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Yang P, Gao S, Shen J, Liu T, Lu K, Han X, Wang J, Ni HM, Ding WX, Li H, Pan JA, Peng K, Zong WX. TRIM21-mediated ubiquitination of SQSTM1/p62 abolishes its Ser403 phosphorylation and enhances palmitic acid cytotoxicity. Autophagy 2024. [PMID: 39172027 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2024.2394308] [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: 01/02/2024] [Revised: 08/12/2024] [Accepted: 08/15/2024] [Indexed: 08/23/2024] Open
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Long-chain free fatty acids (FFAs) accumulation and oxidative toxicity is a major cause for several pathological conditions. The mechanisms underlying FFA cytotoxicity remain elusive. Here we show that palmitic acid (PA), the most abundant FFA in the circulation, induces S403 phosphorylation of SQSTM1/p62 (sequestosome 1) and its aggregation, which sequesters KEAP1 and activates the non-canonical SQSTM1-KEAP1-NFE2L2 antioxidant pathway. The PA-induced SQSTM1 S403 phosphorylation and aggregation are dependent on SQSTM1 K7-D69 hydrogen bond formation and dimerization in the Phox and Bem1 (PB1) domain, which facilitates the recruitment of TBK1 that phosphorylates SQSTM1 S403. The ubiquitin E3 ligase TRIM21 ubiquitinates SQSTM1 at the K7 residue and abolishes the PB1 dimerization, S403 phosphorylation, and SQSTM1 aggregation. TRIM21 is oxidized at C92, C111, and C114 to form disulfide bonds that lead to its oligomerization and decreased E3 activity. Mutagenizing the three C residues to S (3CS) abolishes TRIM21 oligomerization and increases its E3 activity. TRIM21 ablation leads to decreased SQSTM1 K7 ubiquitination, hence elevated SQSTM1 S403 phosphorylation and aggregation, which confers protection against PA-induced oxidative stress and cytotoxicity. Therefore, TRIM21 is a negative regulator of SQSTM1 phosphorylation, aggregation, and the antioxidant sequestration function. TRIM21 is oxidized to reduce its E3 activity that helps enhance the SQSTM1-KEAP1-NFE2L2 antioxidant pathway. Inhibition of TRIM21 May be a viable strategy to protect tissues from lipotoxicity resulting from long-chain FFAs.
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- Peng Yang
- Department of Cellular and Genetic Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cellular and Genetic Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers-the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers-the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Genetic Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers-the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
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- The Center for Infection and Immunity Study and Molecular Cancer Research, School of Medicine, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Center for Metabolism Research, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers-the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
- Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Zhou C, Huang YQ, Da MX, Jin WL, Zhou FH. Adipocyte-derived extracellular vesicles: bridging the communications between obesity and tumor microenvironment. Discov Oncol 2023; 14:92. [PMID: 37289328 PMCID: PMC10250291 DOI: 10.1007/s12672-023-00704-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
Abstract
By the year 2035 more than 4 billion people might be affected by obesity and being overweight. Adipocyte-derived Extracellular Vesicles (ADEVs/ADEV-singular) are essential for communication between the tumor microenvironment (TME) and obesity, emerging as a prominent mechanism of tumor progression. Adipose tissue (AT) becomes hypertrophic and hyperplastic in an obese state resulting in insulin resistance in the body. This modifies the energy supply to tumor cells and simultaneously stimulates the production of pro-inflammatory adipokines. In addition, obese AT has a dysregulated cargo content of discharged ADEVs, leading to elevated amounts of pro-inflammatory proteins, fatty acids, and carcinogenic microRNAs. ADEVs are strongly associated with hallmarks of cancer (proliferation and resistance to cell death, angiogenesis, invasion, metastasis, immunological response) and may be useful as biomarkers and antitumor therapy strategy. Given the present developments in obesity and cancer-related research, we conclude by outlining significant challenges and significant advances that must be addressed expeditiously to promote ADEVs research and clinical applications.
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- Chuan Zhou
- The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics and Precision Medicine for Surgical Oncology in Gansu Province, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000 People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Center of Medical Cosmetology, Chengdu Second People’s Hospital, Chengdu, 610017 People’s Republic of China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 People’s Republic of China
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000 People’s Republic of China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 People’s Republic of China
- Institute of Cancer Neuroscience, Medical Frontier Innovation Research Center, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 People’s Republic of China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 People’s Republic of China
- Department of Urology, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000 People’s Republic of China
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Rocca C, De Bartolo A, Guzzi R, Crocco MC, Rago V, Romeo N, Perrotta I, De Francesco EM, Muoio MG, Granieri MC, Pasqua T, Mazza R, Boukhzar L, Lefranc B, Leprince J, Gallo Cantafio ME, Soda T, Amodio N, Anouar Y, Angelone T. Palmitate-Induced Cardiac Lipotoxicity Is Relieved by the Redox-Active Motif of SELENOT through Improving Mitochondrial Function and Regulating Metabolic State. Cells 2023; 12:cells12071042. [PMID: 37048116 PMCID: PMC10093731 DOI: 10.3390/cells12071042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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Cardiac lipotoxicity is an important contributor to cardiovascular complications during obesity. Given the fundamental role of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident Selenoprotein T (SELENOT) for cardiomyocyte differentiation and protection and for the regulation of glucose metabolism, we took advantage of a small peptide (PSELT), derived from the SELENOT redox-active motif, to uncover the mechanisms through which PSELT could protect cardiomyocytes against lipotoxicity. To this aim, we modeled cardiac lipotoxicity by exposing H9c2 cardiomyocytes to palmitate (PA). The results showed that PSELT counteracted PA-induced cell death, lactate dehydrogenase release, and the accumulation of intracellular lipid droplets, while an inert form of the peptide (I-PSELT) lacking selenocysteine was not active against PA-induced cardiomyocyte death. Mechanistically, PSELT counteracted PA-induced cytosolic and mitochondrial oxidative stress and rescued SELENOT expression that was downregulated by PA through FAT/CD36 (cluster of differentiation 36/fatty acid translocase), the main transporter of fatty acids in the heart. Immunofluorescence analysis indicated that PSELT also relieved the PA-dependent increase in CD36 expression, while in SELENOT-deficient cardiomyocytes, PA exacerbated cell death, which was not mitigated by exogenous PSELT. On the other hand, PSELT improved mitochondrial respiration during PA treatment and regulated mitochondrial biogenesis and dynamics, preventing the PA-provoked decrease in PGC1-α and increase in DRP-1 and OPA-1. These findings were corroborated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), revealing that PSELT improved the cardiomyocyte and mitochondrial ultrastructures and restored the ER network. Spectroscopic characterization indicated that PSELT significantly attenuated infrared spectral-related macromolecular changes (i.e., content of lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates) and also prevented the decrease in membrane fluidity induced by PA. Our findings further delineate the biological significance of SELENOT in cardiomyocytes and indicate the potential of its mimetic PSELT as a protective agent for counteracting cardiac lipotoxicity.
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- Carmine Rocca
- Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
- UNIROUEN, Inserm U1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differentiation and Communication (NorDiC), Rouen Normandie University, 76000 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Department of Physics, Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
- CNR-NANOTEC, Department of Physics, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
- STAR Research Infrastructure, University of Calabria, Via Tito Flavio, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis (CM2), Department of Biology, Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi-Nesima Hospital, 95124 Catania, Italy
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- Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi-Nesima Hospital, 95124 Catania, Italy
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- Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Health Science, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- UNIROUEN, Inserm U1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differentiation and Communication (NorDiC), Rouen Normandie University, 76000 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- UNIROUEN, Inserm U1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differentiation and Communication (NorDiC), Rouen Normandie University, 76000 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
- UNIROUEN, UMS-UAR HERACLES, PRIMACEN, Cell Imaging Platform of Normandy, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), 76183 Rouen, France
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- UNIROUEN, Inserm U1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differentiation and Communication (NorDiC), Rouen Normandie University, 76000 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
- UNIROUEN, UMS-UAR HERACLES, PRIMACEN, Cell Imaging Platform of Normandy, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), 76183 Rouen, France
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- Department of Health Science, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- UNIROUEN, Inserm U1239, Neuroendocrine, Endocrine and Germinal Differentiation and Communication (NorDiC), Rouen Normandie University, 76000 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
- UNIROUEN, UMS-UAR HERACLES, PRIMACEN, Cell Imaging Platform of Normandy, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), 76183 Rouen, France
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- Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
- National Institute of Cardiovascular Research (INRC), 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Granieri MC, Rocca C, De Bartolo A, Nettore IC, Rago V, Romeo N, Ceramella J, Mariconda A, Macchia PE, Ungaro P, Sinicropi MS, Angelone T. Quercetin and Its Derivative Counteract Palmitate-Dependent Lipotoxicity by Inhibiting Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Cardiomyocytes. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:3492. [PMID: 36834186 PMCID: PMC9958705 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20043492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Cardiac lipotoxicity plays an important role in the pathogenesis of obesity-related cardiovascular disease. The flavonoid quercetin (QUE), a nutraceutical compound that is abundant in the "Mediterranean diet", has been shown to be a potential therapeutic agent in cardiac and metabolic diseases. Here, we investigated the beneficial role of QUE and its derivative Q2, which demonstrates improved bioavailability and chemical stability, in cardiac lipotoxicity. To this end, H9c2 cardiomyocytes were pre-treated with QUE or Q2 and then exposed to palmitate (PA) to recapitulate the cardiac lipotoxicity occurring in obesity. Our results showed that both QUE and Q2 significantly attenuated PA-dependent cell death, although QUE was effective at a lower concentration (50 nM) when compared with Q2 (250 nM). QUE decreased the release of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), an important indicator of cytotoxicity, and the accumulation of intracellular lipid droplets triggered by PA. On the other hand, QUE protected cardiomyocytes from PA-induced oxidative stress by counteracting the formation of malondialdehyde (MDA) and protein carbonyl groups (which are indicators of lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation, respectively) and intracellular ROS generation, and by improving the enzymatic activities of catalase and superoxide dismutase (SOD). Pre-treatment with QUE also significantly attenuated the inflammatory response induced by PA by reducing the release of key proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β and TNF-α). Similar to QUE, Q2 (250 nM) also significantly counteracted the PA-provoked increase in intracellular lipid droplets, LDH, and MDA, improving SOD activity and decreasing the release of IL-1β and TNF-α. These results suggest that QUE and Q2 could be considered potential therapeutics for the treatment of the cardiac lipotoxicity that occurs in obesity and metabolic diseases.
