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Delarue J, Allain-Jeannic G, Guillerm S, Cruciani-Guglielmacci C, Magnan C, Moineau MP, Le Guen V. Interaction of low dose of fish oil and glucocorticoids on insulin sensitivity and lipolysis in healthy humans: A randomized controlled study. Mol Nutr Food Res 2016; 60:886-96. [PMID: 26821227 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201500469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2015] [Revised: 11/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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SCOPE This study examined the interaction of fish oil (FO) with dexamethasone on glucose and lipid metabolisms in healthy subjects. METHODS AND RESULTS The study included two consecutive parts. Part A (randomized) in 16 subjects studied the effects of dexamethasone (2 days, 2 mg/day) versus placebo (lactose), part B (two parallel subgroups of eight) studied the interaction of FO (3 wk, 840 mg/day of EPA + DHA) with dexamethasone. Insulin sensitivity of lipolysis (d5-glycerol infusion + microdialysis), endogenous glucose production, and muscle glucose uptake were assessed by a three-step hot insulin clamp and substrate oxidation by indirect calorimetry. Dexamethasone induced liver and peripheral insulin resistance, an increase in fat oxidation, and a decrease in suppression of plasma nonesterified fatty acids (NEFAs). FO amplified the effects of dexamethasone by increasing liver and muscle insulin resistance, by reducing suppression of plasma NEFAs and fat oxidation and by increasing adipose tissue (AT) lipolysis. CONCLUSION FO, given at a moderate dose in healthy subjects prior to a very short-term (2 days) low dose of a synthetic glucocorticoid, worsened its deleterious effects on insulin sensitivity. The enhancing effect of FO on fat oxidation and AT lipolysis might be a protective effect toward an increase in fat mass.
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- Jacques Delarue
- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Laboratory of Human Nutrition, University Hospital of Brest, Brest University, Brest, France.,Breton Federation of Food and Human Nutrition (FED4216), University of Brest, Brest, France
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Laboratory of Human Nutrition, University Hospital of Brest, Brest University, Brest, France
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Laboratory of Human Nutrition, University Hospital of Brest, Brest University, Brest, France
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- BFA, UMR 8251 CNRS, Sorbonne Paris Cité, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology Toxicology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest University, Brest, France
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Laboratory of Human Nutrition, University Hospital of Brest, Brest University, Brest, France
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Kapadia B, Viswakarma N, Parsa KVL, Kain V, Behera S, Suraj SK, Babu PP, Kar A, Panda S, Zhu YJ, Jia Y, Thimmapaya B, Reddy JK, Misra P. ERK2-mediated phosphorylation of transcriptional coactivator binding protein PIMT/NCoA6IP at Ser298 augments hepatic gluconeogenesis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83787. [PMID: 24358311 PMCID: PMC3866170 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 11/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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PRIP-Interacting protein with methyl transferase domain (PIMT) serves as a molecular bridge between CREB-binding protein (CBP)/ E1A binding protein p300 (Ep300) -anchored histone acetyl transferase and the Mediator complex sub-unit1 (Med1) and modulates nuclear receptor transcription. Here, we report that ERK2 phosphorylates PIMT at Ser(298) and enhances its ability to activate PEPCK promoter. We observed that PIMT is recruited to PEPCK promoter and adenoviral-mediated over-expression of PIMT in rat primary hepatocytes up-regulated expression of gluconeogenic genes including PEPCK. Reporter experiments with phosphomimetic PIMT mutant (PIMT(S298D)) suggested that conformational change may play an important role in PIMT-dependent PEPCK promoter activity. Overexpression of PIMT and Med1 together augmented hepatic glucose output in an additive manner. Importantly, expression of gluconeogenic genes and hepatic glucose output were suppressed in isolated liver specific PIMT knockout mouse hepatocytes. Furthermore, consistent with reporter experiments, PIMT(S298D) but not PIMT(S298A) augmented hepatic glucose output via up-regulating the expression of gluconeogenic genes. Pharmacological blockade of MAPK/ERK pathway using U0126, abolished PIMT/Med1-dependent gluconeogenic program leading to reduced hepatic glucose output. Further, systemic administration of T4 hormone to rats activated ERK1/2 resulting in enhanced PIMT ser(298) phosphorylation. Phosphorylation of PIMT led to its increased binding to the PEPCK promoter, increased PEPCK expression and induction of gluconeogenesis in liver. Thus, ERK2-mediated phosphorylation of PIMT at Ser(298) is essential in hepatic gluconeogenesis, demonstrating an important role of PIMT in the pathogenesis of hyperglycemia.
