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Gaudioso Á, Jiang X, Casas J, Schuchman EH, Ledesma MD. Sphingomyelin 16:0 is a therapeutic target for neuronal death in acid sphingomyelinase deficiency. Cell Death Dis 2023; 14:248. [PMID: 37024473 PMCID: PMC10079961 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-023-05784-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD) is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the SMPD1 gene encoding for the acid sphingomyelinase (ASM). While intravenous infusion of recombinant ASM is an effective treatment for the peripheral disease, the neurological complications of ASMD remain unaddressed. It has been shown that aberrantly high level of total brain sphingomyelin (SM) is a key pathological event leading to neurodegeneration. Using mice lacking ASM (ASMko), which mimic the disease, we here demonstrate that among the SM species, SM16:0 shows the highest accumulation and toxicity in ASMko neurons. By targeting lysosomes, SM16:0 causes permeabilization and exocytosis of these organelles and induces oxidative stress and cell death. We also show that genetic silencing of Ceramide Synthase 5, which is involved in SM16:0 synthesis and overexpressed in the ASMko brain, prevents disease phenotypes in ASMko cultured neurons and mice. The levels of SM16:0 in plasma also show a strong correlation with those in brain that is higher than in liver, even at early stages of the disease. These results identify SM16:0 both as a novel therapeutic target and potential biomarker of brain pathology in ASMD.
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- Ángel Gaudioso
- Centro Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Genetics & Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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Bartoll A, Toledano-Zaragoza A, Casas J, Guzmán M, Schuchman EH, Ledesma MD. Inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase prevents pathology in neurovisceral acid sphingomyelinase deficiency by rescuing defective endocannabinoid signaling. EMBO Mol Med 2020; 12:e11776. [PMID: 33016621 PMCID: PMC7645369 DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201911776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD) leads to cellular accumulation of sphingomyelin (SM), neurodegeneration, and early death. Here, we describe the downregulation of the endocannabinoid (eCB) system in neurons of ASM knockout (ASM‐KO) mice and a ASMD patient. High SM reduced expression of the eCB receptor CB1 in neuronal processes and induced its accumulation in lysosomes. Activation of CB1 receptor signaling, through inhibition of the eCB‐degrading enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), reduced SM levels in ASM‐KO neurons. Oral treatment of ASM‐KO mice with a FAAH inhibitor prevented SM buildup; alleviated inflammation, neurodegeneration, and behavioral alterations; and extended lifespan. This treatment showed benefits even after a single administration at advanced disease stages. We also found CB1 receptor downregulation in neurons of a mouse model and a patient of another sphingolipid storage disorder, Niemann–Pick disease type C (NPC). We showed the efficacy of FAAH inhibition to reduce SM and cholesterol levels in NPC patient‐derived cells and in the brain of a NPC mouse model. Our findings reveal a pathophysiological crosstalk between neuronal SM and the eCB system and offer a new treatment for ASMD and other sphingolipidoses.
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- Adrián Bartoll
- Centro Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Instituto Universitario de Investigación Neuroquímica (IUIN), Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Genetics & Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York NY, USA
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Van Veldhoven PP, de Schryver E, Young SG, Zwijsen A, Fransen M, Espeel M, Baes M, Van Ael E. Slc25a17 Gene Trapped Mice: PMP34 Plays a Role in the Peroxisomal Degradation of Phytanic and Pristanic Acid. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:144. [PMID: 32266253 PMCID: PMC7106852 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Mice lacking PMP34, a peroxisomal membrane transporter encoded by Slc25a17, did not manifest any obvious phenotype on a Swiss Webster genetic background, even with various treatments designed to unmask impaired peroxisomal functioning. Peroxisomal α- and β-oxidation rates in PMP34 deficient fibroblasts or liver slices were not or only modestly affected and in bile, no abnormal bile acid intermediates were detected. Peroxisomal content of cofactors like CoA, ATP, NAD+, thiamine-pyrophosphate and pyridoxal-phosphate, based on direct or indirect data, appeared normal as were tissue plasmalogen and very long chain fatty acid levels. However, upon dietary phytol administration, the knockout mice displayed hepatomegaly, liver inflammation, and an induction of peroxisomal enzymes. This phenotype was partially mediated by PPARα. Hepatic triacylglycerols and cholesterylesters were elevated and both phytanic acid and pristanic acid accumulated in the liver lipids, in females to higher extent than in males. In addition, pristanic acid degradation products were detected, as wells as the CoA-esters of all these branched fatty acids. Hence, PMP34 is important for the degradation of phytanic/pristanic acid and/or export of their metabolites. Whether this is caused by a shortage of peroxisomal CoA affecting the intraperoxisomal formation of pristanoyl-CoA (and perhaps of phytanoyl-CoA), or the SCPx-catalyzed thiolytic cleavage during pristanic acid β-oxidation, could not be proven in this model, but the phytol-derived acyl-CoA profile is compatible with the latter possibility. On the other hand, the normal functioning of other peroxisomal pathways, and especially bile acid formation, seems to exclude severe transport problems or a shortage of CoA, and other cofactors like FAD, NAD(P)+, TPP. Based on our findings, PMP34 deficiency in humans is unlikely to be a life threatening condition but could cause elevated phytanic/pristanic acid levels in older adults.
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- LIPIT, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Departments of Medicine and Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Laboratory of Developmental Signaling, Department Human Genetics, VIB-KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- LIPIT, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Anatomy, Embryology, Histology and Medical Physics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cell Metabolism, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- LIPIT, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Diabetes and obesity are the two notorious metabolic disorders in today's world. Both diabetes and obesity are interlinked with each other and often referred to as 'Diabesity'. It is a complex and multi-organ failure disorder. Thus, many researches and tremendous efforts have been made toward prevention, treatment as well as early detection of diabesity. However, and still, there is a large gap in understanding the etiology as well as treatment of diabesity. Various animal models are also used to decipher the mechanism underlying diabesity. Among all the model organism, recently Drosophila melanogaster is gaining its importance to study diabetes, obesity, and other metabolic disorder. Various experimental methods like histological, biochemical, developmental, and behavioral assays are described in this study to detect diabetes as well as obesity in the fly model.
