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Zhang Y, Chen Y, Zhuang C, Qi J, Zhao RC, Wang J. Lipid droplets in the nervous system: involvement in cell metabolic homeostasis. Neural Regen Res 2025; 20:740-750. [PMID: 38886939 DOI: 10.4103/nrr.nrr-d-23-01401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Lipid droplets serve as primary storage organelles for neutral lipids in neurons, glial cells, and other cells in the nervous system. Lipid droplet formation begins with the synthesis of neutral lipids in the endoplasmic reticulum. Previously, lipid droplets were recognized for their role in maintaining lipid metabolism and energy homeostasis; however, recent research has shown that lipid droplets are highly adaptive organelles with diverse functions in the nervous system. In addition to their role in regulating cell metabolism, lipid droplets play a protective role in various cellular stress responses. Furthermore, lipid droplets exhibit specific functions in neurons and glial cells. Dysregulation of lipid droplet formation leads to cellular dysfunction, metabolic abnormalities, and nervous system diseases. This review aims to provide an overview of the role of lipid droplets in the nervous system, covering topics such as biogenesis, cellular specificity, and functions. Additionally, it will explore the association between lipid droplets and neurodegenerative disorders. Understanding the involvement of lipid droplets in cell metabolic homeostasis related to the nervous system is crucial to determine the underlying causes and in exploring potential therapeutic approaches for these diseases.
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- Yuchen Zhang
- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
- School of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Center of Excellence in Tissue Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of New Drug Development and Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Therapy, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
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Xie G, Chen M, Yang Y, Xie Y, Deng K, Xie L. Comprehensive untargeted lipidomics study of black morel (Morchella sextelata) at different growth stages. Food Chem 2024; 451:139431. [PMID: 38663248 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.139431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2024] [Revised: 04/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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The black morel (Morchella sextelata) is a valuable edible and medicinal mushroom appreciated worldwide. Here, lipidomic profiles and lipid dynamic changes during the growth of M. sexletata were analyzed using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. 203 lipid molecules, including four categories and fourteen subclasses, were identified in mature fruiting bodies, with triacylglycerol being the most abundant (37.00 %). Fatty acid composition analysis revealed that linoleic acid was the major fatty acid among the free fatty acids, glycerolipids and glycerophospholipids. The relative concentration of lipids in M. sextelata changed significantly during its growth, from which 12 and 29 differential lipid molecules were screened out, respectively. Pathway analysis based on these differential lipids showed that glycerophospholipid metabolism was the major pathway involved in the growth of M. sextelata. Our study provides a comprehensive understanding of the lipids in M. sextelata and will facilitate the development and utilization of M. sextelata.
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- Guangbo Xie
- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China; Innovation Center of Electronic Information & Traditional Chinese Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China.
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, PR China
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- Sichuan Institute of Edible Fungi, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610066, PR China
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Zhang T, Qian Y, Mo L, Dong X, Xue Q, Zheng N, Qi Y, Jiang Y. Chronic ethanol exposure induces cardiac fibroblast transdifferentiation via ceramide accumulation and oxidative stress. Toxicol Mech Methods 2024:1-12. [PMID: 39143746 DOI: 10.1080/15376516.2024.2388762] [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: 04/08/2024] [Revised: 07/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024]
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AIMS Excessive alcohol consumption is associated with cardiac dysfunction and the development of myocardial fibrosis. In this study, we aimed to investigate the direct impacts of ethanol on myocardial fibroblasts and elucidate the underlying mechanism responsible for chronic ethanol-induced myocardial fibrosis. METHODS Rat primary cardiac fibroblasts exposed to ethanol for 24 h and C57BL/6J mice fed on Lieber-DeCarli diet to establish an ethanol intoxication model in vitro and in vivo, respectively. Histological analyses, molecular biology techniques, and analytical chemistry methods were then conducted. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION In vivo and vitro experiments revealed that chronic ethanol exposure induced increased myocardial fibrosis and augmented the transdifferentiation of myocardial fibroblasts. Simultaneously, it elicited an upregulation in the production of long-chain and very-long-chain ceramides in cardiac fibroblasts. The excessive accumulation of ceramide leads to elevated levels of intracellular oxidative stress, culminating in the activation of TGF-β-SMAD3 signaling and the development of fibrosis. Intervention of these pathways with pharmacological inhibitors in vitro or in vivo inhibited fibrosis. In conclusion, ethanol increased ceramides and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cardiac fibroblasts, resulting in the activation of TGF-β-SMAD3 signaling, transdifferentiation of fibroblasts, and myocardial fibrosis.
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- Tianyi Zhang
- Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Heinitz S, Traurig M, Krakoff J, Rabe P, Stäubert C, Kobes S, Hanson RL, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Bogardus C, Baier L, Piaggi P. An E115A Missense Variant in CERS2 Is Associated With Increased Sleeping Energy Expenditure and Hepatic Insulin Resistance in American Indians. Diabetes 2024; 73:1361-1371. [PMID: 38776413 PMCID: PMC11262042 DOI: 10.2337/db23-0690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Genetic determinants of interindividual differences in energy expenditure (EE) are largely unknown. Sphingolipids, such as ceramides, have been implicated in the regulation of human EE via mitochondrial uncoupling. In this study, we investigated whether genetic variants within enzymes involved in sphingolipid synthesis and degradation affect EE and insulin-related traits in a cohort of American Indians informative for 24-h EE and glucose disposal rates during a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp. Association analysis of 10,084 genetic variants within 28 genes involved in sphingolipid pathways identified a missense variant (rs267738, A>C, E115A) in exon 4 of CERS2 that was associated with higher sleeping EE (116 kcal/day) and increased rates of endogenous glucose production during basal (5%) and insulin-stimulated (43%) conditions, both indicators of hepatic insulin resistance. The rs267738 variant did not affect ceramide synthesis in HepG2 cells but resulted in a 30% decrease in basal mitochondrial respiration. In conclusion, we provide evidence that the CERS2 rs267738 missense variant may influence hepatic glucose production and postabsorptive sleeping metabolic rate. ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
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- Sascha Heinitz
- Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, AZ
- Department of Internal Medicine, Clinic for Endocrinology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) of the Helmholtz Zentrum München at the University of Leipzig, Philipp-Rosenthal-Strasse 27, Leipzig, Germany
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- Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, AZ
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- Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, AZ
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- Faculty of Medicine, Rudolf Schönheimer Institute of Biochemistry, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Rudolf Schönheimer Institute of Biochemistry, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, AZ
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- Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, AZ
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Clinic for Endocrinology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) of the Helmholtz Zentrum München at the University of Leipzig, Philipp-Rosenthal-Strasse 27, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Clinic for Endocrinology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) of the Helmholtz Zentrum München at the University of Leipzig, Philipp-Rosenthal-Strasse 27, Leipzig, Germany
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- Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, AZ
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- Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, AZ
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- Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, AZ
- Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Wang W, Liu L, Qiu W, Chen C, Huang Y, Cai A, Nie Z, Ou Y, Zhu Y, Feng Y. The Non-Targeted Lipidomic-Based Classifier Reveals Two Candidate Biomarkers for Ischemic Stroke in Hypertensive Individuals. Risk Manag Healthc Policy 2024; 17:1889-1901. [PMID: 39100548 PMCID: PMC11297523 DOI: 10.2147/rmhp.s465135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024] Open
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Introduction Traditional clinical risk factors are insufficient to estimate the residual risk of large-vessel ischemic stroke. Non-targeted lipidomic techniques provide an opportunity to evaluate these risks. Methods Plasma samples were collected from 113 hypertensive individuals, including 55 individuals at high risk of ischemic stroke and 58 matched individuals, in a prospective nested case-control cohort. To identify dysregulated lipid metabolites, we conducted multivariate and univariate analyses. A classifier based on a cross-validated procedure was employed to select the optimal combination of lipid species and their ratios. Results We identified 23 dysregulated lipid species in patients with and without ischemic stroke, including 16 (69.6%) up-regulated and 7 (30.4%) down-regulated lipid species. Through internal cross-validation, the optimal combination of two lipid features (phosphatidylcholine 34:2 and triglyceride 18:1/18:1/22:1 / phosphatidylcholine 34:2, referred to as ischemic stroke-related 2 lipid features - IS2LP) was selected, leading to a more precise prediction probability for ischemic stroke within 3.9 years. In the comparison of different risk factors, the traditional risk score, the IS2LP risk score, and the combination of the traditional risk score with IS2LP yield AUC values of 0.613(95% CI:0.509-0.717), 0.833(95% CI:0.755-0.911), and 0.843(95% CI:0.777-0.916), respectively. The combination of the traditional risk score and IS2LP exhibited significantly improved discriminative performance, with an integrated discrimination improvement (IDI) of 0.31 (p<0.001) and a continuous net reclassification improvement (NRI) of 1.06 (p < 0.001) compared to the traditional risk score. Conclusion We identified new lipidomic biomarkers associated with the futural event of large-vessel ischemic stroke. These lipid species could serve as potential blood biomarkers for assessing the residual risk of ischemic stroke in hypertensive individuals.