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- Bandish Kapadia
- Department of Biology, Dr Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, An Associate Institute of University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biology, Dr Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, An Associate Institute of University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biology, Dr Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, An Associate Institute of University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biology, Dr Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, An Associate Institute of University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biology, Dr Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, An Associate Institute of University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of Life Sciences, Devi Ahilya University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Life Sciences, Devi Ahilya University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- * E-mail: (PM); (JKR)
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- Department of Biology, Dr Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, An Associate Institute of University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- * E-mail: (PM); (JKR)
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Flachs P, Rossmeisl M, Kuda O, Kopecky J. Stimulation of mitochondrial oxidative capacity in white fat independent of UCP1: A key to lean phenotype. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2013; 1831:986-1003. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2013.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Revised: 02/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/09/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Frasson D, Boschini RP, Chaves VE, dos Santos MESM, Paula Gomes SD, Valentim RR, Garófalo MAR, Navegantes LCC, Migliorini RH, Kettelhut IDC. The sympathetic nervous system regulates the three glycerol-3P generation pathways in white adipose tissue of fasted, diabetic and high-protein diet-fed rats. Metabolism 2012; 61:1473-85. [PMID: 22592131 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2012.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2010] [Revised: 03/19/2012] [Accepted: 03/20/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the participation of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) in the control of glycerol-3-P (G3P) generating pathways in white adipose tissue (WAT) of rats in three situations in which the plasma insulin levels are low. WAT from 48 h fasted animals, 3 day-streptozotocin diabetic animals and high-protein, carbohydrate-free (HP) diet-fed rats was surgical denervated and the G3P generation pathways were evaluated. Food deprivation, diabetes and the HP diet provoke a marked decrease in the rate of glucose uptake and glycerokinase (GyK) activity, but a significant increase in the glyceroneogenesis, estimated by the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) activity and the incorporation of 1-[(14)C]-pyruvate into glycerol-TAG. The denervation provokes a reduction (~70%) in the NE content of WAT in fasted, diabetic and HP diet-fed rats. The denervation induced an increase in WAT glucose uptake of fed, fasted, diabetic and HP diet-fed rats (40%, 60%, 3.2 fold and 35%, respectively). TAG-glycerol synthesis from pyruvate was reduced by denervation in adipocytes of fed (58%) and fasted (36%), saline-treated (58%) and diabetic (23%), and HP diet-fed rats (11%). In these same groups the denervation reduced the PEPCK mRNA expression (75%-95%) and the PEPCK activity (35%-60%). The denervation caused a ~35% decrease in GyK activity of control rats and a further ~35% reduction in the already low enzyme activity of fasted, diabetic and HP diet-fed rats. These data suggest that the SNS plays an important role in modulating G3P generating pathways in WAT, in situations where insulin levels are low.
