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Pursuing the holy grail of Precision Medicine based approaches for NASH Arun J. Sanyal M.B.B.S., M.D. Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Molecular Pathology Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

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Pursuing the holy grail of Precision Medicine based approaches for NASH

Arun J. Sanyal M.B.B.S., M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Molecular Pathology

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

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Conflicts of Interest

• Dr. Sanyal is President of Sanyal Biotechnologies

• Stock options for Genfit, Tiziana, Indalo, Durect, Exhalenz, Galmed

• Consultant- Gilead, Intercept*, Allergan*, Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Astra Zeneca-Medimmune*, Novartis, Pfizer, Genentech*, Merck, Bristol Myers*, Boehringer Ingelhiem*, Immuron*, Echosense, GE, OWL*, Birdrock, Tern, Sundise, RedX*, IFMO, Lipocine*, Innovate*, Zydus*, AMRA, Hemoshear,

• Grant support: Bristol Myers, Intercept, Gilead, Allergan, Merck, Echosense, Novartis, Boehringer Ingelhiem

* no financial remuneration in last 24 months

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Diet-induced obesity

Arteries(Hypertension,CVD, CAD, PVD)

Heart(HFPEF)

Pancreas(T2DM)

Kidney(CKD)

NAFLD is part of a multi-system disease process

CAD, coronary artery disease; CKD, chronic kidney disease; CVD, cerebrovascular disease; CVS, cardiovascular system; HFPEF, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Liver(NAFLD)

Metabolic stressSystemic inflammation and fibrosis

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GeneticEpigenetic

Microbiome

LifestyleDiabetes

Age

Alcohol

Ethnicity

NAFLD is a multifactorial disease

Courtesy- Jelena Mann

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Personalized management of NAFLD

Assessment of risk

Primary Prevention

Diagnosis and Prognosis

PersonalizedTherapeutic strategy

PersonalizedResponse-guided

therapy

• Family History• GWAS• Microbiome• Behavioral analysis

STRATIFY FOR RISK OFOBESITY, DIABETES,HEART DISEASE, NAFLDAND CIRRHOSIS

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Genetics influences the development and progression of NASH

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1812 (2011) 1557–1566

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Metabo-phenotyping may allow subsegmentation of the population

Individual BCP

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𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡

𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑐𝑙𝑒

𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡

𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑡

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𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑡

Linge et al. Obesity 2018. Body Composition Profiling in the UK Biobank Imaging Study. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.22210

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Role of the Gut Microbiome in Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus

Barlow et al, Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Volume: 30, Issue: 6, Pages: 787-797, First

published: 09 October 2015, DOI: (10.1177/0884533615609896)

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How the microbiome impacts NASH development

normal

OTU

NAFLD

• 30 OTU- NAS• 3 OTU- stage 3-4

normal

Transcriptomicprofile

Amino acidmetabolism glycolysis

Carbohydratedigestion

NASH

• 12 pathways altered with NASH

normal

Fecalmetabolome

Spermidinepolyamines

Indolepropionatephenyllactate

Sec Bile Acid SCFA

Oxidant stress

FXR signalingBacterial overgrowth

Gut barrierendotoxin

Endothelial dysfunctionOncogenesisMitochondrial health

Matsumoto et al, Nutrients. 2019 May 27;11(5). , Puri et al Hepatology. 2018 Feb;67(2):534-548, Sanyal et al, AASLD 2019Madeo et al, Science. 2018 Jan 26;359(6374)

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Diet-microbial interactions can be used to leverage the gut endocrine functions

TGR5

GLP-1

Release

b

Blood glucose

Insulin

Release

IntestineL Cells

b

Blood glucose

Insulin

Release

α

GLP-1

CDCA > LCA > CA

Kumar et al, BBRC 2012Kumar et al, JBC, 2016

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Veillonella improves exercise capacity by conversion of lactate to propionate in marathon runners

Schieman et al, Nat Med. 2019 Jun 24. doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0485-4

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Pathophysiological implications

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Koob, Volkow, 2017

Binge/Intoxication Dopamine Opioid peptides Serotonin GABA Acetylcholine

Withdrawal/Negative Affect CRF Dynorphin Norepinephrine Hypocretin (Orexin) Substance P Dopamine Serotonin NPY Nociceptin Endocannabinoids Oxytocin

Preoccupation/Anticipation Dopamine Glutamate Hypocretin Serotonin CRF

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Are subjects with NASH able to change their lifestyle? Data on their stages of change from URICA

Pre- Contem Action Main0

25

50

75Pre-contemplation

Contemplation

Action

Maintenance

contemplation plation tenance

score

s

The precontemplation scores were higher than those for other stagesOf change indicating that most subjects did not perceive that their Lifestyle (diet, exercise) contributed to their NASH

Stewart et al, Liver International 2016

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The critical role of behavioral factors in the metabolic syndrome and NAFLD

GENETICS

ECONOMIC

SOCIAL

CULTURAL

POLITICAL

BEHAVIOR• healthy lifestyle choices• Compliance• Motivation• Ability to change behavior

DISEASEPREDISPOSITIONPHENOTYPEPROGRESSION

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Potential primary interventions

