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Ge W, Sun Q, Yang Y, Ding Z, Liu J, Zhang J. Circadian PER1 controls daily fat absorption with the regulation of PER1-PKA on phosphorylation of bile acid synthetase. J Lipid Res 2023; 64:100390. [PMID: 37209828 PMCID: PMC10276160 DOI: 10.1016/j.jlr.2023.100390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023] Open
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Several epidemiological studies suggest a correlation between eating time and obesity. Night eating syndrome characterized by a time-delayed eating pattern is positively associated with obesity in humans as well as in experimental animals. Here, we show that oil intake at night significantly makes more fat than that at day in wild-type mice, and circadian Period 1 (Per1) contributes to this day-night difference. Per1-knockout mice are protected from high-fat diet-induced obesity, which is accompanied by a reduction in the size of the bile acid pool, and the oral administration of bile acids restores fat absorption and accumulation. We identify that PER1 directly binds to the major hepatic enzymes involved in bile acid synthesis such as cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase and sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase. A biosynthesis rhythm of bile acids is accompanied by the activity and instability of bile acid synthases with PER1/PKA-mediated phosphorylation pathways. Both fasting and high fat stress enhance Per1 expression, increasing the fat absorption and accumulation. Our findings reveal that Per1 is an energy regulator and controls daily fat absorption and accumulation. Circadian Per1 controls daily fat absorption and accumulation, suggesting Per1 is a potential candidate of a key regulator in stress response and the relevant obesity risk.
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- Wenhao Ge
- Center for Molecular Metabolism, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Center for Molecular Metabolism, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Center for Molecular Metabolism, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Center for Molecular Metabolism, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Center for Molecular Metabolism, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China.
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Jones-Held S, Ambrozevicius LP, Campbell M, Drumheller B, Harrington E, Leustek T. Two Arabidopsis thaliana dihydrodipicolinate synthases, DHDPS1 and DHDPS2, are unequally redundant. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2012; 39:1058-1067. [PMID: 32480855 DOI: 10.1071/fp12169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/14/2012] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In Arabidopsis thalinana (L.) Heynh., DHDPS1 and DHDPS2 encode orthologous dihydrodipicolinate synthases (DHDPS), the first enzyme of the lysine (Lys) biosynthesis pathway. A TDNA insertion mutant of dhdps2 was previously reported to be viable and to accumulate free threonine (Thr). Analysis of additional TDNA insertion lines showed that dhdps1 and dhdps2 mutants are both viable and that whereas dhdps2 mutants accumulate Thr, dhdps1 plants do not. Thr-accumulation was complemented by heterologous expression of Escherichia coli DapA, indicating that the phenotype is due to reduced DHDPS activity in dhdps2. DHDPS1 contributes ~30% towards the total DHDPS activity in leaves of young plants and DHDPS2 contributes 70%; therefore, the threshold of activity resulting in Thr accumulation lies within this narrow range. dhdps1-dhdps2 double mutants could not be isolated, even after exogenous feeding with Lys. Segregation analysis indicated that gametes lacking functional DHDPS genes are defective, as are embryos. Plants carrying only a single DHDPS2 gene do not accumulate Thr, but they show a gametophytic defect that is partially rescued by Lys application. Despite the accumulation of Thr, dhdps2 seedlings are no more sensitive than wild-type plants to growth inhibition by Lys or the Lys precursor diaminopimelate. They also are not rescued by methionine at growth-inhibitory Lys concentrations. Exogenous application of Lys and methionine to dhdps2 mutants did not reduce the accumulation of Thr.
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- Susan Jones-Held
- Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA
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- School of Science, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, P-1 Prischak Building, 4205 College Drive, Erie, PA 16563-0203, USA
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- School of Science, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, P-1 Prischak Building, 4205 College Drive, Erie, PA 16563-0203, USA
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- School of Science, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, P-1 Prischak Building, 4205 College Drive, Erie, PA 16563-0203, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA
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Wang Y, Li JV, Saric J, Keiser J, Wu J, Utzinger J, Holmes E. Advances in metabolic profiling of experimental nematode and trematode infections. ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY 2010; 73:373-404. [PMID: 20627148 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-308x(10)73012-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Metabonomics, which is the combination of metabolic profiling of biological samples using spectroscopic methods, together with multivariate data analysis, is a powerful approach for biomarker recovery. Moreover, metabonomics holds promise to enhance our understanding of host-parasite interactions at the metabolic level, and therefore provides a framework for discovery of novel targets for diagnostics, drugs and vaccines. In this review, we summarise progress made to date with metabolic profiling strategies applied to different host-parasite models in the laboratory. First, we emphasise the application of two parasitic worm infections that are particularly relevant for Southeast Asia and the People's Republic of China, namely the trematode Schistosoma japonicum causing schistosomiasis, and the nematode Necator americanus causing hookworm disease. Next, we review metabolic profiling studies on the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica in the rat model, the intestinal fluke Echinostoma caproni harboured in mice and characterise the metabolic responses in the hamster to a S. japonicum-N. americanus co-infection. We extract parasite-specific biomarkers and distinguish them from a more general response to an infection at the biochemical level. For example, suppression of tricarboxylic acid cycle metabolites is only noted for a Schistosoma spp. infection, whereas alterations in metabolites derived from the gut microbiota are common for all the parasitic infections investigated thus far. Finally, we explore how the insight gained with experimental infections could be transferred to human populations and conclude with a section on research needs with regard to molecular diagnostics in parasitology.