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- Danúbia Frasson
- Department of Biochemistry-Immunology, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Chaves VE, Frasson D, Garófalo MAR, Navegantes LCC, Migliorini RH, Kettelhut IC. Increased Glyceride–Glycerol Synthesis in Liver and Brown Adipose Tissue of Rat: In-Vivo Contribution of Glycolysis and Glyceroneogenesis. Lipids 2012; 47:773-80. [DOI: 10.1007/s11745-012-3683-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Accepted: 05/16/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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White H, Koser S, Donkin S. Gluconeogenic enzymes are differentially regulated by fatty acid cocktails in Madin-Darby bovine kidney cells. J Dairy Sci 2012; 95:1249-56. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2011] [Accepted: 11/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Buzelle SL, Santos MP, Baviera AM, Lopes CF, Garófalo MAR, Navegantes LCC, Kettelhut IC, Chaves VE, Kawashita NH. A low-protein, high-carbohydrate diet increases the adipose lipid content without increasing the glycerol-3-phosphate or fatty acid content in growing rats. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2011; 88:1157-65. [PMID: 21164562 DOI: 10.1139/y10-096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The amount of triacylglycerol (TAG) that accumulates in adipose tissue depends on 2 opposing processes: lipogenesis and lipolysis. We have previously shown that the weight and lipid content of epididymal (EPI) adipose tissue increases in growing rats fed a low-protein, high-carbohydrate (LPHC) diet for 15 days. The aim of this work was to study the pathways involved in lipogenesis and lipolysis, which ultimately regulate lipid accumulation in the tissue. De novo fatty acid synthesis was evaluated in vivo and was similar for rats fed an LPHC diet or a control diet; however, the LPHC-fed rats had decreased lipoprotein lipase activity in the EPI adipose tissue, which suggests that there was a decreased uptake of fatty acids from the circulating lipoproteins. The LPHC diet did not affect synthesis of glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) via glycolysis or glyceroneogenesis. Glycerokinase activity - i.e., the phosphorylation of glycerol from the hydrolysis of endogenous TAG to form G3P - was also not affected in LPHC-fed rats. In contrast, adipocytes from LPHC animals had a reduced lipolytic response when stimulated by norepinephrine, even though the basal adipocyte lipolytic rate was similar for both of the groups. Thus, the results suggest that the reduction of lipolytic activity stimulated by norepinephrine seems essential for the TAG increase observed in the EPI adipose tissue of LPHC animals, probably by impairment of the process of activation of lipolysis by norepinephrine.
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- Samyra L Buzelle
- Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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Cadoudal T, Fouque F, Benelli C, Forest C. [Glyceroneogenesis and PEPCK-C: pharmacological targets in type 2 diabetes]. Med Sci (Paris) 2008; 24:407-13. [PMID: 18405640 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2008244407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Obesity is a major risk factor for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. The link between hypertrophied adipose tissue and this pathology is thought to be non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) arising from adipocyte lipolysis. Sustained increase in plasma NEFA induces insulin resistance. In adipocytes, a significant part of lipolytic NEFA is re-esterified to triacylglycerol. Re-esterification requires glycerol-3-phosphate which, during fasting, is synthesized from lactate, pyruvate or certain amino acids in a metabolic pathway named glyceroneogenesis. The key enzyme in this pathway is the cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK-C). In this review, we postulate that thiazolidinediones exert their hypolipidemic and antidiabetic effects in adipose tissue at least in part through a rapid and selective induction of PEPCK-C gene transcription leading to increased PEPCK-C and glyceroneogenesis. Subsequent fatty acid re-esterification participates in the reduction in blood NEFA and insulin resistance.
