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Koganesawa M, Dwyer D, Alhallak K, Nagai J, Zaleski K, Samuchiwal S, Hiroaki H, Nishida A, Hirsch TI, Brennan PJ, Puder M, Balestrieri B. Pla2g5 contributes to viral-like-induced lung inflammation through macrophage proliferation and LA/Ffar1 lung cell recruitment. Immunology 2024; 172:144-162. [PMID: 38361249 PMCID: PMC11057362 DOI: 10.1111/imm.13766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024] Open
Abstract
Macrophages expressing group V phospholipase A2 (Pla2g5) release the free fatty acid (FFA) linoleic acid (LA), potentiating lung type 2 inflammation. Although Pla2g5 and LA increase in viral infections, their role remains obscure. We generated Pla2g5flox/flox mice, deleted Pla2g5 by using the Cx3cr1cre transgene, and activated bone marrow-derived macrophages (BM-Macs) with poly:IC, a synthetic double-stranded RNA that triggers a viral-like immune response, known Pla2g5-dependent stimuli (IL-4, LPS + IFNγ, IL-33 + IL-4 + GM-CSF) and poly:IC + LA followed by lipidomic and transcriptomic analysis. Poly:IC-activated Pla2g5flox/flox;Cx3cr1cre/+ BM-Macs had downregulation of major bioactive lipids and critical enzymes producing those bioactive lipids. In addition, AKT phosphorylation was lower in poly:IC-stimulated Pla2g5flox/flox;Cx3cr1cre/+ BM-Macs, which was not restored by adding LA to poly:IC-stimulated BM-Macs. Consistently, Pla2g5flox/flox;Cx3cr1cre/+ mice had diminished poly:IC-induced lung inflammation, including inflammatory macrophage proliferation, while challenging Pla2g5flox/flox;Cx3cr1cre/+ mice with poly:IC + LA partially restored lung inflammation and inflammatory macrophage proliferation. Finally, mice lacking FFA receptor-1 (Ffar1)-null mice had reduced poly:IC-induced lung cell recruitment and tissue macrophage proliferation, not corrected by LA. Thus, Pla2g5 contributes to poly:IC-induced lung inflammation by regulating inflammatory macrophage proliferation and LA/Ffar1-mediated lung cell recruitment and tissue macrophage proliferation.
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- Masaya Koganesawa
- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vinik Center for Translational Immunology Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vinik Center for Translational Immunology Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vinik Center for Translational Immunology Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vinik Center for Translational Immunology Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vinik Center for Translational Immunology Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vinik Center for Translational Immunology Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vinik Center for Translational Immunology Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vinik Center for Translational Immunology Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Surgery and Vascular Biology Program Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vinik Center for Translational Immunology Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Surgery and Vascular Biology Program Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Vinik Center for Translational Immunology Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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Xia T, Jin X, Zhang D, Wang J, Jian R, Yin H, Xia Y. Alternative fatty acid desaturation pathways revealed by deep profiling of total fatty acids in RAW 264.7 cell line. J Lipid Res 2023; 64:100410. [PMID: 37437845 PMCID: PMC10407907 DOI: 10.1016/j.jlr.2023.100410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023] Open
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In-depth structural characterization of lipids provides a new means to investigate lipid metabolism. In this study, we have conducted deep profiling of total fatty acids (FAs) from RAW 264.7 macrophages by utilizing charge-tagging Paternò-Büchi derivatization of carbon-carbon double bond (C=C) and reversed-phase liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. A series of FAs exhibiting unusual site(s) of unsaturation was unearthed, with their identities being confirmed by observing anticipated compositional alterations upon desaturase inhibition. The data reveal that FADS2 Δ 6-desaturation can generate n-11 C=C in the odd-chain monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) as well as n-10 and n-12 families of even-chain MUFAs. SCD1 Δ 9-desaturation yields n-6, n-8, and n-10 of odd-chain MUFAs, as well as n-5, n-7, and n-9 families of even-chain MUFAs. Besides n-3 and n-6 families of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), the presence of n-7 and n-9 families of PUFAs indicates that the n-7 and n-9 isomers of FA 18:1 can be utilized as substrates for further desaturation and elongation. The n-7 and n-9 families of PUFAs identified in RAW 264.7 macrophages are noteworthy because their C=C modifications are achieved exclusively via de novo lipogenesis. Our discovery outlines the metabolic plasticity in fatty acid desaturation which constitutes an unexplored rewiring in RAW264.7 macrophages.
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- Tian Xia
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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Shakya S, Pyles KD, Albert CJ, Patel RP, McCommis KS, Ford DA. Myeloperoxidase-derived hypochlorous acid targets human airway epithelial plasmalogens liberating protein modifying electrophilic 2-chlorofatty aldehydes. Redox Biol 2023; 59:102557. [PMID: 36508858 PMCID: PMC9763693 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2022.102557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Neutrophil and airway epithelial cell interactions are critical in the inflammatory response to viral infections including respiratory syncytial virus, Sendai virus, and SARS-CoV-2. Airway epithelial cell dysfunction during viral infections is likely mediated by the interaction of virus and recruited neutrophils at the airway epithelial barrier. Neutrophils are key early responders to viral infection. Neutrophil myeloperoxidase catalyzes the conversion of hydrogen peroxide to hypochlorous acid (HOCl). Previous studies have shown HOCl targets host neutrophil and endothelial cell plasmalogen lipids, resulting in the production of the chlorinated lipid, 2-chlorofatty aldehyde (2-ClFALD). We have previously shown that the oxidation product of 2-ClFALD, 2-chlorofatty acid (2-ClFA) is present in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of Sendai virus-infected mice, which likely results from the attack of the epithelial plasmalogen by neutrophil-derived HOCl. Herein, we demonstrate small airway epithelial cells contain plasmalogens enriched with oleic acid at the sn-2 position unlike endothelial cells which contain arachidonic acid enrichment at the sn-2 position of plasmalogen. We also show neutrophil-derived HOCl targets epithelial cell plasmalogens to produce 2-ClFALD. Further, proteomics and over-representation analysis using the ω-alkyne analog of the 2-ClFALD molecular species, 2-chlorohexadecanal (2-ClHDyA) showed cell adhesion molecule binding and cell-cell junction enriched categories similar to that observed previously in endothelial cells. However, in contrast to endothelial cells, proteins in distinct metabolic pathways were enriched with 2-ClFALD modification, particularly pyruvate metabolism was enriched in epithelial cells and mitochondrial pyruvate respiration was reduced. Collectively, these studies demonstrate, for the first time, a novel plasmalogen molecular species distribution in airway epithelial cells that are targeted by myeloperoxidase-derived hypochlorous acid resulting in electrophilic 2-ClFALD, which potentially modifies epithelial physiology by modifying proteins.
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- Shubha Shakya
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA; Center for Cardiovascular Research, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA; Center for Cardiovascular Research, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA; Center for Cardiovascular Research, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA; Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA; Center for Cardiovascular Research, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA; Center for Cardiovascular Research, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA.
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Prieto JM, Wang AW, Halbach J, Cauvi DM, Day JMD, Gembicky M, Ghassemian M, Quehenberger O, Kling K, Ignacio R, DeMaio A, Bickler SW. Elemental, fatty acid, and protein composition of appendicoliths. Sci Rep 2022; 12:19764. [PMID: 36396724 PMCID: PMC9671961 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21397-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Appendicoliths are commonly found obstructing the lumen of the appendix at the time of appendectomy. To identify factors that might contribute to their formation we investigated the composition of appendicoliths using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy, gas chromatography, polarized light microscopy, X-ray crystallography and protein mass spectroscopy. Forty-eight elements, 32 fatty acids and 109 human proteins were identified within the appendicoliths. The most common elements found in appendicoliths are calcium and phosphorus, 11.0 ± 6.0 and 8.2 ± 4.2% weight, respectively. Palmitic acid (29.7%) and stearate (21.3%) are the most common fatty acids. Some stearate is found in crystalline form-identifiable by polarized light microscopy and confirmable by X-ray crystallography. Appendicoliths have an increased ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids (ratio 22:1). Analysis of 16 proteins common to the appendicoliths analyzed showed antioxidant activity and neutrophil functions (e.g. activation and degranulation) to be the most highly enriched pathways. Considered together, these preliminary findings suggest oxidative stress may have a role in appendicolith formation. Further research is needed to determine how dietary factors such as omega-6 fatty acids and food additives, redox-active metals and the intestinal microbiome interact with genetic factors to predispose to appendicolith formation.
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- James M Prieto
- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA
- Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA
- Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA
- Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
- Center for Investigations of Health and Education Disparities, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Crystallography Facility, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Biomolecular and Proteomics Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive #0739, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0739, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive #0739, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0739, USA
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive #0739, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0739, USA
- Center for Investigations of Health and Education Disparities, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA.
- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive #0739, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0739, USA.
- Center for Investigations of Health and Education Disparities, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Mater V, Eisner S, Seidel C, Schneider D. The peripherally membrane-attached protein MbFACL6 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis activates a broad spectrum of substrates. J Mol Biol 2022; 434:167842. [PMID: 36179886 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
The infectious disease tuberculosis is one of the fifteen most common causes of death worldwide (according to the WHO). About every fourth person is infected with the main causative agent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mb). A characteristic of the pathogen is its entrance into a dormant state in which a phenotypic antibiotic resistance is achieved. To target resistant strains, novel dormancy-specific targets are very promising. Such a possible target is the Mb "fatty acid-CoA ligase 6" (MbFACL6), which activates fatty acids and thereby modulates the accumulation of triacylglycerol-containing lipid droplets that are used by Mb as an energy source during dormancy. We investigated the membrane association of MbFACL6 in E. coli and its specific activity towards different substrates after establishing a novel MbFACL6 activity assay. Despite a high homology to the mammalian family of fatty acid transport proteins, which are typically transmembrane proteins, our results indicate that MbFACL6 is a peripheral membrane-attached protein. Furthermore, MbFACL6 tolerates a broad spectrum of substrates including saturated and unsaturated fatty acids (C12-C20), some cholic acid derivatives, and even synthetic fatty acids, such as 9(E)-nitrooleicacid. Therefore, the substrate selectivity of MbFACL6 appears to be much broader than previously assumed.