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- Maria Concetta Granieri
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Scuola di Medicina, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Science, University of Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Scuola di Medicina, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Istituto per l’Endocrinologia e l’Oncologia Sperimentale (IEOS) “Gaetano Salvatore”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
- National Institute of Cardiovascular Research (INRC), 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Lu Z, Jiang Z, Tang J, Lin C, Zhang H. Functions and origins of cardiac fat. FEBS J 2022; 290:1705-1718. [PMID: 35114069 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Triglyceride droplets can be stored within cardiac adipocytes (CAs) and cardiomyocytes in the heart. Cardiac adipocytes reside in three distinct regions: pericardial, epicardial, and intramyocardial adipose tissues. In healthy individuals, cardiac adipose tissues modulate cardiovascular functions and energy partitioning, which are, thus, protective. However, ectopic deposition of cardiac adipose tissues turns them into adverse lipotoxic, prothrombotic, and pro-inflammatory tissues with local and systemic contribution to the development of cardiovascular disorders. Accumulation of triglyceride droplets in cardiomyocytes may lead to lipotoxic injury of cardiomyocytes and contribute to the development of cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction. Here, we summarize the roles of CAs and myocardial triglyceride droplets under physiological and pathological conditions and review the cellular sources of CAs in heart development and diseases. Understanding the functions and cellular origins of cardiac fat will provide clues for future studies on pathophysiological processes and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
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- Zhengkai Lu
- School of Life Science and Technology ShanghaiTech University China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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- School of Life Science and Technology ShanghaiTech University China
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine Shanghai East Hospital Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research School of Life Science and Technology Tongji University Shanghai China
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- School of Life Science and Technology ShanghaiTech University China
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- School of Life Science and Technology ShanghaiTech University China
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Krause BC, Kriegel FL, Tartz V, Jungnickel H, Reichardt P, Singh AV, Laux P, Shemis M, Luch A. Combinatory Effects of Cerium Dioxide Nanoparticles and Acetaminophen on the Liver-A Case Study of Low-Dose Interactions in Human HuH-7 Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:6866. [PMID: 34202329 PMCID: PMC8268126 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22136866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2021] [Revised: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The interactions between pharmaceuticals and nanomaterials and its potentially resulting toxicological effects in living systems are only insufficiently investigated. In this study, two model compounds, acetaminophen, a pharmaceutical, and cerium dioxide, a manufactured nanomaterial, were investigated in combination and individually. Upon inhalation, cerium dioxide nanomaterials were shown to systemically translocate into other organs, such as the liver. Therefore we picked the human liver cell line HuH-7 cells as an in vitro system to investigate liver toxicity. Possible synergistic or antagonistic metabolic changes after co-exposure scenarios were investigated. Toxicological data of the water soluble tetrazolium (WST-1) assay for cell proliferation and genotoxicity assessment using the Comet assay were combined with an untargeted as well as a targeted lipidomics approach. We found an attenuated cytotoxicity and an altered metabolic profile in co-exposure experiments with cerium dioxide, indicating an interaction of both compounds at these endpoints. Single exposure against cerium dioxide showed a genotoxic effect in the Comet assay. Conversely, acetaminophen exhibited no genotoxic effect. Comet assay data do not indicate an enhancement of genotoxicity after co-exposure. The results obtained in this study highlight the advantage of investigating co-exposure scenarios, especially for bioactive substances.
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- Benjamin C. Krause
- Department of Chemical & Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany; (F.L.K.); (V.T.); (H.J.); (P.R.); (A.V.S.); (P.L.); (A.L.)
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- Department of Chemical & Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany; (F.L.K.); (V.T.); (H.J.); (P.R.); (A.V.S.); (P.L.); (A.L.)
- NUVISAN ICB GmbH, Preclinical Compound Profiling, Muellerstrasse 178, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemical & Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany; (F.L.K.); (V.T.); (H.J.); (P.R.); (A.V.S.); (P.L.); (A.L.)
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- Department of Chemical & Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany; (F.L.K.); (V.T.); (H.J.); (P.R.); (A.V.S.); (P.L.); (A.L.)
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- Department of Chemical & Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany; (F.L.K.); (V.T.); (H.J.); (P.R.); (A.V.S.); (P.L.); (A.L.)
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- Department of Chemical & Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany; (F.L.K.); (V.T.); (H.J.); (P.R.); (A.V.S.); (P.L.); (A.L.)
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- Department of Chemical & Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany; (F.L.K.); (V.T.); (H.J.); (P.R.); (A.V.S.); (P.L.); (A.L.)
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Warak El-Hadar, Kornish El-Nile, P.O. Box 30 Imbaba, Giza 12411, Egypt;
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- Department of Chemical & Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany; (F.L.K.); (V.T.); (H.J.); (P.R.); (A.V.S.); (P.L.); (A.L.)
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Shon JC, Lee SM, Jung JH, Wu Z, Kwon YS, Sim HJ, Seo JS. Integrated metabolomics and lipidomics reveals high accumulation of polyunsaturated lysoglycerophospholipids in human lung fibroblasts exposed to fine particulate matter. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 202:110896. [PMID: 32622306 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) comprising toxic compounds arising from air pollution is a major human health concern. It is linked to increased mortality and incidence of various lung diseases. However, the mechanisms underlying the toxic effects of PM on lung fibroblasts have not been fully explored. We used targeted quantitative metabolomics and lipidomics analysis along with cytotoxicity studies to comprehensively characterize the alterations in the metabolite profiles of human lung fibroblasts (HEL 299) upon exposure to PM2.5 and PM10. This exposure at 50 μg/mL for 72 h induced an abnormally high apoptotic response via triggering intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and mitochondrial dysfunction through an imbalance between pro- and anti-apoptotic signaling pathways. The cytotoxic effects of PM2.5 were more severe than those of PM10. Metabolomics and lipidomics analyses revealed that PM exposure triggered substantial changes in the cellular metabolite profile, which involved reduced mitochondria-related metabolites such as tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle intermediates, amino acids, and free fatty acids as well as increased lysoglycerophospholipids (LPLs) containing polyunsaturated fatty acids. The decrease in mitochondria-related metabolites suggested that PM exposure led to reduced TCA cycle capacity and energy production. Apoptotic and inflammatory responses as well as mitochondrial dysfunction were likely to be accelerated because of excessive accumulation of LPLs, contributing to the disruption of membrane rafts and Ca2+ homeostasis and causing increased mitochondrial ROS formation. These results provide valuable insights regarding the toxic effects of PM exposure. Our study also provides a new direction for research on PM exposure-related health disorders using different cell lines.
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- Jong Cheol Shon
- Environmental Chemistry Research Group, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jinju, 52834, Republic of Korea
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- Biological Resources Research Group, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jinju, 52834, Republic of Korea
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- Environmental Chemistry Research Group, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jinju, 52834, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Environmental Chemistry Research Group, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jinju, 52834, Republic of Korea
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- Environmental Chemistry Research Group, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jinju, 52834, Republic of Korea
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- Environmental Chemistry Research Group, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jinju, 52834, Republic of Korea.
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Involvement of fatty acid synthase in right ventricle dysfunction in pulmonary hypertension. Exp Cell Res 2019; 383:111569. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2019.111569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2018] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Warbrick I, Rabkin SW. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1α) as a factor mediating the relationship between obesity and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Obes Rev 2019; 20:701-712. [PMID: 30828970 DOI: 10.1111/obr.12828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Revised: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a common condition with an increased mortality, is strongly associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome. The latter two conditions are associated with increased epicardial fat that can extend into the heart. This review advances the proposition that hypoxia-inhibitory factor-1α (HIF-1α) maybe a key factor producing HFpEF. HIF-1α, a highly conserved transcription factor that plays a key role in tissue response to hypoxia, is increased in adipose tissue in obesity. Increased HIF-1α expression leads to expression of a potent profibrotic transcriptional programme involving collagen I, III, IV, TIMP, and lysyl oxidase. The net effect is the formation of collagen fibres leading to fibrosis. HIF-1α is also responsible for recruiting M1 macrophages that mediate obesity-associated inflammation, releasing IL-6, MCP-1, TNF-α, and IL-1β with increased expression of thrombospondin, pro α2 (I) collagen, transforming growth factor β, NADPH oxidase, and connective tissue growth factor. These factors can accelerate cardiac fibrosis and impair cardiac diastolic function. Inhibition of HIF-1α expression in adipose tissue of mice fed a high-fat diet suppressed fibrosis and reduces inflammation in adipose tissue. Delineation of the role played by HIF-1α in obesity-associated HFpEF may lead to new potential therapies.