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- Thomas Cadoudal
- Inserm UMR-S 747 ; Université Paris Descartes, Centre universitaire des Saints-Pères, 45, rue des Saints-Pères, 75006 Paris, France
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Chaves VE, Frasson D, Martins-Santos MES, Boschini RP, Garófalo MAR, Festuccia WTL, Kettelhut IC, Migliorini RH. Glyceroneogenesis is reduced and glucose uptake is increased in adipose tissue from cafeteria diet-fed rats independently of tissue sympathetic innervation. J Nutr 2006; 136:2475-80. [PMID: 16988112 DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.10.2475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The pathways of glycerol-3-P (G3P) generation were examined in retroperitoneal (RETRO) and epididymal (EPI) adipose tissues from rats fed a cafeteria diet for 3 wk. The cafeteria diet induced marked increases in body fat mass and in the plasma levels of insulin and triacylglycerol (TAG). RETRO and EPI from cafeteria diet-fed rats had increased rates of norepinephrine turnover (143 and 60%, respectively) and of de novo fatty acid (FA) synthesis (58 and 98%), compared with controls fed a balanced commercial diet. Cafeteria diet feeding induced marked increases in RETRO and EPI in vivo rates of glucose uptake (52 and 51%, respectively), used to evaluate G3P generation via glycolysis, as well as in glycerokinase activity (119 and 36%) and TAG-glycerol synthesis from glycerol (56 and 71%, respectively). In contrast, there was a marked reduction of glyceroneogenesis in RETRO and EPI from cafeteria diet-fed rats, which was evidenced by the significant decreases of P-enolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK-C) activity (48 and 36%) and TAG-glycerol synthesis from pyruvate (45 and 56%, respectively). Denervation of RETRO from cafeteria diet-fed rats reduced the activity of glycerokinase by 50%, but did not affect glucose uptake or PEPCK-C activity and TAG-glycerol synthesis from pyruvate by the tissue. The data show that glyceroneogenesis can also be inhibited to adjust the supply of G3P to the existing rates of FA esterification and TAG synthesis and suggest that this adjustment is made by reciprocal changes in the generation of G3P from glucose via glycolysis and from glyceroneogenesis, independently from G3P production by glycerokinase.
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- Valéria E Chaves
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 14049-900 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Brito SC, Festuccia WL, Kawashita NH, Moura MF, Xavier AR, Garófalo MA, Kettelhut IC, Migliorini RH. Increased glyceroneogenesis in adipose tissue from rats adapted to a high-protein, carbohydrate-free diet: role of dietary fatty acids. Metabolism 2006; 55:84-9. [PMID: 16324924 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2005.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2005] [Accepted: 07/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We have previously shown in in vivo experiments that adipose tissue glyceroneogenesis is increased in rats adapted to a high-protein, carbohydrate-free (HP) diet. The objectives of the present study were (1) to verify if the increased glyceroneogenic activity is also observed in isolated adipocytes and (2) to investigate the role of preformed fatty acids in the production of the increased adipose tissue glyceroneogenesis. Control rats received a balanced diet, with the same lipid content of the HP diet. Glyceroneogenic activity was found to be higher in adipocytes from HP rats than in controls, as evidenced by increased rates of conversion of pyruvate and lactate to triacylglycerol (TAG)-glycerol. Administration of Triton WR 1339, which blocks the removal of TAG incorporated into circulating lipoproteins, to HP diet-adapted rats caused a significant reduction in the incorporation of 14C-pyruvate into TAG-glycerol by adipose tissue, which was accompanied by a marked inhibition of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activity, the key enzyme of glyceroneogenesis. The inhibitory effect of Triton on TAG-glycerol synthesis by adipose tissue was also observed in vivo, after administration of 3H2O. Adaptation to the HP diet induced a marked increase in the activity of retroperitoneal and epididymal fat LPL, which was restored to control values 24 hours after replacement of the HP diet by the balanced diet. The data suggest that in rats adapted to a carbohydrate-free diet, adipose tissue glyceroneogenesis is activated by an increased use of diet-derived fatty acids.