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- Veronika Mater
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 17, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 17, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 17, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 17, 55128 Mainz, Germany; Institute of Molecular Physiology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 17, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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Dennis EA. Outtakes from My Journey through the World of LIPID MAPS. Molecules 2022; 27:3885. [PMID: 35745008 PMCID: PMC9228998 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27123885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
My laboratory's research on lipids has focused on phospholipases and lipidomics and in many ways has evolved in parallel to the evolution of the lipid field over the past half century. I have reviewed our research elsewhere. Herein, I describe the "side stories" or "outtakes" that parallel the main story that focuses on our laboratory's research. I will emphasize the importance of community activities and describe how I came to initiate and lead the international effort on the Lipid Metabolites and Pathways Strategy (LIPID MAPS). Several of these side activities had a significant effect on discoveries in my laboratory research and its evolution as well as contributing significantly to the development of the LIPID MAPS initiative. These included experience and influences from serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Lipid Research and Chair and President of the Keystone Symposia on Cell and Molecular Biology as well as other experiences in organizing lipid conferences, teaching on lipid structure and mechanism, and earlier formative administrative and leadership experiences. The relevant influences are summarized herein.
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- Edward A. Dennis
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0601, USA;
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0601, USA
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Li F, Zhang Q, Tong Y, Jiang J, Liu J. Development and validation of a liquid chromeatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for simultaneous quantification of medium- and long-chain saturated fatty acids in hamster plasma samples. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2022; 36:e9280. [PMID: 35229921 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
RATIONALE Saturated fatty acids (SFAs) are associated with many diseases in humans. Developing a reliable analytical method to analyze SFAs in plasma is essential to understand their biological activities. An ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC/MS/MS) method has been developed for the quantification of medium- and long-chain SFAs (M/LCSFAs) in hamster plasma. METHODS We compared three methods (DOLE, Folch and MTBE) for extracting M/LCSFAs from plasma. The M/LCSFA derivatives were separated using a C18 column. The method was validated and applied to analyze M/LCSFA concentrations in normal-fat diet (NFD) and high-fat diet (HFD) hamster plasma. RESULTS Among the three extraction methods, the DOLE method had the highest extraction recovery and was simple to operate with a short incubation time. All of the calibration curves exhibited good linear relationships (r ≥ 0.9958). The results for selectivity, accuracy, precision, matrix effects and recovery were all within the acceptance criteria. In HFD hamster plasma, the concentration of M/LCSFAs with even-carbon chain length was significantly increased. CONCLUSIONS A simple, robust and reproducible method for the simultaneous quantification of M/LCSFAs by UHPLC/MS/MS was developed and validated. The method gave successfully quantification of M/LCSFAs in plasma samples from NFD and HFD hamsters.
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- Fan Li
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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Coras R, Murillo-Saich JD, Singh AG, Kavanaugh A, Guma M. Lipidomic Profiling in Synovial Tissue. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:857135. [PMID: 35492314 PMCID: PMC9051397 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.857135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The analysis of synovial tissue offers the potential for the comprehensive characterization of cell types involved in arthritis pathogenesis. The studies performed to date in synovial tissue have made it possible to define synovial pathotypes, which relate to disease severity and response to treatment. Lipidomics is the branch of metabolomics that allows the quantification and identification of lipids in different biological samples. Studies in animal models of arthritis and in serum/plasma from patients with arthritis suggest the involvement of different types of lipids (glycerophospholipids, glycerolipids, sphingolipids, oxylipins, fatty acids) in the pathogenesis of arthritis. We reviewed studies that quantified lipids in different types of tissues and their relationship with inflammation. We propose that combining lipidomics with currently used “omics” techniques can improve the information obtained from the analysis of synovial tissue, for a better understanding of pathogenesis and the development of new therapeutic strategies.
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- Roxana Coras
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
- Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- San Diego VA Healthcare Service, San Diego, CA, United States
- *Correspondence: Monica Guma
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Chaudhary N, Nguyen TNQ, Cullen D, Meade AD, Wynne C. Discrimination of immune cell activation using Raman micro-spectroscopy in an in-vitro & ex-vivo model. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 248:119118. [PMID: 33214105 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.119118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Activation and proliferation of immune cells such as lymphocytes and monocytes are appropriate inflammatory responses to invading pathogens and are key to overcoming an infection. In contrast, uncontrolled and prolonged activation of these cellular signalling pathways can be deleterious to the body and result in the development of autoimmune conditions. The understanding of cellular activatory status therefore plays a significant role in disease diagnosis and progression. Conventional automated approaches such as enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and immune-labelling techniques are time-consuming and expensive, relying on a commercially available and specific antibody to identify cell activation. Developing a label-free method for assessing molecular changes would therefore offer a quick and cost-efficient alternative in biomedical research. Here Raman spectroscopy is presented as an effective spectroscopic method for the identification of activated immune cells using both cell lines and primary cells (including purified monocyte and lymphocyte subgroups and mixed peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) populations) obtained from healthy donors. All cell lines and primary cells were exposed to different stimulants and cellular responses confirmed by flow cytometry or ELISA. Machine learning models of cell discrimination using Raman spectra were developed and compared to reference flow-cytometry, with spectral discrimination levels comparing favourably with the reference method. Spectral signatures of molecular expression after activation were also extracted with results demonstrating alignment with expected profiles. High performance classification models constructed in these in-vitro and ex-vivo studies enabled identification of the spectroscopic discrimination of immune cell subtypes in their resting and activated state. Further spectral fitting analysis identified a number of potential spectral biomarkers that elucidate the spectral classification.
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- Neha Chaudhary
- School of Physics, Technological University Dublin, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland; Radiation and Environmental Science Centre, Focas Research Institute, Technological University Dublin, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- School of Physics, Technological University Dublin, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland; Radiation and Environmental Science Centre, Focas Research Institute, Technological University Dublin, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- Radiation and Environmental Science Centre, Focas Research Institute, Technological University Dublin, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland; School of Biological and Health Sciences, Technological University Dublin, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- School of Physics, Technological University Dublin, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland; Radiation and Environmental Science Centre, Focas Research Institute, Technological University Dublin, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
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- School of Biological and Health Sciences, Technological University Dublin, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
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Koganesawa M, Yamaguchi M, Samuchiwal SK, Balestrieri B. Lipid Profile of Activated Macrophages and Contribution of Group V Phospholipase A 2. Biomolecules 2020; 11:biom11010025. [PMID: 33383652 PMCID: PMC7823364 DOI: 10.3390/biom11010025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Macrophages activated by Interleukin (IL)-4 (M2) or LPS+ Interferon (IFN)γ (M1) perform specific functions respectively in type 2 inflammation and killing of pathogens. Group V phospholipase A2 (Pla2g5) is required for the development and functions of IL-4-activated macrophages and phagocytosis of pathogens. Pla2g5-generated bioactive lipids, including lysophospholipids (LysoPLs), fatty acids (FAs), and eicosanoids, have a role in many diseases. However, little is known about their production by differentially activated macrophages. We performed an unbiased mass-spectrometry analysis of phospholipids (PLs), LysoPLs, FAs, and eicosanoids produced by Wild Type (WT) and Pla2g5-null IL-4-activated bone marrow-derived macrophages (IL-4)BM-Macs (M2) and (LPS+IFNγ)BM-Macs (M1). Phosphatidylcholine (PC) was preferentially metabolized in (LPS+IFNγ)BM-Macs and Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) in (IL-4)BM-Macs, with Pla2g5 contributing mostly to metabolization of selected PE molecules. While Pla2g5 produced palmitic acid (PA) in (LPS+IFNγ)BM-Macs, the absence of Pla2g5 increased myristic acid (MA) in (IL-4)BM-Macs. Among eicosanoids, Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) were significantly reduced in (IL-4)BM-Macs and (LPS+IFNγ)BM-Macs lacking Pla2g5. Instead, the IL-4-induced increase in 20-carboxy arachidonic acid (20CooH AA) was dependent on Pla2g5, as was the production of 12-hydroxy-heptadecatrienoic acid (12-HHTrE) in (LPS+IFNγ)BM-Macs. Thus, Pla2g5 contributes to PE metabolization, PGE2 and PGD2 production independently of the type of activation, while in (IL-4)BM-Macs, Pla2g5 regulates selective lipid pathways and likely novel functions.
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Shinto L, Lahna D, Murchison CF, Dodge H, Hagen K, David J, Kaye J, Quinn JF, Wall R, Silbert LC. Oxidized Products of Omega-6 and Omega-3 Long Chain Fatty Acids Are Associated with Increased White Matter Hyperintensity and Poorer Executive Function Performance in a Cohort of Cognitively Normal Hypertensive Older Adults. J Alzheimers Dis 2020; 74:65-77. [DOI: 10.3233/jad-191197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Lynne Shinto
- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Department of Neurology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Department of Neurology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Department of Neurology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
- Department of Neurology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR, USA
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Fonteh AN, Cipolla M, Chiang AJ, Edminster SP, Arakaki X, Harrington MG. Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Composition of Cerebrospinal Fluid Fractions Shows Their Contribution to Cognitive Resilience of a Pre-symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease Cohort. Front Physiol 2020; 11:83. [PMID: 32116789 PMCID: PMC7034243 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology is characterized by an early and prolonged decrease in the amyloid peptide (Aβ) levels concomitant with a later increase in phospho-tau concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We propose that changes in lipid metabolism can contribute to the abnormal processing of Aβ42 in AD. Our aim was to determine if polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) metabolism can differentiate pre-symptomatic AD from normal aging and symptomatic AD. Using neuropsychology measures and Aβ42/T-tau in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), we classify three groups of elderly study participants: cognitively healthy with normal Aβ42/T-tau (CH-NAT), cognitively healthy with pathological Aβ42/T-tau (CH-PAT), and AD individuals. We determined the size distribution and the concentration of CSF particles using light scattering and quantified PUFA composition in the nanoparticulate (NP) fraction, supernatant fluid (SF), and unesterified PUFA levels using gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry. Four PUFAs (C20:2n-6, C20:3n-3, C22:4n-6, C22:5n-3) were enriched in NP of AD compared with CH-NAT. C20:3n-3 levels were higher in the NP fraction from AD compared with CH-PAT. When normalized to the number of NPs in CSF, PUFA levels were significantly higher in CH-NAT and CH-PAT compared with AD. In the SF fractions, only the levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6n-3) differentiated all three clinical groups. Unesterified DHA was also higher in CH-NAT compared with the other clinical groups. Our studies also show that NP PUFAs in CH participants negatively correlate with CSF Aβ42 while C20:4n-6, DHA, and n-3 PUFAs in the SF fraction positively correlate with T-tau. The profile of PUFAs in different CSF fractions that correlate with Aβ42 or with T-tau are different for CH-NAT compared with CH-PAT. These studies show that PUFA metabolism is associated with amyloid and tau processing. Importantly, higher PUFA levels in the cognitively healthy study participants with abnormal Aβ42/T-tau suggest that PUFA enhances the cognitive resilience of the pre-symptomatic AD population. We propose that interventions that prevent PUFA depletion in the brain may prevent AD pathology by stabilizing Aβ42 and tau metabolism. Further studies to determine changes in PUFA composition during the progression from pre-symptomatic to AD should reveal novel biomarkers and potential preventive approaches.