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- Wenbin Wang
- Department of Cardiology, Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hypertension Research Laboratory, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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Jacques C, Jamin EL, Noustens A, Lauze C, Jouanin I, Doat G, Debrauwer L, Bessou-Touya S, Stockfleth E, Duplan H. Multi-omics analysis to evaluate the effects of solar exposure and a broad-spectrum SPF50+ sunscreen on markers of skin barrier function in a skin ecosystem model. Photochem Photobiol 2024. [PMID: 39054579 DOI: 10.1111/php.14001] [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: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 06/03/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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Sun exposure induces major skin alterations, but its effects on skin metabolites and lipids remain largely unknown. Using an original reconstructed human epidermis (RHE) model colonized with human microbiota and supplemented with human sebum, we previously showed that a single dose of simulated solar radiation (SSR) significantly impacted the skin metabolome and microbiota. In this article, we further analyzed SSR-induced changes on skin metabolites and lipids in the same RHE model. Among the significantly altered metabolites (log2-fold changes with p ≤ 0.05), we found several natural moisturizing factors (NMFs): amino acids, lactate, glycerol, urocanic acid, pyrrolidone carboxylic acid and derivatives. Analyses of the stratum corneum lipids also showed that SSR induced lower levels of free fatty acids and higher levels of ceramides, cholesterols and its derivatives. An imbalance in NMFs and ceramides combined to an increase of proinflammatory lipids may participate in skin permeability barrier impairment, dehydration and inflammatory reaction to the sun. Our skin model also allowed the evaluation of an innovative ultraviolet/blue light (UV/BL) broad-spectrum sunscreen with a high sun protection factor (SPF50+). We found that using this sunscreen prior to SSR exposure could in part prevent SSR-induced alterations in NMFs and lipids in the skin ecosystem RHE model.
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- Carine Jacques
- Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique et Personal Care, Centre R&D Pierre Fabre, Toulouse, France
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- Toxalim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, Toulouse, France
- MetaboHUB-MetaToul, National Infrastructure of Metabolomics and Fluxomics, Toulouse, France
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- Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique et Personal Care, Centre R&D Pierre Fabre, Toulouse, France
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- Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique et Personal Care, Centre R&D Pierre Fabre, Toulouse, France
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- Toxalim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, Toulouse, France
- MetaboHUB-MetaToul, National Infrastructure of Metabolomics and Fluxomics, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoires Eau thermale Avène, Cauquillous, Lavaur, France
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- Toxalim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS, Toulouse, France
- MetaboHUB-MetaToul, National Infrastructure of Metabolomics and Fluxomics, Toulouse, France
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- Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique et Personal Care, Centre R&D Pierre Fabre, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique et Personal Care, Centre R&D Pierre Fabre, Toulouse, France
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Zhao H, Zhu G, Zhu T, Ding B, Xu A, Gao S, Chao Y, Li N, Chen Y, Wang Z, Jie Y, Dong X. Gut microbiome and metabolism alterations in schizophrenia with metabolic syndrome severity. BMC Psychiatry 2024; 24:529. [PMID: 39048972 PMCID: PMC11267952 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-024-05969-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 07/16/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Schizophrenia (SCZ) patients undergoing antipsychotic treatment demonstrated a high prevalence and harmful effects of metabolic syndrome (MetS), which acted as the major cause of cardiovascular disease. The major clinical challenge is the lack of biomarkers to identify MetS episodes and prevent further damage, while the mechanisms underlying these drug-induced MetS remain unknown. METHODS This study divided 173 participants with SCZ into 3 groups (None, High risk, and MetS, consisting of 22, 88, and 63 participants, respectively). The potential biomarkers were searched based on 16S rRNA gene sequence together with metabolism analysis. Logistic regression was used to test the effects of the genus-metabolites panel on early MetS diagnoses. RESULTS A genus-metabolites panel, consisting of Senegalimassilia, sphinganine, dihomo-gamma-linolenoylcholine, isodeoxycholic acid, and MG (0:0/22:5/0:0), which involved in sphigolipid metabolism, fatty acid metabolism, secondary bile acid biosynthesis and glycerolipid metabolism, has a great discrimination efficiency to MetS with an area under the curve (AUC) value of 0.911 compared to the None MetS group (P = 1.08E-8). Besides, Senegalimassilia, 3-Hydroxytetradecanoyl carnitine, isodeoxycholic acid, and DG(TXB2/0:0/2:0) distinguished between subgroups robustly and exhibited a potential correlation with the severity of MetS in patients with SCZ, and may act as the biomarkers for early MetS diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS Our multi-omics study showed that one bacterial genus-five lipid metabolites panel is the potential risk factor for MetS in SCZ. Furthermore, Senegalimassilia, 3-Hydroxytetradecanoyl carnitine, isodeoxycholic acid, and DG(TXB2/0:0/2:0) could serve as novel diagnostic markers in the early stage. So, it is obvious that the combination of bacterial genus and metabolites yields excellent discriminatory power, and the lipid metabolism provide new understanding to the pathogenesis, prevention, and therapy for MetS in SCZ.
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- Hongxia Zhao
- School of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
- Zhanjiang Institute of Clinical Medicine, Central People's Hospital of Zhanjiang, Zhanjiang, 524045, China
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- Hongkou Mental Health Center, Shanghai, 200083, China
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- School of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- Hongkou Mental Health Center, Shanghai, 200083, China
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- Hongkou Mental Health Center, Shanghai, 200083, China
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- Institute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- School of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- School of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Naval Hospital of Southern Theater Command, Zhanjiang, 524000, China
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- Hongkou Mental Health Center, Shanghai, 200083, China.
- Clinical Research Center for Mental Health, School of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200083, China.
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- Hongkou Mental Health Center, Shanghai, 200083, China.
- Clinical Research Center for Mental Health, School of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200083, China.
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- School of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.
- Clinical Research Center for Mental Health, School of Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200083, China.
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Fiorenza M, Checa A, Sandsdal RM, Jensen SBK, Juhl CR, Noer MH, Bogh NP, Lundgren JR, Janus C, Stallknecht BM, Holst JJ, Madsbad S, Wheelock CE, Torekov SS. Weight-loss maintenance is accompanied by interconnected alterations in circulating FGF21-adiponectin-leptin and bioactive sphingolipids. Cell Rep Med 2024; 5:101629. [PMID: 38959886 PMCID: PMC11293340 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2024.101629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Weight loss is often followed by weight regain. Characterizing endocrine alterations accompanying weight reduction and regain may disentangle the complex biology of weight-loss maintenance. Here, we profile energy-balance-regulating metabokines and sphingolipids in adults with obesity undergoing an initial low-calorie diet-induced weight loss and a subsequent weight-loss maintenance phase with exercise, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analog therapy, both combined, or placebo. We show that circulating growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) and C16:0-C18:0 ceramides transiently increase upon initial diet-induced weight loss. Conversely, circulating fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is downregulated following weight-loss maintenance with combined exercise and GLP-1 analog therapy, coinciding with increased adiponectin, decreased leptin, and overall decrements in ceramide and sphingosine-1-phosphate levels. Subgroup analyses reveal differential alterations in FGF21-adiponectin-leptin-sphingolipids between weight maintainers and regainers. Clinically, cardiometabolic health outcomes associate with selective metabokine-sphingolipid remodeling signatures. Collectively, our findings indicate distinct FGF21, GDF15, and ceramide responses to diverse phases of weight change and suggest that weight-loss maintenance involves alterations within the metabokine-sphingolipid axis.
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- Matteo Fiorenza
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Unit of Integrative Metabolomics, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark; Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital-Amager and Hvidovre, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Unit of Integrative Metabolomics, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Guo H, Zhang X, You M, Shen Y, Zhang S, Li J, He X, Zhao X, Ma N. Quantitative lipidomics reveals the changes of lipids and antioxidant capacity in egg yolk from laying hens with fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome. Poult Sci 2024; 103:103785. [PMID: 38688137 PMCID: PMC11077031 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.103785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
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In laying hens, fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome (FLHS) is a common metabolic disorder, which can affect egg production and nutritional value. However, the impact of FLHS on the lipid content in egg yolks was not clear. In this study, FLHS model was induced by using high-energy low-protein diet, and the egg quality was evaluated. Egg yolk lipids were quantitatively analyzed by using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry combined with multivariate statistical analysis. Gene expressions of the lipoprotein were determined by qRT-PCR and antioxidant capacity of the egg yolk were determined by kits. The elevated blood lipids and extensive lipid droplets observed indicated successful establishment of the FLHS model in laying hens. Measurements of egg quality showed that egg yolk weight was increased in the FLHS group. Lipidomics revealed that 1,401 lipids, comprising 27 lipid subclasses in the egg yolk. According to score plots of principal component analysis and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis, different lipid profile was observed between the control and FLHS groups. A total of 97 different lipid species were screen out. Sphingolipid and glycerophospholipid metabolism were identified as key pathways. Free polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) exhibited an increase in the FLHS group (P < 0.05). Notably, the form of PUFAs was changed that the FLHS group showed an increase in triacylglycerol-docosahexenoic acid and triacylglycerol-arachidonic acid in the egg yolk, while triacylglycerol-α-linolenic acid was decreased (P < 0.05). Total superoxide dismutase was decreased in the egg yolks affected by FLHS. Gene expressions of vitellogenin 2 (VTG2), VTG3, very low-density apolipoprotein II and apolipoprotein B were increased in the liver of laying hens with FLHS (P < 0.05). In conclusion, FLHS promoted the lipid transport from the liver to the yolk by upregulating lipoprotein expression, which altered lipid profile, and reduced antioxidant capacity in the yolk. This study provided a foundation for understanding the changes in lipids, lipid transport and lipid antioxidation capacity in egg yolk from laying hens with FLHS.
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- Honglei Guo
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Biological Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Biological Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Biological Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, PR China
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- Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingcheng 125100, Liaoning, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Biological Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, PR China
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- Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of Hebei Province, Baoding 011030, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Biological Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Biological Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Biological Technology Innovation Center of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, PR China.
