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Calzada C, Vors C, Penhoat A, Cheillan D, Michalski MC. Role of circulating sphingolipids in lipid metabolism: Why dietary lipids matter. Front Nutr 2023; 9:1108098. [PMID: 36712523 PMCID: PMC9874159 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1108098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Sphingolipids are structural components of cell membranes and lipoproteins but also act as signaling molecules in many pathophysiological processes. Although sphingolipids comprise a small part of the plasma lipidome, some plasma sphingolipids are recognized as implicated in the development of metabolic diseases and cardiovascular diseases. Plasma sphingolipids are mostly carried out into lipoproteins and may modulate their functional properties. Lipids ingested from the diet contribute to the plasma lipid pool besides lipids produced by the liver and released from the adipose tissue. Depending on their source, quality and quantity, dietary lipids may modulate sphingolipids both in plasma and lipoproteins. A few human dietary intervention studies investigated the impact of dietary lipids on circulating sphingolipids and lipid-related cardiovascular risk markers. On the one hand, dietary saturated fatty acids, mainly palmitic acid, may increase ceramide concentrations in plasma, triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and HDL. On the other hand, milk polar lipids may decrease some molecular species of sphingomyelins and ceramides in plasma and intestine-derived chylomicrons. Altogether, different dietary fatty acids and lipid species can modulate circulating sphingolipids vehicled by postprandial lipoproteins, which should be part of future nutritional strategies for prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
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Affiliation(s)
- Catherine Calzada
- Univ-Lyon, CarMeN Laboratory, Inserm U1060, INRAE UMR1397, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre Bénite, France,*Correspondence: Catherine Calzada ✉
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- Univ-Lyon, CarMeN Laboratory, Inserm U1060, INRAE UMR1397, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre Bénite, France
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- Univ-Lyon, CarMeN Laboratory, Inserm U1060, INRAE UMR1397, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre Bénite, France
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- Univ-Lyon, CarMeN Laboratory, Inserm U1060, INRAE UMR1397, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre Bénite, France,Service de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire, Centre de Biologie et de Pathologie Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron, France
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- Univ-Lyon, CarMeN Laboratory, Inserm U1060, INRAE UMR1397, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre Bénite, France
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Nicholson RJ, Norris MK, Poss AM, Holland WL, Summers SA. The Lard Works in Mysterious Ways: Ceramides in Nutrition-Linked Chronic Disease. Annu Rev Nutr 2022; 42:115-144. [PMID: 35584813 PMCID: PMC9399075 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-062220-112920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
Diet influences onset, progression, and severity of several chronic diseases, including heart failure, diabetes, steatohepatitis, and a subset of cancers. The prevalence and clinical burden of these obesity-linked diseases has risen over the past two decades. These metabolic disorders are driven by ectopic lipid deposition in tissues not suited for fat storage, leading to lipotoxic disruption of cell function and survival. Sphingolipids such as ceramides are among the most deleterious and bioactive metabolites that accrue, as they participate in selective insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, oxidative stress and apoptosis. This review discusses our current understanding of biochemical pathways controlling ceramide synthesis, production and action; influences of diet on ceramide levels; application of circulating ceramides as clinical biomarkers of metabolic disease; and molecular mechanisms linking ceramides to altered metabolism and survival of cells. Development of nutritional or pharmacological strategies to lower ceramides could have therapeutic value in a wide range of prevalent diseases.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rebekah J. Nicholson
- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah College of Health, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA,Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah College of Health, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA,Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah College of Health, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA,Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah College of Health, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA,Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah College of Health, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA,Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Gonzales GB, Njunge JM, Gichuki BM, Wen B, Potani I, Voskuijl W, Bandsma RHJ, Berkley JA. Plasma proteomics reveals markers of metabolic stress in HIV infected children with severe acute malnutrition. Sci Rep 2020; 10:11235. [PMID: 32641735 PMCID: PMC7343797 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68143-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
HIV infection affects up to 30% of children presenting with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in Africa and is associated with increased mortality. Children with SAM are treated similarly regardless of HIV status, although mechanisms of nutritional recovery in HIV and/or SAM are not well understood. We performed a secondary analysis of a clinical trial and plasma proteomics data among children with complicated SAM in Kenya and Malawi. Compared to children with SAM without HIV (n = 113), HIV-infected children (n = 54) had evidence (false discovery rate (FDR) corrected p < 0.05) of metabolic stress, including enriched pathways related to inflammation and lipid metabolism. Moreover, we observed reduced plasma levels of zinc-α-2-glycoprotein, butyrylcholinesterase, and increased levels of complement C2 resembling findings in metabolic syndrome, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases. HIV was also associated (FDR corrected p < 0.05) with higher plasma levels of inflammatory chemokines. Considering evidence of biomarkers of metabolic stress, it is of potential concern that our current treatment strategy for SAM regardless of HIV status involves a high-fat therapeutic diet. The results of this study suggest a need for clinical trials of therapeutic foods that meet the specific metabolic needs of children with HIV and SAM.
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- Gerard Bryan Gonzales
- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. .,VIB Inflammation Research Centre, Ghent, Belgium.
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- The Childhood Acute Illness & Nutrition (CHAIN) Network, Nairobi, Kenya.,KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
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- The Childhood Acute Illness & Nutrition (CHAIN) Network, Nairobi, Kenya.,KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
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- Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- The Childhood Acute Illness & Nutrition (CHAIN) Network, Nairobi, Kenya
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- The Childhood Acute Illness & Nutrition (CHAIN) Network, Nairobi, Kenya.,Global Child Health Group, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Global Health, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- The Childhood Acute Illness & Nutrition (CHAIN) Network, Nairobi, Kenya.,Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- The Childhood Acute Illness & Nutrition (CHAIN) Network, Nairobi, Kenya.,KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.,Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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