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- Nibedita Nayak
- Neural Developmental Biology Lab, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology , Rourkela , India
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- Neural Developmental Biology Lab, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology , Rourkela , India
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Karnati S, Oruqaj G, Janga H, Tumpara S, Colasante C, Van Veldhoven PP, Braverman N, Pilatz A, Mariani TJ, Baumgart-Vogt E. PPARα-mediated peroxisome induction compensates PPARγ-deficiency in bronchiolar club cells. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0203466. [PMID: 30212482 PMCID: PMC6136741 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Despite the important functions of PPARγ in various cell types of the lung, PPARγ-deficiency in club cells induces only mild emphysema. Peroxisomes are distributed in a similar way as PPARγ in the lung and are mainly enriched in club and AECII cells. To date, the effects of PPARγ-deficiency on the overall peroxisomal compartment and its metabolic alterations in pulmonary club cells are unknown. Therefore, we characterized wild-type and club cell-specific PPARγ knockout-mice lungs and used C22 cells to investigate the peroxisomal compartment and its metabolic roles in the distal airway epithelium by means of 1) double-immunofluorescence labelling for peroxisomal proteins, 2) laser-assisted microdissection of the bronchiolar epithelium and subsequent qRT-PCR, 3) siRNA-transfection of PPARγand PPRE dual-luciferase reporter activity in C22 cells, 4) PPARg inhibition by GW9662, 5) GC-MS based lipid analysis. Our results reveal elevated levels of fatty acids, increased expression of PPARα and PPRE activity, a strong overall upregulation of the peroxisomal compartment and its associated gene expression (biogenesis, α-oxidation, β-oxidation, and plasmalogens) in PPARγ-deficient club cells. Interestingly, catalase was significantly increased and mistargeted into the cytoplasm, suggestive for oxidative stress by the PPARγ-deficiency in club cells. Taken together, PPARα-mediated metabolic induction and proliferation of peroxisomes via a PPRE-dependent mechanism could compensate PPARγ-deficiency in club cells.
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- Srikanth Karnati
- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology II, Division of Medical Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology II, Division of Medical Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology II, Division of Medical Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology II, Division of Medical Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology II, Division of Medical Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Depts. of Human Genetics and Pediatrics, McGill University-Montreal Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Pediatric Urology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Molecular and Personalized Medicine Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology II, Division of Medical Cell Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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Geric I, Tyurina YY, Krysko O, Krysko DV, De Schryver E, Kagan VE, Van Veldhoven PP, Baes M, Verheijden S. Lipid homeostasis and inflammatory activation are disturbed in classically activated macrophages with peroxisomal β-oxidation deficiency. Immunology 2017; 153:342-356. [PMID: 28940384 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Revised: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Macrophage activation is characterized by pronounced metabolic adaptation. Classically activated macrophages show decreased rates of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and oxidative phosphorylation and acquire a glycolytic state together with their pro-inflammatory phenotype. In contrast, alternatively activated macrophages require oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation for their anti-inflammatory function. Although it is evident that mitochondrial metabolism is regulated during macrophage polarization and essential for macrophage function, little is known on the regulation and role of peroxisomal β-oxidation during macrophage activation. In this study, we show that peroxisomal β-oxidation is strongly decreased in classically activated bone-marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM) and mildly induced in alternatively activated BMDM. To examine the role of peroxisomal β-oxidation in macrophages, we used Mfp2-/- BMDM lacking the key enzyme of this pathway. Impairment of peroxisomal β-oxidation in Mfp2-/- BMDM did not cause lipid accumulation but rather an altered distribution of lipid species with very-long-chain fatty acids accumulating in the triglyceride and phospholipid fraction. These lipid alterations in Mfp2-/- macrophages led to decreased inflammatory activation of Mfp2-/- BMDM and peritoneal macrophages evidenced by impaired production of several inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, but did not affect anti-inflammatory polarization. The disturbed inflammatory responses of Mfp2-/- macrophages did not affect immune cell infiltration, as mice with selective elimination of MFP2 from myeloid cells showed normal monocyte and neutrophil influx upon challenge with zymosan. Together, these data demonstrate that peroxisomal β-oxidation is involved in fine-tuning the phenotype of macrophages, probably by influencing the dynamic lipid profile during macrophage polarization.
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- Ivana Geric
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Cell Metabolism, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, The Upper Airway Research Laboratory, Hospital, Ghent University Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Molecular Signalling and Cell Death Unit, VIB, Centre for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, LIPIT, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, LIPIT, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Cell Metabolism, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Translational Research Centre for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Muthuramu I, Amin R, Postnov A, Mishra M, Jacobs F, Gheysens O, Van Veldhoven PP, De Geest B. Coconut Oil Aggravates Pressure Overload-Induced Cardiomyopathy without Inducing Obesity, Systemic Insulin Resistance, or Cardiac Steatosis. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18071565. [PMID: 28718833 PMCID: PMC5536053 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18071565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Studies evaluating the effects of high-saturated fat diets on cardiac function are most often confounded by diet-induced obesity and by systemic insulin resistance. We evaluated whether coconut oil, containing C12:0 and C14:0 as main fatty acids, aggravates pressure overload-induced cardiomyopathy induced by transverse aortic constriction (TAC) in C57BL/6 mice. Mortality rate after TAC was higher (p < 0.05) in 0.2% cholesterol 10% coconut oil diet-fed mice than in standard chow-fed mice (hazard ratio 2.32, 95% confidence interval 1.16 to 4.64) during eight weeks of follow-up. The effects of coconut oil on cardiac remodeling occurred in the absence of weight gain and of systemic insulin resistance. Wet lung weight was 1.76-fold (p < 0.01) higher in coconut oil mice than in standard chow mice. Myocardial capillary density (p < 0.001) was decreased, interstitial fibrosis was 1.88-fold (p < 0.001) higher, and systolic and diastolic function was worse in coconut oil mice than in standard chow mice. Myocardial glucose uptake was 1.86-fold (p < 0.001) higher in coconut oil mice and was accompanied by higher myocardial pyruvate dehydrogenase levels and higher acetyl-CoA carboxylase levels. The coconut oil diet increased oxidative stress. Myocardial triglycerides and free fatty acids were lower (p < 0.05) in coconut oil mice. In conclusion, coconut oil aggravates pressure overload-induced cardiomyopathy.
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- Ilayaraja Muthuramu
- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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- Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, Department of Imaging & Pathology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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- Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, Department of Imaging & Pathology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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Mezzar S, De Schryver E, Asselberghs S, Meyhi E, Morvay PL, Baes M, Van Veldhoven PP. Phytol-induced pathology in 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA lyase (HACL1) deficient mice. Evidence for a second non-HACL1-related lyase. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2017. [PMID: 28629946 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2017.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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2-Hydroxyacyl-CoA lyase (HACL1) is a key enzyme of the peroxisomal α-oxidation of phytanic acid. To better understand its role in health and disease, a mouse model lacking HACL1 was investigated. Under normal conditions, these mice did not display a particular phenotype. However, upon dietary administration of phytol, phytanic acid accumulated in tissues, mainly in liver and serum of KO mice. As a consequence of phytanic acid (or a metabolite) toxicity, KO mice displayed a significant weight loss, absence of abdominal white adipose tissue, enlarged and mottled liver and reduced hepatic glycogen and triglycerides. In addition, hepatic PPARα was activated. The central nervous system of the phytol-treated mice was apparently not affected. In addition, 2OH-FA did not accumulate in the central nervous system of HACL1 deficient mice, likely due to the presence in the endoplasmic reticulum of an alternate HACL1-unrelated lyase. The latter may serve as a backup system in certain tissues and account for the formation of pristanic acid in the phytol-fed KO mice. As the degradation of pristanic acid is also impaired, both phytanoyl- and pristanoyl-CoA levels are increased in liver, and the ω-oxidized metabolites are excreted in urine. In conclusion, HACL1 deficiency is not associated with a severe phenotype, but in combination with phytanic acid intake, the normal situation in man, it might present with phytanic acid elevation and resemble a Refsum like disorder.