• Personalized behavioral intervention:• based on stage of change

• based on social support systems

• based on cultural, social and economic considerations

• Diet:• calorie control for all

• specific interventions to modulate microbiome

• Activity and sleep:• shift workers at particular risk and may need special

approaches to avoid bad eating-activity choices

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There remains an unmet need for fully integrated models of disease development

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Personalized management of NAFLDAssessment of risk

Primary Prevention

Diagnosis and Prognosis

PersonalizedTherapeutic strategy

PersonalizedResponse-guided

therapy

• Non-invasive diagnostic tools• Selection of liver bx candidates• Identification of underlying mechanisms• Selection of best therapy

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Some basic concepts in NASH

Disease Onset

cirrhosis

Disease Activity

Stag

e

Liver-related outcomes

SteatohepatitisDisease activity scores(NAS)

Fibrosis

Is there a more precise,Individualized way to evaluate the drivers of disease and targetthem for treatment and use themto assess treatment response?

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Disease Predisposition

Genetics

• PNPLA3:• Conserved from potatoes to

humans- TG lipase• Disconnects NASH from insulin

resistance• Accounts for 12-20% of variability

in phenotype

• TM6SF2:• Impairs lipid transport• Related to more advanced disease

HOW IN THE WORLDDOES THIS LEAD TO NASH?

Disease initiators:• Adiposity• Drugs (amiodarone)• TPN• Jejuno-ileal bypass• Genetic disorders• Systemic inflammation

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SNPs do not live in a vaccum: learning how SNPs work together in a stressed environment to drive phenotype

NAFL NASH 0 1 2 3

Chen et al, PLoS One. 2013; 8(7): e65982.

Key pathways associated with NASH• eIF recycling• Terpenoid synthesis• Cholesterol synthesis• Steroid biosynthesis

mRNA splicing pathway

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DNA methylation signatures reflect aging in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Loomba et al, JCI Insight. 2018 Jan 25;3(2).

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The molecular signature is expected to reflect the point of disease reversal and mechanism of disease reversal

Die

t /

Bas

elin

e

8 wks 22 wks 52 wks

Sterol / Fatty AcidMetabolism

PPARα Signaling

Inflammation

ECM / Fibrosis

Proliferation / Tumor

NAFL NASH F0-2 NASH F3 + HCC

Concordance with humans with NAFL/early NASH- Transcriptome (GSEA, PCR)- Western blots- Immunohistochemistry

GSEA concordance withHumans with cirrhosisNASH HCC

Cazanave et al, Scientific Reports, Dec 2017

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NASH vs Healthy

SLC1A2

TUBA8

TNIP1

DNAH11

SOD1

EIF3CL

CCS

DYNLT1

SLC29A1

AJUBA

RCC2

CREBZF

SMG5

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CALM2

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RRP1B

WIPI1

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CEP57

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KLHDC1

RBM7

DIABLO

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ATP1B3

PEA15

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MAPRE1

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TMEM67

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KIF1C

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EIF4EBP2

NPHP1

FERMT2

LASP1

RAN

CBLL1

CSTB

VASPNFATC3

RNF187

PHLPP1

IGSF5

SH2D3A

KCND3

TESK2

TJP2

CTNNA3LIMK1

KRT18

CFL2NECTIN1

PPIF

LPP

SNX27

MAP3K20

CMYA5

EPHB6

MERTK

LNX2

PDLIM5

ACTR10

KRT8

SENP2

KCNS2

KPNA2

IPO5

LRRTM3

IFT172

LAMC3

CFL1

LCP1

ITPR2

IRF1

CTSB

JUP

GNAT1

TFDP2

CDK14

CYCS

HMGA1

EFCAB6

HIST2H2AC

TOP2A

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Immune function

IGF regulation &

platelet activation

Phospholipids in phagocytosis, TP53

regulates metabolic genes, FGFR

signaling

FA, TAG metabolism

Intermediate,

glucose metabolism

Hoang et al, MS under review 2019

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Critical networks that drive histological activity (NAFLD ACTIVITY SCORES)

PPI= protein-protein interactome

Hubs= central components of communitiesHoang et al, 2019, MS under review

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Top networks related to severity of fibrosis

GPCRs

Hoang et al, 2019, MS under review

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Top pathways linked to severity of histological activity and fibrosis stage

NAFLD activity score Fibrosis stage

1 Intrinsic pathway for Apoptosis Ephrin-signaling

2 Fc epsilon receptor signaling CDK Chk1/2

3 Regulation of PTEN TP53

4 Transcription of TP53 RHO GTPases

5 Vesicle-mediated transport EphB-forward signaling

6 TNFR2-noncanonical NFkB G2 cell cycle

7 T cell receptor signaling Fc gamma receptor signaling

8 Membrane trafficking Signaling by MET

9 Programmed cell death Chondroitin metabolism

10 MHC class II antigen processing TP53 mediated transcription

Based on Gene Set Variance Analysis (GSVA)

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Development of a gene-NAS (gNAS) score that is associated with histological NAS

Hoang et al, AASLD 2018

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Development of a gene-Fibrosis (g-fib) score

Hoang et al, AASLD 2018

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Molecular subtypes with distinct reactomeclusters not distinguishable by histological NAS

Cluster 1: immune regulation, cluster 2: cell proliferation, cluster 3: ECM

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Sample clusters with distinct reactome pathway clusters linked to fibrosis stage

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Subtypes of NASH based on methionine metabolome

Mayo et al, Hepatol Commun. 2018 Jul; 2(7): 807–820.