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- Salete Cipriano Brito
- Department of Biochemistry-Immunology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 14049-900 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Wang X, Chamberlain M, Vassieva O, Henderson C, Wolf C. Relationship between hepatic phenotype and changes in gene expression in cytochrome P450 reductase (POR) null mice. Biochem J 2005; 388:857-67. [PMID: 15717863 PMCID: PMC1183466 DOI: 10.1042/bj20042087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Cytochrome P450 reductase is the unique electron donor for microsomal cytochrome P450s; these enzymes play a major role in the metabolism of endogenous and xenobiotic compounds. In mice with a liver-specific deletion of cytochrome P450 reductase, hepatic cytochrome P450 activity is ablated, with consequent changes in bile acid and lipid homoeostasis. In order to gain insights into the metabolic changes resulting from this phenotype, we have analysed changes in hepatic mRNA expression using microarray analysis and real-time PCR. In parallel with the perturbations in bile acid levels, changes in the expression of key enzymes involved in cholesterol and lipid homoeostasis were observed in hepatic cytochrome P450 reductase null mice. This was characterized by a reduced expression of Cyp7b1, and elevation of Cyp7a1 and Cyp8b1 expression. The levels of mRNAs for other cytochrome P450 genes, including Cyp2b10, Cyp2c29, Cyp3a11 and Cyp3a16, were increased, demonstrating that endogenous factors play a role in regulating the expression of these proteins and that the increases are due, at least in part, to altered levels of transcripts. In addition, levels of mRNAs encoding genes involved in glycolysis and lipid transport were also increased; the latter may provide an explanation for the increased hepatic lipid content observed in the hepatic null mice. Serum testosterone and oestradiol levels were lowered, accompanied by significantly decreased expression of Hsd3b2 (3beta-hydroxy-Delta5-steroid dehydrogenase-2), Hsd3b5 (3beta-hydroxy-Delta5-steroid dehydrogenase-5) and Hsd11b1 (11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1), key enzymes in steroid hormone metabolism. These microarray data provide important insights into the control of metabolic pathways by the cytochrome system.
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- Xiu Jun Wang
- *Cancer Research UK Molecular Pharmacology Unit, Biomedical Research Centre, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, U.K
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- *Cancer Research UK Molecular Pharmacology Unit, Biomedical Research Centre, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, U.K
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- †CXR Biosciences Ltd, James Lindsay Place, Dundee Technopole, Dundee DD1 5JJ, U.K
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- *Cancer Research UK Molecular Pharmacology Unit, Biomedical Research Centre, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, U.K
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- *Cancer Research UK Molecular Pharmacology Unit, Biomedical Research Centre, Level 5, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, U.K
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Cadoudal T, Leroyer S, Reis AF, Tordjman J, Durant S, Fouque F, Collinet M, Quette J, Chauvet G, Beale E, Velho G, Antoine B, Benelli C, Forest C. Proposed involvement of adipocyte glyceroneogenesis and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in the metabolic syndrome. Biochimie 2005; 87:27-32. [PMID: 15733733 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2004.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2004] [Accepted: 12/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Elevated concentration of plasma non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) is now recognized as a key factor in the onset of insulin-resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus. During fasting, circulating NEFAs arise from white adipose tissue (WAT) as a consequence of lipolysis from stored triacylglycerols. However, a significant part of these FAs (30-70%) is re-esterified within the adipocyte, so that a recycling occurs and net FA output is much less than << true >> lipolysis. Indeed, a balance between two antagonistic processes, lipolysis and FA re-esterification, controls the rate of net FA release from WAT. During fasting, re-esterification requires glyceroneogenesis defined as the de novo synthesis of glycerol-3-P from pyruvate, lactate or certain amino acids. The key enzyme in this process is the cytosolic isoform of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK-C; EC 4.1.1.32). Recent advance has stressed the role of glyceroneogenesis and of PEPCK-C in FA release from WAT. Results indicate that glyceroneogenesis is indeed important to lipid homeostasis and that a disregulation in this pathway may have profound pathophysiological effects. The present review focuses on the regulation of glyceroneogenesis and of PEPCK-C gene expression and activity by FAs, retinoic acids, glucocorticoids and the hypolipidemic class of drugs, thiazolidinediones.