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- Serena Mezzar
- LIPIT, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- LIPIT, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- LIPIT, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- LIPIT, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- LIPIT, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Cell Metabolism, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium
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Rudolph MC, Young BE, Jackson KH, Krebs NF, Harris WS, MacLean PS. Human Milk Fatty Acid Composition: Comparison of Novel Dried Milk Spot Versus Standard Liquid Extraction Methods. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 2016; 21:131-138. [PMID: 27796616 PMCID: PMC5161681 DOI: 10.1007/s10911-016-9365-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Accurate assessment of the long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LC-PUFA) content of human milk (HM) provides a powerful means to evaluate the FA nutrient status of breastfed infants. The conventional standard for FA composition analysis of HM is liquid extraction, trans-methylation, and analyte detection resolved by gas chromatography. This standard approach requires fresh or frozen samples, storage in deep freeze, organic solvents, and specialized equipment in processing and analysis. Further, HM collection is often impractical for many studies in the free living environment, particularly for studies in developing countries. In the present study, we compare a novel and more practical approach to sample collection and processing that involves the spotting and drying ~50 μL of HM on a specialized paper stored and transported at ambient temperatures until analysis. Deming regression indicated the two methods aligned very well for all LC-PUFA and the abundant HM FA. Additionally, strong correlations (r > 0.85) were observed for DHA, ARA, EPA, linoleic (LA), and alpha-linolenic acids (ALA), which are of particular interest to the health of the developing infant. Taken together, our data suggest this more practical and inexpensive method of collection, storage, and transport of HM milk samples could dramatically facilitate studies of HM, as well as understanding its lipid composition influences on human health and development.
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- Michael C Rudolph
- Center for Human Nutrition | Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Mail Stop F-8305; RC1 North, 12800 E. 19th Avenue P18-5402 M, Aurora, CO, 80045-2537, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12700 East 19th Ave, Box C-225, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- OmegaQuant Analytics, LLC, 5009 W. 12th St, Ste 8, Sioux Falls, SD, 57106, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, 5009 W. 12th St, Ste 8, Sioux Falls, SD, 57106, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12700 East 19th Ave, Box C-225, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- OmegaQuant Analytics, LLC, 5009 W. 12th St, Ste 8, Sioux Falls, SD, 57106, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, 5009 W. 12th St, Ste 8, Sioux Falls, SD, 57106, USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition | Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Mail Stop F-8305; RC1 North, 12800 E. 19th Avenue P18-5402 M, Aurora, CO, 80045-2537, USA
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Early infant adipose deposition is positively associated with the n-6 to n-3 fatty acid ratio in human milk independent of maternal BMI. Int J Obes (Lond) 2016; 41:510-517. [PMID: 27876761 PMCID: PMC5380514 DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2016.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Revised: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Background/Objectives Excessive infant weight gain in the first 6-months of life is a powerful predictor of childhood obesity and related health risks. In mice, omega-6 fatty acids (FA) serve as potent ligands driving adipogenesis during early development. The ratio of omega-6 relative to omega-3 (n-6/n-3) FA in human milk (HM) has increased 3-fold over the last 30 years, but the impact of this shift on infant adipose development remains undetermined. This study investigated how maternal obesity and maternal dietary FA (as reflected in maternal red blood cells (RBC) composition) influenced HM n-6 and n-3 FAs, and whether the HM n-6/n-3 ratio was associated with changes in infant adipose deposition between 2-weeks and 4-months postpartum. Subjects/Methods Forty-eight infants from normal-weight (NW), overweight (OW) and obese (OB) mothers were exclusively or predominantly breastfed over the first 4 months of lactation. Mid-feed HM and maternal RBC were collected at either transitional (2-weeks) or established (4-months) lactation, along with infant body composition assessed using air-displacement plethysmography. The FA composition of HM and maternal RBC was measured quantitatively by lipid mass spectrometry. Results In transitional and established HM, DHA was lower (P=0.008; 0.005) and the AA/DHA+EPA ratio was higher (P=0.05; 0.02) in the OB relative to the NW group. Maternal prepregnancy BMI and AA/ DHA+EPA ratios in transitional and established HM were moderately correlated (P=0.018; 0.001). Total infant fat mass was increased in the upper AA/DHA+EPA tertile of established HM relative to the lower tertile (P=0.019). The amount of changes in infant fat mass and % body fat were predicted by AA/EPA+DHA ratios in established HM (P=0.038; 0.010). Conclusions Perinatal infant exposures to a high AA/EPA+DHA ratio during the first 4-months of life, which is primarily reflective of maternal dietary FA, may significantly contribute to the way infants accumulate adipose.
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Heinz RE, Rudolph MC, Ramanathan P, Spoelstra NS, Butterfield KT, Webb PG, Babbs BL, Gao H, Chen S, Gordon MA, Anderson SM, Neville MC, Gu H, Richer JK. Constitutive expression of microRNA-150 in mammary epithelium suppresses secretory activation and impairs de novo lipogenesis. Development 2016; 143:4236-4248. [PMID: 27729410 DOI: 10.1242/dev.139642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Profiling of RNA from mouse mammary epithelial cells (MECs) isolated on pregnancy day (P)14 and lactation day (L)2 revealed that the majority of differentially expressed microRNA declined precipitously between late pregnancy and lactation. The decline in miR-150, which exhibited the greatest fold-decrease, was verified quantitatively and qualitatively. To test the hypothesis that the decline in miR-150 is crucial for lactation, MEC-specific constitutive miR-150 was achieved by crossing ROSA26-lox-STOP-lox-miR-150 mice with WAP-driven Cre recombinase mice. Both biological and foster pups nursed by bitransgenic dams exhibited a dramatic decrease in survival compared with offspring nursed by littermate control dams. Protein products of predicted miR-150 targets Fasn, Olah, Acaca, and Stat5B were significantly suppressed in MECs of bitransgenic mice with constitutive miR-150 expression as compared with control mice at L2. Lipid profiling revealed a significant reduction in fatty acids synthesized by the de novo pathway in L2 MECs of bitransgenic versus control mice. Collectively, these data support the hypothesis that a synchronized decrease in miRNAs, such as miR-150, at late pregnancy serves to allow translation of targets crucial for lactation.
