ≥11 kPa) to analyze the association between liver fibrosis progression and endothelin-1 (ET-1)/nitric oxide (NO) in NAFLD. The t-test or the Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison of continuous data between two groups, and the Spearman method was used for correlation analysis. Results There were no significant differences between the non-progressive fibrosis group and the progressive fibrosis group in the expression levels of ET-1(Z=-0.190, P=0.849) and NO(Z=-1.509, P=0.131), and there were significant differences between the two groups in body mass index (BMI), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), triglyceride (TG), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (Z=-3.977, -4.162, -3.471, -3.201, -3.202, and -3.311, all P < 0.05). The Spearman analysis showed that LSM was not correlated with ET-1, NO, and NO/ET-1 (rs=-0.046, 0.086, and 0.104, all P > 0.05). Further analysis of the correlation of ET-1 and NO with each index showed that ET-1 was not correlated with age, NO, ALT, AST, GGT, total cholesterol, TG, HDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), FAP, and BMI (rs=-0.017, 0.054, -0.067, -0.016, -0.031, 0.004, 0.051, -0.084, -0.030, 0.080, and 0.044, all P > 0.05), and NO was not correlated with age, ET-1, ALT, AST, GGT, total cholesterol, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, FAP, and BMI (rs=0.004, 0.054, 0.011, 0.052, 0.004, -0.051, -0.052, -0.012, -0.076, -0.013, and -0.021, all P > 0.05). Conclusion This study shows that liver fibrosis progression in NAFLD has no impact on ET-1 and NO, suggesting that fibrosis progression may have no influence on endothelial function. -
Key words:
- Liver Cirrhosis /
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease /
- Endothelin-1 /
- Nitric Oxide
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表 1 两组NAFLD患者ET-1、NO等血清学指标及一般资料比较
指标 非进展期纤维化组
(n=239)进展期纤维化组
(n=41)统计值 P值 年龄(岁) 46.80±12.27 47.39±13.16 t=-0.280 0.577 NO(μmol/L) 36.65(23.47~55.06) 43.96(33.25~57.66) Z=-1.509 0.131 ET-1(pg/mL) 56.41(39.10~77.17) 57.71(39.98~73.49) Z=-0.190 0.849 ALT(U/L) 26(18~39) 46(31~77) Z=-4.162 <0.001 AST(U/L) 24(18~32) 34(22~61) Z=-3.471 0.001 GGT(U/L) 36(25~56) 47(35~77) Z=-3.201 0.001 TC(mmol/L) 5.00±1.04 4.70±1.31 t=1.601 0.083 TG(mmol/L) 1.78(1.26~2.61) 1.29(0.92~1.82) Z=-3.202 0.001 HDL-C(mmol/L) 1.13(1.00~1.35) 0.97(0.81~1.17) Z=-3.311 0.001 LDL-C(mmol/L) 2.87±0.89 2.78±0.93 t=0.639 0.725 FAP(db/m) 258.56±36.98 272.90±36.55 t=-2.297 0.552 BMI(kg/m2) 26.39(24.44~28.69) 27.39(26.27~31.51) Z=-3.977 <0.001 NO/ET-1 0.70(0.43~1.05) 0.75(0.54~1.18) Z=-1.291 0.197 表 2 ET-1、NO及NO/ET-1与LSM的相关性分析
指标 rs值 P值 NO 0.086 0.153 ET-1 -0.046 0.443 NO/ET-1 0.104 0.082 表 3 ET-1与各指标的相关性分析
指标 ET-1 NO rs值 P值 rs值 P值 年龄 -0.017 0.771 0.004 0.941 NO/ET-1 0.054 0.369 0.054 0.369 ALT -0.067 0.265 0.011 0.860 AST -0.016 0.788 0.052 0.383 GGT -0.031 0.603 0.004 0.951 TC 0.004 0.952 -0.051 0.399 TG 0.051 0.394 -0.052 0.389 HDL-C -0.084 0.162 -0.012 0.729 LDL-C -0.030 0.620 -0.076 0.205 FAP 0.080 0.180 -0.013 0.832 BMI 0.044 0.466 -0.021 0.729 -
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