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- Thomas Cadoudal
- Inserm UMR-S 530; Université Paris5, Centre Universitaire, U.F.R. Biomédicale, 45, rue des Saints-Pères, 75006 Paris, France
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Prandota J. Possible pathomechanisms of sudden infant death syndrome: key role of chronic hypoxia, infection/inflammation states, cytokine irregularities, and metabolic trauma in genetically predisposed infants. Am J Ther 2005; 11:517-46. [PMID: 15543094 DOI: 10.1097/01.mjt.0000140648.30948.bd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Chronic hypoxia, viral infections/bacterial toxins, inflammation states, biochemical disorders, and genetic abnormalities are the most likely trigger of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Autopsy studies have shown increased pulmonary density of macrophages and markedly more eosinophils in the lungs accompanied by increased T and B lymphocytes. The elevated levels of immunoglobulins, about 20% more muscle in the pulmonary arteries, increased airway smooth muscle cells, and increased fetal hemoglobin and erythropoietin are evidence of chronic hypoxia before death. Other abnormal findings included mucosal immune stimulation of the tracheal wall, duodenal mucosa, and palatine tonsils, and circulating interferon. Low normal or higher blood levels of cortisol often with petechiae on intrathoracic organs, depleted maternal IgG antibodies to endotoxin core (EndoCAb) and early IgM EndoCAb triggered, partial deletions of the C4 gene, and frequent IL-10-592*A polymorphism in SIDS victims as well as possible hypoxia-induced decreased production of antiinflammatory, antiimmune, and antifibrotic cytokine IL-10, may be responsible for the excessive reactions to otherwise harmless infections. In SIDS infants, during chronic hypoxia and times of infection/inflammation, several proinflammatory cytokines are released in large quantities, sometimes also representing a potential source of tissue damage if their production is not sufficiently well controlled, eg, by pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). These proinflammatory cytokines down-regulate gene expression of major cytochrome P-450 and/or other enzymes with the specific effects on mRNA levels, protein expression, and enzyme activity, thus affecting metabolism of several endogenous lipophilic substances, such as steroids, lipid-soluble vitamins, prostaglandins, leukotrienes, thromboxanes, and exogenous substances. In SIDS victims, chronic hypoxia, TNF-alpha and other inflammatory cytokines, and arachidonic acid (AA) as well as n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (FA), stimulated and/or augmented superoxide generation by polymorphonuclear leukocytes, which contributed to tissue damage. Chronic hypoxia, increased amounts of nonheme iron in the liver and adrenals of these infants, enhanced activity of CYP2C9 regarded as the functional source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in some endothelial cells, and nicotine accumulation in tissues also intensified production of ROS. These increased quantities of proinflammatory cytokines, ROS, AA, and nitric oxide (NO) also resulted in suppression of many CYP450 and other enzymes, eg, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), an enzyme important in the metabolism of FA during gluconeogenesis and glyceroneogenesis. PEPCK deficit found in SIDS infants (caused also by vitamin A deficiency) and eventually enhanced by PACAP lipolysis of adipocyte triglycerides resulted in an increased FA level in blood because of their impaired reesterification to triacylglycerol in adipocytes. In turn, the overproduction and release of FA into the blood of SIDS victims could lead to the metabolic syndrome and an early phase of type 2 diabetes. This is probably the reason for the secondary overexpression of the hepatic CYP2C8/9 content and activity reported in SIDS infants, which intensified AA metabolism. Pulmonary edema and petechial hemorrhages often present in SIDS victims may be the result of the vascular leak syndrome caused by IL-2 and IFN-alpha. Chronic hypoxia with the release of proinflammatory mediators IL-1alpha, IL-1beta and IL-6, and overloading of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems due to the narrowing airways and small pulmonary arteries of these children could also contribute to the development of these abnormalities. Moreover, chronic hypoxia of SIDS infants induced also production of hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha), which stimulated synthesis and release of different growth factors by vascular endothelial cells and intensified subclinical inflammatory reactions in the central nervous system, perhaps potentiated also by PACAP and VIP gene mutations. These processes could lead to the development of brainstem gliosis and disorders in the release of neuromediators important for physiologic sleep regulation. All these changes as well as eventual PACAP abnormalities could result in disturbed homeostatic control of the cardiovascular and respiratory responses of SIDS victims, which, combined with the nicotine effects and metabolic trauma, finally lead to death in these often genetically predisposed children.
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- Joseph Prandota
- Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and Department of Social Pediatrics, Faculty of Public Health, University Medical School, Wroclaw, Poland.
