Journal: Journal of Lipid Research
Article Title: Hepatoprotective drug screening identifies daclatasvir, a promising therapeutic candidate for MASLD by targeting PLIN2
doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2025.100835
Figure Lengend Snippet: Screening strategy and functional validation of candidate drugs for MASLD treatment. A: Schematic representation of the characterization and screening strategy employed for the FDA-approved drug library. B: Representative Nile red staining images and quantitative analysis of HuH-7 cell MASLD models in the stimulation of palmitic acid/oleic acid (PA/OA, 0.25 mM/0.5 mM) and in the treatment respectively with 13 candidate drugs for 18 h. Scale bar, 25 μm. Each group was compared with the PA/OA+dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) group. C: Heatmap of fold changes representing the mRNA levels of ATGL , MAGL , IL1β , and TNFα in HuH-7 cell MASLD models challenged with PA/OA (0.25 mM/0.5 mM) and treated with the candidate drugs for 18 h. The PA/OA+DMSO group was served as the control. D: Venn diagram showing the overlap of drugs that reduced lipid droplets in (B), those that increased the expression of ATGL and MAGL , and decreased IL1β and TNFα expression in (C). E: Chemical structure, CAS number, and simplified structure of daclatasvir. F: Cell viability following 24 h-treatment with daclatasvir at the indicated concentrations in HuH-7 cells. Each group was compared with the DMSO group (labeled as daclatasvir 0 μM on the figure). For (B), n = 4 independent biological replicates; for (C), n = 3 independent biological replicates; for (F), n = 6 independent biological replicates. Data are presented as mean ± SD; ∗ P < 0.05, ∗∗ P < 0.01; one-way ANOVA in (B, C, F). BSA, bovine serum albumin; ACV, acyclovir; DCV, daclatasvir; DSV, dasabuvir; FCV, famciclovir; GLE, glecaprevir; IDU, idarubicin; LVD, lamivudine; OBV, ombitasvir; PTV, paritaprevir; RBV, ribavirin; SFV, sofosbuvir; TAF, tenofovir alafenamide; TDF, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
Article Snippet: After cell adhesion, 10 μM daclatasvir or an alternative FDA-approved drug from the library (#L1300, Selleckchem) was added to the culture medium, along with an equivalent volume of DMSO (D2650; Sigma) as a vehicle control.
Techniques: Functional Assay, Biomarker Discovery, Drug discovery, Staining, Control, Expressing, Labeling