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- Richard E Heinz
- Cancer Biology Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.,Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medicine, Ministry of Education, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China .,Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Pérez-Cañamás A, Sarroca S, Melero-Jerez C, Porquet D, Sansa J, Knafo S, Esteban JA, Sanfeliu C, Ledesma MD. A diet enriched with plant sterols prevents the memory impairment induced by cholesterol loss in senescence-accelerated mice. Neurobiol Aging 2016; 48:1-12. [PMID: 27622776 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Revised: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Cholesterol reduction at the neuronal plasma membrane has been related to age-dependent cognitive decline. We have used senescent-accelerated mice strain 8 (SAMP8), an animal model for aging, to examine the association between cholesterol loss and cognitive impairment and to test strategies to revert this process. We show that the hippocampus of SAMP8 mice presents reduced cholesterol levels and enhanced amount of its degrading enzyme Cyp46A1 (Cyp46) already at 6 months of age. Cholesterol loss accounts for the impaired long-term potentiation in these mice. Plant sterol (PSE)-enriched diet prevents long-term potentiation impairment and cognitive deficits in SAMP8 mice without altering cholesterol levels. PSE diet also reduces the abnormally high amyloid peptide levels in SAMP8 mice brains and restores membrane compartmentalization of presenilin1, the catalytic component of the amyloidogenic γ-secretase. These results highlight the influence of cholesterol loss in age-related cognitive decline and provide with a noninvasive strategy to counteract it. Our results suggest that PSE overtake cholesterol functions in the brain contributing to reduce deleterious consequences of cholesterol loss during aging.
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Psicologia Bàsica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain; Unidad de Biofísica CSIC-UPV/EHU, Campus Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain; IkerBasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Basque Country, Spain
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- Centro Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain
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- Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain.
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Schulz JG, Laranjeira A, Van Huffel L, Gärtner A, Vilain S, Bastianen J, Van Veldhoven PP, Dotti CG. Glial β-oxidation regulates Drosophila energy metabolism. Sci Rep 2015; 5:7805. [PMID: 25588812 PMCID: PMC4295106 DOI: 10.1038/srep07805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The brain's impotence to utilize long-chain fatty acids as fuel, one of the dogmas in neuroscience, is surprising, since the nervous system is the tissue most energy consuming and most vulnerable to a lack of energy. Challenging this view, we here show in vivo that loss of the Drosophila carnitine palmitoyltransferase 2 (CPT2), an enzyme required for mitochondrial β-oxidation of long-chain fatty acids as substrates for energy production, results in the accumulation of triacylglyceride-filled lipid droplets in adult Drosophila brain but not in obesity. CPT2 rescue in glial cells alone is sufficient to restore triacylglyceride homeostasis, and we suggest that this is mediated by the release of ketone bodies from the rescued glial cells. These results demonstrate that the adult brain is able to catabolize fatty acids for cellular energy production.
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- Joachim G Schulz
- VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven and Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven and Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven and Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven and Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven and Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven and Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- 1] VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, Leuven and Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium [2] Centro Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain
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Mitochondria in peroxisome-deficient hepatocytes exhibit impaired respiration, depleted DNA, and PGC-1α independent proliferation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2014; 1853:285-98. [PMID: 25450972 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Revised: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 11/13/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The tight interrelationship between peroxisomes and mitochondria is illustrated by their cooperation in lipid metabolism, antiviral innate immunity and shared use of proteins executing organellar fission. In addition, we previously reported that disruption of peroxisome biogenesis in hepatocytes severely impacts on mitochondrial integrity, primarily damaging the inner membrane. Here we investigated the molecular impairments of the dysfunctional mitochondria in hepatocyte selective Pex5 knockout mice. First, by using blue native electrophoresis and in-gel activity stainings we showed that the respiratory complexes were differentially affected with reduction of complexes I and III and incomplete assembly of complex V, whereas complexes II and IV were normally active. This resulted in impaired oxygen consumption in cultured Pex5(-/-) hepatocytes. Second, mitochondrial DNA was depleted causing an imbalance in the expression of mitochondrial- and nuclear-encoded subunits of the respiratory chain complexes. Third, mitochondrial membranes showed increased permeability and fluidity despite reduced content of the polyunsaturated fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid. Fourth, the affected mitochondria in peroxisome deficient hepatocytes displayed increased oxidative stress. Acute deletion of PEX5 in vivo using adeno-Cre virus phenocopied these effects, indicating that mitochondrial perturbations closely follow the loss of functional peroxisomes in time. Likely to compensate for the functional impairments, the volume of the mitochondrial compartment was increased several folds. This was not driven by PGC-1α but mediated by activation of PPARα, possibly through c-myc overexpression. In conclusion, loss of peroxisomal metabolism in hepatocytes perturbs the mitochondrial inner membrane, depletes mitochondrial DNA and causes mitochondrial biogenesis independent of PGC-1α.
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Tennessen JM, Barry WE, Cox J, Thummel CS. Methods for studying metabolism in Drosophila. Methods 2014; 68:105-15. [PMID: 24631891 PMCID: PMC4048761 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2014.02.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 275] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Revised: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Recent research using Drosophila melanogaster has seen a resurgence in studies of metabolism and physiology. This review focuses on major methods used to conduct this work. These include protocols for dietary interventions, measurements of triglycerides, cholesterol, glucose, trehalose, and glycogen, stains for lipid detection, and the use of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to detect major polar metabolites. It is our hope that this will provide a useful framework for both new and current researchers in the field.
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- Jason M Tennessen
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5330, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5330, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and the Metabolomics Core Research Facility, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5330, USA.
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Rodnova EA, Ivanov VV, Ledyukova SI, Chuchalin VS, Ratkin AV, Rakhimova BB, Khabarov IA, Adekenov SM. HYPOLIPIDEMIC EFFECT LEUCOMISINE MODEL OF ACUTE HYPERLIPIDEMIA INDUCED BY ETHANOL. BULLETIN OF SIBERIAN MEDICINE 2013. [DOI: 10.20538/1682-0363-2013-1-43-48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- International scientific-industrial holding "Phytochemistry ", Karaganda
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- International scientific-industrial holding "Phytochemistry ", Karaganda
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- International scientific-industrial holding "Phytochemistry ", Karaganda
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Martens K, Bottelbergs A, Peeters A, Jacobs F, Espeel M, Carmeliet P, Van Veldhoven PP, Baes M. Peroxisome deficient aP2-Pex5 knockout mice display impaired white adipocyte and muscle function concomitant with reduced adrenergic tone. Mol Genet Metab 2012; 107:735-47. [PMID: 23141464 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2012] [Revised: 10/16/2012] [Accepted: 10/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Peroxisomes are essential for intermediary lipid metabolism, but the role of these organelles has been primarily studied in the liver. We recently generated aP2-Pex5 conditional knockout mice that due to the nonselectivity of the aP2 promoter, not only had dysfunctional peroxisomes in the adipose tissue but also in the central and peripheral nervous system, besides some other tissues. Peroxisomes were however intact in the liver, heart, pancreas and muscle. Surprisingly, these mice not only showed dysfunctional white adipose tissue with increased fat mass and reduced lipolysis but also the skeletal muscle was affected including impaired shivering thermogenesis, reduced motor performance and increased insulin resistance. Non-shivering thermogenesis by brown adipose tissue was not altered. Strongly reduced levels of plasma adrenaline and to a lesser extent noradrenaline, impaired expression of catecholamine synthesizing enzymes in the adrenal medulla and reversal of all pathologies after administration of the β-agonist isoproterenol indicated that β-adrenergic signaling was reduced. Based on normal white adipose and muscle function in Nestin-Pex5 and Wnt-Pex5 knockout mice respectively, it is unlikely that peroxisome absence from the central and peripheral nervous system caused the phenotype. We conclude that peroxisomal metabolism is necessary to maintain the adrenergic tone in mice, which in turn determines metabolic homeostasis.