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- Ian Warbrick
- Department of Medicine (Cardiology), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiology), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Yamamoto T, Endo J, Kataoka M, Matsuhashi T, Katsumata Y, Shirakawa K, Yoshida N, Isobe S, Moriyama H, Goto S, Yamashita K, Nakanishi H, Shimanaka Y, Kono N, Shinmura K, Arai H, Fukuda K, Sano M. Decrease in membrane phospholipids unsaturation correlates with myocardial diastolic dysfunction. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0208396. [PMID: 30533011 PMCID: PMC6289418 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Increase in saturated fatty acid (SFA) content in membrane phospholipids dramatically affects membrane properties and cellular functioning. We sought to determine whether exogenous SFA from the diet directly affects the degree of membrane phospholipid unsaturation in adult hearts and if these changes correlate with contractile dysfunction. Although both SFA-rich high fat diets (HFDs) and monounsaturated FA (MUFA)-rich HFDs cause the same degree of activation of myocardial FA uptake, triglyceride turnover, and mitochondrial FA oxidation and accumulation of toxic lipid intermediates, the former induced more severe diastolic dysfunction than the latter, which was accompanied with a decrease in membrane phospholipid unsaturation, induction of unfolded protein response (UPR), and a decrease in the expression of Sirt1 and stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1), catalyzing the conversion of SFA to MUFA. When the SFA supply in the heart overwhelms the cellular capacity to use it for energy, excess exogenous SFA channels to membrane phospholipids, leading to UPR induction, and development of diastolic dysfunction.
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- Tsunehisa Yamamoto
- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Endocrinology and Hypertension, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Endocrinology and Hypertension, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of General Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan
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Lekes D, Szadvari I, Krizanova O, Lopusna K, Rezuchova I, Novakova M, Novakova Z, Parak T, Babula P. Nilotinib induces ER stress and cell death in H9c2 cells. Physiol Res 2017; 65:S505-S514. [PMID: 28006933 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.933504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Tyrosine kinases inhibitors (TKi) represent a relatively novel class of anticancer drugs that target cellular pathways overexpressed in certain types of malignancies, such as chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). Nilotinib, ponatinib and imatinib exhibit cardiotoxic and vascular effects. In this study, we focused on possible cardiotoxicity of nilotinib using H9c2 cells as a suitable cell model. We studied role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and apoptosis in nilotinib toxicity using a complex approach. Nilotinib impaired mitochondrial function and induced formation of ROS under clinically relevant concentrations. In addition, ability of nilotinib to induce ER stress has been shown. These events result in apoptotic cell death. All these mechanisms contribute to cytotoxic effect of the drug. In addition, involvement of ER stress in nilotinib toxicity may be important in co-treatment with pharmaceuticals affecting ER and ER stress, e.g. beta-blockers or sartans, and should be further investigated.
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- D Lekes
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Asahi H, Kobayashi F, Inoue SI, Niikura M, Yagita K, Tolba MEM. Copper Homeostasis for the Developmental Progression of Intraerythrocytic Malarial Parasite. Curr Top Med Chem 2017; 16:3048-3057. [PMID: 26881705 PMCID: PMC5068492 DOI: 10.2174/1568026616999160215151704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Revised: 01/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Malaria is one of the world’s most devastating diseases, particularly in the tropics. In humans, Plasmodium falciparum lives mainly within red blood cells, and malaria pathogenesis depends on the red blood cells being infected with the parasite. Non-esterified fatty acids (NEFAs), including cis-9-octadecenoic acid, and phospholipids have been critical for complete parasite growth in serum-free culture, although the efficacy of NEFAs in sustaining the growth of P. falciparum has varied markedly. Hexadecanoic acid and trans-9-octadecenoic acid have arrested development of the parasite, in association with down-regulation of genes encoding copper-binding proteins. Selective removal of Cu+ ions has blockaded completely the ring–trophozoite–schizont progression of the parasite. The importance of copper homeostasis for the developmental progression of P. falciparum has been confirmed by inhibition of copper-binding proteins that regulate copper physiology and function by associating with copper ions. These data have provided strong evidence for a link between healthy copper homeostasis and successive developmental progression of P. falciparum. Perturbation of copper homeostasis may be, thus, instrumental in drug and vaccine development for the malaria medication. We review the importance of copper homeostasis in the asexual growth of P. falciparum in relation to NEFAs, copper-binding proteins, apoptosis, mitochondria, and gene expression.
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- Hiroko Asahi
- Division of Tropical Diseases and Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo 181 8611, Japan.
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Arouri A, Lauritsen KE, Nielsen HL, Mouritsen OG. Effect of fatty acids on the permeability barrier of model and biological membranes. Chem Phys Lipids 2016; 200:139-146. [PMID: 27725161 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2016.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Because of the amphipathicity and conical molecular shape of fatty acids, they can efficiently incorporate into lipid membranes and disturb membrane integrity, chain packing, and lateral pressure profile. These phenomena affect both model membranes as well as biological membranes. We investigated the feasibility of exploiting fatty acids as permeability enhancers in drug delivery systems for enhancing drug release from liposomal carriers and drug uptake by target cells. Saturated fatty acids, with acyl chain length from C8 to C20, were tested using model drug delivery liposomes of 1,2- dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) and the breast cancer MCF-7 cell line as a model cell. A calcein release assay demonstrated reduction in the membrane permeability barrier of the DPPC liposomes, proportionally to the length of the fatty acid. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) experiments revealed that C12 to C20 fatty acids can stabilize DPPC liposomal bilayers and induce the formation of large structures, probably due to liposome aggregation and bilayer morphological changes. On the other hand, the short fatty acids C8 and C10 tend to destabilize the bilayers and only moderately cause the formation of large structures. The effect of fatty acids on DPPC liposomes was not completely transferrable to the MCF-7 cell line. Using cytotoxicity assays, the cells were found to be relatively insensitive to the fatty acids at apoptotic sub-millimolar concentrations. Increasing the fatty acid concentration to few millimolar substantially reduced the viability of the cells, most likely via the induction of necrosis and cell lysis. A bioluminescence living-cell-based luciferase assay showed that saturated fatty acids in sub-cytotoxic concentrations cannot reduce the permeability barrier of cell membranes. Our results confirm that the membrane perturbing effect of fatty acids on model membranes cannot simply be carried over to biological membranes of live cells.
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- Ahmad Arouri
- MEMPHYS-Center for Biomembrane Physics, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; The Lundbeck Foundation Nanomedicine Research Center for Cancer Stem Cell Targeting Therapeutics (NanoCAN), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
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- MEMPHYS-Center for Biomembrane Physics, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- MEMPHYS-Center for Biomembrane Physics, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- MEMPHYS-Center for Biomembrane Physics, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; The Lundbeck Foundation Nanomedicine Research Center for Cancer Stem Cell Targeting Therapeutics (NanoCAN), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
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Zhu D, Wang H, Zhang J, Zhang X, Xin C, Zhang F, Lee Y, Zhang L, Lian K, Yan W, Ma X, Liu Y, Tao L. Irisin improves endothelial function in type 2 diabetes through reducing oxidative/nitrative stresses. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Spillmann F, Trimpert C, Peng J, Eckerle LG, Staudt A, Warstat K, Felix SB, Pieske B, Tschöpe C, Van Linthout S. High-density lipoproteins reduce palmitate-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis in an AMPK-dependent manner. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 466:272-7. [PMID: 26362182 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.09.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 09/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Palmitate has been implicated in the induction of cardiomyocyte apoptosis via reducing the activity of 5' AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). We sought to evaluate whether high-density lipoproteins (HDLs), known for their cardioprotective features and their potential to increase AMPK activity, can reduce palmitate-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis and whether this effect is AMPK-dependent. Therefore, cardiomyocytes were isolated from adult Wistar rat hearts via perfusion on a Langendorff-apparatus and cultured in free fatty acid-free BSA control medium or 0.5 mM palmitate medium in the presence or absence of HDL (5 μg protein/ml) with or without 0.1 μM of the AMPK-inhibitor compound S for the analysis of Annexin V/propidium, genes involved in apoptosis and fatty acid oxidation, and cardiomyocyte contractility. We found that HDLs decreased palmitate-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis as indicated by a reduction in Annexin V-positive cardiomyocytes and an increase in Bcl-2 versus Bax ratio. Concomitantly, HDLs increased the palmitate-impaired expression of genes involved in fatty acid oxidation. Furthermore, HDLs improved the palmitate-impaired cardiomyocyte contractility. All effects were mediated in an AMPK-dependent manner, concluding that HDLs reduce palmitate-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis, resulting in improved cardiomyocyte contractility through a mechanism involving AMPK.
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- Frank Spillmann
- Charité-University-Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Charité-University-Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum für Herz Kreislaufforschung (DZHK), Standort Greifswald, Germany
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- Charité-University-Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum für Herz Kreislaufforschung (DZHK), Standort Berlin/Charité, Germany
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- Charité-University-Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany; Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum für Herz Kreislaufforschung (DZHK), Standort Berlin/Charité, Germany
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- Charité-University-Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Department of Cardiology, Berlin, Germany; Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow, Berlin, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum für Herz Kreislaufforschung (DZHK), Standort Berlin/Charité, Germany.