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- Alfred N Fonteh
- Neurosciences, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA, United States
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- Neurosciences, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA, United States
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- Neurosciences, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA, United States
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- Neurosciences, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA, United States
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- Neurosciences, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA, United States
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- Neurosciences, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, CA, United States
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Wu Z, Bagarolo GI, Thoröe-Boveleth S, Jankowski J. "Lipidomics": Mass spectrometric and chemometric analyses of lipids. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2020; 159:294-307. [PMID: 32553782 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2020.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Lipids are ubiquitous in the human organism and play essential roles as components of cell membranes and hormones, for energy storage or as mediators of cell signaling pathways. As crucial mediators of the human metabolism, lipids are also involved in metabolic diseases, cardiovascular and renal diseases, cancer and/or hepatological and neurological disorders. With rapidly growing evidence supporting the impact of lipids on both the genesis and progression of these diseases as well as patient wellbeing, the characterization of the human lipidome has gained high interest and importance in life sciences and clinical diagnostics within the last 15 years. This is mostly due to technically advanced molecular identification and quantification methods, mainly based on mass spectrometry. Mass spectrometry has become one of the most powerful tools for the identification of lipids. New lipidic mediators or biomarkers of diseases can be analysed by state-of-the art mass spectrometry techniques supported by sophisticated bioinformatics and biostatistics. The lipidomic approach has developed dramatically in the realm of life sciences and clinical diagnostics due to the available mass spectrometric methods and in particular due to the adaptation of biostatistical methods in recent years. Therefore, the current knowledge of lipid extraction methods, mass-spectrometric approaches, biostatistical data analysis, including workflows for the interpretation of lipidomic high-throughput data, are reviewed in this manuscript.
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- Zhuojun Wu
- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany; School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Aldan JT, Jansen C, Speck M, Maaetoft-Udsen K, Cordasco EA, Faiai M, Shimoda LM, Greineisen WE, Turner H, Stokes AJ. Insulin-induced lipid body accumulation is accompanied by lipid remodelling in model mast cells. Adipocyte 2019; 8:265-279. [PMID: 31311389 PMCID: PMC6768188 DOI: 10.1080/21623945.2019.1636624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Mast cell lipid bodies are key to initiation, maintenance and resolution of inflammatory responses in tissue. Mast cell lines, primary bone marrow-derived mast cells and peripheral blood basophils present a ‘steatotic’ phenotype in response to chronic insulin exposure, where cells become loaded with lipid bodies. Here we show this state is associated with reduced histamine release, but increased capacity to release bioactive lipids. We describe the overall lipid phenotype of mast cells in this insulin-induced steatotic state and the consequences for critical cellular lipid classes involved in stages of inflammation. We show significant insulin-induced shifts in specific lipid classes, especially arachidonic acid derivatives, MUFA and PUFA, the EPA/DHA ratio, and in cardiolipins, especially those conjugated to certain DHA and EPAs. Functionally, insulin exposure markedly alters the FcϵRI-induced release of Series 4 leukotriene LTC4, Series 2 prostaglandin PGD2, Resolvin-D1, Resolvin-D2 and Resolvin-1, reflecting the expanded precursor pools and impact on both the pro-inflammation and pro-resolution bioactive lipids that are released during mast cell activation. Chronic hyperinsulinemia is a feature of obesity and progression to Type 2 Diabetes, these data suggest that mast cell release of key lipid mediators is altered in patients with metabolic syndrome.
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- Johnny T. Aldan
- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, HI, USA
- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, HI, USA
- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu, HI, USA
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Xia F, Feng R, Xu FG, Su H, He C, Hu YJ, Wan JB. Quantification of phospholipid fatty acids by chemical isotope labeling coupled with atmospheric pressure gas chromatography quadrupole- time-of-flight mass spectrometry (APGC/Q-TOF MS). Anal Chim Acta 2019; 1082:86-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2019.06.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Clugston RD, Gao MA, Blaner WS. The Hepatic Lipidome: A Gateway to Understanding the Pathogenes is of Alcohol-Induced Fatty Liver. Curr Mol Pharmacol 2019; 10:195-206. [PMID: 26278391 DOI: 10.2174/1874467208666150817111419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Revised: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Chronic alcohol consumption can lead to the development of alcoholic fatty liver disease. The underlying pathogenic mechanisms however, have not been fully elucidated. Here, we review the current state of the art regarding the application of lipidomics to study alcohol's effect on hepatic lipids. It is clear that alcohol has a profound effect on the hepatic lipidome, with documented changes in the major lipid categories (i.e. fatty acyls, glycerolipids, glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, sterol lipids and prenol lipids). Alcohol's most striking effect is the marked change in the hepatic fatty acyl pool. This effect includes increased levels of 18-carbon fatty acyl chains incorporated into multiple lipid species, as well as a general shift toward increased unsaturation of fatty acyl moieties. In addition to our literature review, we also make several recommendations to consider when designing lipidomic studies into alcohol's effects. These recommendations include integration of lipidomic data with other measures of lipid metabolism, inclusion of multiple experimental time points, and presentation of quantitative data. We believe rigorous analysis of the hepatic lipidome can yield new insight into the pathogenesis of alcohol-induced fatty liver. While the existing literature has been largely descriptive, the field is poised to apply lipidomics to yield a new level of understanding on alcohol's effects on hepatic lipid metabolism.
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- Robin D Clugston
- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H7. Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032. United States
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032. United States
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Xu Y, Pang L, Wang H, Xu C, Shah H, Guo P, Shu D, Qian SY. Specific delivery of delta-5-desaturase siRNA via RNA nanoparticles supplemented with dihomo-γ-linolenic acid for colon cancer suppression. Redox Biol 2018; 21:101085. [PMID: 30584980 PMCID: PMC6305700 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2018.101085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
We have previously demonstrated that DGLA treatment along with Delta-5-Desaturase (D5D) siRNA in various types of cancer cells enhances the formation of 8-HOA from COX-2-catalyzed DGLA peroxidation, which in turn inhibits cancer cell growth and migration. However, delivery of naked siRNA remains a formidable challenge due to its "off-target" effect. In this study, we employed RNA nanotechnology for specific delivery of D5D-siRNA to xenograft colon tumors using 3WJ RNA nanoparticles. When a targeting module, i.e., the EpCAM aptamer, was incorporated, the 3WJ pRNA nanoparticles were able specifically deliver D5D siRNA to human colon cancer HCA-7 cells both in vitro and in vivo, resulting in significant downregulation of D5D expression. Co-treatment with DGLA in combination with 3WJ-EpCAM-siRNA induced a higher DGLA/AA ratio and enhanced formation of 8-HOA at a threshold level, and in HCA-7 tumor-bearing mice, induced significant tumor suppression. We further confirmed that 8-HOA formation, promoted by COX-2-catalyzed DGLA peroxidation, inhibited HDAC and consequently induced apoptosis in tumor cells. Therefore, the 3WJ RNA nanoparticle system holds great promise as a suitable therapeutic delivery platform for colon cancer therapy.
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- Yi Xu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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- Center for RNA Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; College of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; College of Medicine, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Center for RNA Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; College of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; College of Medicine, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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- Center for RNA Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; College of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; College of Medicine, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Center for RNA Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; College of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; College of Medicine, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA.
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Yang X, Xu Y, Gao D, Yang L, Qian SY. Dihomo-γ-linolenic acid inhibits growth of xenograft tumors in mice bearing human pancreatic cancer cells (BxPC-3) transfected with delta-5-desaturase shRNA. Redox Biol 2018; 20:236-246. [PMID: 30384258 PMCID: PMC6205412 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2018.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Revised: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
We recently reported that siRNA-knockdown of delta-5-desaturase (D5D), the rate-limiting enzyme converting upstream ω − 6 dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (DGLA) to arachidonic acid, promoted formation of the anti-cancer byproduct 8-hydroxyoctanoic acid (8-HOA) from COX-2-catalyzed DGLA peroxidation, consequently suppressing pancreatic cancer cell growth, migration and invasion. In this study, we have further investigated the anti-tumor effects of D5D-knockdown and the resulting intensified COX-2-catalyzed DGLA peroxidation in subcutaneous xenograft tumors. Four-week old female nude mice (Jackson Laboratory, J:Nu-007850) were injected with human pancreatic cancer cell line BxPC-3 or its D5D knockdown counterpart (via shRNA), followed by 4-week treatments of: vehicle control, DGLA supplementation (8 mg/mouse, twice a week), gemcitabine (30 mg/kg, twice a week), and a combination of DGLA and gemcitabine. In D5D-knockdown tumors, DGLA supplementation promoted 8-HOA formation to a threshold level (> 0.3 µg/g) and resulted in significant tumor reduction (30% vs. control). The promoted 8-HOA not only induced apoptosis associated with altered expression of Bcl-2, cleaved PARP, procaspase 3 and procaspase 9, but also suppressed the tumor metastatic potential via altering MMP-2 and E-cadherin expression. DGLA supplementation resulted in similar anti-tumor effects to those of gemcitabine in our experiments, while the combined treatment led to most significant inhibitory effect on D5D-knockdown tumor growth (70% reduction vs. control). Compared to conventional COX-2 inhibition in cancer treatment, our new strategy that takes advantage of overexpressed COX-2 in cancer cells and tumors, and of abundant ω − 6 fatty acids in the daily diet, should lead us to develop a better and safer anti-pancreatic cancer therapy for patients. D5D knockdown and DGLA supplement promote 8-HOA formation in BxPC-3 cells and tumors. 8-HOA production inhibits growth and metastasis potential of BxPC-3 tumors. Combination of D5D knockdown and DGLA supplement improve gemcitabine's cytotoxicity.
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- Xiaoyu Yang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA
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- Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA.