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- Katrin Martens
- Laboratory of Cell Metabolism, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Maris M, Overbergh L, Gysemans C, Waget A, Cardozo AK, Verdrengh E, Cunha JPM, Gotoh T, Cnop M, Eizirik DL, Burcelin R, Mathieu C. Deletion of C/EBP homologous protein (Chop) in C57Bl/6 mice dissociates obesity from insulin resistance. Diabetologia 2012; 55:1167-78. [PMID: 22237685 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-011-2427-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Accepted: 11/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been implicated in the development of type 2 diabetes, via effects on obesity, insulin resistance and pancreatic beta cell health. C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) is induced by ER stress and has a central role in apoptotic execution pathways triggered by ER stress. The aim of this study was to characterise the role of CHOP in obesity and insulin resistance. METHODS Metabolic studies were performed in Chop ( -/- ) and wild-type C57Bl/6 mice, and included euglycaemic-hyperinsulinaemic clamps and indirect calorimetry. The inflammatory state of liver and adipose tissue was determined by quantitative RT-PCR, immunohistology and macrophage cultures. Viability and absence of ER stress in islets of Langerhans was determined by electron microscopy, islet culture and quantitative RT-PCR. RESULTS Systemic deletion of Chop induced abdominal obesity and hepatic steatosis. Despite marked obesity, Chop ( -/- ) mice had preserved normal glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity. This discrepancy was accompanied by lower levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and less infiltration of immune cells into fat and liver. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION These observations suggest that insulin resistance is not induced by fat accumulation per se, but rather by the inflammation induced by ectopic fat. CHOP may play a key role in the crosstalk between excessive fat deposition and induction of inflammation-mediated insulin resistance.
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- M Maris
- Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Peeters A, Swinnen JV, Van Veldhoven PP, Baes M. Hepatosteatosis in peroxisome deficient liver despite increased β-oxidation capacity and impaired lipogenesis. Biochimie 2011; 93:1828-38. [PMID: 21756965 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2011.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2011] [Accepted: 06/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Peroxisome deficiency in liver causes hepatosteatosis both in patients and in mice. Here, we studied the mechanisms that contribute to this lipid accumulation and to activation of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor α (PPARα) by using liver-specific Pex5(-/-) mice (L-Pex5(-/-) mice). Surprisingly, steatosis was accompanied both by increased mitochondrial β-oxidation capacity, confirming previous observations, and by impaired de novo lipid synthesis mediated by reduced expression of sterol regulatory element binding protein 1c and its targets. As a consequence, when challenged with a high fat diet, L-Pex5(-/-) mice were protected from adiposity. Hepatic fatty acid uptake was strongly increased whereas the expression of apolipoproteins and the lipoprotein assembly factor microsomal triglyceride transfer protein were markedly reduced resulting in reduced secretion of very low density lipoproteins. Most of these changes seemed to be orchestrated by the endogenous activation of PPARα, challenging the assumption that PPARα activation in hepatocytes requires fatty acid synthase dependent de novo fatty acid synthesis. Expression of cholesterol synthesizing enzymes and cholesterol levels were not affected in peroxisome deficient liver. In conclusion, increased fatty acid uptake driven by endogenous PPARα activation and reduced fatty acid secretion cause hepatosteatosis in peroxisome deficient livers.
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- Annelies Peeters
- Laboratory of Cell Metabolism, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, K.U.Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Exercise-induced, but not creatine-induced, decrease in intramyocellular lipid content improves insulin sensitivity in rats. J Nutr Biochem 2011; 22:1178-85. [PMID: 21333514 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2010.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2010] [Revised: 09/23/2010] [Accepted: 10/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The effect of creatine supplementation, alone or in combination with exercise training, on insulin sensitivity, intramyocellular lipid content (IMCL) and fatty acid translocase (FAT)/CD36 content was investigated in rats fed a sucrose-rich cafeteria diet during 12 weeks. Five experimental conditions were CON, receiving normal pellets; CAF, fed the cafeteria diet; CAF(TR), fed the cafeteria diet together with exercise training in weeks 8-12 and CAF(CR) and CAF(CRT) that were analogous to CAF and CAF(TR), respectively, but which received daily 2.5% of creatine monohydrate. During intravenous glucose tolerance test, compared with CON, whole-body glucose tolerance was reduced in CAF and CAF(CR) but not in CAF(TR) and CAF(CRT). Insulin-stimulated glucose transport in perfused red gastrocnemius muscles was impaired in CAF and CAF(CR) but not in the trained groups. IMCL content in soleus and extensor digitorum longus muscles was higher in CAF than in CON, but not in CAF(TR), CAF(CR) and CAF(CRT). Compared with CON and CAF, FAT/CD36 protein content in m. soleus, was ~40% lower in CAF(CR), CAF(TR) and CAF(CRT). The fraction of fecal fat, as determined in a 3-week post hoc study, was 25% higher in CAF(CR) than in CON. Moreover, in CAF(CR), triglyceride concentration in blood and liver were significantly lower than in CAF. It is concluded that creatine supplementation in rats on a cafeteria diet inhibits IMCL accumulation via inhibition of gastrointestinal lipid absorption together with lower muscle FAT/CD36 content. Furthermore, exercise-induced but not creatine-induced reduction of IMCL is associated with improved insulin action on glucose transport in muscle cells.