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SIGNIFICANCE Cardiac function is energetically demanding, reliant on efficient well-coupled mitochondria to generate adenosine triphosphate and fulfill the cardiac demand. Predictably then, mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with cardiac pathologies, often related to metabolic disease, most commonly diabetes. Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM), characterized by decreased left ventricular function, arises independently of coronary artery disease and atherosclerosis. Dysregulation of Ca(2+) handling, metabolic changes, and oxidative stress are observed in DCM, abnormalities reflected in alterations in mitochondrial energetics. Cardiac tissue from DCM patients also presents with altered mitochondrial morphology, suggesting a possible role of mitochondrial dynamics in its pathological progression. RECENT ADVANCES Abnormal mitochondrial morphology is associated with pathologies across diverse tissues, suggesting that this highly regulated process is essential for proper cell maintenance and physiological homeostasis. Highly structured cardiac myofibers were hypothesized to limit alterations in mitochondrial morphology; however, recent work has identified morphological changes in cardiac tissue, specifically in DCM. CRITICAL ISSUES Mitochondrial dysfunction has been reported independently from observations of altered mitochondrial morphology in DCM. The temporal relationship and causative nature between functional and morphological changes of mitochondria in the establishment/progression of DCM is unclear. FUTURE DIRECTIONS Altered mitochondrial energetics and morphology are not only causal for but also consequential to reactive oxygen species production, hence exacerbating oxidative damage through reciprocal amplification, which is integral to the progression of DCM. Therefore, targeting mitochondria for DCM will require better mechanistic characterization of morphological distortion and bioenergetic dysfunction.
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- Chad A Galloway
- 1Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
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- 2Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia
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Burelle Y, Bemeur C, Rivard ME, Thompson Legault J, Boucher G, Morin C, Coderre L, Des Rosiers C. Mitochondrial vulnerability and increased susceptibility to nutrient-induced cytotoxicity in fibroblasts from leigh syndrome French canadian patients. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0120767. [PMID: 25835550 PMCID: PMC4383560 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Mutations in LRPPRC are responsible for the French Canadian variant of Leigh Syndrome (LSFC), a severe disorder characterized biochemically by a tissue-specific deficiency of cytochrome c oxidase (COX) and clinically by the occurrence of severe and deadly acidotic crises. Factors that precipitate these crises remain unclear. To better understand the physiopathology and identify potential treatments, we performed a comprehensive analysis of mitochondrial function in LSFC and control fibroblasts. Furthermore, we have used this cell-based model to screen for conditions that promote premature cell death in LSFC cells and test the protective effect of ten interventions targeting well-defined aspects of mitochondrial function. We show that, despite maintaining normal ATP levels, LSFC fibroblasts present several mitochondrial functional abnormalities under normal baseline conditions, which likely impair their capacity to respond to stress. This includes mitochondrial network fragmentation, impaired oxidative phosphorylation capacity, lower membrane potential, increased sensitivity to Ca2+-induced permeability transition, but no changes in reactive oxygen species production. We also show that LSFC fibroblasts display enhanced susceptibility to cell death when exposed to palmitate, an effect that is potentiated by high lactate, while high glucose or acidosis alone or in combination were neutral. Furthermore, we demonstrate that compounds that are known to promote flux through the electron transport chain independent of phosphorylation (methylene blue, dinitrophenol), or modulate fatty acid (L-carnitine) or Krebs cycle metabolism (propionate) are protective, while antioxidants (idebenone, N-acetyl cysteine, resveratrol) exacerbate palmitate plus lactate-induced cell death. Collectively, beyond highlighting multiple alterations in mitochondrial function and increased susceptibility to nutrient-induced cytotoxicity in LSFC fibroblasts, these results raise questions about the nature of the diets, particularly excess fat intake, as well as on the use of antioxidants in patients with LSFC and, possibly, other COX defects.
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- Yan Burelle
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Research Unit, Complexe hospitalier de la Sagamie, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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Park M, Sabetski A, Kwan Chan Y, Turdi S, Sweeney G. Palmitate induces ER stress and autophagy in H9c2 cells: implications for apoptosis and adiponectin resistance. J Cell Physiol 2015; 230:630-9. [PMID: 25164368 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 08/22/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The association between obesity and heart failure is well documented and recent studies have indicated that understanding the physiological role of autophagy will be of great significance. Cardiomyocyte apoptosis is one component of cardiac remodeling which leads to heart failure and in this study we used palmitate-treated H9c2 cells as an in vitro model of lipotoxicity to investigate the role of autophagy in cell death. Temporal analysis revealed that palmitate (100 μM) treatment induced a gradual increase of intracellular lipid accumulation as well as apoptotic cell death. Palmitate induced autophagic flux, determined via increased LC3-II formation and p62 degradation as well as by detecting reduced colocalization of GFP with RFP in cells overexpressing tandem fluorescent GFP/RFP-LC3. The increased level of autophagy indicated by these measures were confirmed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Upon inhibiting autophagy using bafilomycin we observed an increased level of palmitate-induced cell death assessed by Annexin V/PI staining, detection of active caspase-3 and MTT cell viability assay. Interestingly, using TEM and p-PERK or p-eIF2α detection we observed increased endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in response to palmitate. Autophagy was induced as an adaptive response against ER stress since it was sensitive to ER stress inhibition. Palmitate-induced ER stress also induced adiponectin resistance, assessed via AMPK phosphorylation, via reducing APPL1 expression. This effect was independent of palmitate-induced autophagy. In summary, our data indicate that palmitate induces autophagy subsequent to ER stress and that this confers a prosurvival effect against lipotoxicity-induced cell death. Palmitate-induced ER stress also led to adiponecin resistance.
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- Min Park
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Canada
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Lipid metabolism is regulated by multiple signaling pathways, and generates a variety of bioactive lipid molecules. These bioactive lipid molecules known as signaling molecules, such as fatty acid, eicosanoids, diacylglycerol, phosphatidic acid, lysophophatidic acid, ceramide, sphingosine, sphingosine-1-phosphate, phosphatidylinositol-3 phosphate, and cholesterol, are involved in the activation or regulation of different signaling pathways. Lipid metabolism participates in the regulation of many cellular processes such as cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, survival, apoptosis, inflammation, motility, membrane homeostasis, chemotherapy response, and drug resistance. Bioactive lipid molecules promote apoptosis via the intrinsic pathway by modulating mitochondrial membrane permeability and activating different enzymes including caspases. In this review, we discuss recent data in the fields of lipid metabolism, lipid-mediated apoptosis, and cancer therapy. In conclusion, understanding the underlying molecular mechanism of lipid metabolism and the function of different lipid molecules could provide the basis for cancer cell death rationale, discover novel and potential targets, and develop new anticancer drugs for cancer therapy.
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Sommerfeld A, Reinehr R, Häussinger D. Free fatty acids shift insulin-induced hepatocyte proliferation towards CD95-dependent apoptosis. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:4398-409. [PMID: 25548285 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.617035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Insulin is known to induce hepatocyte swelling, which triggers via integrins and c-Src kinase an activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and subsequent cell proliferation (1). Free fatty acids (FFAs) are known to induce lipoapoptosis in liver cells in a c-Jun-NH2-terminal kinase (JNK)-dependent, but death receptor-independent way (2). As non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is associated with hyperinsulinemia and increased FFA-blood levels, the interplay between insulin and FFA was studied with regard to hepatocyte proliferation and apoptosis in isolated rat and mouse hepatocytes. Saturated long chain FFAs induced apoptosis and JNK activation in primary rat hepatocytes, but did not activate the CD95 (Fas, APO-1) system, whereas insulin triggered EGFR activation and hepatocyte proliferation. Coadministration of insulin and FFAs, however, abolished hepatocyte proliferation and triggered CD95-dependent apoptosis due to a JNK-dependent association of the activated EGFR with CD95, subsequent CD95 tyrosine phosphorylation and formation of the death-inducing signaling complex (DISC). JNK inhibition restored the proliferative insulin effect in presence of FFAs and prevented EGFR/CD95 association, CD95 tyrosine phosphorylation and DISC formation. Likewise, in presence of FFAs insulin increased apoptosis in hepatocytes from wild type but not from Alb-Cre-FAS(fl/fl) mice, which lack functional CD95. It is concluded that FFAs can shift insulin-induced hepatocyte proliferation toward hepatocyte apoptosis by triggering a JNK signal, which allows activated EGFR to associate with CD95 and to trigger CD95-dependent apoptosis. Such phenomena may contribute to the pathogenesis of NASH.
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- Annika Sommerfeld
- From the Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- From the Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- From the Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Rojas C, Pan-Castillo B, Valls C, Pujadas G, Garcia-Vallve S, Arola L, Mulero M. Resveratrol enhances palmitate-induced ER stress and apoptosis in cancer cells. PLoS One 2014; 9:e113929. [PMID: 25436452 PMCID: PMC4250062 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background Palmitate, a saturated fatty acid (FA), is known to induce toxicity and cell death in various types of cells. Resveratrol (RSV) is able to prevent pathogenesis and/or decelerate the progression of a variety of diseases. Several in vitro and in vivo studies have also shown a protective effect of RSV on fat accumulation induced by FAs. Additionally, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has recently been linked to cellular adipogenic responses. To address the hypothesis that the RSV effect on excessive fat accumulation promoted by elevated saturated FAs could be partially mediated by a reduction of ER stress, we studied the RSV action on experimentally induced ER stress using palmitate in several cancer cell lines. Principal Findings We show that, unexpectedly, RSV promotes an amplification of palmitate toxicity and cell death and that this mechanism is likely due to a perturbation of palmitate accumulation in the triglyceride form and to a less important membrane fluidity variation. Additionally, RSV decreases radical oxygen species (ROS) generation in palmitate-treated cells but leads to enhanced X-box binding protein-1 (XBP1) splicing and C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) expression. These molecular effects are induced simultaneously to caspase-3 cleavage, suggesting that RSV promotes palmitate lipoapoptosis primarily through an ER stress-dependent mechanism. Moreover, the lipotoxicity reversion induced by eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or by a liver X receptor (LXR) agonist reinforces the hypothesis that RSV-mediated inhibition of palmitate channeling into triglyceride pools could be a key factor in the aggravation of palmitate-induced cytotoxicity. Conclusions Our results suggest that RSV exerts its cytotoxic role in cancer cells exposed to a saturated FA context primarily by triglyceride accumulation inhibition, probably leading to an intracellular palmitate accumulation that triggers a lipid-mediated cell death. Additionally, this cell death is promoted by ER stress through a CHOP-mediated apoptotic process and may represent a potential anticancer strategy.