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Moura MAF, Festuccia WTL, Kawashita NH, Garófalo MAR, Brito SRC, Kettelhut IC, Migliorini RH. Brown adipose tissue glyceroneogenesis is activated in rats exposed to cold. Pflugers Arch 2004; 449:463-9. [PMID: 15688247 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-004-1353-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2004] [Revised: 09/14/2004] [Accepted: 09/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
We have previously found that glyceroneogenesis is very active in brown adipose tissue (BAT) and increases in fasted, diabetic and high-protein-diet-fed rats, situations of reduced thermogenic activity. To understand better the role of glyceroneogenesis in BAT glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) generation, we investigated its activity during cold exposure (10 days at 4 degrees C), a condition in which, in contrast to the above situations, BAT thermogenesis is markedly activated. Rates of total (from all sources) BAT fatty acid (FA) synthesis and rates of incorporation of glucose carbon into BAT glyceride-FA and -glycerol in vivo were markedly increased by cold exposure. Cold exposure induced a marked increase in BAT glyceroneogenic activity, evidenced by (1) increased rates of non-glucose carbon incorporation into glyceride-glycerol in vivo and of [1-14C]-pyruvate incorporation into glyceride-glycerol in vitro, and (2) a threefold increase in phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activity. Most of the glyceride-glycerol synthesized by BAT via glyceroneogenesis or from glucose was used to esterify preformed FA. This use was markedly increased by cold exposure, in parallel with a pronounced activation of BAT lipoprotein lipase activity. In conclusion, during cold exposure BAT glyceroneogenesis is markedly activated, contributing to increase the generation of G3P, which is mostly used to esterify preformed FA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Márcia A F Moura
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14049-900, São Paulo, Brazil
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The incidence of some cancers shows dramatic variations around the world that cannot be explained by ethnic or racial differences. Observational studies point to a negative correlation between consumption of fish and incidence of breast and prostate cancer. In vitro and animal model studies indicate that (omega-3) PUFAs present at high concentrations in marine animals inhibit proliferation of cancer cells and growth of tumors. However, how these fatty acids inhibit cell proliferation and tumor growth is a matter of considerable debate. In this review we summarize our recent work indicating that Ca(++) depletion mediated phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eIF2 and subsequent inhibition of translation initiation account for the anti-cancer activity of (omega-3) PUFAs.
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- Huseyin Aktas
- Laboratory for Translational Research and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Besides their role as energetic molecules, fatty acids (FAs) also act as signals involved in regulating gene expression. This review focuses on a few examples of FA regulation. The hepatic lipogenic enzyme, fatty acid synthase (FAS) is negatively regulated by polyunsaturated FAs (PUFAs) which suppress sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 (SREBP 1) gene expression and nuclear content in hepatocytes, thereby reducing FAS gene transcription. It was proposed recently that this reduction in SREBP 1 was the result of a PUFA-induced antagonism of ligand-dependent activation of the liver X nuclear receptor (LXR), known to be an inducer of the SREBP 1 gene. In contrast, several genes are turned on by long-chain (LCFAs) and nonmetabolized FAs in a physiologically relevant manner. These include the acyl-CoA oxidase (AOX), the liver carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (L-CPT 1) and the liver fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP). While induction of AOX gene transcription appears to be PPARalpha-dependent, that of the L-CPT 1 gene seems disconnected from PPAR activation. Results obtained in preadipocytes and in intestine cells are in support of a key role played by the beta/delta isoform of PPAR in LCFA induction of the FABP gene. Transcription of the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) gene is stimulated by unsaturated and nonmetabolized LCFAs specifically in adipocytes. Our results reported here support the notion that the mechanisms by which PPARgamma activators and FAs induce transcription of the PEPCK gene are distinct. Altogether these data argue that several FA effects are PPAR-independent. Evidences suggesting that other transcription factors might be involved are debated. It seems now clear that depending upon the cell-specific context and the target gene, FAs can take very different routes to alter transcription.
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- Eric Duplus
- Inserm U530-Université Paris 5, Centre Universitaire U.F.R. Biomédicale, 45 rue des Saints-Pères, 75006 Paris, France
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