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Bottelbergs A, Verheijden S, Hulshagen L, Gutmann DH, Goebbels S, Nave KA, Kassmann C, Baes M. Axonal integrity in the absence of functional peroxisomes from projection neurons and astrocytes. Glia 2010; 58:1532-43. [PMID: 20578053 DOI: 10.1002/glia.21027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Ablation of functional peroxisomes from all neural cells in Nestin-Pex5 knockout mice caused remarkable neurological abnormalities including motoric and cognitive malfunctioning accompanied by demyelination, axonal degeneration, and gliosis. An oligodendrocyte selective Cnp-Pex5 knockout mouse model shows a similar pathology, but with later onset and slower progression. Until now, the link between these neurological anomalies and the known metabolic alterations, namely the accumulation of very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFA) and reduction of plasmalogens, has not been established. We now focused on the role of peroxisomes in neurons and astrocytes. A neuron-specific peroxisome knockout model, NEX-Pex5, showed neither microscopic nor metabolic abnormalities indicating that the lack of functional peroxisomes within neurons does not cause axonal damage. Axonal integrity and normal behavior was also preserved when peroxisomes were deleted from astrocytes in GFAP-Pex5(-/-) mice. Nevertheless, peroxisomal metabolites were dysregulated in brain including a marked accumulation of VLCFA and a slight reduction in plasmalogens. Interestingly, despite minor targeting of oligodendrocytes in GFAP-Pex5(-/-) mice, these metabolic perturbations were also present in isolated myelin indicating that peroxisomal metabolites are shuttled between different brain cell types. We conclude that absence of peroxisomal metabolism in neurons and astrocytes does not provoke the neurodegenerative phenotype observed after deleting peroxisomes from oligodendrocytes. Lack of peroxisomal metabolism in astrocytes causes increased VLCFA levels in myelin, but this has no major impact on neurological functioning.
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- Astrid Bottelbergs
- Laboratory of Cell Metabolism, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, K. U. Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Rysman E, Brusselmans K, Scheys K, Timmermans L, Derua R, Munck S, Van Veldhoven PP, Waltregny D, Daniëls VW, Machiels J, Vanderhoydonc F, Smans K, Waelkens E, Verhoeven G, Swinnen JV. De novo lipogenesis protects cancer cells from free radicals and chemotherapeutics by promoting membrane lipid saturation. Cancer Res 2010; 70:8117-26. [PMID: 20876798 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-09-3871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 502] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Activation of de novo lipogenesis in cancer cells is increasingly recognized as a hallmark of aggressive cancers and has been implicated in the production of membranes for rapid cell proliferation. In the current report, we provide evidence that this activation has a more profound role. Using a mass spectrometry-based phospholipid analysis approach, we show that clinical tumor tissues that display the lipogenic phenotype show an increase in the degree of lipid saturation compared with nonlipogenic tumors. Reversal of the lipogenic switch in cancer cells by treatment with the lipogenesis inhibitor soraphen A or by targeting lipogenic enzymes with small interfering RNA leads to a marked decrease in saturated and mono-unsaturated phospholipid species and increases the relative degree of polyunsaturation. Because polyunsaturated acyl chains are more susceptible to peroxidation, inhibition of lipogenesis increases the levels of peroxidation end products and renders cells more susceptible to oxidative stress-induced cell death. As saturated lipids pack more densely, modulation of lipogenesis also alters lateral and transversal membrane dynamics as revealed by diffusion of membrane-targeted green fluorescent protein and by the uptake and response to doxorubicin. These data show that shifting lipid acquisition from lipid uptake toward de novo lipogenesis dramatically changes membrane properties and protects cells from both endogenous and exogenous insults. These findings provide important new insights into the role of de novo lipogenesis in cancer cells, and they provide a rationale for the use of lipogenesis inhibitors as antineoplastic agents and as chemotherapeutic sensitizers.
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- Evelien Rysman
- Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Endocrinology, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Krysko O, Bottelbergs A, Van Veldhoven P, Baes M. Combined deficiency of peroxisomal beta-oxidation and ether lipid synthesis in mice causes only minor cortical neuronal migration defects but severe hypotonia. Mol Genet Metab 2010; 100:71-6. [PMID: 20202875 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2010.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2010] [Revised: 02/05/2010] [Accepted: 02/05/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The metabolic factors causing cortical neuronal migration defects, hypotonia and malformation of cerebellum in patients and mice with severe peroxisome biogenesis disorders are still not identified. In the present investigation, we tested the hypothesis that the combined inactivity of peroxisomal beta-oxidation and ether lipid biosynthesis could be at the origin of these pathologies. Double MFP2/DAPAT knockout mice were generated and their postnatal phenotypes were compared with single knockouts and control mice. Cortical neuronal migration was not affected in DAPAT knockouts and only mildly in double MFP2/DAPAT knockout mice. The latter mice were severely hypotonic and usually died in the postnatal period. Both DAPAT and MFP2 single knockout mice exhibited delays in the formation of cerebellar folia. We conclude that the combined defect of peroxisomal beta-oxidation and ether lipid synthesis does not solely account for the typical cortical neuronal migration defect of mice with peroxisome biogenesis disorders but contributes to their hypotonia.
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- Olga Krysko
- Laboratory of Cell Metabolism, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, K.U.Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Koch M, Dettori D, Van Nuffelen A, Souffreau J, Marconcini L, Wallays G, Moons L, Bruyère F, Oliviero S, Noel A, Foidart JM, Carmeliet P, Dewerchin M. VEGF-D deficiency in mice does not affect embryonic or postnatal lymphangiogenesis but reduces lymphatic metastasis. J Pathol 2010; 219:356-64. [PMID: 19718705 DOI: 10.1002/path.2605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Vascular endothelial growth factor-D (VEGF-D) is one of the two ligands of the VEGFR-3 receptor on lymphatic endothelial cells. Gene-silencing studies in mice and Xenopus tadpoles recently showed that the role of endogenous VEGF-D in lymphatic development is moderate. By contrast, exogenous VEGF-D is capable of stimulating lymphangiogenesis. Nonetheless, its endogenous role in pathological conditions remains largely unknown. Hence, we reassessed its role in disease, using Vegf-d(null) mice. Vegf-d(null) mice were generated that, under physiological conditions, displayed normal embryonic and postnatal lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic remodelling, efficient lymphatic functioning and normal health. Vegf-d(null) mice also reponded normally in models of skin wound healing and healing of infarcted myocardium, despite enhanced expression of VEGF-D in these models in wild-type mice. In contrast, Vegf-d(null) mice displayed reduced peritumoral lymphangiogenesis and lymph node metastasis in an orthotopic pancreatic tumour model. Together, our data indicate that endogenous VEGF-D in mice is dispensible for lymphangiogenesis during development, in postnatal and adult physiology and in several pathological conditions, but significantly contributes to lymphatic metastasis.