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- Cristina Rojas
- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, 43007, Spain
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, 43007, Spain
- Reproductive Biology and Gynecological Oncology Group, Center for Nanohealth, Institute of Life, Swansea University, Swansea, SA28PP, United Kingdom
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, 43007, Spain
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, 43007, Spain
- Centre Tecnològic de Nutrició i Salut (CTNS), TECNIO, CEICS, Reus, 43204, Spain
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, 43007, Spain
- Centre Tecnològic de Nutrició i Salut (CTNS), TECNIO, CEICS, Reus, 43204, Spain
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, 43007, Spain
- Centre Tecnològic de Nutrició i Salut (CTNS), TECNIO, CEICS, Reus, 43204, Spain
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, 43007, Spain
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van Bilsen M, Planavila A. Fatty acids and cardiac disease: fuel carrying a message. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2014; 211:476-90. [PMID: 24773697 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2014] [Revised: 04/02/2014] [Accepted: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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From the viewpoint of the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden, there has been a continuous interest in the detrimental effects of the Western-type high-fat diet for more than half a century. More recently, this general view has been subject to change as epidemiological studies showed that replacing fat by carbohydrate may even be worse and that various polyunsaturated fatty acids (FA) have beneficial rather than detrimental effects on CVD outcome. At the same time, advances in lipid biology have provided insight into the mechanisms by which the different lipid components of the Western diet affect the cardiovascular system. In fact, this still is a rapidly growing field of research and in recent years novel FA derivatives and FA receptors have been discovered. This includes fish-oil derived FA-derivatives with anti-inflammatory properties, the so-called resolvins, and various G-protein-coupled receptors that recognize FA as ligands. In the present review, we will extensively discuss the role of FA and their metabolites on cardiac disease, with special emphasis on the role of the different saturated and polyunsaturated FA and their respective metabolites in cellular signal transduction and the possible implications for the development of cardiac hypertrophy and cardiac failure.
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- M. van Bilsen
- Department of Physiology; Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht; Maastricht University; Maastricht the Netherlands
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular; Institut de Biomedicina de la Universitat de Barcelona (IBUB); Universitat de Barcelona and CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN); Barcelona Spain
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Oh CC, Nguy MQ, Schwenke DC, Migrino RQ, Thornburg K, Reaven P. p38α mitogen-activated kinase mediates cardiomyocyte apoptosis induced by palmitate. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 450:628-33. [PMID: 24931668 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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RATIONALE The mechanisms underlying lipotoxic/diabetic cardiomyopathy remain poorly understood. Saturated fatty acid (SFA) levels, elevated in obesity and type 2 diabetes, induce apoptosis in many cell types including cardiomyocytes. Signaling pathways, including the p38α mitogen-activated kinase (MAPK)-dependent pathway, have been implicated in apoptosis due to a diverse range of insults. OBJECTIVE We tested the hypothesis that SFA-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis is dependent on p38α activation. METHODS AND RESULTS Human adult ventricular cardiomyocytes (AC16 cells) were exposed to high physiological levels of palmitate (PA), a SFA. The apoptotic response was measured using annexin-V by flow cytometry, and the p38α-dependent pathway was evaluated using a p38 inhibitor PD169316, and by p38α small interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown. PA exposure for 16 h dose-dependently increased apoptosis in AC16 cardiomyocytes (control: 2.6±0.6%, 150 μM PA: 3.5±0.9%, 300 μM PA: 11.5±1.6%, n=4, p<0.01). PA did not change total p38α protein levels, but increased p38α phosphorylation dose-dependently (n=5, p<0.01). PD169316 tended to reduce PA-induced apoptosis (n=4, p=0.05). Specific p38α siRNA markedly reduced the expression of p38α but not p38β (n=3, p<0.0001), and dose-dependently attenuated PA-induced apoptosis (control siRNA: 7.7±1.0%, 300 μM PA: 34.4±5.0%, 300 μM PA+30 pmol siRNA: 23.7±4.4%, 300 μM PA+60 pmol siRNA: 19.7±2.6%, 300 μM PA+120 pmol siRNA: 17.3±2.8%, n=4, p<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrate that PA induces p38α activation, and reducing p38α expression attenuates PA-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Our results support a potential mechanism by which high plasma SFA levels through p38α activation may lead to the development of lipotoxic/diabetic cardiomyopathy.
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- Charles C Oh
- Phoenix VA HealthCare System, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
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- Phoenix VA HealthCare System, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239, United States
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- Phoenix VA HealthCare System, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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Fang L, Cho HJ, Chan C, Feig M. Binding site multiplicity with fatty acid ligands: implications for the regulation of PKR kinase autophosphorylation with palmitate. Proteins 2014; 82:2429-42. [PMID: 24862841 DOI: 10.1002/prot.24607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2014] [Revised: 04/17/2014] [Accepted: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Saturated long chain-free fatty acids (FFAs), especially palmitate, have been implicated in apoptosis by inhibiting the activity of PKR (double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase). We recently found evidence that palmitate interacts directly with the kinase domain of PKR, subsequently inhibiting the autophosphorylation of PKR. To investigate the interactions of palmitate with PKR and its effects on PKR autophosphorylation, we performed extensive unbiased MD simulations combined with biochemical and biophysical experiments. The simulations predict multiple putative binding sites of palmitate on both the phosphorylated and unphosphorylated PKR with similar binding affinities. Ligand-protein interactions involving a large variety of different binding modes challenge the conventional view of highly specific, single binding sites. Key interactions of palmitate involve the αC-helix of PKR, especially near residue R307. Experimental mutation of R307 was found to affect palmitate binding and reduce its inhibitory effect. Based on this study a new allosteric mechanism is proposed where palmitate binding to the αC-helix prevents the inactive-to-active transition of PKR and subsequently reduces its ability to autophosphorylate.
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- Liang Fang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824
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Hoffmann L, Seibt A, Herebian D, Spiekerkoetter U. Monounsaturated 14:1n-9 and 16:1n-9 fatty acids but not 18:1n-9 induce apoptosis and necrosis in murine HL-1 cardiomyocytes. Lipids 2013; 49:25-37. [PMID: 24281896 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-013-3865-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Patients with inborn errors of long-chain fatty acid oxidation accumulate disease-specific acylcarnitines and triacylglycerols in various tissues. Some of these patients present significant cardiac diseases such as arrhythmias and cardiomyopathy. The mechanism of how fatty acid accumulation is involved in disease pathogenesis is still unclear but apoptosis of cardiomyocytes has been suggested to be one possible mechanism of cardiomyopathy development. In this study, we measured lipid uptake and intracellular lipid accumulation after incubation of HL1 cardiomyocytes with different saturated and monounsaturated long- and medium-chain fatty acid species for various time periods and at different physiological concentrations. We assessed apoptosis induction by analyzing the mitochondrial membrane potential and TLR-4 expression as well as the composition of the accumulating triacylglycerols. We identified only 14:1 and 16:1 monounsaturated fatty acids potentially leading to an increase in TLR-4 expression and disruption of the mitochondrial membrane potential, resulting in apoptosis and necrosis in cultured cardiomyocytes. This study demonstrates significant toxicity of especially those fatty acid species in vitro that significantly accumulate in fatty acid oxidation defects presenting with cardiac disease such as very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, carnitine acylcarnitine translocase and carnitine palmitoyl-CoA transferase deficiencies.
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- Lars Hoffmann
- Department of General Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany,
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Arouri A, Hansen AH, Rasmussen TE, Mouritsen OG. Lipases, liposomes and lipid-prodrugs. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2013.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE Mitochondria are the cellular energy-producing organelles and are at the crossroad of determining cell life and death. As such, the function of mitochondria has been intensely studied in metabolic disorders, including diabetes and associated maladies commonly grouped under all-inclusive pathological condition of metabolic syndrome. More recently, the altered metabolic profiles and function of mitochondria in these ailments have been correlated with their aberrant morphologies. This review describes an overview of mitochondrial fission and fusion machineries, and discusses implications of mitochondrial morphology and function in these metabolic maladies. RECENT ADVANCES Mitochondria undergo frequent morphological changes, altering the mitochondrial network organization in response to environmental cues, termed mitochondrial dynamics. Mitochondrial fission and fusion mediate morphological plasticity of mitochondria and are controlled by membrane-remodeling mechanochemical enzymes and accessory proteins. Growing evidence suggests that mitochondrial dynamics play an important role in diabetes establishment and progression as well as associated ailments, including, but not limited to, metabolism-secretion coupling in the pancreas, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease progression, and diabetic cardiomyopathy. CRITICAL ISSUES While mitochondrial dynamics are intimately associated with mitochondrial bioenergetics, their cause-and-effect correlation remains undefined in metabolic diseases. FUTURE DIRECTIONS The involvement of mitochondrial dynamics in metabolic diseases is in its relatively early stages. Elucidating the role of mitochondrial dynamics in pathological metabolic conditions will aid in defining the intricate form-function correlation of mitochondria in metabolic pathologies and should provide not only important clues to metabolic disease progression, but also new therapeutic targets.