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- Yulan Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Joseph Sherma
- Department of Chemistry, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042
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An estimated 750 million people are at risk of infections with food-borne trematodes, which comprise liver flukes (Clonorchis sinensis, Fasciola gigantica, Fasciola hepatica, Opisthorchis felineus, and Opisthorchis viverrini), lung flukes (Paragonimus spp.), and intestinal flukes (e.g., Echinostoma spp., Fasciolopsis buski, and the heterophyids). Food-borne trematodiases pose a significant public health and economic problem, yet these diseases are often neglected. In this review, we summarize the taxonomy, morphology, and life cycle of food-borne trematodes. Estimates of the at-risk population and number of infections, geographic distribution, history, and ecological features of the major food-borne trematodes are reviewed. We summarize clinical manifestations, patterns of infection, and current means of diagnosis, treatment, and other control options. The changing epidemiological pattern and the rapid growth of aquaculture and food distribution networks are highlighted, as these developments might be associated with an elevated risk of transmission of food-borne trematodiases. Current research needs are emphasized.
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Saric J, Li JV, Wang Y, Keiser J, Veselkov K, Dirnhofer S, Yap IKS, Nicholson JK, Holmes E, Utzinger J. Panorganismal metabolic response modeling of an experimental Echinostoma caproni infection in the mouse. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:3899-911. [PMID: 19489577 PMCID: PMC2724024 DOI: 10.1021/pr900185s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2009] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Metabolic profiling of host tissues and biofluids during parasitic infections can reveal new biomarker information and aid the elucidation of mechanisms of disease. The multicompartmental metabolic effects of an experimental Echinostoma caproni infection have been characterized in 12 outbred female mice infected orally with 30 E. caproni metacercariae each, using a further 12 uninfected animals as a control group. Mice were killed 36 days postinfection and brain, intestine (colon, ileum, jejeunum), kidney, liver, and spleen were removed. Metabolic profiles of tissue samples were measured using high-resolution magic angle spinning (1)H NMR spectroscopy and biofluids measured by applying conventional (1)H NMR spectroscopy. Spectral data were analyzed via principal component analysis, partial least-squares-derived methods and hierarchical projection analyses. Infection-induced metabolic changes in the tissues were correlated with altered metabolite concentrations in the biofluids (urine, plasma, fecal water) using hierarchical modeling and correlation analyses. Metabolic descriptors of infection were identified in liver, renal cortex, intestinal tissues but not in spleen, brain or renal medulla. The main physiological change observed in the mouse was malabsorption in the small intestine, which was evidenced by decreased levels of various amino acids in the ileum, for example, alanine, taurine, glutamine, and branched chain amino acids. Furthermore, altered gut microbial activity or composition was reflected by increased levels of trimethylamine in the colon. Our modeling approach facilitated in-depth appraisal of the covariation of the metabolic profiles of different biological matrices and found that urine and plasma most closely reflected changes in ileal compartments. In conclusion, an E. caproni infection not only results in direct localized (ileum and jejenum) effects, but also causes remote metabolic changes (colon and several peripheral organs), and therefore describes the panorganismal metabolic response of the infection.
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- Correspondence should be addressed to: Jürg Utzinger, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, P.O. Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland. Tel: +41 61 284-8129; fax: +41 61 284-8105; e-mail:
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Vasta JD, Fried B, Sherma J. Determination and Quantification of Amino Acids in the Urine of BALB/c Mice Infected with Echinostoma caproni by High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography-Densitometry. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/10826070902854573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- James D. Vasta
- a Department of Chemistry , Lafayette College , Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
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- b Department of Biology , Lafayette College , Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , Lafayette College , Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
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Fried B, Huffman JE, Keeler S, Peoples RC. Chapter 1 The Biology of the Caecal Trematode Zygocotyle lunata. ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY 2009; 69:1-40. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-308x(09)69001-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Massa D, Vasta J, Fried B, Sherma J. High-performance thin-layer chromatographic analysis of the polar lipid content of human urine and urine from BALB/c mice experimentally infected withEchinostoma caproni. JPC-J PLANAR CHROMAT 2008. [DOI: 10.1556/jpc.21.2008.5.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Massa DR, Fried B, Sherma J. Further Studies on the Neutral Lipid Content in the Feces of BALB/c Mice Infected withEchinostoma capronias Determined by Silica Gel HPTLC-Densitometry. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2008. [DOI: 10.1080/10826070802189294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Daniel R. Massa
- a Department of Chemistry , Lafayette College , Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
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- b Department of Biology , Lafayette College , Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , Lafayette College , Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
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Vasta J, Fried B, Sherma J. High-performance thin-layer chromatographic analysis of neutral lipids in the urine of humans and BALB/c mice. JPC-J PLANAR CHROMAT 2008. [DOI: 10.1556/jpc.21.2008.1.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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