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Zhao X, Liu Z, Zhang Y, Pan Y, Wang T, Wang Z, Li Z, Zeng Q, Qian Y, Qiu J, Mu X. Developmental effects and lipid disturbances of zebrafish embryos exposed to three newly recognized bisphenol A analogues. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2024; 189:108795. [PMID: 38857550 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 05/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
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Bisphenol G (BPG), bisphenol M (BPM) and bisphenol TMC (BPTMC), are newly recognized analogues of bisphenol A (BPA), which have been detected in multiple environmental media. However, the understanding of their negative impacts on environmental health is limited. In this study, zebrafish embryos were exposed to BPA and the three analogues (0.1, 10, and 1000 μg/L) to identify their developmental toxic effects. According to our results, all of the three analogues induced significant developmental disorders on zebrafish embryos including inhibited yolk sac absorption, altered heart rate, and teratogenic effects. Oil Red O staining indicated lipid accumulation in the yolk sac region of zebrafish after bisphenol analogues exposure, which was consistent with the delayed yolk uptake. Untargeted lipidomic analysis indicated the abundance of triacylglycerols, ceramides and fatty acids was significantly altered by the three analogues. The combined analysis of lipidomics and transcriptomics results indicated BPG and BPM affected lipid metabolism by disrupting peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor pathway and interfering with lipid homeostasis and transport. This partly explained the morphological changes of embryos after bisphenol exposure. In conclusion, our study reveals that BPG, BPM and BPTMC possess acute and developmental toxicity toward zebrafish, and the developmental abnormalities are associated with the disturbances in lipid metabolism.
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- Xiaoyu Zhao
- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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Wilkerson JL, Tatum SM, Holland WL, Summers SA. Ceramides are fuel gauges on the drive to cardiometabolic disease. Physiol Rev 2024; 104:1061-1119. [PMID: 38300524 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00008.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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Ceramides are signals of fatty acid excess that accumulate when a cell's energetic needs have been met and its nutrient storage has reached capacity. As these sphingolipids accrue, they alter the metabolism and survival of cells throughout the body including in the heart, liver, blood vessels, skeletal muscle, brain, and kidney. These ceramide actions elicit the tissue dysfunction that underlies cardiometabolic diseases such as diabetes, coronary artery disease, metabolic-associated steatohepatitis, and heart failure. Here, we review the biosynthesis and degradation pathways that maintain ceramide levels in normal physiology and discuss how the loss of ceramide homeostasis drives cardiometabolic pathologies. We highlight signaling nodes that sense small changes in ceramides and in turn reprogram cellular metabolism and stimulate apoptosis. Finally, we evaluate the emerging therapeutic utility of these unique lipids as biomarkers that forecast disease risk and as targets of ceramide-lowering interventions that ameliorate disease.
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- Joseph L Wilkerson
- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Zhang Z, Fang Q, Xie T, Gong X. Mechanism of ceramide synthase inhibition by fumonisin B 1. Structure 2024:S0969-2126(24)00220-X. [PMID: 38964337 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.06.002] [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: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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Ceramide synthases (CerSs) play crucial roles in sphingolipid metabolism and have emerged as promising drug targets for metabolic diseases, cancers, and antifungal therapy. However, the therapeutic targeting of CerSs has been hindered by a limited understanding of their inhibition mechanisms by small molecules. Fumonisin B1 (FB1) has been extensively studied as a potent inhibitor of eukaryotic CerSs. In this study, we characterize the inhibition mechanism of FB1 on yeast CerS (yCerS) and determine the structures of both FB1-bound and N-acyl-FB1-bound yCerS. Through our structural analysis and the observation of N-acylation of FB1 by yCerS, we propose a potential ping-pong catalytic mechanism for FB1 N-acylation by yCerS. Lastly, we demonstrate that FB1 exhibits lower binding affinity for yCerS compared to the C26- coenzyme A (CoA) substrate, suggesting that the potent inhibitory effect of FB1 on yCerS may primarily result from the N-acyl-FB1 catalyzed by yCerS, rather than through direct binding of FB1.
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- Zike Zhang
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Engineering and Molecular Design, Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China; Department of Chemical Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Engineering and Molecular Design, Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China; Department of Chemical Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Engineering and Molecular Design, Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China; Department of Chemical Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China.
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Engineering and Molecular Design, Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China; Department of Chemical Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China; Institute for Biological Electron Microscopy, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China.
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Kuo A, Hla T. Regulation of cellular and systemic sphingolipid homeostasis. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2024:10.1038/s41580-024-00742-y. [PMID: 38890457 DOI: 10.1038/s41580-024-00742-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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One hundred and fifty years ago, Johann Thudichum described sphingolipids as unusual "Sphinx-like" lipids from the brain. Today, we know that thousands of sphingolipid molecules mediate many essential functions in embryonic development and normal physiology. In addition, sphingolipid metabolism and signalling pathways are dysregulated in a wide range of pathologies, and therapeutic agents that target sphingolipids are now used to treat several human diseases. However, our understanding of sphingolipid regulation at cellular and organismal levels and their functions in developmental, physiological and pathological settings is rudimentary. In this Review, we discuss recent advances in sphingolipid pathways in different organelles, how secreted sphingolipid mediators modulate physiology and disease, progress in sphingolipid-targeted therapeutic and diagnostic research, and the trans-cellular sphingolipid metabolic networks between microbiota and mammals. Advances in sphingolipid biology have led to a deeper understanding of mammalian physiology and may lead to progress in the management of many diseases.
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- Andrew Kuo
- Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Norris MK, Tippetts TS, Wilkerson JL, Nicholson RJ, Maschek JA, Levade T, Medin JA, Summers SA, Holland WL. Adiponectin overexpression improves metabolic abnormalities caused by acid ceramidase deficiency but does not prolong lifespan in a mouse model of Farber Disease. Mol Genet Metab Rep 2024; 39:101077. [PMID: 38595987 PMCID: PMC11002753 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2024.101077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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Farber Disease is a debilitating and lethal childhood disease of ceramide accumulation caused by acid ceramidase deficiency. The potent induction of a ligand-gated neutral ceramidase activity promoted by adiponectin may provide sufficient lowering of ceramides to allow for the treatment of Farber Disease. In vitro, adiponectin or adiponectin receptor agonist treatments lowered total ceramide concentrations in human fibroblasts from a patient with Farber Disease. However, adiponectin overexpression in a Farber Disease mouse model did not improve lifespan or immune infiltration. Intriguingly, mice heterozygous for the Farber Disease mutation were more prone to glucose intolerance and insulin resistance when fed a high-fat diet, and adiponectin overexpression protected from these metabolic perturbations. These studies suggest that adiponectin evokes a ceramidase activity that is not reliant on the functional expression of acid ceramidase, but indicates that additional strategies are required to ameliorate outcomes of Farber Disease.
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- Marie K. Norris
- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah College of Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah College of Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah College of Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah College of Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Metabolomics Core Facility, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie Métabolique, CHU Toulouse and INSERM U1037, Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, 31037 Toulouse, France
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah College of Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah College of Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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He M, Hou G, Liu M, Peng Z, Guo H, Wang Y, Sui J, Liu H, Yin X, Zhang M, Chen Z, Rensen PCN, Lin L, Wang Y, Shi B. Lipidomic studies revealing serological markers associated with the occurrence of retinopathy in type 2 diabetes. J Transl Med 2024; 22:448. [PMID: 38741137 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-024-05274-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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PURPOSE The duration of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and blood glucose levels have a significant impact on the development of T2DM complications. However, currently known risk factors are not good predictors of the onset or progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR). Therefore, we aimed to investigate the differences in the serum lipid composition in patients with T2DM, without and with DR, and search for potential serological indicators associated with the development of DR. METHODS A total of 622 patients with T2DM hospitalized in the Department of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University were selected as the discovery set. One-to-one case-control matching was performed according to the traditional risk factors for DR (i.e., age, duration of diabetes, HbA1c level, and hypertension). All cases with comorbid chronic kidney disease were excluded to eliminate confounding factors. A total of 42 pairs were successfully matched. T2DM patients with DR (DR group) were the case group, and T2DM patients without DR (NDR group) served as control subjects. Ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was used for untargeted lipidomics analysis on serum, and a partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) model was established to screen differential lipid molecules based on variable importance in the projection (VIP) > 1. An additional 531 T2DM patients were selected as the validation set. Next, 1:1 propensity score matching (PSM) was performed for the traditional risk factors for DR, and a combined 95 pairings in the NDR and DR groups were successfully matched. The screened differential lipid molecules were validated by multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) quantification based on mass spectrometry. RESULTS The discovery set showed no differences in traditional risk factors associated with the development of DR (i.e., age, disease duration, HbA1c, blood pressure, and glomerular filtration rate). In the DR group compared with the NDR group, the levels of three ceramides (Cer) and seven sphingomyelins (SM) were significantly lower, and one phosphatidylcholine (PC), two lysophosphatidylcholines (LPC), and two SMs were significantly higher. Furthermore, evaluation of these 15 differential lipid molecules in the validation sample set showed that three Cer and SM(d18:1/24:1) molecules were substantially lower in the DR group. After excluding other confounding factors (e.g., sex, BMI, lipid-lowering drug therapy, and lipid levels), multifactorial logistic regression analysis revealed that a lower abundance of two ceramides, i.e., Cer(d18:0/22:0) and Cer(d18:0/24:0), was an independent risk factor for the occurrence of DR in T2DM patients. CONCLUSION Disturbances in lipid metabolism are closely associated with the occurrence of DR in patients with T2DM, especially in ceramides. Our study revealed for the first time that Cer(d18:0/22:0) and Cer(d18:0/24:0) might be potential serological markers for the diagnosis of DR occurrence in T2DM patients, providing new ideas for the early diagnosis of DR.