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- Chad A Galloway
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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Cha MJ, Oh S. The Relationship Between Pericardial Fat and Atrial Fibrillation. J Atr Fibrillation 2013; 5:676. [PMID: 28496808 PMCID: PMC5153103 DOI: 10.4022/jafib.676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2012] [Revised: 12/10/2012] [Accepted: 12/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Pericardial adiposity is strongly associated with increased cardiovascular risk, especially for coronary artery disease. However, until 2010 researchers have not focused on the mechanistic role of pericardial fat in atrial fibrillation (AF) pathogenesis. Only a limited number of studies have reported on the significant association between pericardial fat and AF prevalence, and the role of pericardial fat on AF chronicity and symptom burden remain an ongoing debate. Several possible mechanisms associating pericardial fat with increased AF prevalence have been suggested, but no prior studies have definitively elucidated the precise role of pericardial adiposity on increased AF risk. Currently, pericardial fat has recently emerged as a new independent AF risk factor. In this brief review, we discuss several potential mechanisms that might associate pericardial fat to AF pathogenesis.
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- Myung-Jin Cha
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Membrane-perturbing effect of fatty acids and lysolipids. Prog Lipid Res 2013; 52:130-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2012.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2012] [Revised: 08/20/2012] [Accepted: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The caspase pathway of linoelaidic acid (9t, 12t-c18:2)-induced apoptosis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Lipids 2012; 48:115-26. [PMID: 23065354 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-012-3728-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2012] [Accepted: 09/25/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Trans fatty acids (TFA) are reported to contribute to inflammation and coronary heart disease. The study aim was to investigate the proapoptotic effects of two double bond TFA (TDTFA) on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). The HUVEC were grown in media supplied with linoelaidic acid (9t,12t-C18:2) at 50, 100, 200, 400 μmol/l for 24 or 48 h to examine the effects of TDTFA on the viability and apoptosis of these cells. Flow cytometry analysis and confocal scanning were used to measure apoptosis, cell binding of Annexin V and propidium iodide uptake. Colorimetric assay and RT-PCR were used to analyze enzyme activities and mRNA expression of caspase-3, -8 and -9 in HUVEC. Results showed that 9t,12t-C18:2 inhibited the viability of HUVEC in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manner. The percentages of 9t,12t-C18:2 induced apoptotic and necrotic cells significantly increased compared with that of the control. The activities and mRNA expression of caspase-8, -9 and -3 were significantly increased in 9t,12t-C18:2 treated cells compared to that of the control. Addition of specific inhibitors of caspase-8 (z-IETD-fmk) and caspase-9 (z-LEHD-fmk) to HUVEC was found to completely inhibit 9t,12t-C18:2-induced activation of caspase-3, and z-IETD-fmk inhibited the activation of caspase-9. Meanwhile, it was found that mRNA expression of Bid, Smac/DIABLO and the release of mitochondrial cytochrome c were significantly elevated by 9t,12t-C18:2 treatment. These results suggest that 9t,12t-C18:2 may induce apoptosis of HUVEC through activating caspase-8, -9 and -3. Both the death receptor pathway and the mitochondrial pathway may be involved in the apoptosis induced by 9t,12t-C18:2.
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Wei CD, Li Y, Zheng HY, Sun KS, Tong YQ, Dai W, Wu W, Bao AY. Globular adiponectin protects H9c2 cells from palmitate-induced apoptosis via Akt and ERK1/2 signaling pathways. Lipids Health Dis 2012; 11:135. [PMID: 23050488 PMCID: PMC3540014 DOI: 10.1186/1476-511x-11-135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2012] [Accepted: 09/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Cardiomyocytes apoptosis is an important contributor to myocardial dysfunction and heart failure. Adiponectin has cardioprotective effects, potential mechanisms behind it are not clear in cardiomyocytes. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether adiponectin can block palmitate-induced apoptosis and the underlying biochemical mechanism in H9c2 cells. Methods H9c2 cells were treated with palmitate presence or absence of 2.5 μg/mL globular adiponectin. The effect on the cell viability of H9c2 cells was evaluated using MTT assay, and cell apoptosis was determined by Hoechst 33342 staining. Protein expression was measured using the western blot method. Results Our results showed that the palmitate treatment induced apoptosis in H9c2 cells, which was associated with increasing the level of cleaved caspase-3 and cleaved PARP. Meanwhile, palmitate-induced apoptosis increased the protein level of p-ERK1/2, and decreased the protein level of p-Akt significantly. However, levels of both of these proteins were restored to the normal when pretreated with adiponectin, and followed with the decrease of cleaved caspase-3 and cleaved PARP. In line with these results, the protective effect of adiponectin can be blocked by PI3K/Akt inhibitor LY294002, and palmitate-induced apoptosis can be attenuated by ERK1/2 inhibitor U0126. Conclusions Taken together, the present study demonstrated that adiponectin protects H9c2 cells from palmitate-induced apoptosis via PI3K/Akt and ERK1/2 signaling pathways. Our results reveal a link between adiponectin and cardiomyocytes apoptosis, suggesting that adioponectin may be a promising therapeutic for the treatment of lipotoxicity cardiomyopathy.
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- Chuan Dong Wei
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, District of Wuchang, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Ghavami S, Cunnington RH, Yeganeh B, Davies JJL, Rattan SG, Bathe K, Kavosh M, Los MJ, Freed DH, Klonisch T, Pierce GN, Halayko AJ, Dixon IMC. Autophagy regulates trans fatty acid-mediated apoptosis in primary cardiac myofibroblasts. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2012; 1823:2274-86. [PMID: 23026405 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2012.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2012] [Revised: 09/19/2012] [Accepted: 09/21/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Trans fats are not a homogeneous group of molecules and less is known about the cellular effects of individual members of the group. Vaccenic acid (VA) and elaidic acid (EA) are the predominant trans monoenes in ruminant fats and vegetable oil, respectively. Here, we investigated the mechanism of cell death induced by VA and EA on primary rat ventricular myofibroblasts (rVF). The MTT assay demonstrated that both VA and EA (200μM, 0-72 h) reduced cell viability in rVF (P<0.001). The FACS assay confirmed that both VA and EA induced apoptosis in rVF, and this was concomitant with elevation in cleaved caspase-9, -3 and -7, but not caspase-8. VA and EA decreased the expression ratio of Bcl2:Bax, induced Bax translocation to mitochondria and decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψ). BAX and BAX/BAK silencing in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF) inhibited VA and EA-induced cell death compared to the corresponding wild type cells. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that VA and EA also induced macroautophagosome formation in rVF, and immunoblot analysis confirmed the induction of several autophagy markers: LC3-β lipidation, Atg5-12 accumulation, and increased beclin-1. Finally, deletion of autophagy genes, ATG3 and ATG5 significantly inhibited VA and EA-induced cell death (P<0.001). Our findings show for the first time that trans fat acid (TFA) induces simultaneous apoptosis and autophagy in rVF. Furthermore, TFA-induced autophagy is required for this pro-apoptotic effect. Further studies to address the effect of TFA on the heart may reveal significant translational value for prevention of TFA-linked heart disease.
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- Saeid Ghavami
- Department of Physiology, University of Manitoba, Canada
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Oberbach A, Schlichting N, Heinrich M, Till H, Stolzenburg JU, Neuhaus J. Free fatty acid palmitate impairs the vitality and function of cultured human bladder smooth muscle cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41026. [PMID: 22808290 PMCID: PMC3396599 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 06/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background Incidence of urinary tract infections is elevated in patients with diabetes mellitus. Those patients show increased levels of the saturated free fatty acid palmitate. As recently shown metabolic alterations induced by palmitate include production and secretion of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukine-6 (IL-6) in cultured human bladder smooth muscle cells (hBSMC). Here we studied the influence of palmitate on vital cell properties, for example, regulation of cell proliferation, mitochondrial enzyme activity and antioxidant capacity in hBSMC, and analyzed the involvement of major cytokine signaling pathways. Methodology/Principal Findings HBSMC cultures were set up from bladder tissue of patients undergoing cystectomy and stimulated with palmitate. We analyzed cell proliferation, mitochondrial enzyme activity, and antioxidant capacity by ELISA and confocal immunofluorescence. In signal transduction inhibition experiments we evaluated the involvement of NF-κB, JAK/STAT, MEK1, PI3K, and JNK in major cytokine signaling pathway regulation. We found: (i) palmitate decreased cell proliferation, increased mitochondrial enzyme activity and antioxidant capacity; (ii) direct inhibition of cytokine receptor by AG490 even more strongly suppressed cell proliferation in palmitate-stimulated cells, while counteracting palmitate-induced increase of antioxidant capacity; (iii) in contrast knockdown of the STAT3 inhibitor SOCS3 increased cell proliferation and antioxidant capacity; (iv) further downstream JAK/STAT3 signaling cascade the inhibition of PI3K or JNK enhanced palmitate induced suppression of cell proliferation; (v) increase of mitochondrial enzyme activity by palmitate was enhanced by inhibition of PI3K but counteracted by inhibition of MEK1. Conclusions/Significance Saturated free fatty acids (e.g., palmitate) cause massive alterations in vital cell functions of cultured hBSMC involving distinct major cytokine signaling pathways. Thereby, certain cytokines might counteract the palmitate-induced downregulation of cell proliferation and vitality. This could be an important link to clinical findings of increased risk of metabolic related bladder diseases such as overactive bladder (OAB) and bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC).