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Liu C, Han T, Stachura DL, Wang H, Vaisman BL, Kim J, Klemke RL, Remaley AT, Rana TM, Traver D, Miller YI. Lipoprotein lipase regulates hematopoietic stem progenitor cell maintenance through DHA supply. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1310. [PMID: 29615667 PMCID: PMC5882990 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03775-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) mediates hydrolysis of triglycerides (TGs) to supply free fatty acids (FFAs) to tissues. Here, we show that LPL activity is also required for hematopoietic stem progenitor cell (HSPC) maintenance. Knockout of Lpl or its obligatory cofactor Apoc2 results in significantly reduced HSPC expansion during definitive hematopoiesis in zebrafish. A human APOC2 mimetic peptide or the human very low-density lipoprotein, which carries APOC2, rescues the phenotype in apoc2 but not in lpl mutant zebrafish. Creating parabiotic apoc2 and lpl mutant zebrafish rescues the hematopoietic defect in both. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is identified as an important factor in HSPC expansion. FFA-DHA, but not TG-DHA, rescues the HSPC defects in apoc2 and lpl mutant zebrafish. Reduced blood cell counts are also observed in Apoc2 mutant mice at the time of weaning. These results indicate that LPL-mediated release of the essential fatty acid DHA regulates HSPC expansion and definitive hematopoiesis.
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- Chao Liu
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Lipoprotein Metabolism Section, Cardio-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 31 Center St, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Lipoprotein Metabolism Section, Cardio-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 31 Center St, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
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Xu Y, Yang X, Wang T, Yang L, He YY, Miskimins K, Qian SY. Knockdown delta-5-desaturase in breast cancer cells that overexpress COX-2 results in inhibition of growth, migration and invasion via a dihomo-γ-linolenic acid peroxidation dependent mechanism. BMC Cancer 2018; 18:330. [PMID: 29587668 PMCID: PMC5870477 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-018-4250-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), the inducible COX form, is a bi-functional membrane-bound enzyme that typically metabolizes arachidonic acid (downstream ω-6 fatty acid) to form 2-series of prostaglandins known to be involved in cancer development. Overexpression of COX-2 has been found in a majority of breast carcinomas, and has also been associated with increased severity and the development of the metastasis. Our lab recently demonstrated that COX-2 can also metabolize dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (DGLA, a precursor of ω-6 arachidonic acid) to produce an anti-cancer byproduct, 8-hydroxyoctanoic acid (8-HOA) that can inhibit growth and migration of colon and pancreatic cancer cells. We thus tested whether our strategy of knocking down delta-5-desaturase (D5D, the key enzyme that converts DGLA to arachidonic acid) in breast cancer cells overexpressing COX-2 can also be used to promote 8-HOA formation, thereby suppressing cancer growth, migration, and invasion. METHODS SiRNA and shRNA transfection were used to knock down D5D expression in MDA-MB 231 and 4 T1 cells (human and mouse breast cancer cell lines expressing high COX-2, respectively). Colony formation assay, FITC Annexin V/PI double staining, wound healing and transwell assay were used to assess the effect of our strategy on inhibition of cancer growth, migration, and invasion. GC/MS was used to measure endogenous 8-HOA, and western blotting was performed to evaluate the altered key protein expressions upon the treatments. RESULTS We demonstrated that D5D knockdown licenses DGLA to inhibit growth of breast cancer cells via promoting formation of 8-HOA that can inhibit histone deacetylase and activate cell apoptotic proteins, such as procaspase 9 and PARP. Our strategy can also significantly inhibit cancer migration and invasion, associated with altered expression of MMP-2/- 9, E-cadherin, vimentin and snail. In addition, D5D knockdown and DGLA supplementation greatly enhanced the efficacy of 5-fluorouracil on breast cancer growth and migration. CONCLUSIONS Consistent to our previous studies on colon and pancreatic cancer, here we demonstrate again that the high level of COX-2 in breast cancer cells can be capitalized on inhibiting cancer growth and migration. The outcome of this translational research could guide us to develop new anti-cancer strategy and/or to improve current chemotherapy for breast cancer treatment.
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- Yi Xu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108 USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108 USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108 USA
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- Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224 USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Dermatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
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- Cancer Biology Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108 USA
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Our body contains a wide variety of fatty acids that differ in chain length, the degree of unsaturation, and location of the double bonds. As the various fatty acids play distinct roles in health and disease, methods that can specifically determine the fatty acid profile are needed for fundamental and clinical studies. Here we describe a method for the separation and quantification of fatty acids ranging from 8 to 24 carbon chain lengths in blood samples using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry following derivatization using pentafluorobenzyl bromide. This method quantitatively monitors fatty acid composition in a manner that satisfies the requirements for comprehensiveness, sensitivity, and accuracy.
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de Aguiar Vallim TQ, Lee E, Merriott DJ, Goulbourne CN, Cheng J, Cheng A, Gonen A, Allen RM, Palladino END, Ford DA, Wang T, Baldán Á, Tarling EJ. ABCG1 regulates pulmonary surfactant metabolism in mice and men. J Lipid Res 2017; 58:941-954. [PMID: 28264879 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m075101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Revised: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare lung disease characterized by accumulation of surfactant. Surfactant synthesis and secretion are restricted to epithelial type 2 (T2) pneumocytes (also called T2 cells). Clearance of surfactant is dependent upon T2 cells and macrophages. ABCG1 is highly expressed in both T2 cells and macrophages. ABCG1-deficient mice accumulate surfactant, lamellar body-loaded T2 cells, lipid-loaded macrophages, B-1 lymphocytes, and immunoglobulins, clearly demonstrating that ABCG1 has a critical role in pulmonary homeostasis. We identify a variant in the ABCG1 promoter in patients with PAP that results in impaired activation of ABCG1 by the liver X receptor α, suggesting that ABCG1 basal expression and/or induction in response to sterol/lipid loading is essential for normal lung function. We generated mice lacking ABCG1 specifically in either T2 cells or macrophages to determine the relative contribution of these cell types on surfactant lipid homeostasis. These results establish a critical role for T2 cell ABCG1 in controlling surfactant and overall lipid homeostasis in the lung and in the pathogenesis of human lung disease.
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- Thomas Q de Aguiar Vallim
- Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.,Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.,Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.,Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.,Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104.,Center for Cardiovascular Research, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104.,Center for Cardiovascular Research, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.,Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 .,Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095.,Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Yang X, Xu Y, Wang T, Shu D, Guo P, Miskimins K, Qian SY. Inhibition of cancer migration and invasion by knocking down delta-5-desaturase in COX-2 overexpressed cancer cells. Redox Biol 2017; 11:653-662. [PMID: 28157665 PMCID: PMC5288391 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2017.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Revised: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
We recently reported that knockdown of delta-5-desaturase (a key enzyme that converts dihomo-γ-linolenic acid, DGLA, to the downstream ω-6 arachidonic acid) promotes formation of an anti-cancer byproduct 8-hydroxyoctanoic acid from cyclooxygenase (COX)-catalyzed DGLA peroxidation. 8-hydroxyoctanoic acid can exert its growth inhibitory effect on cancer cells (e.g. colon and pancreatic cancer) by serving as a histone deacetylase inhibitor. Since histone deacetylase inhibitors have been well-known to suppress cancer cell migration and invasion, we thus tested whether knockdown of delta-5-desaturase and DGLA treatment could also be used to inhibit cancer migration and invasion of colon cancer and pancreatic cancer cells. Wound healing assay, transwell assay and western blot were used to assess cell migration and invasion as well as the associated molecular mechanisms. Formation of threshold level of 8-hydroxyoctanoic acid was quantified from COX-catalyzed DGLA peroxidation in the cancer cells that overexpress COX-2 and their delta-5-desaturases were knocked down by shRNA transfection. Our results showed that knockdown of delta-5-desaturase along with DGLA supplement not only significantly inhibited cell migration, but also improved the efficacies of 5-flurouracil and gemcitabine, two frontline chemotherapy drugs currently used in the treatment of colon and pancreatic cancer, respectively. The molecular mechanism behind these observations is that 8-hydroxyoctanoic acid inhibits histone deacetylase, resulting in downregulation of cancer metastasis promotors, e.g., MMP-2 and MMP-9 as well as upregulation of cancer metastasis suppressor, e.g. E-cadherin. For the first time, we demonstrated that we could take the advantage of the common phenomenon of COX-2 overexpression in cancers to inhibit cancer cell migration and invasion. With the shifting paradigm of COX-2 cancer biology, our research outcome may provide us a novel cancer treatment strategy. High level of COX-2 could be used to inhibit cancer cell migration and invasion. 8-hydroxyoctanoic acid suppresses cancer migration and invasion via inhibiting HDAC. D5D knockdown and DGLA improves efficacy of chemotherapy to inhibit cancer metastasis.
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- Xiaoyu Yang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, and College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, and College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Cancer Biology Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA.
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Palladino END, Wang WY, Albert CJ, Langhi C, Baldán Á, Ford DA. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α accelerates α-chlorofatty acid catabolism. J Lipid Res 2016; 58:317-324. [PMID: 28007964 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m069740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2016] [Revised: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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α-Chlorofatty aldehydes are generated from myeloperoxidase-derived HOCl targeting plasmalogens, and are subsequently oxidized to α-chlorofatty acids (α-ClFAs). The catabolic pathway for α-ClFA is initiated by ω-oxidation. Here, we examine PPAR-α activation as a mechanism to increase α-ClFA catabolism. Pretreating both HepG2 cells and primary mouse hepatocytes with the PPAR-α agonist, pirinixic acid (Wy 14643), increased the production of α-chlorodicarboxylic acids (α-ClDCAs) in cells treated with exogenous α-ClFA. Additionally, α-ClDCA production in Wy 14643-pretreated wild-type mouse hepatocytes was accompanied by a reduction in cellular free α-ClFA. The dependence of PPAR-α-accelerated α-ClFA catabolism was further demonstrated by both impaired metabolism in mouse PPAR-α-/- hepatocytes and decreased clearance of plasma α-ClFA in PPAR-α-/- mice. Furthermore, Wy 14643 treatments decreased plasma 2-chlorohexadecanoic acid levels in wild-type mice. Additional studies showed that α-ClFA increases PPAR-α, PPAR-δ, and PPAR-γ activities, as well as mRNA expression of the PPAR-α target genes, CD36, CPT1a, Cyp4a10, and CIDEC. Collectively, these results indicate that PPAR-α accelerates important pathways for the clearance of α-ClFA, and α-ClFA may, in part, accelerate its catabolism by serving as a ligand for PPAR-α.