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- Mingqian He
- Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University, No.277, West Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P.R. China
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- BGI-SHENZHEN, No. 21 Hongan 3rd Street, Yantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University, No.277, West Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University, No.277, West Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University, No.277, West Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University, No.277, West Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrinology and International Medical Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University, No.277, West Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P.R. China
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- Biobank, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, China
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- Chengdu HuiXin Life Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610091, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University, No.277, West Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University, No.277, West Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University, No.277, West Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P.R. China
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, Leiden, 2300 RA, The Netherlands
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- BGI-SHENZHEN, No. 21 Hongan 3rd Street, Yantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, P.R. China.
- , Building NO.7, BGI Park, No. 21 Hongan 3rd Street, Yantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518083, P.R. China.
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University, No.277, West Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P.R. China.
- Med-X institute, Center for Immunological and Metabolic Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University, Xi'an JiaoTong university, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P.R. China.
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an JiaoTong University, No.277, West Yanta Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P.R. China.
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Bao B, Wang Y, Boudreau P, Song X, Wu M, Chen X, Patik I, Tang Y, Ouahed J, Ringel A, Barends J, Wu C, Balskus E, Thiagarajah J, Liu J, Wessels MR, Lencer WI, Kasper DL, An D, Horwitz BH, Snapper SB. Bacterial Sphingolipids Exacerbate Colitis by Inhibiting ILC3-derived IL-22 Production. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2024; 18:101350. [PMID: 38704148 PMCID: PMC11222953 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2024.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Gut bacterial sphingolipids, primarily produced by Bacteroidetes, have dual roles as bacterial virulence factors and regulators of the host mucosal immune system, including regulatory T cells and invariant natural killer T cells. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease display altered sphingolipids profiles in fecal samples. However, how bacterial sphingolipids modulate mucosal homeostasis and regulate intestinal inflammation remains unclear. METHODS We used dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis in mice monocolonized with Bacteroides fragilis strains expressing or lacking sphingolipids to assess the influence of bacterial sphingolipids on intestinal inflammation using transcriptional, protein, and cellular analyses. Colonic explant and organoid were used to study the function of bacterial sphingolipids. Host mucosal immune cells and cytokines were profiled and characterized using flow cytometry, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and Western blot, and cytokine function in vivo was investigated by monoclonal antibody injection. RESULTS B fragilis sphingolipids exacerbated intestinal inflammation. Mice monocolonized with B fragilis lacking sphingolipids exhibited less severe DSS-induced colitis. This amelioration of colitis was associated with increased production of interleukin (IL)-22 by ILC3. Mice colonized with B fragilis lacking sphingolipids following DSS treatment showed enhanced epithelial STAT3 activity, intestinal cell proliferation, and antimicrobial peptide production. Protection against DSS colitis associated with B fragilis lacking sphingolipids was reversed on IL22 blockade. Furthermore, bacterial sphingolipids restricted epithelial IL18 production following DSS treatment and interfered with IL22 production by a subset of ILC3 cells expressing both IL18R and major histocompatibility complex class II. CONCLUSIONS B fragilis-derived sphingolipids exacerbate mucosal inflammation by impeding epithelial IL18 expression and concomitantly suppressing the production of IL22 by ILC3 cells.
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- Bin Bao
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, CAS, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Ding S, Li G, Fu T, Zhang T, Lu X, Li N, Geng Q. Ceramides and mitochondrial homeostasis. Cell Signal 2024; 117:111099. [PMID: 38360249 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2024.111099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Lipotoxicity arises from the accumulation of lipid intermediates in non-adipose tissue, precipitating cellular dysfunction and death. Ceramide, a toxic byproduct of excessive free fatty acids, has been widely recognized as a primary contributor to lipotoxicity, mediating various cellular processes such as apoptosis, differentiation, senescence, migration, and adhesion. As the hub of lipid metabolism, the excessive accumulation of ceramides inevitably imposes stress on the mitochondria, leading to the disruption of mitochondrial homeostasis, which is typified by adequate ATP production, regulated oxidative stress, an optimal quantity of mitochondria, and controlled mitochondrial quality. Consequently, this review aims to collate current knowledge and facts regarding the involvement of ceramides in mitochondrial energy metabolism and quality control, thereby providing insights for future research.
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- Song Ding
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
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Wajapeyee N, Beamon TC, Gupta R. Roles and therapeutic targeting of ceramide metabolism in cancer. Mol Metab 2024; 83:101936. [PMID: 38599378 PMCID: PMC11031839 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2024.101936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2024] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Ceramides are sphingolipids that act as signaling molecules involved in regulating cellular processes including apoptosis, proliferation, and metabolism. Deregulation of ceramide metabolism contributes to cancer development and progression. Therefore, regulation of ceramide levels in cancer cells is being explored as a new approach for cancer therapy. SCOPE OF THE REVIEW This review discusses the multiple roles of ceramides in cancer cells and strategies to modulate ceramide levels for cancer therapy. Ceramides attenuate cell survival signaling and metabolic pathways, while activating apoptotic mechanisms, making them tumor-suppressive. Approaches to increase ceramide levels in cancer cells include using synthetic analogs, inhibiting ceramide degradation, and activating ceramide synthesis. We also highlight combination therapies such as use of ceramide modulators with chemotherapies, immunotherapies, apoptosis inducers, and anti-angiogenics, which offer synergistic antitumor effects. Additionally, we also describe ongoing clinical trials evaluating ceramide nanoliposomes and analogs. Finally, we discuss the challenges of these therapeutic approaches including the complexity of ceramide metabolism, targeted delivery, cancer heterogeneity, resistance mechanisms, and long-term safety. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS Ceramide-based therapy is a potentially promising approach for cancer therapy. However, overcoming hurdles in pharmacokinetics, specificity, and resistance is needed to optimize its efficacy and safety. This requires comprehensive preclinical/clinical studies into ceramide signaling, formulations, and combination therapies. Ceramide modulation offers opportunities for developing novel cancer treatments, but a deeper understanding of ceramide biology is vital to advance its clinical applications.
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- Narendra Wajapeyee
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA; O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA; O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA.
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Nakamura M. Lipotoxicity as a therapeutic target in obesity and diabetic cardiomyopathy. JOURNAL OF PHARMACY & PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES : A PUBLICATION OF THE CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, SOCIETE CANADIENNE DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES 2024; 27:12568. [PMID: 38706718 PMCID: PMC11066298 DOI: 10.3389/jpps.2024.12568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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Unhealthy sources of fats, ultra-processed foods with added sugars, and a sedentary lifestyle make humans more susceptible to developing overweight and obesity. While lipids constitute an integral component of the organism, excessive and abnormal lipid accumulation that exceeds the storage capacity of lipid droplets disrupts the intracellular composition of fatty acids and results in the release of deleterious lipid species, thereby giving rise to a pathological state termed lipotoxicity. This condition induces endoplasmic reticulum stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammatory responses, and cell death. Recent advances in omics technologies and analytical methodologies and clinical research have provided novel insights into the mechanisms of lipotoxicity, including gut dysbiosis, epigenetic and epitranscriptomic modifications, dysfunction of lipid droplets, post-translational modifications, and altered membrane lipid composition. In this review, we discuss the recent knowledge on the mechanisms underlying the development of lipotoxicity and lipotoxic cardiometabolic disease in obesity, with a particular focus on lipotoxic and diabetic cardiomyopathy.
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- Michinari Nakamura
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, United States
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Tao R, Cheng X, Gu L, Zhou J, Zhu X, Zhang X, Guo R, Wang W, Li B. Lipidomics reveals the significance and mechanism of the cellular ceramide metabolism for rotavirus replication. J Virol 2024; 98:e0006424. [PMID: 38488360 PMCID: PMC11019908 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00064-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024] Open
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As one of the most important causative agents of severe gastroenteritis in children, piglets, and other young animals, species A rotaviruses have adversely impacted both human health and the global swine industry. Vaccines against rotaviruses (RVs) are insufficiently effective, and no specific treatment is available. To understand the relationships between porcine RV (PoRV) infection and enterocytes in terms of the cellular lipid metabolism, we performed an untargeted liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) lipidomics analysis of PoRV-infected IPEC-J2 cells. Herein, a total of 451 lipids (263 upregulated lipids and 188 downregulated lipids), spanning sphingolipid, glycerolipid, and glycerophospholipids, were significantly altered compared with the mock-infected group. Interestingly, almost all the ceramides among these lipids were upregulated during PoRV infection. LC-MS analysis was used to validated the lipidomics data and demonstrated that PoRV replication increased the levels of long-chain ceramides (C16-ceramide, C18-ceramide, and C24-ceramide) in cells. Furthermore, we found that these long-chain ceramides markedly inhibited PoRV infection and that their antiviral actions were exerted in the replication stage of PoRV infection. Moreover, downregulation of endogenous ceramides with the ceramide metabolic inhibitors enhanced PoRV propagation. Increasing the levels of ceramides by the addition of C6-ceramide strikingly suppressed the replication of diverse RV strains. We further found that the treatment with an apoptotic inhibitor could reverse the antiviral activity of ceramide against PoRV replication, demonstrating that ceramide restricted RV infection by inducing apoptosis. Altogether, this study revealed that ceramides played an antiviral role against RV infection, providing potential approaches for the development of antiviral therapies.IMPORTANCERotaviruses (RVs) are among the most important zoonosis viruses, which mainly infected enterocytes of the intestinal epithelium causing diarrhea in children and the young of many mammalian and avian species. Lipids play an essential role in viral infection. A comprehensive understanding of the interaction between RV and lipid metabolism in the enterocytes will be helpful to control RV infection. Here, we mapped changes in enterocyte lipids following porcine RV (PoRV) infection using an untargeted lipidomics approach. We found that PoRV infection altered the metabolism of various lipid species, especially ceramides (derivatives of the sphingosine). We further demonstrated that PoRV infection increased the accumulation of ceramides and that ceramides exerted antiviral effects on RV replication by inducing apoptosis. Our findings fill a gap in understanding the alterations of lipid metabolism in RV-infected enterocytes and highlight the antiviral effects of ceramides on RV infection, suggesting potential approaches to control RV infection.