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End Treatment Response Biomarkers for vitamin E (results from PIVENS)

Metabolites* Vit.E responder vsVit.E non-responder

Fold change P-value†

Gamma-

glutamylleucine

0.82 0.02

Gamma-

glutamylvaline

0.80 0.03

Sphingosine 0.64 0.02

* ANCOVA model adjusting for baseline level of metabolites † Tukey’s post test for pairwise comparisons

Cheng et al, PlosONE September, 2012

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Monocyte-derived hepatocyte like cells provide personalized assessment of drug-induced toxicity risk

Benesic et al, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2018;16:1488–1494

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Personalized management of NAFLDAssessment of risk

Primary Prevention

Diagnosis and Prognosis

PersonalizedTherapeutic strategy

PersonalizedResponse-guided

therapy

• Noninvasive assessment of outcomes• Selection of second line Rx• Optimization of outcomes by

combining behavioral, dietary and drug Rx

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So where do we go from here?

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New data bring new questions

• Do static analyses predict dynamic changes in disease state?

• How to leverage this to understand spontaneous waxing and waning of disease?

• Will molecular subtype targeted therapy enhance efficacy rates?

• Can we make a NASH-chip so that we can identify which pathway is relevant for which patient?

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3-D in vitro culture systems with flow may be a tool in Precision Medicine

Hemodynamic Flow

Interstitial Flow

Transport

Inflow

HSTx NASH

System

Human Biopsies (Puri et al. (2007))

NAFL NASH

Log2 FC p-value Log2 FC

p-

value Log2 FC p-value

TOTAL 1.1 <0.01 1.6 <0.05 1.5 <0.05

SFA 1.1 <0.01 1.7 <0.05 1.4 <0.05

MUFA 2.0 <0.01 2.5 n.s. 2.1 <0.05

PUFA -0.1 0.70 0.5 <0.05 0.9 <0.05

n-6/n-3 ratio 0.5 <0.01 0.7 <0.05 0.5 <0.05

FFA 0.5 0.06 0.1 n.s. 0.1 n.s.

DAG 2.1 <0.01 1.4 <0.05 0.8 <0.05

TAG 2.4 <0.01 3.2 <0.05 2.9 <0.05

CE 0.6 0.01 0.2 n.s. 0.0 n.s.

PC -0.3 0.13 -0.4 <0.05 -0.3 n.s.

PE -0.4 0.08 -0.3 <0.05 0.0 n.s.

SM 0.2 0.37 -0.2 n.s. 0.4 n.s.

Dash et al, American Journal of Physiology, 2013

Hemoshear (HSTX) system

FFA + insulin + TNF

Feaver et al, JCI Insight. 2016 Dec 8;1(20):e90954

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Exploring Combination Therapies

As an example, introducing multiple drugs in search of synergies opens the door

for potential combination therapies.

Pathway Response

-0,75

-0,50

-0,25

0,00

0,25

0,50

0,75

1,00

1,25

1,50

1,75

2,00

FXR Signaling

Cholesterol Biosynthesis

Gluconeogenesis

TGFB Signaling

Collagen Formation

Inflammation

NASH

HEALTHY

OCA

LY2109761

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Hypothetical patient stratification

Impaired satiety mechanisms

Impaired thermogenesis

Periph adipogenesis/lipolysis

Adipose inflammation

Augmented DNL

Impaired TG formation

Inappropriate TG lipolysis

Active lipotoxic lipid synthesis

Liver inflammatory pathways

Impaired wound response

Augmented fibrogenesis

Pathway category: Pt A Pt B Pt CLikelihood of

contributing to NASH

phenotype

Low

High

PNPLA3?→

“lean NASH”

Courtesy- Brent Tetri

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Stratification → targeted treatment“Personalized medicine”

Impaired satiety mechanisms

Impaired thermogenesis

Periph adipogenesis/lipolysis

Adipose inflammation

Augmented DNL

Impaired TG formation

Inappropriate TG lipolysis

Active lipotoxic lipid synthesis

Liver inflammatory pathways

Impaired wound response

Augmented fibrogenesis

Pathway category: Pt A Pt B Pt C

PNPLA3?→

“lean NASH”

ACC1, SCD inhib.

JNK inhib?

PPARγ ligands

PGC1α activators

Central modulation

?

CYP4 inhibitors

iPLA2 inhibitors

Hedgehog inhib

Galectin inhib?

DGAT2 activators

Courtesy- Brent Tetri

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Huang Dee: Nai-Ching (2600 BC, First Medical Text)

Superior doctors prevent the diseaseMediocre doctors treat the disease before evident

Inferior doctors treat the full-blown disease

Everest View, Kala Patthar, Nepal