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- Elisa N D Palladino
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Center for Cardiovascular Research, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Center for Cardiovascular Research, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Center for Cardiovascular Research, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Center for Cardiovascular Research, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Center for Cardiovascular Research, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Center for Cardiovascular Research, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104
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Montenegro-Burke JR, Sutton JA, Rogers LM, Milne GL, McLean JA, Aronoff DM. Lipid profiling of polarized human monocyte-derived macrophages. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2016; 127:1-8. [PMID: 27871801 PMCID: PMC6053630 DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2016.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
The highly orchestrated transcriptional and metabolic reprogramming during activation drastically transforms the main functions and physiology of human macrophages across the polarization spectrum. Lipids, for example, can modify protein function by acting remotely as signaling molecules but also locally by altering the physical properties of cellular membranes. These changes play key roles in the functions of highly plastic immune cells due to their involvement in inflammation, immune responses, phagocytosis and wound healing processes. We report an analysis of major membrane lipids of distinct phenotypes of resting (M0), classically activated (M1), alternatively activated (M2a) and deactivated (M2c) human monocyte derived macrophages from different donors. Samples were subjected to supercritical fluid chromatography-ion mobility-mass spectrometry analysis, which allowed separations based on lipid class, facilitating the profiling of their fatty acid composition. Different levels of arachidonic acid mobilization as well as other fatty acid changes were observed for different lipid classes in the distinct polarization phenotypes, suggesting the activation of highly orchestrated and specific enzymatic processes in the biosynthesis of lipid signaling molecules and cell membrane remodeling. Thromboxane A2 production appeared to be a specific marker of M1 polarization. These alterations to the global composition of lipid bi-layer membranes in the cell provide a potential methodology for the definition and determination of cellular and tissue activation states.
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- J Rafael Montenegro-Burke
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37235, USA; Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37235, USA; Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37235, USA; Center for Innovative Technology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Meharry Medical College School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37208, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37235, USA; Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37235, USA; Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37235, USA; Center for Innovative Technology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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- Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37235, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Meharry Medical College School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37208, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
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Yang X, Xu Y, Brooks A, Guo B, Miskimins KW, Qian SY. Knockdown delta-5-desaturase promotes the formation of a novel free radical byproduct from COX-catalyzed ω-6 peroxidation to induce apoptosis and sensitize pancreatic cancer cells to chemotherapy drugs. Free Radic Biol Med 2016; 97:342-350. [PMID: 27368132 PMCID: PMC5807006 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Revised: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Recent research has demonstrated that colon cancer cell proliferation can be suppressed in the cells that overexpress COX-2 via generating 8-hydroxyoctanoic acid (a free radical byproduct) during dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (DGLA, an ω-6 fatty acid) peroxidation from knocking down cellular delta-5-desaturase (D5D, the key enzyme for converting DGLA to the downstream ω-6, arachidonic acid). Here, this novel research finding is extended to pancreatic cancer growth, as COX-2 is also commonly overexpressed in pancreatic cancer. The pancreatic cancer cell line, BxPC-3 (with high COX-2 expression and mutated p53), was used to assess not only the inhibitory effects of the enhanced formation of 8-hydroxyoctanoic acid from cellular COX-2-catalyzed DGLA peroxidation but also its potential synergistic and/or additive effect on current chemotherapy drugs. This work demonstrated that, by inducing DNA damage through inhibition of histone deacetylase, a threshold level of 8-hydroxyoctanoic acid achieved in DGLA-treated and D5D-knockdown BxPC-3 cells subsequently induce cancer cell apoptosis. Furthermore, it was shown that a combination of D5D knockdown along with DGLA treatment could also significantly sensitize BxPC-3 cells to various chemotherapy drugs, likely via a p53-independent pathway through downregulating of anti-apoptotic proteins (e.g., Bcl-2) and activating pro-apoptotic proteins (e.g., caspase 3, -9). This study reinforces the supposition that using commonly overexpressed COX-2 for molecular targeting, a strategy conceptually distinct from the prevailing COX-2 inhibition strategy used in cancer treatment, is an important as well as viable alternative to inhibit cancer cell growth. Based on the COX-2 metabolic cascade, the outcomes presented here could guide the development of a novel ω-6-based dietary care strategy in combination with chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer.
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- Xiaoyu Yang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Professions, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Professions, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Professions, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Professions, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, United States
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- Cancer Biology Research Center, Sanford Research, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Professions, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, United States.
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Wu H, Bogdanov M, Zhang Y, Sun K, Zhao S, Song A, Luo R, Parchim NF, Liu H, Huang A, Adebiyi MG, Jin J, Alexander DC, Milburn MV, Idowu M, Juneja HS, Kellems RE, Dowhan W, Xia Y. Hypoxia-mediated impaired erythrocyte Lands' Cycle is pathogenic for sickle cell disease. Sci Rep 2016; 6:29637. [PMID: 27436223 PMCID: PMC4951653 DOI: 10.1038/srep29637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Although Lands' cycle was discovered in 1958, its function and cellular regulation in membrane homeostasis under physiological and pathological conditions remain largely unknown. Nonbiased high throughput metabolomic profiling revealed that Lands' cycle was impaired leading to significantly elevated erythrocyte membrane lysophosphatidylcholine (LysoPC) content and circulating and erythrocyte arachidonic acid (AA) in mice with sickle cell disease (SCD), a prevalent hemolytic genetic disorder. Correcting imbalanced Lands' cycle by knockdown of phospholipase 2 (cPLA2) or overexpression of lysophosphatidycholine acyltransferase 1 (LPCAT1), two key enzymes of Lands' cycle in hematopoietic stem cells, reduced elevated erythrocyte membrane LysoPC content and circulating AA levels and attenuated sickling, inflammation and tissue damage in SCD chimeras. Human translational studies validated SCD mouse findings and further demonstrated that imbalanced Lands' cycle induced LysoPC production directly promotes sickling in cultured mouse and human SCD erythrocytes. Mechanistically, we revealed that hypoxia-mediated ERK activation underlies imbalanced Lands' cycle by preferentially inducing the activity of PLA2 but not LPCAT in human and mouse SCD erythrocytes. Overall, our studies have identified a pathological role of imbalanced Lands' cycle in SCD erythrocytes, novel molecular basis regulating Lands' cycle and therapeutic opportunities for the disease.
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- Hongyu Wu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.,Graduate School of Biomedical Science, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.,Graduate School of Biomedical Science, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.,Graduate School of Biomedical Science, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.,Graduate School of Biomedical Science, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.,Graduate School of Biomedical Science, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.,Graduate School of Biomedical Science, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
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Xu Y, Yang X, Zhao P, Yang Z, Yan C, Guo B, Qian SY. Knockdown of delta-5-desaturase promotes the anti-cancer activity of dihomo-γ-linolenic acid and enhances the efficacy of chemotherapy in colon cancer cells expressing COX-2. Free Radic Biol Med 2016; 96:67-77. [PMID: 27101738 PMCID: PMC4912402 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Revised: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 04/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Cyclooxygenase (COX), commonly overexpressed in cancer cells, is a major lipid peroxidizing enzyme that metabolizes polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3s and ω-6s). The COX-catalyzed free radical peroxidation of arachidonic acid (ω-6) can produce deleterious metabolites (e.g. 2-series prostaglandins) that are implicated in cancer development. Thus, COX inhibition has been intensively investigated as a complementary therapeutic strategy for cancer. However, our previous study has demonstrated that a free radical-derived byproduct (8-hydroxyoctanoic acid) formed from COX-catalyzed peroxidation of dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (DGLA, the precursor of arachidonic acid) can inhibit colon cancer cell growth. We thus hypothesize that the commonly overexpressed COX in cancer (~90% of colon cancer patients) can be taken advantage to suppress cell growth by knocking down delta-5-desaturase (D5D, a key enzyme that converts DGLA to arachidonic acid). In addition, D5D knockdown along with DGLA supplement may enhance the efficacy of chemotherapeutic drugs. After knocking down D5D in HCA-7 colony 29 cells and HT-29 cells (human colon cancer cell lines with high and low COX levels, respectively), the antitumor activity of DGLA was significantly enhanced along with the formation of a threshold range (~0.5-1.0μM) of 8-hydroxyoctanoic acid. In contrast, DGLA treatment did not inhibit cell growth when D5D was not knocked down and only limited amount of 8-hydroxyoctanoic acid was formed. D5D knockdown along with DGLA treatment also enhanced the cytotoxicities of various chemotherapeutic drugs, including 5-fluorouracil, regorafenib, and irinotecan, potentially through the activation of pro-apoptotic proteins, e.g. p53 and caspase 9. For the first time, we have demonstrated that the overexpressed COX in cancer cells can be utilized in suppressing cancer cell growth. This finding may provide a new option besides COX inhibition to optimize cancer therapy. The outcome of this translational research will guide us to develop a novel ω-6-based diet-care strategy in combination with current chemotherapy for colon cancer prevention and treatment.
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- Yi Xu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA.
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Klosinski LP, Yao J, Yin F, Fonteh AN, Harrington MG, Christensen TA, Trushina E, Brinton RD. White Matter Lipids as a Ketogenic Fuel Supply in Aging Female Brain: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease. EBioMedicine 2015; 2:1888-904. [PMID: 26844268 PMCID: PMC4703712 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2015.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Revised: 10/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
White matter degeneration is a pathological hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's. Age remains the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's and the prevalence of age-related late onset Alzheimer's is greatest in females. We investigated mechanisms underlying white matter degeneration in an animal model consistent with the sex at greatest Alzheimer's risk. Results of these analyses demonstrated decline in mitochondrial respiration, increased mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide production and cytosolic-phospholipase-A2 sphingomyelinase pathway activation during female brain aging. Electron microscopic and lipidomic analyses confirmed myelin degeneration. An increase in fatty acids and mitochondrial fatty acid metabolism machinery was coincident with a rise in brain ketone bodies and decline in plasma ketone bodies. This mechanistic pathway and its chronologically phased activation, links mitochondrial dysfunction early in aging with later age development of white matter degeneration. The catabolism of myelin lipids to generate ketone bodies can be viewed as a systems level adaptive response to address brain fuel and energy demand. Elucidation of the initiating factors and the mechanistic pathway leading to white matter catabolism in the aging female brain provides potential therapeutic targets to prevent and treat demyelinating diseases such as Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis. Targeting stages of disease and associated mechanisms will be critical. Mitochondrial dysfunction activates mechanisms for catabolism of myelin lipids to generate ketone bodies for ATP production. Mechanisms leading to ketone body driven energy production in brain coincide with stages of reproductive aging in females. Sequential activation of myelin catabolism pathway during aging provides multiple therapeutic targets and windows of efficacy.