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- Ran Tao
- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- GuoTai (Taizhou) Center of Technology Innovation for Veterinary Biologicals, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- GuoTai (Taizhou) Center of Technology Innovation for Veterinary Biologicals, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- GuoTai (Taizhou) Center of Technology Innovation for Veterinary Biologicals, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- GuoTai (Taizhou) Center of Technology Innovation for Veterinary Biologicals, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- GuoTai (Taizhou) Center of Technology Innovation for Veterinary Biologicals, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- GuoTai (Taizhou) Center of Technology Innovation for Veterinary Biologicals, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- GuoTai (Taizhou) Center of Technology Innovation for Veterinary Biologicals, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- GuoTai (Taizhou) Center of Technology Innovation for Veterinary Biologicals, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biological Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- GuoTai (Taizhou) Center of Technology Innovation for Veterinary Biologicals, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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Wu H, Yang L, Ren D, Gu Y, Ding X, Zhao Y, Fu G, Zhang H, Yi L. Combinatory data-independent acquisition and parallel reaction monitoring method for revealing the lipid metabolism biomarkers of coronary heart disease and its comorbidities. J Sep Sci 2024; 47:e2300848. [PMID: 38682821 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202300848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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Disorders of lipid metabolism are a common cause of coronary heart disease (CHD) and its comorbidities. In this study, ultra-performance liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry in data-independent acquisition (DIA) mode was applied to collect abundant tandem mass spectrometry data, which provided valuable information for lipid annotation. For the lipid isomers that could not be completely separated by chromatography, parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) mode was used for quantification. A total of 223 plasma lipid metabolites were annotated, and 116 of them were identified for their fatty acyl chain composition and location. In addition, 152 plasma lipids in patients with CHD and its comorbidities were quantitatively analyzed. Multivariate statistical analysis and metabolic pathway analysis demonstrated that glycerophospholipid and sphingolipid metabolism deserved more attention for CHD. This study proposed a method combining DIA and PRM for high-throughput characterization of plasma lipids. The results also improved our understanding of metabolic disorders of CHD and its comorbidities, which can provide valuable suggestions for medical intervention.
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- Hao Wu
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- Department of Cardiology, First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Faculty of Food Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Faculty of Food Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Faculty of Food Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- College of Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- College of Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- School of Science, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- College of Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- Faculty of Food Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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Zatloukal J, Zylla S, Markus MRP, Ewert R, Gläser S, Völzke H, Albrecht D, Friedrich N, Nauck M, Peterson LR, Jiang X, Schaffer JE, Felix SB, Dörr M, Bahls M, Gross S. The Association Between C24:0/C16:0 Ceramide Ratio and Cardiorespiratory Fitness is Robust to Effect Modifications by Age and Sex. Adv Biol (Weinh) 2024; 8:e2300633. [PMID: 38342586 PMCID: PMC11149399 DOI: 10.1002/adbi.202300633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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Ceramides and cardiorespiratory (CR) fitness are both related to cardiovascular diseases. The associations of three blood plasma ceramides (C16:0, C22:0, and C24:0) with CR fitness in the population-based Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP-START-1; n = 1,102; mean age 50.3 years, 51.5% women) are investigated. In addition, subgroup analysis according to age (≥54 years) and sex (female/male) is performed. Ceramides are quantified by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS). CR fitness is assessed by a cardiopulmonary exercise test. Sex and age independent associations are found for higher levels of C24:0 and C24:0/C16:0 ratio with higher maximal oxygen consumption (VO2peak) kg-1 and oxygen consumption at the anaerobic threshold (VO2@AT1) as well as for the relation of C24:0/C16:0 with maximum workload (Wattmax kg-1). In contrast, age/sex subgroup specific inverse associations with Wattmax kg-1 are found in women <54 years for C22:0, while a positive association in men ≥54 years. Higher levels of C24:0 are associated with higher Wattmax kg-1, except for women <54 years, where no significant association can be found. The findings suggest that the use of single ceramides as cardiovascular biomarkers may be inferior, compared to ceramide ratio C24:0/C16:0. Therefore C24:0/C16:0 ratio may be a more suitable and robust cardiovascular biomarker and should be preferred over single ceramides.
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- Jule Zatloukal
- Dept. of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), 17475, Partner-site Greifswald, Germany
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- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), 17475, Partner-site Greifswald, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
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- Dept. of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), 17475, Partner-site Greifswald, Germany
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- Dept. of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
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- Dept. of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
- Clinic for Internal Medicine, Vivantes Klinikum Spandau/Neukölln, 12351, Berlin, Germany
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- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), 17475, Partner-site Greifswald, Germany
- Institute of Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
- Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, 17489, Greifswald, Germany
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- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), 17475, Partner-site Greifswald, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
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- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), 17475, Partner-site Greifswald, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Dept. of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), 17475, Partner-site Greifswald, Germany
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- Dept. of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), 17475, Partner-site Greifswald, Germany
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- Dept. of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), 17475, Partner-site Greifswald, Germany
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- Dept. of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475, Greifswald, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), 17475, Partner-site Greifswald, Germany
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Rustamov J, Roh YS, Hong JT, Yoo HS. GT-11 impairs insulin signaling through modulation of sphingolipid metabolism in C2C12 myotubes. Life Sci 2024; 342:122534. [PMID: 38408637 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2024.122534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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AIMS Sphingolipids are involved in the regulation of insulin signaling, which is linked to the development of insulin resistance, leading to diabetes mellitus. We aimed to study whether modulation of sphingolipid levels by GT-11 may regulate insulin signaling in C2C12 myotubes. MAIN METHODS We investigated the effects of sphingolipid metabolism on Akt phosphorylation and glucose uptake using C2C12 myotubes. Either GT-11, an inhibitor of dihydroceramide desaturase 1 and S1P lyase, or siRNA targeting Sgpl1, the gene encoding the enzyme, was employed to determine the effect of sphingolipid metabolism modulation on insulin signaling. Western blotting and glucose uptake assays were used to evaluate the effect of treatments on insulin signaling. Sphingolipid metabolites were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). KEY FINDINGS Treatment with GT-11 resulted in decreased Akt phosphorylation and reduced glucose uptake. Silencing the Sgpl1 gene, which encodes S1P lyase, mimicked these findings, suggesting the potential for regulating insulin signaling through S1P lyase modulation. GT-11 modulated sphingolipid metabolism, inducing the accumulation of sphingolipids. Using PF-543 and ARN14974 to inhibit sphingosine kinases and acid ceramidase, respectively, we identified a significant interplay between sphingosine, S1P lyase, and insulin signaling. Treatment with either exogenous sphingosine or palmitic acid inhibited Akt phosphorylation, and reduced S1P lyase activity. SIGNIFICANCE Our findings highlight the importance of close relationship between sphingolipid metabolism and insulin signaling in C2C12 myotubes, pointing to its potential therapeutic relevance for diabetes mellitus.
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- Javokhir Rustamov
- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Osongsaengmyeong 1-ro, Heungduk-gu, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Osongsaengmyeong 1-ro, Heungduk-gu, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Osongsaengmyeong 1-ro, Heungduk-gu, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Osongsaengmyeong 1-ro, Heungduk-gu, Cheongju, Republic of Korea.
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Niu R, Zhang X, Yu Y, Bao Z, Yang J, Yuan J, Li F. Identification of Growth-Related Gene BAMBI and Analysis of Gene Structure and Function in the Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. Animals (Basel) 2024; 14:1074. [PMID: 38612313 PMCID: PMC11011141 DOI: 10.3390/ani14071074] [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: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 03/30/2024] [Accepted: 03/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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As one of the most important aquaculture species in the world, the improvement of growth traits of the Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), has always been a primary focus. In this study, we conducted SNP-specific locus analysis and identified a growth-related gene, BAMBI, in L. vannamei. We analyzed the structure and function of LvBAMBI using genomic, transcriptomic, metabolomic, and RNA interference (RNAi) assays. The LvBAMBI possessed highly conserved structural domains and widely expressed in various tissues. Knockdown of LvBAMBI significantly inhibited the gain of body length and weight of the shrimp, underscoring its role as a growth-promoting factor. Specifically, knockdown of LvBAMBI resulted in a significant downregulation of genes involved in lipid metabolism, protein synthesis, catabolism and transport, and immunity. Conversely, genes related to glucose metabolism exhibited significant upregulations. Analysis of differential metabolites (DMs) in metabolomics further revealed that LvBAMBI knockdown may primarily affect shrimp growth by regulating biological processes related to lipid and glucose metabolism. These results suggested that LvBAMBI plays a crucial role in regulating lipid metabolism, glucose metabolism, and protein transport in shrimp. This study provides valuable insights for future research and utilization of BAMBI genes in shrimp and crustaceans.
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- Ruigang Niu
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; (R.N.); (Y.Y.); (Z.B.); (J.Y.); (J.Y.); (F.L.)
- College of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; (R.N.); (Y.Y.); (Z.B.); (J.Y.); (J.Y.); (F.L.)
- College of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; (R.N.); (Y.Y.); (Z.B.); (J.Y.); (J.Y.); (F.L.)
- College of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; (R.N.); (Y.Y.); (Z.B.); (J.Y.); (J.Y.); (F.L.)
- College of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; (R.N.); (Y.Y.); (Z.B.); (J.Y.); (J.Y.); (F.L.)