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- Andreas Oberbach
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Fosshaug LE, Berge RK, Beitnes JO, Berge K, Vik H, Aukrust P, Gullestad L, Vinge LE, Øie E. Krill oil attenuates left ventricular dilatation after myocardial infarction in rats. Lipids Health Dis 2011; 10:245. [PMID: 22206454 PMCID: PMC3281139 DOI: 10.1186/1476-511x-10-245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Accepted: 12/29/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background In the western world, heart failure (HF) is one of the most important causes of cardiovascular mortality. Supplement with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) has been shown to improve cardiac function in HF and to decrease mortality after myocardial infarction (MI). The molecular structure and composition of n-3 PUFA varies between different marine sources and this may be of importance for their biological effects. Krill oil, unlike fish oil supplements, contains the major part of the n-3 PUFA in the form of phospholipids. This study investigated effects of krill oil on cardiac remodeling after experimental MI. Rats were randomised to pre-treatment with krill oil or control feed 14 days before induction of MI. Seven days post-MI, the rats were examined with echocardiography and rats in the control group were further randomised to continued control feed or krill oil feed for 7 weeks before re-examination with echocardiography and euthanization. Results The echocardiographic evaluation showed significant attenuation of LV dilatation in the group pretreated with krill oil compared to controls. Attenuated heart weight, lung weight, and levels of mRNA encoding classical markers of LV stress, matrix remodeling and inflammation reflected these findings. The total composition of fatty acids were examined in the left ventricular (LV) tissue and all rats treated with krill oil showed a significantly higher proportion of n-3 PUFA in the LV tissue, although no difference was seen between the two krill oil groups. Conclusions Supplement with krill oil leads to a proportional increase of n-3 PUFA in myocardial tissue and supplement given before induction of MI attenuates LV remodeling.
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- Linn E Fosshaug
- Department of Internal Medicine, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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RATIONALE Recent studies suggest an important role of autophagy in protection against αB-crystallin-based (CryAB(R120G)) desmin-related cardiomyopathies (DRC), but this has not been demonstrated in a different model of cardiac proteinopathy. Mechanisms underlying the response of cardiomyocytes to proteotoxic stress remain incompletely understood. OBJECTIVE Our first objective was to determine whether and how the autophagic activity is changed in a mouse model of desminopathy. We also investigated the role of p62 in the protein quality control of cardiomyocytes. METHODS AND RESULTS Using an autophagosome reporter and determining changes in LC3-II protein levels in response to lysosomal inhibition, we found significantly increased autophagic flux in mouse hearts with transgenic overexpression of a DRC-linked mutant desmin. Similarly, autophagic flux was increased in cultured neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVMs) expressing a mutant desmin. Suppression of autophagy by 3-methyladenine increased, whereas enhancement of autophagy by rapamycin reduced the ability of a comparable level of mutant desmin overexpression to accumulate ubiquitinated proteins in NRVMs. Furthermore, p62 mRNA and protein expression was significantly up-regulated in cardiomyocytes by transgenic overexpression of the mutant desmin or CryAB(R120G) both in intact mice and in vitro. The p62 depletion impaired aggresome and autophagosome formation, exacerbated cell injury, and decreased cell viability in cultured NRVMs expressing the misfolded proteins. CONCLUSIONS Autophagic flux is increased in desminopathic hearts, and as previously suggested in CryAB(R120G)-based DRC, this increased autophagic flux serves as an adaptive response to overexpression of misfolded proteins. The p62 is up-regulated in mouse proteinopathic hearts. The p62 promotes aggresome formation and autophagy activation and protects cardiomyocytes against proteotoxic stress.
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- Qingwen Zheng
- Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, 414 East Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA
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Effects of human serum albumin complexed with free fatty acids on cell viability and insulin secretion in the hamster pancreatic β-cell line HIT-T15. Life Sci 2011; 88:810-8. [PMID: 21396379 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2011.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2010] [Revised: 01/29/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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AIMS The effects of human serum albumin (HSA) complexed with various free fatty acids (FFAs) on ß-cells have not been studied in detail. In this study, we examined the effects of HSA and its mutants on FFA-induced cell viability changes and insulin secretion from the hamster pancreatic insulinoma cell line, HIT-TI5. MAIN METHODS Cells were exposed to different FFAs in the presence of HSA or its mutants and/or bovine serum albumin (BSA) for 24h. Cell viability, apoptosis, insulin secretion, and unbound FFA (FFA(u)) levels were determined. KEY FINDINGS In the presence of 0.1mM HSA, palmitate and stearate induced significant cell death at 0.1mM or higher, whereas myristate, palmitoleate, oleate, elaidate, linoleate, linoelaidate, and conjugated linoleate showed minimal changes on cell viability. Furthermore, oleate and linoleate were clearly cytoprotective against palmitate-induced cell death. The apoptosis inhibitors, cyclosporin A (csA) and the caspase inhibitor ZVAD-FMK, did not completely prevent FFA-induced cell death, although ZVAD-FMK blocked apoptosis with no differences in the presence of either HSA or BSA. In addition, insulin secretion from the cells was significantly reduced in the presence of HSA/oleate complexes. We also found differential effects of HSA mutants complexed with FFAs on cell viability. SIGNIFICANCE In summary, our results showed that saturated FFAs induced more cell death than unsaturated FFAs. Furthermore, modified HSA/FFA interactions caused by mutations of key amino acids involved in the binding of FFA to HSA resulted in changes in cell viability, suggesting a possible role of HSA polymorphism on FFA-induced changes in cellular functions.
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Rial E, Rodríguez-Sánchez L, Gallardo-Vara E, Zaragoza P, Moyano E, González-Barroso MM. Lipotoxicity, fatty acid uncoupling and mitochondrial carrier function. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2010; 1797:800-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2010] [Revised: 03/30/2010] [Accepted: 04/05/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Zhang Y, Larade K, Jiang ZG, Ito S, Wang W, Zhu H, Bunn HF. The flavoheme reductase Ncb5or protects cells against endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced lipotoxicity. J Lipid Res 2010; 51:53-62. [PMID: 19609006 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m900146-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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NCB5OR is a novel flavoheme reductase with a cytochrome b5-like domain at the N-terminus and a cytochrome b5 reductase-like domain at the C terminus. Ncb5or knock-out mice develop insulin deficient diabetes and loss of white adipose tissue. Ncb5or(-/-) mice have impairment of Delta9 fatty acid desaturation with elevated ratios of palmitate to palmitoleate and stearate to oleate. In this study we assess the role of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response in mediating lipotoxicity in Ncb5or(-/-) mice. The ER stress response was assessed by induction of BiP, ATF3, ATF6, XBP-1, and C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP). Exposure to palmitate, but not oleate or mixtures of oleate and palmitate induced these markers of ER stress to a much greater extent in Ncb5or(-/-) hepatocytes than in wild-type cells. In contrast, Ncb5or(-/-) and Ncb5or(+/+) hepatocytes were equally sensitive to ER stress imposed by increasing concentrations of tunicamycin. In order to assess the role of ER stress in vivo, we prepared mice that lack both NCB5OR and CHOP, a proapoptotic transcription factor important in the ER stress response. Onset of hyperglycemia in the Chop(-/-);Ncb5or(-/-) mice was delayed two weeks beyond that observed in Chop(+/+);Ncb5or(-/-) mice. Taken together these results suggest that ER stress plays a critical role in palmitate-induced lipotoxicity both in vitro and in vivo.
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- Yongzhao Zhang
- Department of Medicine, Hematology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Synergistic effect of cAMP and palmitate in promoting altered mitochondrial function and cell death in HepG2 cells. Exp Cell Res 2009; 316:716-27. [PMID: 20026039 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2009.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2009] [Revised: 12/07/2009] [Accepted: 12/10/2009] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Saturated free fatty acids (FFAs), e.g. palmitate, have long been shown to induce toxicity and cell death in various types of cells. In this study, we demonstrate that cAMP synergistically amplifies the effect of palmitate on the induction of cell death in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line, HepG2 cells. Elevation of cAMP level in palmitate-treated cells led to enhanced mitochondrial fragmentation, mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and mitochondrial biogenesis. Mitochondrial fragmentation precedes mitochondrial ROS generation and mitochondrial biogenesis, and may contribute to mitochondrial ROS overproduction and subsequent mitochondrial biogenesis. Fragmentation of mitochondria also facilitated the release of cytotoxic mitochondrial proteins, such as Smac, from the mitochondria and subsequent activation of caspases. However, cell death induced by palmitate and cAMP was caspase-independent and mainly necrotic.
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Belosludtseva NV, Belosludtsev KN, Agafonov AV, Mironova GD. Influence of cholesterol on the formation of palmitate/Ca2+-activated pores in mitochondria and liposomes. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2009; 54:323-326. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350909030117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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Rabkin SW, Lodhia P, Lodha P. Stearic acid-induced cardiac lipotoxicity is independent of cellular lipid and is mitigated by the fatty acids oleic and capric acid but not by the PPAR agonist troglitazone. Exp Physiol 2009; 94:877-87. [PMID: 19482900 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2009.048082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The objective of this study was to examine the potential of stearic acid to induce cardiomyocyte cell death and the hypothesis that the amount of cellular lipid is a determinant of cell death. In cardiomyocytes from embryonic chick heart, stearic acid (SA) produced a significant (P < 0.001) concentration-dependent increase in cell death with an ED(50) of 71 microM. In contrast, capric (C10:0) or oleic acid (OA; C18:1), at < 200 microM, did not alter cell viability. Stearic acid-induced cell death was significantly reduced by OA and to a lesser extent by capric acid. Neither OA nor capric acid altered cell death produced by potassium cyanide and deoxyglucose. Stearic acid (100 microM) induced a significant (P < 0.05) twofold increase in cellular lipid as assessed by Nile blue and Sudan Black staining. A role for cellular lipid in cardiomyocyte death was excluded because OA increased cellular lipid, at concentrations that did not induce cell death; OA did not alter SA-induced cellular fat stores but reduced cell death; and the PPARgamma; agonist troglitazone at concentrations that reduced cellular lipid content did not alter cell death. High concentrations of troglitazone, however, induced cell death. In summary, SA is a potent inducer of cardiac cell death and intracellular lipid accumulation. The amount of intracellular lipid, however, is not a determinant of cardiomyocyte cell death. Troglitazone has potential cardiotoxicity at high doses but, at lower concentrations, does not prevent cardiac lipotoxicity, which can be completely prevented by low concentrations of oleic acid.