The mechanisms underlying white matter degeneration, a hallmark of multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's, remain unclear. Herein we provide a mechanistic pathway, spanning multiple transitions of aging, that links mitochondrial dysfunction early in aging with later age white matter degeneration. Catabolism of myelin lipids to generate ketone bodies can be viewed as an adaptive survival response to address brain fuel and energy demand. Women are at greatest risk of late-onset-AD, thus, our analyses in female brain address mechanisms of AD pathology and therapeutic targets to prevent, delay and treat AD in the sex most affected with potential relevance to men.
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Key Words
- ABAD, Aβ-binding alcohol dehydrogenase
- ABAD, Aβ-binding-alcohol-dehydrogenase
- ACER3, alkaline ceramidase
- AD, Alzheimer's disease
- APO-ε4, apolipoprotein ε4
- APP, amyloid precursor protein
- Aging oxidative stress
- Alzheimer's disease
- BACE1, beta-secretase 1
- BBB, blood brain barrier
- CC, corpus callosum
- CMRglu, cerebral glucose metabolic rate
- COX, complex IV cytochrome c oxidase
- CPT1, carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
- Cldn11, claudin 11
- Cyp2j6, arachidonic acid epoxygenase
- Cytosolic phospholipase A2
- DHA, docosahexaesnoic acid
- Erbb3, Erb-B2 receptor tyrosine kinase 3
- FDG-PET, 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose
- GFAP, glial fibrillary acidic protein
- H2O2, hydrogen peroxide
- HADHA, hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase
- HK, hexokinase
- Ketone bodies
- LC MS, liquid chromatography mass spectrometer
- MAG, myelin associated glycoprotein
- MBP, myelin basic protein
- MCT1, monocarboxylate transporter 1
- MIB, mitochondrial isolation buffer
- MOG, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein
- MTL, medial temporal lobe
- Mitochondria
- NEFA, nonesterified fatty acids
- Neurodegeneration
- OCR, oxygen consumption rate
- Olig2, oligodendrocyte transcription factor
- PB, phosphate buffer
- PCC, posterior cingulate
- PCR, polymerase chain reaction
- PDH, pyruvate dehydrogenase
- PEI, polyethyleneimine
- RCR, respiratory control ratio
- ROS, reactive oxygen species
- S1P, sphingosine
- TLDA, TaqMan low density array
- WM, white matter
- WT, wild type
- White matter
- cPLA2, cytosolic phospholipase A2
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- Lauren P Klosinski
- Department of Neuroscience, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA; Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Greineisen WE, Maaetoft-Udsen K, Speck M, Balajadia J, Shimoda LMN, Sung C, Turner H. Chronic Insulin Exposure Induces ER Stress and Lipid Body Accumulation in Mast Cells at the Expense of Their Secretory Degranulation Response. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0130198. [PMID: 26263026 PMCID: PMC4532411 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Lipid bodies (LB) are reservoirs of precursors to inflammatory lipid mediators in immunocytes, including mast cells. LB numbers are dynamic, increasing dramatically under conditions of immunological challenge. We have previously shown in vitro that insulin-influenced lipogenic pathways induce LB biogenesis in mast cells, with their numbers attaining steatosis-like levels. Here, we demonstrate that in vivo hyperinsulinemia resulting from high fat diet is associated with LB accumulation in murine mast cells and basophils. We characterize the lipidome of purified insulin-induced LB, and the shifts in the whole cell lipid landscape in LB that are associated with their accumulation, in both model (RBL2H3) and primary mast cells. Lipidomic analysis suggests a gain of function associated with LB accumulation, in terms of elevated levels of eicosanoid precursors that translate to enhanced antigen-induced LTC4 release. Loss-of-function in terms of a suppressed degranulation response was also associated with LB accumulation, as were ER reprogramming and ER stress, analogous to observations in the obese hepatocyte and adipocyte. Taken together, these data suggest that chronic insulin elevation drives mast cell LB enrichment in vitro and in vivo, with associated effects on the cellular lipidome, ER status and pro-inflammatory responses.
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- William E. Greineisen
- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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Gorden DL, Myers DS, Ivanova PT, Fahy E, Maurya MR, Gupta S, Min J, Spann NJ, McDonald JG, Kelly SL, Duan J, Sullards MC, Leiker TJ, Barkley RM, Quehenberger O, Armando AM, Milne SB, Mathews TP, Armstrong MD, Li C, Melvin WV, Clements RH, Washington MK, Mendonsa AM, Witztum JL, Guan Z, Glass CK, Murphy RC, Dennis EA, Merrill AH, Russell DW, Subramaniam S, Brown HA. Biomarkers of NAFLD progression: a lipidomics approach to an epidemic. J Lipid Res 2015; 56:722-736. [PMID: 25598080 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.p056002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) includes steatosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and cirrhosis. Recognition and timely diagnosis of these different stages, particularly NASH, is important for both potential reversibility and limitation of complications. Liver biopsy remains the clinical standard for definitive diagnosis. Diagnostic tools minimizing the need for invasive procedures or that add information to histologic data are important in novel management strategies for the growing epidemic of NAFLD. We describe an "omics" approach to detecting a reproducible signature of lipid metabolites, aqueous intracellular metabolites, SNPs, and mRNA transcripts in a double-blinded study of patients with different stages of NAFLD that involves profiling liver biopsies, plasma, and urine samples. Using linear discriminant analysis, a panel of 20 plasma metabolites that includes glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, sterols, and various aqueous small molecular weight components involved in cellular metabolic pathways, can be used to differentiate between NASH and steatosis. This identification of differential biomolecular signatures has the potential to improve clinical diagnosis and facilitate therapeutic intervention of NAFLD.
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- D Lee Gorden
- Departments of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Departments of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Schools of Biology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry, and the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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- Schools of Biology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry, and the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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- Schools of Biology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry, and the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, CO
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, CO
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- Departments of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Departments of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Departments of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Departments of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Departments of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, CO
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- Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Schools of Biology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry, and the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
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- Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Biochemistry, and the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
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Baldan A, Gonen A, Choung C, Que X, Marquart TJ, Hernandez I, Bjorkhem I, Ford DA, Witztum JL, Tarling EJ. ABCG1 is required for pulmonary B-1 B cell and natural antibody homeostasis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 193:5637-48. [PMID: 25339664 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1400606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Many metabolic diseases, including atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, and obesity, have a chronic inflammatory component involving both innate and adaptive immunity. Mice lacking the ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 (ABCG1) develop chronic inflammation in the lungs, which is associated with the lipid accumulation (cholesterol, cholesterol ester, and phospholipid) and cholesterol crystal deposition that are characteristic of atherosclerotic lesions and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. In this article, we demonstrate that specific lipids, likely oxidized phospholipids and/or sterols, elicit a lung-specific immune response in Abcg1(-/-) mice. Loss of ABCG1 results in increased levels of specific oxysterols, phosphatidylcholines, and oxidized phospholipids, including 1-palmitoyl-2-(5'-oxovaleroyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, in the lungs. Further, we identify a niche-specific increase in natural Ab (NAb)-secreting B-1 B cells in response to this lipid accumulation that is paralleled by increased titers of IgM, IgA, and IgG against oxidation-specific epitopes, such as those on oxidized low-density lipoprotein and malondialdehyde-modified low-density lipoprotein. Finally, we identify a cytokine/chemokine signature that is reflective of increased B cell activation, Ab secretion, and homing. Collectively, these data demonstrate that the accumulation of lipids in Abcg1(-/-) mice induces the specific expansion and localization of B-1 B cells, which secrete NAbs that may help to protect against the development of atherosclerosis. Indeed, despite chronic lipid accumulation and inflammation, hyperlipidemic mice lacking ABCG1 develop smaller atherosclerotic lesions compared with controls. These data also suggest that Abcg1(-/-) mice may represent a new model in which to study the protective functions of B-1 B cells/NAbs and suggest novel targets for pharmacologic intervention and treatment of disease.
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- Angel Baldan
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095; Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas - Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid 28006; Unidad Asociada de Biomedicina IIBM-Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas 35016, Spain; and
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095;
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Wang Y, Armando AM, Quehenberger O, Yan C, Dennis EA. Comprehensive ultra-performance liquid chromatographic separation and mass spectrometric analysis of eicosanoid metabolites in human samples. J Chromatogr A 2014; 1359:60-9. [PMID: 25074422 PMCID: PMC4592635 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Revised: 06/25/2014] [Accepted: 07/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Over the past decade, the number of known eicosanoids has expanded immensely and we have now developed an ultra-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization triple quadrupole mass spectrometric (UPLC-QTRAP/MS/MS) method to monitor and quantify numerous eicosanoids. The UPLC-QTRAP/MS/MS approach utilizes scheduled multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) to optimize sensitivity, number of metabolites that can be analyzed and the time requirement of the analysis. A total of 184 eicosanoids including 26 deuterated internal standards can be separated and monitored in a single 5min UPLC run. To demonstrate a practical application, human plasma samples were analyzed following solid-phase extraction (SPE) and the recovery rate and matrix effects were determined for the 26 deuterated internal standards added to the plasma. The method was validated and shown to be sensitive with the limit of quantitation at pg levels for most compounds, accurate with recovery rates of 70-120%, and precise with a CV<30 for all compounds. Also, the method showed a linear response over a range spanning several orders of magnitude. In a QC human plasma sample, we identified and rigorously quantified over 120 eicosanoids.
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- Yan Wang
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Department of Pharmacology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0601, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0601, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0601, USA; Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0601, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0601, USA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0601, USA.