- College of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; (R.N.); (Y.Y.); (Z.B.); (J.Y.); (J.Y.); (F.L.)
- College of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; (R.N.); (Y.Y.); (Z.B.); (J.Y.); (J.Y.); (F.L.)
- College of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Key Laboratory of Breeding Biotechnology and Sustainable Aquaculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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Zhang S, Huang Y, Zheng C, Wang L, Zhou Y, Chen W, Duan Y, Shan T. Leucine improves the growth performance, carcass traits, and lipid nutritional quality of pork in Shaziling pigs. Meat Sci 2024; 210:109435. [PMID: 38246121 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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Leucine is involved in promoting fatty acid oxidation and lipolysis, mediating lipid metabolism and energy homeostasis, thus it has been widely used in livestock production. However, the effects of leucine on fat deposition and nutrition in Shaziling pigs remain unclear. A total of 72 Shaziling pigs (150 days old, weight 35.00 ± 1.00 kg) were randomly divided into 2 groups and fed with basal diet (control group) or basal diet containing 1% leucine (leucine group) for 60 days. The results showed that leucine significantly increased the average daily feed intake but decreased the ratio of feed to gain (P < 0.05), increased the loin muscle area and serum glucose content (P < 0.05) of Shaziling pigs. Besides, leucine regulated the re-distribution of fatty acids from adipose tissue to muscle as it significantly increased the contents of C18:1n-9 and C22:6n-3 (DHA) in the longissimus thoracis while decreased the contents of C22:5n-3 (DPA), C20:5n-3 (EPA), and DHA in the adipose tissue of Shaziling pigs (P < 0.05). Lipidomic analysis showed that the contents of phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs), cardiolipins (CLs), and phosphatidylglycerols (PGs) in the longissimus thoracis and the contents of lysophosphatidylethanolamines (LPEs), ceramides (Cers), phosphatidylinositols (PIs) in adipose tissue of Shaziling pigs were decreased in leucine group (P < 0.05). Collectively, this study clarified that dietary addition of 1% leucine have a better effect on growth performance and the deposition of beneficial fatty acids in the muscle of Shaziling pigs, which is conductive to the production of high quality and healthy pork. In addition, leucine altered the lipid composition of muscle and fat in Shaziling pigs. The related results provide a theoretical basis and application guidance for regulating fat deposition in Shaziling pigs, which is important for the healthy breeding of Shaziling pigs.
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- Shu Zhang
- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition (Zhejiang University), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition (Zhejiang University), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan 410128, PR China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition (Zhejiang University), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition (Zhejiang University), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition (Zhejiang University), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan 410125, PR China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition (Zhejiang University), Ministry of Education, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China; Key Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China.
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Seal A, Hughes M, Wei F, Pugazhendhi AS, Ngo C, Ruiz J, Schwartzman JD, Coathup MJ. Sphingolipid-Induced Bone Regulation and Its Emerging Role in Dysfunction Due to Disease and Infection. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:3024. [PMID: 38474268 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25053024] [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: 02/09/2024] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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The human skeleton is a metabolically active system that is constantly regenerating via the tightly regulated and highly coordinated processes of bone resorption and formation. Emerging evidence reveals fascinating new insights into the role of sphingolipids, including sphingomyelin, sphingosine, ceramide, and sphingosine-1-phosphate, in bone homeostasis. Sphingolipids are a major class of highly bioactive lipids able to activate distinct protein targets including, lipases, phosphatases, and kinases, thereby conferring distinct cellular functions beyond energy metabolism. Lipids are known to contribute to the progression of chronic inflammation, and notably, an increase in bone marrow adiposity parallel to elevated bone loss is observed in most pathological bone conditions, including aging, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and osteomyelitis. Of the numerous classes of lipids that form, sphingolipids are considered among the most deleterious. This review highlights the important primary role of sphingolipids in bone homeostasis and how dysregulation of these bioactive metabolites appears central to many chronic bone-related diseases. Further, their contribution to the invasion, virulence, and colonization of both viral and bacterial host cell infections is also discussed. Many unmet clinical needs remain, and data to date suggest the future use of sphingolipid-targeted therapy to regulate bone dysfunction due to a variety of diseases or infection are highly promising. However, deciphering the biochemical and molecular mechanisms of this diverse and extremely complex sphingolipidome, both in terms of bone health and disease, is considered the next frontier in the field.
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- Anouska Seal
- Biionix Cluster, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32827, USA
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
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- Biionix Cluster, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32827, USA
- College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32827, USA
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- Biionix Cluster, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32827, USA
- College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32827, USA
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- Biionix Cluster, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32827, USA
- College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32827, USA
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- College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32827, USA
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- Biionix Cluster, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32827, USA
- College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32827, USA
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Mu J, Lam SM, Shui G. Emerging roles and therapeutic potentials of sphingolipids in pathophysiology: emphasis on fatty acyl heterogeneity. J Genet Genomics 2024; 51:268-278. [PMID: 37364711 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2023.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Sphingolipids not only exert structural roles in cellular membranes, but also act as signaling molecules in various physiological and pathological processes. A myriad of studies have shown that abnormal levels of sphingolipids and their metabolic enzymes are associated with a variety of human diseases. Moreover, blood sphingolipids can also be used as biomarkers for disease diagnosis. This review summarizes the biosynthesis, metabolism, and pathological roles of sphingolipids, with emphasis on the biosynthesis of ceramide, the precursor for the biosynthesis of complex sphingolipids with different fatty acyl chains. The possibility of using sphingolipids for disease prediction, diagnosis, and treatment is also discussed. Targeting endogenous ceramides and complex sphingolipids along with their specific fatty acyl chain to promote future drug development will also be discussed.
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- Jinming Mu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Lipidall Technologies Company Limited, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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de Hart NMMP, Petrocelli JJ, Nicholson RJ, Yee EM, van Onselen L, Lang MJ, Bourrant PE, Ferrara PJ, Bastian ED, Ward LS, Petersen BL, Drummond MJ. Dietary delivery of glycomacropeptide within the whey protein matrix is not effective in mitigating tissue ceramide deposition and obesity in mice fed a high-fat diet. J Dairy Sci 2024; 107:669-682. [PMID: 37709040 PMCID: PMC11110038 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-23914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Obesity is often accompanied by heightened circulating and tissue inflammation along with an increase in sphingolipids (e.g., ceramides) in metabolically active and insulin-sensitive organs. Whey protein isolate (WPI) has been shown to decrease inflammation and increase insulin sensitivity when given during a high-fat diet (HFD) intervention in rodents. The whey protein bioactive peptide glycomacropeptide (GMP) has also been linked to having anti-inflammatory properties and regulating lipogenesis. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to determine the effect of dietary GMP within the whey protein matrix on tissue inflammation, adiposity, and tissue ceramide accumulation in an obesogenic rodent model. Young adult male mice (10 wk old) underwent a 10-wk 60% HFD intervention. Glycomacropeptide was absent in the control low-fat diet and HFD WPI (-GMP) groups. The HFD WPI (1×GMP) treatment contained a standard amount of GMP, and HFD WPI (2×GMP) had double the amount. We observed no differences in weight gain or reductions in adiposity when comparing the GMP groups to HFD WPI (-GMP). Similarly, insulin resistance and glucose intolerance were not offset with GMP, and skeletal muscle and liver tissue ceramide content was unaltered with the GMP intervention. In contrast, the additional amount of GMP (2×GMP) might adversely affect tissue obesity-related pathologies. Together, dietary GMP given in a whey protein matrix during an HFD intervention does not alter weight gain, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, and sphingolipid accumulation in the liver and skeletal muscle.
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- Naomi M M P de Hart
- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Dairy West Innovation Partnerships, Twin Falls, ID 83301
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- Glanbia Nutritionals Research, Twin Falls, ID 83301
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112; Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108.
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Zhang S, Williams KJ, Verlande-Ferrero A, Chan AP, Su GB, Kershaw EE, Cox JE, Maschek JA, Shapira SN, Christofk HR, de Aguiar Vallim TQ, Masri S, Villanueva CJ. Acute activation of adipocyte lipolysis reveals dynamic lipid remodeling of the hepatic lipidome. J Lipid Res 2024; 65:100434. [PMID: 37640283 PMCID: PMC10839691 DOI: 10.1016/j.jlr.2023.100434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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Adipose tissue is the site of long-term energy storage. During the fasting state, exercise, and cold exposure, the white adipose tissue mobilizes energy for peripheral tissues through lipolysis. The mobilization of lipids from white adipose tissue to the liver can lead to excess triglyceride accumulation and fatty liver disease. Although the white adipose tissue is known to release free fatty acids, a comprehensive analysis of lipids mobilized from white adipocytes in vivo has not been completed. In these studies, we provide a comprehensive quantitative analysis of the adipocyte-secreted lipidome and show that there is interorgan crosstalk with liver. Our analysis identifies multiple lipid classes released by adipocytes in response to activation of lipolysis. Time-dependent analysis of the serum lipidome showed that free fatty acids increase within 30 min of β3-adrenergic receptor activation and subsequently decrease, followed by a rise in serum triglycerides, liver triglycerides, and several ceramide species. The triglyceride composition of liver is enriched for linoleic acid despite higher concentrations of palmitate in the blood. To further validate that these findings were a specific consequence of lipolysis, we generated mice with conditional deletion of adipose tissue triglyceride lipase exclusively in adipocytes. This loss of in vivo adipocyte lipolysis prevented the rise in serum free fatty acids and hepatic triglycerides. Furthermore, conditioned media from adipocytes promotes lipid remodeling in hepatocytes with concomitant changes in genes/pathways mediating lipid utilization. Together, these data highlight critical role of adipocyte lipolysis in interorgan crosstalk between adipocytes and liver.