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- Simon W Rabkin
- University of British Columbia, 9th Floor, 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC V5Z1M9, Canada.
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Leekumjorn S, Cho HJ, Wu Y, Wright NT, Sum AK, Chan C. The role of fatty acid unsaturation in minimizing biophysical changes on the structure and local effects of bilayer membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2009; 1788:1508-16. [PMID: 19371719 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2009] [Revised: 04/06/2009] [Accepted: 04/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Studying the effects of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids on biological and model (liposomes) membranes could provide insight into the contribution of biophysical effects on the cytotoxicity observed with saturated fatty acids. In vitro experiments suggest that unsaturated fatty acids, such as oleate and linoleate, are less toxic, and have less impact on the membrane fluidity. To understand and assess the biophysical changes in the presence of the different fatty acids, we performed computational analyses of model liposomes with palmitate, oleate, and linoleate. The computational results indicate that the unsaturated fatty acid chain serves as a membrane stabilizer by preventing changes to the membrane fluidity. Based on a Voronoi tessellation analysis, unsaturated fatty acids have structural properties that can reduce the lipid ordering within the model membranes. In addition, hydrogen bond analysis indicates a more uniform level of membrane hydration in the presence of oleate and linoleate as compared to palmitate. Altogether, these observations from the computational studies provide a possible mechanism by which unsaturated fatty acids minimize biophysical changes and protect the cellular membrane and structure. To corroborate our findings, we also performed a liposomal leakage study to assess how the different fatty acids alter the membrane integrity of liposomes. This showed that palmitate, a saturated fatty acid, caused greater destabilization of liposomes (more "leaky") than oleate, an unsaturated fatty acid.
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- Sukit Leekumjorn
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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Belosludtsev KN, Belosludtseva NV, Mironova GD. The role of mitochondrial palmitate/Ca2+-activated pore in palmitate-induced apoptosis. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2008; 53:519-522. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350908060092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by insulin resistance, which results in elevated serum concentration of free fatty acids (FFAs). Circulating FFAs provide the substrate for triacylglycerol formation in the liver, and may also be directly cytotoxic. Hepatocyte apoptosis is a key histologic feature of NAFLD, and correlates with progressive inflammation and fibrosis. The molecular pathways leading to hepatocyte apoptosis are not fully defined; however, recent studies suggest that FFA-induced apoptosis contributes to the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. FFAs directly engage the core apoptotic machinery by activating the proapoptotic protein Bax, in a c-jun N-terminal kinase-dependent manner. FFAs also activate the lysosomal pathway of cell death and regulate death receptor gene expression. The role of ER stress and oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis has also been described. Understanding the molecular mediators of liver injury should promote development of mechanism-based therapeutic interventions.
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- Harmeet Malhi
- Miles and Shirley Fiterman Center for Digestive Diseases, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Miles and Shirley Fiterman Center for Digestive Diseases, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
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Klassen SS, Rabkin SW. The metalloporphyrin FeTPPS but not by cyclosporin A antagonizes the interaction of peroxynitrate and hydrogen peroxide on cardiomyocyte cell death. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2008; 379:149-61. [DOI: 10.1007/s00210-008-0342-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2008] [Accepted: 07/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Samartsev VN, Kozhina OV, Rybakova SR. Cyclosporin a inhibits the protonophoric uncoupling activity of laurate in liver mitochondria. BIOCHEMISTRY MOSCOW SUPPLEMENT SERIES A-MEMBRANE AND CELL BIOLOGY 2008. [DOI: 10.1134/s1990747808020074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kim JE, Kim YW, Lee IK, Kim JY, Kang YJ, Park SY. AMP-activated protein kinase activation by 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-beta-D-ribofuranoside (AICAR) inhibits palmitate-induced endothelial cell apoptosis through reactive oxygen species suppression. J Pharmacol Sci 2008; 106:394-403. [PMID: 18360094 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.fp0071857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation has an antiapoptotic effect in endothelial cells, but the mechanisms involved remain unclear. Here, we investigated whether AMPK activation could inhibit palmitate-induced apoptosis through suppression of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in bovine aortic endothelial cells. Palmitate increases ROS generation and thereby p38 activation, which leads to apoptosis in bovine aortic endothelial cells. The AMPK activator 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-beta-D-ribofuranoside (AICAR) and constitutive active AMPK inhibit palmitate-induced apoptosis through suppression of ROS. The AMPK inhibitor compound C, dominant-negative AMPK, and the uncoupling protein inhibitor guanosine diphosphate block the antiapoptotic and antioxidative effects of AICAR. The increase in uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) by AICAR is also suppressed by compound C and guanosine diphosphate. AICAR-mediated suppression of palmitate-induced p38 activation is also inhibited by guanosine diphosphate. Over-expression of UCP2 inhibits palmitate-induced apoptosis and ROS generation. These data suggest that the activation of AMPK inhibits palmitate-induced endothelial cell apoptosis through the suppression of ROS generation, and UCP-2 may be one of possible mediators of the antioxidative effect of AMPK.
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- Ji-Eun Kim
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Korea
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Koshkin V, Dai FF, Robson-Doucette CA, Chan CB, Wheeler MB. Limited Mitochondrial Permeabilization Is an Early Manifestation of Palmitate-induced Lipotoxicity in Pancreatic β-Cells. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:7936-48. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m705652200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Rabkin SW, Klassen SS. Palmitate-induced NO production has a dual action to reduce cell death through NO and accentuate cell death through peroxynitrite formation. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2008; 78:147-55. [PMID: 18191557 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2007.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2007] [Accepted: 09/23/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The objective of this study was to determine the role of palmitate-induced stimulation of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) on palmitate-induced cell death, specifically distinguishing the effects of the subtype NOS2 from NOS3, defining the effect of NO on mitochondria death pathways, and determining whether palmitate induces peroxynitrite formation which may impact cardiomyocyte cell survival. Cardiomyocytes from embryonic chick hearts were treated with palmitate 300-500 microM. Cell death was assessed by the 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The ability of palmitate to induce NO production and its consequences were tested by using the NOS inhibitor 7-nitroindazole (7-N) and the peroxynitrite scavenger (5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrinato iron (III) chloride) (FeTPPS). The effect of palmitate on the mitochondria was assessed by Western blotting for cytochrome c release into the cytosol, and assessment of mitochondrial transmembrane potential (DeltaPsi(m)) by 5,5',6,6'-tetrachloro-1,1',3,3'-tetraethyl-benzimidazolyl-carbocyanine iodide staining and immunocytochemistry. The NOS inhibitor 7-N, which is selective for NOS2 and not for NOS3, significantly (p<0.05) increased palmitate-induced cell death. In contrast, 7-N did not alter cell death produced by the combination of potassium cyanide and deoxyglucose, which, respectively, inhibit glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation. The mitochondrial actions of palmitate, specifically palmitate-induced translocation of mitochondrial cytochrome c to cytosol and loss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential, were not altered by pretreatment with 7-N. FeTPPS, which isomerizes peroxynitrite to nitrate and thereby reduces the toxic effects of peroxynitrite, produced a significant reduction in palmitate-induced cell death. In summary, these data suggest that palmitate stimulates NO production, which has a dual action to protect against cell death or to induce cell death. Palmitate-induced cell death is mediated, in part, through NO generation, which leads to peroxynitrite formation. The protective effect of NO is operative through stimulation of NOS2 but not NOS3. The actions of NO on palmitate-induced cell death are independent of mitochondrial cell death pathways.
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- Simon W Rabkin
- University of British Columbia, 9th Floor, 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1M9.
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Experimental and computational studies investigating trehalose protection of HepG2 cells from palmitate-induced toxicity. Biophys J 2007; 94:2869-83. [PMID: 18096630 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.120717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Understanding the mechanism of saturated fatty acid-induced hepatocyte toxicity may provide insight into cures for diseases such as obesity-associated cirrhosis. Trehalose, a nonreducing disaccharide shown to protect proteins and cellular membranes from inactivation or denaturation caused by different stress conditions, also protects hepatocytes from palmitate-induced toxicity. Our results suggest that trehalose serves as a free radical scavenger and alleviates damage from hydrogen peroxide secreted by the compromised cells. We also observe that trehalose protects HepG2 cells by interacting with the plasma membrane to counteract the changes in membrane fluidity induced by palmitate. The experimental results are supported by molecular dynamics simulations of model cell membranes that closely reflect the experimental conditions. Simulations were performed to understand the specific interactions between lipid bilayers, palmitate, and trehalose. The simulations results reveal the early stages of how palmitate induces biophysical changes to the cellular membrane and the role of trehalose in protecting the membrane structure.
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