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Fonteh AN, Cipolla M, Chiang J, Arakaki X, Harrington MG. Human cerebrospinal fluid fatty acid levels differ between supernatant fluid and brain-derived nanoparticle fractions, and are altered in Alzheimer's disease. PLoS One 2014; 9:e100519. [PMID: 24956173 PMCID: PMC4067345 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 05/28/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Although saturated (SAFA), monounsaturated (MUFA), and polyunsaturated (PUFA) fatty acids are important structural components of neuronal membranes and precursors of signaling molecules, knowledge of their metabolism in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is limited. Based on recent discovery that lipids in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are distributed in both brain-derived nanoparticles (NP) and supernatant fluid (SF), we hypothesized that fatty acid (FA) abundance and distribution into these compartments is altered in early AD pathology. METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS We assayed the FA composition and abundance in CSF fractions from cognitively healthy (CH), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and AD study participants using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. In the SF fraction, concentration of docosahexaenoic acid [DHA, (C22:6n-3)] was less in AD compared with CH, while alpha linolenic acid [α-LNA, (C18:3n-3)] was lower in MCI compared with CH. In the NP fraction, levels of SAFAs (C15:0, C16:0) and a MUFA (C15:1) differentiated CH from MCI, while two MUFAs (C15:1, C19:1) and four PUFAs (C20:2n-6, C20:3n-3, C22:4n-6, C22:5n-3) were higher in AD compared with CH. Levels of even-chain free SAFA and total free FA levels were higher in AD, levels of odd-chain free SAFAs, MUFAs, n-3 PUFAs, and total PUFA, were lower in AD compared with CH. Free n-6 PUFA levels were similar in all three groups. CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE FA metabolism is compartmentalized differently in NP versus SF fractions of CSF, and altered FA levels reflect the importance of abnormal metabolism and oxidative pathways in AD. Depleted DHA in CSF fractions in AD is consistent with the importance of n-3 PUFAs in cognitive function, and suggests that disturbed PUFA metabolism contributes to AD pathology. This study of FA levels in CSF fractions from different cognitive stages shows potential AD biomarkers, and provides further insight into cell membrane dysfunctions, including mechanisms leading to amyloid production.
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- Alfred N. Fonteh
- Molecular Neurology Program, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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- Molecular Neurology Program, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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- Molecular Neurology Program, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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- Molecular Neurology Program, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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- Molecular Neurology Program, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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Yang Y, Kuwano T, Lagor WR, Albert CJ, Brenton S, Rader DJ, Ford DA, Brown RJ. Lipidomic analyses of female mice lacking hepatic lipase and endothelial lipase indicate selective modulation of plasma lipid species. Lipids 2014; 49:505-15. [PMID: 24777581 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-014-3907-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hepatic lipase (HL) and endothelial lipase (EL) share overlapping and complementary roles in lipoprotein metabolism. The deletion of HL and EL alleles in mice raises plasma total cholesterol and phospholipid concentrations. However, the influence of HL and EL in vivo on individual molecular species from each class of lipid is not known. We hypothesized that the loss of HL, EL, or both in vivo may affect select molecular species from each class of lipids. To test this hypothesis, we performed lipidomic analyses on plasma and livers from fasted female wild-type, HL-knockout, EL-knockout, and HL/EL-double knockout mice. Overall, the loss of HL, EL, or both resulted in minimal changes to hepatic lipids; however, select species of CE were surprisingly reduced in the livers of mice only lacking EL. The loss of HL, EL, or both reduced the plasma concentrations for select molecular species of triacylglycerol, diacylglycerol, and free fatty acid. On the other hand, the loss of HL, EL, or both raised the plasma concentrations for select molecular species of phosphatidylcholine, cholesteryl ester, diacylglycerol, sphingomyelin, ceramide, plasmanylcholine, and plasmenylcholine. The increased plasma concentration of select ether phospholipids was evident in the absence of EL, thus suggesting that EL might exhibit a phospholipase A2 activity. Using recombinant EL, we showed that it could hydrolyse the artificial phospholipase A2 substrate 4-nitro-3-(octanoyloxy)benzoic acid. In summary, our study shows for the first time the influence of HL and EL on individual molecular species of several classes of lipids in vivo using lipidomic methods.
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- Yanbo Yang
- Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, A1B 3X9, Canada
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Norris PC, Dennis EA. A lipidomic perspective on inflammatory macrophage eicosanoid signaling. Adv Biol Regul 2013; 54:99-110. [PMID: 24113376 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbior.2013.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2013] [Revised: 09/15/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Macrophages are central to essential physiological processes including the regulation of innate and adaptive immunity, but they are also central to a number of inflammatory disease states. These immune cells also possess remarkable plasticity and display various shades of functionalities based on changes in the surrounding molecular environment. Macrophage biology has defined various phenotypes and roles in inflammation based primarily on cytokine and chemokine profiles of cells in different activation states. Importantly, macrophages are elite producers of eicosanoids and other related lipid mediators during inflammation, but specific roles of these molecules have not generally been incorporated into the larger context of macrophage biology. In this review, we discuss the current classification of macrophage types and their roles in inflammation and disease, along with the practical challenges of studying biologically relevant phenotypes ex vivo. Using the latest advances in eicosanoid lipidomics, we highlight several key studies from our laboratory that provide a comprehensive understanding of how eicosanoid metabolism differs between macrophage phenotypes, along with how this metabolism is altered by changes in membrane fatty acid distribution and varied durations of Toll-like receptor (TLR) priming. In conclusion, we summarize several examples of the benefit of macrophage plasticity to develop accurate cellular mechanisms of lipid metabolism, and insights from lipidomic analyses about the differences in eicosanoid pathway enzyme activity in vitro vs. in cells ex vivo. Examples of new techniques to further understand the role of macrophage eicosanoid signaling in vivo are also discussed.
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- Paul C Norris
- Departments of Chemistry/Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0601, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry/Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0601, USA.
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Hydrolysis products generated by lipoprotein lipase and endothelial lipase differentially impact THP-1 macrophage cell signalling pathways. Lipids 2013; 48:769-778. [PMID: 23794138 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-013-3810-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Macrophages express lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and endothelial lipase (EL) within atherosclerotic plaques; however, little is known about how lipoprotein hydrolysis products generated by these lipases might affect macrophage cell signalling pathways. We hypothesized that hydrolysis products affect macrophage cell signalling pathways associated with atherosclerosis. To test our hypothesis, we incubated differentiated THP-1 macrophages with products from total lipoprotein hydrolysis by recombinant LPL or EL. Using antibody arrays, we found that the phosphorylation of six receptor tyrosine kinases and three signalling nodes--most associated with atherosclerotic processes--was increased by LPL derived hydrolysis products. EL derived hydrolysis products only increased the phosphorylation of tropomyosin-related kinase A, which is also implicated in playing a role in atherosclerosis. Using electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry, we identified the species of triacylglycerols and phosphatidylcholines that were hydrolyzed by LPL and EL, and we identified the fatty acids liberated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. To determine if the total liberated fatty acids influenced signalling pathways, we incubated differentiated THP-1 macrophages with a mixture of the fatty acids that matched the concentrations of liberated fatty acids from total lipoproteins by LPL, and we subjected cell lysates to antibody array analyses. The analyses showed that only the phosphorylation of Akt was significantly increased in response to fatty acid treatment. Overall, our study shows that macrophages display potentially pro-atherogenic signalling responses following acute treatments with LPL and EL lipoprotein hydrolysis products.
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Kulkarni B, Mattes R. Evidence for Presence of Nonesterified Fatty Acids as Potential Gustatory Signaling Molecules in Humans. Chem Senses 2012; 38:119-27. [DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjs095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Kulkarni BV, Wood KV, Mattes RD. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of human salivary NEFA with gas-chromatography and mass spectrometry. Front Physiol 2012; 3:328. [PMID: 22934076 PMCID: PMC3429096 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Salivary non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) are proposed to play a role in oral health, oral fat detection, and they may hold diagnostic and prognostic potential. Yet, little is known about the array and concentrations of NEFA in saliva. The aim of the study was to conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses of salivary NEFA in healthy humans and to present a new, efficient protocol to perform such analyses. Resting saliva samples from fifteen participants were collected. The salivary lipids were extracted using a modified Folch extraction. The NEFA in the extracted lipids were selectively subjected to pentafluorobenzyl bromide (PFB) derivatization and qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). A total of 16 NEFA were identified in resting saliva. The four major NEFA were palmitic, linoleic, oleic, and stearic acids. Their concentrations ranged from 2 to 9 μM. This is the first study to characterize individual human salivary NEFA and their respective concentrations. The method used in the study is sensitive, precise, and accurate. It is specific to fatty acids in non-esterified form and hence enables analysis of NEFA without their separation from other lipid classes. Thus, it saves time, reagents and prevents loss of sample. These properties make it suitable for large scale analysis of salivary NEFA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IN, USA
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Gao X, Zhang Q, Meng D, Issac G, Zhao R, Fillmore TL, Chu RK, Zhou J, Tang K, Hu Z, Moore RJ, Smith RD, Katze MG, Metz TO. A reversed-phase capillary ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) method for comprehensive top-down/bottom-up lipid profiling. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012; 402:2923-33. [PMID: 22354571 PMCID: PMC3531553 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-5773-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Revised: 01/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Lipidomics is a critical part of metabolomics and aims to study all the lipids within a living system. We present here the development and evaluation of a sensitive capillary UPLC-MS method for comprehensive top-down/bottom-up lipid profiling. Three different stationary phases were evaluated in terms of peak capacity, linearity, reproducibility, and limit of quantification (LOQ) using a mixture of lipid standards representative of the lipidome. The relative standard deviations of the retention times and peak abundances of the lipid standards were 0.29% and 7.7%, respectively, when using the optimized method. The linearity was acceptable at >0.99 over 3 orders of magnitude, and the LOQs were sub-fmol. To demonstrate the performance of the method in the analysis of complex samples, we analyzed lipids extracted from a human cell line, rat plasma, and a model human skin tissue, identifying 446, 444, and 370 unique lipids, respectively. Overall, the method provided either higher coverage of the lipidome, greater measurement sensitivity, or both, when compared to other approaches of global, untargeted lipid profiling based on chromatography coupled with MS.
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- Xiaoli Gao
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
- Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
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Hellmuth C, Weber M, Koletzko B, Peissner W. Nonesterified fatty acid determination for functional lipidomics: comprehensive ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry quantitation, qualification, and parameter prediction. Anal Chem 2012; 84:1483-90. [PMID: 22224852 DOI: 10.1021/ac202602u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Despite their central importance for lipid metabolism, straightforward quantitative methods for determination of nonesterified fatty acid (NEFA) species are still missing. The protocol presented here provides unbiased quantitation of plasma NEFA species by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Simple deproteination of plasma in organic solvent solution yields high accuracy, including both the unbound and initially protein-bound fractions, while avoiding interferences from hydrolysis of esterified fatty acids from other lipid classes. Sample preparation is fast and nonexpensive, hence well suited for automation and high-throughput applications. Separation of isotopologic NEFA is achieved using ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) coupled to triple quadrupole LC-MS/MS detection. In combination with automated liquid handling, total assay time per sample is less than 15 min. The analytical spectrum extends beyond readily available NEFA standard compounds by a regression model predicting all the relevant analytical parameters (retention time, ion path settings, and response factor) of NEFA species based on chain length and number of double bonds. Detection of 50 NEFA species and accurate quantification of 36 NEFA species in human plasma is described, the highest numbers ever reported for a LC-MS application. Accuracy and precision are within widely accepted limits. The use of qualifier ions supports unequivocal analyte verification.