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- Marta Koch
- Vesalius Research Centre, VIB, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Absence of functional peroxisomes from mouse CNS causes dysmyelination and axon degeneration. J Neurosci 2008; 28:4015-27. [PMID: 18400901 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4968-07.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Peroxisomal metabolism is essential for normal brain development both in men and in mice. Using conditional knock-out mice, we recently showed that peroxisome deficiency in liver has a severe and persistent impact on the formation of cortex and cerebellum, whereas absence of functional peroxisomes from the CNS only causes developmental delays without obvious alteration of brain architecture. We now report that a substantial fraction of the latter Nes-Pex5 knock-out mice survive into adulthood but develop progressive motoric and coordination problems, impaired exploration, and a deficit in cognition and die before the age of 6 months. Histopathologically, both the white and gray matter of the CNS displayed a region-specific accumulation of neutral lipids, astrogliosis and microgliosis, upregulation of catalase, and scattered cell death. Nes-Pex5 knock-out mice featured a dramatic reduction of myelin staining in corpus callosum, whereas cerebellum and other white matter tracts were less affected or unchanged. This was accompanied by a depletion of alkenylphospholipids in myelin and differentially reduced immunoreactivity of myelin proteins. EM analysis revealed that myelin wrappings around axons did still form, but they showed a reduction in thickness relative to axon diameters. Remarkably, multifocal axonal damage occurred in the corpus callosum. Thereby, debris accumulated between axolemma and inner myelin surface and axons collapsed, although myelin sheaths remained present. These anomalies of myelinated axons were already present in juvenile mice but aggravated in adulthood. Together, loss of CNS peroxisomal metabolism both affects myelin sheaths and axonal integrity possibly via independent pathways.
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Galvan C, Camoletto PG, Cristofani F, Van Veldhoven PP, Ledesma MD. Anomalous surface distribution of glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol-anchored proteins in neurons lacking acid sphingomyelinase. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 19:509-22. [PMID: 18032586 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-05-0439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) converts sphingomyelin (SM) into ceramide. Mutations in the ASM gene cause the mental retardation syndrome Niemann Pick type A (NPA), characterized as a lysosomal disorder because of the SM accumulation in these organelles. We here report that neurons from mice lacking ASM (ASMKO) present increased plasma membrane SM levels evident in detergent-resistant membranes. Paralleling this lipidic alteration, GPI-anchored proteins show an aberrant distribution in both axons and dendrites instead of the axonal enrichment observed in neurons from wild-type mice. Trafficking analysis suggests that this is due to defective internalization from dendrites. Increasing the SM content in wild-type neurons mimics these defects, whereas SM reduction in ASMKO neurons prevents their occurrence. Moreover, expression of active RhoA, which membrane attachment is affected by SM accumulation, rescues internalization rates in ASMKO neurons. These data unveil an unexpected role for ASM in neuronal plasma membrane organization and trafficking providing insight on the molecular mechanisms involved. They also suggest that deficiencies in such processes could be key pathological events in NPA disease.
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- Cristian Galvan
- Cavalieri Ottolenghi Scientific Institute, Universita degli Studi di Torino, A.O. San Luigi Gonzaga, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043 Orbassano (Torino), Italy
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Przybytkowski E, Joly E, Nolan CJ, Hardy S, Francoeur AM, Langelier Y, Prentki M. Upregulation of cellular triacylglycerol - free fatty acid cycling by oleate is associated with long-term serum-free survival of human breast cancer cells. Biochem Cell Biol 2007; 85:301-10. [PMID: 17612624 DOI: 10.1139/o07-001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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We previously showed that exogenous oleate protects human breast cancer cells against palmitate-induced apoptosis in part by increasing esterification of this free fatty acid (FFA) into triacylglycerol (TG). Here, we studied the mechanism whereby oleate protects these cells against apoptosis induced by serum withdrawal. The metabolism of FFA, TG, and glucose, in parallel with long-term cell survival in the absence of serum, was investigated in a panel of human breast cancer cell lines and in nontransformed MCF-10A cells after treatment with exogenous oleate. Short-term (3-24 h) exposure of MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells to exogenous oleate resulted in a dose-dependent long-term (10 day) serum-free survival that correlated with the accumulation of TG in lipid droplets and with upregulation of lipolysis. Both effects persisted for several days after oleate removal. Rapid TG lipolysis and FFA re-esterification, supported by high rates of glycolysis that provide the glycerol backbone for TG synthesis, are consistent with the presence of very active TG-FFA cycling in human breast cancer cells. Only the cancer cell lines capable of accumulating TG showed long-term serum-free survival after oleate treatment. The results suggest that upregulation of TG-FFA cycling induced by oleate may be involved in maintenance of human breast cancer cell survival.
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- Ewa Przybytkowski
- Molecular Nutrition Unit, Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and Institut du Cancer de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Huyghe S, Schmalbruch H, Hulshagen L, Veldhoven PV, Baes M, Hartmann D. Peroxisomal multifunctional protein-2 deficiency causes motor deficits and glial lesions in the adult central nervous system. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2006; 168:1321-34. [PMID: 16565505 PMCID: PMC1606565 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2006.041220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In humans, mutations inactivating multifunctional protein-2 (MFP-2), and thus peroxisomal beta-oxidation, cause neuronal heterotopia and demyelination, which is clinically reflected by hypotonia, seizures, and death within the first year of life. In contrast, our recently generated MFP-2-deficient mice did not show neurodevelopmental abnormalities but exhibited aberrations in bile acid metabolism and one of three of them died early postnatally. In the postweaning period, all survivors developed progressive motor deficits, including abnormal cramping reflexes of the limbs and loss of mobility, with death at 6 months. Motor impairment was not accompanied by lesions of peripheral nerves or muscles. However, in the central nervous system MFP-2-deficient mice overexpressed catalase in glial cells, accumulated lipids in ependymal cells and in the molecular layer of the cerebellum, exhibited severe astrogliosis and reactive microglia predominantly within the gray matter of the brain and the spinal cord, whereas synaptic and myelin markers were not affected. This culminated in degenerative changes of astroglia cells but not in overt neuronal lesions. Neither the motor deficits nor the brain lesions were aggravated by increasing the branched-chain fatty acid concentration through dietary supplementation. These data indicate that MFP-2 deficiency in mice causes a neurological phenotype in adulthood that is manifested primarily by astroglial damage.