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- Sicheng Zhang
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Lipidomics Lab, Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Lipidomics Lab, Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, College of Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA; Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA; Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA; Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Brown RDR, Green CD, Weigel C, Ni B, Celi FS, Proia RL, Spiegel S. Overexpression of ORMDL3 confers sexual dimorphism in diet-induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Mol Metab 2024; 79:101851. [PMID: 38081412 PMCID: PMC10772294 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/22/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The bioactive sphingolipid metabolites ceramide and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) accumulate with overnutrition and have been implicated in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) development. ORMDL3, a negative regulator of the rate-limiting step in ceramide biosynthesis, has been identified as an obesity-related gene. Therefore, we assessed the role of ORMDL3 in diet-induced obesity and development of NASH. METHODS Globally overexpressing Ormdl3-Flag transgenic mice (ORMDL3TG) were fed a western high-fat, carbohydrate and cholesterol enriched diet, with high fructose-glucose drinking water. Physiological, biochemical and sphingolipidomic analyses were employed to measure the effect of ORMDL3 overexpression on NASH development. RESULTS ORMDL3TG male but not female mice fed a western high-fat diet and sugar water had exacerbated adipocyte hypertrophy together with increased severity of white adipose inflammation and fibrosis. Hepatic steatosis, dyslipidemia, impaired glucose homeostasis, hyperinsulinemia, and insulin resistance were significantly more severe only in obese ORMDL3TG male mice that accompanied dramatic liver fibrosis, inflammation, and formation of hepatic crown-like structures, which are unique features of human and murine NASH. Obesogenic diet induces ORMDL expression in male mice but reduces it in females. Mechanistically, overexpression of Ormdl3 lowered the levels of S1P and ceramides only in obese female mice and antithetically increased them in tissues of obese males. ORMDL3TG male mice exhibited a much greater induction of the UPR, propagating ER stress that contributed to their early development of NASH. CONCLUSIONS This study uncovered a previously unrecognized role for ORMDL3 in sexual dimorphism important for the development and progression of NASH.
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- Ryan D R Brown
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Genetics and Biochemistry Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.
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Yang Z, Deng X, Zhu J, Chen S, Jiao C, Ruan Y. The identification of novel stroke-related sphingolipid biomarkers using UPLC-MS/MS. Clin Chim Acta 2024; 552:117652. [PMID: 37979606 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2023.117652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Stroke is a prominent contributor to global mortality and morbidity, thus necessitating the establishment of dependable diagnostic indicators. The objective of this study was to ascertain metabolites linked to sphingolipid metabolism and assess their viability as diagnostic markers for stroke. METHODS Two cohorts, consisting of 56 S patients and 56 healthy volunteers, were incorporated into this investigation. Metabolite data was obtained through the utilization of Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography and Tandem Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). The mass spectrometry data underwent targeted analysis and quantitative evaluation utilizing the multiple reaction monitoring mode of triple quadrupole mass spectrometry. Various data analysis techniques, including Orthogonal Partial Least Squares-Discriminant Analysis (OPLS-DA), least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression, Support Vector Machine (SVM), logistic regression, and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves were employed. RESULTS A comprehensive analysis detected a total of 129 metabolites related to sphingolipid metabolism, encompassing ceramides, 1-phosphoceramides, phytoceramides, glycosphingolipids, sphingomyelins, and sphingomyelins. The implementation of OPLS-DA analysis revealed significant disparities between individuals with stroke and controls, as it successfully identified 31 metabolites that exhibited significant differential expression between the two groups. Furthermore, functional enrichment analysis indicated the participation of these metabolites in diverse biological processes. Six metabolic markers, namely CerP(d18:1/20:3), CerP(d18:1/18:1), CerP(d18:1/18:0), CerP(d18:1/16:0), SM(d18:1/26:1), and Cer(d18:0/20:0), were successfully validated as potential diagnostic markers for stroke. The utilization of ROC analysis further confirmed their diagnostic potential, while a logistic regression model incorporating these markers demonstrated robust efficacy in distinguishing stroke patients from healthy controls. CONCLUSION these identified metabolic markers exhibit clinical significance and hold promise as valuable tools for the diagnosis of stroke.
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- Zhi Yang
- Department of Neurology, Yue Bei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Yue Bei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Yue Bei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Yue Bei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Yue Bei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Yue Bei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan, China; Department of Pediatrics, Yue Bei People's Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shaoguan, China.
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Rother N, Yanginlar C, Prévot G, Jonkman I, Jacobs M, van Leent MMT, van Heck J, Matzaraki V, Azzun A, Morla-Folch J, Ranzenigo A, Wang W, van der Meel R, Fayad ZA, Riksen NP, Hilbrands LB, Lindeboom RGH, Martens JHA, Vermeulen M, Joosten LAB, Netea MG, Mulder WJM, van der Vlag J, Teunissen AJP, Duivenvoorden R. Acid ceramidase regulates innate immune memory. Cell Rep 2023; 42:113458. [PMID: 37995184 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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Innate immune memory, also called "trained immunity," is a functional state of myeloid cells enabling enhanced immune responses. This phenomenon is important for host defense, but also plays a role in various immune-mediated conditions. We show that exogenously administered sphingolipids and inhibition of sphingolipid metabolizing enzymes modulate trained immunity. In particular, we reveal that acid ceramidase, an enzyme that converts ceramide to sphingosine, is a potent regulator of trained immunity. We show that acid ceramidase regulates the transcription of histone-modifying enzymes, resulting in profound changes in histone 3 lysine 27 acetylation and histone 3 lysine 4 trimethylation. We confirm our findings by identifying single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the region of ASAH1, the gene encoding acid ceramidase, that are associated with the trained immunity cytokine response. Our findings reveal an immunomodulatory effect of sphingolipids and identify acid ceramidase as a relevant therapeutic target to modulate trained immunity responses in innate immune-driven disorders.
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- Nils Rother
- Department of Nephrology, Research Institute for Medical Innovation, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology, Research Institute for Medical Innovation, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, Research Institute for Medical Innovation, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology, Research Institute for Medical Innovation, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Department of Medical Biochemistry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Biomolecular Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Biomolecular Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Biomolecular Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology, Research Institute for Medical Innovation, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Oncode Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Oncode Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Oncode Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Medical Genetics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iuliu Haţieganu, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Immunology and Metabolism, Life and Medical Sciences Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology, Research Institute for Medical Innovation, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Cardiovascular Research Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Icahn Genomics Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, Research Institute for Medical Innovation, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Biomolecular Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
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Liu M, Zhang J, Zhou Y, Xiong S, Zhou M, Wu L, Liu Q, Chen Z, Jiang H, Yang J, Liu Y, Wang Y, Chen C, Huang L. Gut microbiota affects the estrus return of sows by regulating the metabolism of sex steroid hormones. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 2023; 14:155. [PMID: 38115159 PMCID: PMC10731813 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-023-00959-5] [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: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Sex hormones play important roles in the estrus return of post-weaning sows. Previous studies have demonstrated a complex and bi-directional regulation between sex hormones and gut microbiota. However, the extent to which the gut microbiota affects estrus return of post-weaning sows is largely unknown. RESULTS In this study, we first screened 207 fecal samples from well-phenotyped sows by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and identified significant associations between microbes and estrus return of post-weaning sows. Using metagenomic sequencing data from 85 fecal samples, we identified 37 bacterial species that were significantly associated with estrus return. Normally returning sows were characterized by increased abundances of L. reuteri and P. copri and decreased abundances of B. fragilis, S. suis, and B. pseudolongum. The changes in gut microbial composition significantly altered the functional capacity of steroid hormone biosynthesis in the gut microbiome. The results were confirmed in a validation cohort. Significant changes in sex steroid hormones and related compounds were found between normal and non-return sows via metabolome analysis. An integrated analysis of differential bacterial species, metagenome, and fecal metabolome provided evidence that normal return-associated bacterial species L. reuteri and Prevotella spp. participated in the degradation of pregnenolone, progesterone, and testosterone, thereby promoting estrogen biosynthesis. Furthermore, the microbial metabolites related to sow energy and nutrient supply or metabolic disorders also showed relationships with sow estrus return. CONCLUSIONS An integrated analysis of differentially abundant bacterial species, metagenome, and fecal metabolome revealed the involvement of L. reuteri and Prevotella spp. in sow estrus return. These findings provide deep insight into the role of gut microbiota in the estrus return of post-weaning sows and the complex cross-talk between gut microbiota and sex hormones, suggesting that the manipulation of the gut microbiota could be an effective strategy to improve sow estrus return after weaning.
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- Min Liu
- National Key Laboratory of Swine Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Swine Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Swine Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Swine Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Swine Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Swine Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Swine Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Swine Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Swine Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Swine Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Swine Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Swine Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Swine Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Swine Genetic Improvement and Germplasm Innovation, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China.
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Ma Z, Wang C, Wang B, Yao L, Kong B, Shan A, Li J, Meng Q. Effects of Feeding Corn Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles on Muscle Quality Traits and Lipidomics Profiling of Finishing Pigs. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:3848. [PMID: 38136885 PMCID: PMC10741057 DOI: 10.3390/ani13243848] [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: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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This study investigated the effects of adding corn distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to the diet on the meat quality, chemical composition, fatty acid composition, and lipidomics profiling in the longissimus thoracis (LT) of finishing pigs. Twenty-four healthy crossbred pigs (average body weight 61.23 ± 3.25 kg) were randomly divided into two groups with three replicates per group and four pigs per pen. The control group (CON) was fed a basal diet, and the DDGS group was fed an experimental diet with 30% DDGS. The results show that adding DDGS to the diet increases the yellowness (b*), chroma (C*), linoleic acid (C18:2n-6) percentages, polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) percentages and iodine value of LT (p < 0.05). Based on LC-ESI-MS/MS, 1456 lipids from 6 classes or 44 subclasses in LT were analyzed, and 50 differential lipids were observed. Triglyceride (TG) with C18:2n-6 side chains and ceramide alpha-hydroxy fatty acid-sphingosine (Cer-AS) contents increased significantly, and the decrease in multiple glycerophospholipids (GPs) content may be related to differences in the glycerophospholipid metabolic pathway. Correlation analysis suggests that triglycerides with C18:2n-6 side chains may be one of the reasons for the changes in b* and C* values in the LT. In conclusion, feeding DDGS affects the meat quality and fatty acid composition and may affect the lipid profile in the LT of finishing pigs by regulating lipid metabolism.