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- Christian Hellmuth
- Division of Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 80337 Munich, Germany
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Lipidomics, a major part of metabolomics, constitutes the detailed analysis and global characterization, both spatial and temporal, of the structure and function of lipids (the lipidome) within a living system. As with proteomics, mass spectrometry has earned a central analytical role in lipidomics, and this role will continue to grow with technological developments. Currently, there exist two mass spectrometry-based lipidomics approaches, one based on a division of lipids into categories and classes prior to analysis, the "comprehensive lipidomics analysis by separation simplification" (CLASS), and the other in which all lipid species are analyzed together without prior separation, shotgun. In exploring the lipidome of various living systems, novel lipids are being discovered, and mass spectrometry is helping characterize their chemical structure. Deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (DXMS) is being used to investigate the association of lipids and membranes with proteins and enzymes, and imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) is being applied to the in situ analysis of lipids in tissues.
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- Richard Harkewicz
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0601, USA.
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Quehenberger O, Armando AM, Dennis EA. High sensitivity quantitative lipidomics analysis of fatty acids in biological samples by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2011; 1811:648-56. [PMID: 21787881 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2011] [Revised: 06/21/2011] [Accepted: 07/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Historically considered to be simple membrane components serving as structural elements and energy storing entities, fatty acids are now increasingly recognized as potent signaling molecules involved in many metabolic processes. Quantitative determination of fatty acids and exploration of fatty acid profiles have become common place in lipid analysis. We present here a reliable and sensitive method for comprehensive analysis of free fatty acids and fatty acid composition of complex lipids in biological material. The separation and quantitation of fatty acids are achieved by capillary gas chromatography. The analytical method uses pentafluorobenzyl bromide derivatization and negative chemical ionization gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The chromatographic procedure provides base line separation between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids of different chain lengths as well as between most positional isomers. Fatty acids are extracted in the presence of isotope-labeled internal standards for high quantitation accuracy. Mass spectrometer conditions are optimized for broad detection capacity and sensitivity capable of measuring trace amounts of fatty acids in complex biological samples. .
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- Oswald Quehenberger
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0601, USA.
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Dumlao DS, Buczynski MW, Norris PC, Harkewicz R, Dennis EA. High-throughput lipidomic analysis of fatty acid derived eicosanoids and N-acylethanolamines. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2011; 1811:724-36. [PMID: 21689782 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2011] [Revised: 05/26/2011] [Accepted: 06/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Fatty acid-derived eicosanoids and N-acylethanolamines (NAE) are important bioactive lipid mediators involved in numerous biological processes including cell signaling and disease progression. To facilitate research on these lipid mediators, we have developed a targeted high-throughput mass spectrometric based methodology to monitor and quantitate both eicosanoids and NAEs, and can be analyzed separately or together in series. Each methodology utilizes scheduled multiple reaction monitoring (sMRM) pairs in conjunction with a 25 min reverse-phase HPLC separation. The eicosanoid methodology monitors 141 unique metabolites and quantitative amounts can be determined for over 100 of these metabolites against standards. The analysis covers eicosanoids generated from cycloxygenase, lipoxygenase, cytochrome P450 enzymes, and those generated from non-enzymatic pathways. The NAE analysis monitors 36 metabolites and quantitative amounts can be determined for 33 of these metabolites against standards. The NAE method contains metabolites derived from saturated fatty acids, unsaturated fatty acids, and eicosanoids. The lower limit of detection for eicosanoids ranges from 0.1pg to 1pg, while NAEs ranges from 0.1pg to 1000pg. The rationale and design of the methodology is discussed.
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- Darren S Dumlao
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Butovich IA. Lipidomics of human Meibomian gland secretions: Chemistry, biophysics, and physiological role of Meibomian lipids. Prog Lipid Res 2011; 50:278-301. [PMID: 21458488 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2011.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2011] [Revised: 03/11/2011] [Accepted: 03/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Human Meibomian gland secretions (MGS) are a complex mixture of diverse lipids that are produced by Meibomian glands that are located in the upper and the lower eyelids. During blinking, MGS are excreted onto the ocular surface, spread and mix with aqueous tears that are produced by lachrymal glands, and form an outermost part of an ocular structure called "the tear film" (TF). The main physiological role of TF is to protect delicate ocular structures (such as cornea and conjunctiva) from desiccating. Lipids that are produced by Meibomian glands are believed to "seal" the aqueous portion of TF by creating a hydrophobic barrier and, thus, retard evaporation of water from the ocular surface, which enhances the protective properties of TF. As lipids of MGS are interacting with underlying aqueous sublayer of TF, the chemical composition of MGS is critical for maintaining the overall stability of TF. There is a consensus that a small, but important part of Meibomian lipids, namely polar, or amphiphilic lipids, is of especial importance as it forms an intermediate layer between the aqueous layer of TF and its upper (and much thicker) lipid layer formed mostly of very nonpolar lipids, such as wax esters and cholesteryl esters. The purpose of this review is to summarize the current knowledge on the lipidomics of human MGS, including the discussions of the most effective modern analytical techniques, chemical composition of MGS, biophysical properties of Meibomian lipid films, and their relevance for the physiology of TF. Previously published results obtained in numerous laboratories, as well as novel data generated in the author's laboratory, are discussed. It is concluded that despite a substantial progress in the area of Meibomian glands lipidomics, there are large areas of uncertainty that need to be addressed in future experiments.
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- Igor A Butovich
- Department of Ophthalmology and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9057, USA.
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Recent advances of chromatography and mass spectrometry in lipidomics. Anal Bioanal Chem 2010; 399:243-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-4327-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2010] [Revised: 10/03/2010] [Accepted: 10/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Buczynski MW, Svensson CI, Dumlao DS, Fitzsimmons BL, Shim JH, Scherbart TJ, Jacobsen FE, Hua XY, Yaksh TL, Dennis EA. Inflammatory hyperalgesia induces essential bioactive lipid production in the spinal cord. J Neurochem 2010; 114:981-93. [PMID: 20492349 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06815.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Lipid molecules play an important role in regulating the sensitivity of sensory neurons and enhancing pain perception, and growing evidence indicates that the effect occurs both at the site of injury and in the spinal cord. Using high-throughput mass spectrometry methodology, we sought to determine the contribution of spinal bioactive lipid species to inflammation-induced hyperalgesia in rats. Quantitative analysis of CSF and spinal cord tissue for eicosanoids, ethanolamides and fatty acids revealed the presence of 102 distinct lipid species. After induction of peripheral inflammation by intra-plantar injection of carrageenan to the ipsilateral hind paw, lipid changes in cyclooxygenase (COX) and 12-lipoxygenase (12-LOX) signaling pathways peaked at 4 h in the CSF. In contrast, changes occurred in a temporally disparate manner in the spinal cord with LOX-derived hepoxilins followed by COX-derived prostaglandin E(2), and subsequently the ethanolamine anandamide. Systemic treatment with the mu opioid agonist morphine, the COX inhibitor ketorolac, or the LOX inhibitor nordihydroguaiaretic acid significantly reduced tactile allodynia, while their effects on the lipid metabolites were different. Morphine did not alter the lipid profile in the presence or absence of carrageenan inflammation. Ketorolac caused a global reduction in eicosanoid metabolism in naïve animals that remained suppressed following injection of carrageenan. Nordihydroguaiaretic acid-treated animals also displayed reduced basal levels of COX and 12-LOX metabolites, but only 12-LOX metabolites remained decreased after carrageenan treatment. These findings suggest that both COX and 12-LOX play an important role in the induction of carrageenan-mediated hyperalgesia through these pathways.
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- Matthew W Buczynski
- Department of Pharmacology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Harmon GS, Dumlao DS, Ng DT, Barrett KE, Dennis EA, Dong H, Glass CK. Pharmacological correction of a defect in PPAR-gamma signaling ameliorates disease severity in Cftr-deficient mice. Nat Med 2010; 16:313-8. [PMID: 20154695 PMCID: PMC2834836 DOI: 10.1038/nm.2101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Accepted: 01/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cystic fibrosis is caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (encoded by Cftr) that impair its role as an apical chloride channel that supports bicarbonate transport. Individuals with cystic fibrosis show retained, thickened mucus that plugs airways and obstructs luminal organs as well as numerous other abnormalities that include inflammation of affected organs, alterations in lipid metabolism and insulin resistance. Here we show that colonic epithelial cells and whole lung tissue from Cftr-deficient mice show a defect in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma, encoded by Pparg) function that contributes to a pathological program of gene expression. Lipidomic analysis of colonic epithelial cells suggests that this defect results in part from reduced amounts of the endogenous PPAR-gamma ligand 15-keto-prostaglandin E(2) (15-keto-PGE(2)). Treatment of Cftr-deficient mice with the synthetic PPAR-gamma ligand rosiglitazone partially normalizes the altered gene expression pattern associated with Cftr deficiency and reduces disease severity. Rosiglitazone has no effect on chloride secretion in the colon, but it increases expression of the genes encoding carbonic anhydrases 4 and 2 (Car4 and Car2), increases bicarbonate secretion and reduces mucus retention. These studies reveal a reversible defect in PPAR-gamma signaling in Cftr-deficient cells that can be pharmacologically corrected to ameliorate the severity of the cystic fibrosis phenotype in mice.
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- Gregory S. Harmon
- Department of Medicine University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla CA 92093-0651 Office: 858 534 6011 Fax: 858 822 2127
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla CA 92093-0651 Office: 858 534 6011 Fax: 858 822 2127
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla CA 92093-0651 Office: 858 534 6011 Fax: 858 822 2127
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- Department of Medicine University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla CA 92093-0651 Office: 858 534 6011 Fax: 858 822 2127
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla CA 92093-0651 Office: 858 534 6011 Fax: 858 822 2127
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- Department of Medicine University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla CA 92093-0651 Office: 858 534 6011 Fax: 858 822 2127
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- Department of Medicine University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla CA 92093-0651 Office: 858 534 6011 Fax: 858 822 2127
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla CA 92093-0651 Office: 858 534 6011 Fax: 858 822 2127
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Analysis of phospholipids, sterols, and fatty acids inTaxus chinensisvar.maireicells in response to shear stress. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2009; 54:105-12. [DOI: 10.1042/ba20090102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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