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- Steven Huyghe
- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Huyghe S, Schmalbruch H, De Gendt K, Verhoeven G, Guillou F, Van Veldhoven PP, Baes M. Peroxisomal multifunctional protein 2 is essential for lipid homeostasis in Sertoli cells and male fertility in mice. Endocrinology 2006; 147:2228-36. [PMID: 16484321 DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-1571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Inactivation of peroxisomal beta-oxidation in mice, by knocking out multifunctional protein-2 (MFP-2; also called d-bifunctional enzyme), causes male infertility. In the testis, extensive accumulations of neutral lipids were observed in Sertoli cells, beginning in prepubertal mice and evolving in complete testicular atrophy by the age of 4 months. Spermatogenesis was already severely affected at the age of 5 wk, and pre- and postmeiotic germ cells gradually disappeared from the tubuli seminiferi. Based on cytochemical stainings and biochemical analyses, the lipid droplets consisted of cholesteryl esters and neutral glycerolipids. Furthermore, peroxisomal beta-oxidation substrates, such as very-long-chain fatty acids and pristanic acid, accumulated in the testis, whereas the concentration of docosapentaenoic acid, a polyunsaturated fatty acid and peroxisomal beta-oxidation product, was reduced. The testicular defects were also present in double MFP-2/peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha knockout mice, ruling out the possibility that they were mediated through the activation of this nuclear receptor. Immunoreactivity for peroxisomal proteins, including MFP-2, was detected in Sertoli cells as well as in germ cells and Leydig cells. The pivotal role of peroxisomal metabolism in Sertoli cells was also demonstrated by generating mice with a Sertoli cell-selective elimination of peroxisomes through cell type-specific inactivation of the peroxin 5 gene. These mice also developed lipid inclusions and were infertile, and their testes fully degenerated by the age of 4 months. In conclusion, the present data demonstrate that peroxisomal beta-oxidation is essential for lipid homeostasis in the testis and for male fertility.
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- Steven Huyghe
- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium
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Pighin D, Karabatas L, Rossi A, Chicco A, Basabe JC, Lombardo YB. Fish Oil Affects Pancreatic Fat Storage, Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Activity and Insulin Secretion in Rats Fed a Sucrose-Rich Diet. J Nutr 2003; 133:4095-101. [PMID: 14652354 DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.12.4095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Rats fed a sucrose-rich diet (SRD) develop hypertriglyceridemia and a marked decline in beta cell function. The purpose of this study was to determine whether changes in triglyceride concentration and/or altered pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHc) activity contribute to the beta cell dysfunction, and to analyze the effect of dietary fish oil on the altered patterns of insulin secretion and peripheral insulin resistance. Rats were fed an SRD for 210 d. One-half of the rats continued consuming the SRD until d 270. The other half received an SRD in which fish oil (FO) was partially substituted for corn oil until d 270. A group of rats was fed a control diet (CD) throughout the experiment. The islets of rats fed the SRD had a greater triglyceride concentration and lower PDHc activity than those fed the CD. Insulin secretion patterns under the stimulus of glucose, palmitate or L-arginine were impaired in SRD-fed compared with CD-fed rats. This was accompanied by peripheral insulin resistance, mild hyperglycemia, a sharp increase of plasma triglyceride and free fatty acid levels and greater epididymal and retroperitoneal fat weights. FO normalized and/or improved these variables. Our results indicate that the increased fat storage and decreased PDHc activity in the beta cells play a key role in the abnormal insulin secretion of rats chronically fed an SRD. This is consistent with the reversion of these alterations by dietary FO.
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- Dario Pighin
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biochemistry, University of Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Briaud I, Harmon JS, Kelpe CL, Segu VB, Poitout V. Lipotoxicity of the pancreatic beta-cell is associated with glucose-dependent esterification of fatty acids into neutral lipids. Diabetes 2001; 50:315-21. [PMID: 11272142 PMCID: PMC3547289 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.50.2.315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Prolonged exposure of isolated islets to supraphysiologic concentrations of palmitate decreases insulin gene expression in the presence of elevated glucose levels. This study was designed to determine whether or not this phenomenon is associated with a glucose-dependent increase in esterification of fatty acids into neutral lipids. Gene expression of sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT), diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT), and hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL), three key enzymes of lipid metabolism, was detected in isolated rat islets. Their levels of expression were not affected after a 72-h exposure to elevated glucose and palmitate. To determine the effects of glucose on palmitate-induced neutral lipid synthesis, isolated rat islets were cultured for 72 h with trace amounts of [14C]palmitate with or without 0.5 mmol/l unlabeled palmitate, at 2.8 or 16.7 mmol/l glucose. Glucose increased incorporation of [14C]palmitate into complex lipids. Addition of exogenous palmitate directed lipid metabolism toward neutral lipid synthesis. As a result, neutral lipid mass was increased upon prolonged incubation with elevated palmitate only in the presence of high glucose. The ability of palmitate to increase neutral lipid synthesis in the presence of high glucose was concentration-dependent in HIT cells and was inversely correlated to insulin mRNA levels. 2-Bromopalmitate, an inhibitor of fatty acid mitochondrial beta-oxidation, reproduced the inhibitory effect of palmitate on insulin mRNA levels. In contrast, palmitate methyl ester, which is not metabolized, and the medium-chain fatty acid octanoate, which is readily oxidized, did not affect insulin gene expression, suggesting that fatty-acid inhibition of insulin gene expression requires activation of the esterification pathway. These results demonstrate that inhibition of insulin gene expression upon prolonged exposure of islets to palmitate is associated with a glucose-dependent increase in esterification of fatty acids into neutral lipids.
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- I Briaud
- Pacific Northwest Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle 98122, USA
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Baes M, Huyghe S, Carmeliet P, Declercq PE, Collen D, Mannaerts GP, Van Veldhoven PP. Inactivation of the peroxisomal multifunctional protein-2 in mice impedes the degradation of not only 2-methyl-branched fatty acids and bile acid intermediates but also of very long chain fatty acids. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:16329-36. [PMID: 10748062 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m001994200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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According to current views, peroxisomal beta-oxidation is organized as two parallel pathways: the classical pathway that is responsible for the degradation of straight chain fatty acids and a more recently identified pathway that degrades branched chain fatty acids and bile acid intermediates. Multifunctional protein-2 (MFP-2), also called d-bifunctional protein, catalyzes the second (hydration) and third (dehydrogenation) reactions of the latter pathway. In order to further clarify the physiological role of this enzyme in the degradation of fatty carboxylates, MFP-2 knockout mice were generated. MFP-2 deficiency caused a severe growth retardation during the first weeks of life, resulting in the premature death of one-third of the MFP-2(-/-) mice. Furthermore, MFP-2-deficient mice accumulated VLCFA in brain and liver phospholipids, immature C(27) bile acids in bile, and, after supplementation with phytol, pristanic and phytanic acid in liver triacylglycerols. These changes correlated with a severe impairment of peroxisomal beta-oxidation of very long straight chain fatty acids (C(24)), 2-methyl-branched chain fatty acids, and the bile acid intermediate trihydroxycoprostanic acid in fibroblast cultures or liver homogenates derived from the MFP-2 knockout mice. In contrast, peroxisomal beta-oxidation of long straight chain fatty acids (C(16)) was enhanced in liver tissue from MFP-2(-/-) mice, due to the up-regulation of the enzymes of the classical peroxisomal beta-oxidation pathway. The present data indicate that MFP-2 is not only essential for the degradation of 2-methyl-branched fatty acids and the bile acid intermediates di- and trihydroxycoprostanic acid but also for the breakdown of very long chain fatty acids.
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- M Baes
- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory of Pharmacology, K. U. Leuven, Herestraat 49 O/N, B 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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