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- Zhizhuo Ma
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (Z.M.); (C.W.); (B.W.); (L.Y.); (A.S.)
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (Z.M.); (C.W.); (B.W.); (L.Y.); (A.S.)
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (Z.M.); (C.W.); (B.W.); (L.Y.); (A.S.)
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (Z.M.); (C.W.); (B.W.); (L.Y.); (A.S.)
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- College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China;
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (Z.M.); (C.W.); (B.W.); (L.Y.); (A.S.)
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (Z.M.); (C.W.); (B.W.); (L.Y.); (A.S.)
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (Z.M.); (C.W.); (B.W.); (L.Y.); (A.S.)
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Xie T, Fang Q, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Dong F, Gong X. Structure and mechanism of a eukaryotic ceramide synthase complex. EMBO J 2023; 42:e114889. [PMID: 37953642 PMCID: PMC10711658 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2023114889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
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Ceramide synthases (CerS) catalyze ceramide formation via N-acylation of a sphingoid base with a fatty acyl-CoA and are attractive drug targets for treating numerous metabolic diseases and cancers. Here, we present the cryo-EM structure of a yeast CerS complex, consisting of a catalytic Lac1 subunit and a regulatory Lip1 subunit, in complex with C26-CoA substrate. The CerS holoenzyme exists as a dimer of Lac1-Lip1 heterodimers. Lac1 contains a hydrophilic reaction chamber and a hydrophobic tunnel for binding the CoA moiety and C26-acyl chain of C26-CoA, respectively. Lip1 interacts with both the transmembrane region and the last luminal loop of Lac1 to maintain the proper acyl chain binding tunnel. A lateral opening on Lac1 serves as a potential entrance for the sphingoid base substrate. Our findings provide a template for understanding the working mechanism of eukaryotic ceramide synthases and may facilitate the development of therapeutic CerS modulators.
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- Tian Xie
- Department of Chemical Biology, School of Life SciencesSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhenChina
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- Department of Chemical Biology, School of Life SciencesSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhenChina
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- Department of Chemical Biology, School of Life SciencesSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhenChina
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- Department of Chemical Biology, School of Life SciencesSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhenChina
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- Department of Chemical Biology, School of Life SciencesSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhenChina
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- Department of Chemical Biology, School of Life SciencesSouthern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhenChina
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Hussain AA, Bilgin M, Carlsson J, Foged MM, Mortensen EL, Bulik CM, Støving RK, Sjögren JM. Elevated lipid class concentrations in females with anorexia nervosa before and after intensive weight restoration treatment-A lipidomics study. Int J Eat Disord 2023; 56:2260-2272. [PMID: 37715358 DOI: 10.1002/eat.24063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the plasma lipidome of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) before and after weight restoration treatment and report associations with AN subtypes and oral contraceptive pill (OCP) usage. METHODS Quantitative shotgun lipidomics analysis was used to study plasma lipids of 50 female patients with AN before and after weight restoration treatment and 50 healthy female controls (HC). The AN group was assessed with blood samples and questionnaires before and after weight restoration. RESULTS In total we quantified 260 lipid species representing 26 lipid classes of which 13 lipid class concentrations were elevated in patients with AN at admission compared with HC. Lipid classes remained elevated after weight restoration treatment of 84 days (median; interquartile range 28), and only the concentration of the ceramide lipid class increased between pre- and post-treatment (p = .03), whereas lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC, p = .02), ether-linked Phosphatidylcholine (LPCO, p = .02), and lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE, p = .009) decreased. CONCLUSION In AN, 13 out of 26 lipid class concentrations were elevated at admission and remained elevated post-treatment. Ceramides increased further between pre- and post-weight restoration treatment, which could be related to the rapid weight gain during re-nutrition. Further research is needed to elucidate the effects of weight restoration treatment on short- and long-term lipid profiles in individuals with AN. PUBLIC SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Lipidomics research can increase the understanding of AN, a complex and potentially life-threatening eating disorder. By analyzing lipids, or fats, in the body, we can identify biological markers that may inform diagnosis and develop more effective treatments. This research can also shed light on the underlying mechanisms of the disorder, leading to a better understanding of the processes involved in eating behavior.
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- Alia Arif Hussain
- Eating Disorder Research Unit, Mental Health Center, Ballerup, Copenhagen University Hospital-Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Lipidomics Core Facility, Danish Cancer Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Competence Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry, Mental Health Centre Ballerup, Mental Health Services of the Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Lipidomics Core Facility, Danish Cancer Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Unit of Medical Psychology, Section of Environmental Health, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Center for Eating Disorders, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
- Research Unit for Medical Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
- Research Unit, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mental Health Services in the Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Eating Disorder Research Unit, Mental Health Center, Ballerup, Copenhagen University Hospital-Mental Health Services CPH, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Institute of Clinical Science, Department of Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Hammerschmidt P, Steculorum SM, Bandet CL, Del Río-Martín A, Steuernagel L, Kohlhaas V, Feldmann M, Varela L, Majcher A, Quatorze Correia M, Klar RFU, Bauder CA, Kaya E, Porniece M, Biglari N, Sieben A, Horvath TL, Hornemann T, Brodesser S, Brüning JC. CerS6-dependent ceramide synthesis in hypothalamic neurons promotes ER/mitochondrial stress and impairs glucose homeostasis in obese mice. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7824. [PMID: 38016943 PMCID: PMC10684560 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42595-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023] Open
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Dysregulation of hypothalamic ceramides has been associated with disrupted neuronal pathways in control of energy and glucose homeostasis. However, the specific ceramide species promoting neuronal lipotoxicity in obesity have remained obscure. Here, we find increased expression of the C16:0 ceramide-producing ceramide synthase (CerS)6 in cultured hypothalamic neurons exposed to palmitate in vitro and in the hypothalamus of obese mice. Conditional deletion of CerS6 in hypothalamic neurons attenuates high-fat diet (HFD)-dependent weight gain and improves glucose metabolism. Specifically, CerS6 deficiency in neurons expressing pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) or steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) alters feeding behavior and alleviates the adverse metabolic effects of HFD feeding on insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance. POMC-expressing cell-selective deletion of CerS6 prevents the diet-induced alterations of mitochondrial morphology and improves cellular leptin sensitivity. Our experiments reveal functions of CerS6-derived ceramides in hypothalamic lipotoxicity, altered mitochondrial dynamics, and ER/mitochondrial stress in the deregulation of food intake and glucose metabolism in obesity.
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- Philipp Hammerschmidt
- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Policlinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine (PEDP), University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 26, 50924, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Research Group Neurocircuit Wiring and Function, Cologne, Germany
- National Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Policlinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine (PEDP), University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 26, 50924, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Policlinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine (PEDP), University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 26, 50924, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Policlinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine (PEDP), University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 26, 50924, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Policlinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine (PEDP), University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 26, 50924, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Policlinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine (PEDP), University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 26, 50924, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Yale Center for Molecular and Systems Metabolism, Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 310 Cedar St., BML 330, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
- Laboratory of Glia-Neuron Interactions in the Control of Hunger. Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Leioa, 48940, Spain
- Ikerbasque-Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, 48013, Spain
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- Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Policlinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine (PEDP), University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 26, 50924, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Policlinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine (PEDP), University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 26, 50924, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Policlinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine (PEDP), University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 26, 50924, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Policlinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine (PEDP), University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 26, 50924, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931, Cologne, Germany
- Policlinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine (PEDP), University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 26, 50924, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Yale Center for Molecular and Systems Metabolism, Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 310 Cedar St., BML 330, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
- Laboratory of Glia-Neuron Interactions in the Control of Hunger. Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Leioa, 48940, Spain
- Ikerbasque-Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, 48013, Spain
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- Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neuronal Control of Metabolism, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931, Cologne, Germany.
- Policlinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine (PEDP), University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 26, 50924, Cologne, Germany.
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
- National Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
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Mietus-Snyder M, Perak AM, Cheng S, Hayman LL, Haynes N, Meikle PJ, Shah SH, Suglia SF. Next Generation, Modifiable Cardiometabolic Biomarkers: Mitochondrial Adaptation and Metabolic Resilience: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2023; 148:1827-1845. [PMID: 37902008 DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000001185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2023]
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Cardiometabolic risk is increasing in prevalence across the life span with disproportionate ramifications for youth at socioeconomic disadvantage. Established risk factors and associated disease progression are harder to reverse as they become entrenched over time; if current trends are unchecked, the consequences for individual and societal wellness will become untenable. Interrelated root causes of ectopic adiposity and insulin resistance are understood but identified late in the trajectory of systemic metabolic dysregulation when traditional cardiometabolic risk factors cross current diagnostic thresholds of disease. Thus, children at cardiometabolic risk are often exposed to suboptimal metabolism over years before they present with clinical symptoms, at which point life-long reliance on pharmacotherapy may only mitigate but not reverse the risk. Leading-edge indicators are needed to detect the earliest departure from healthy metabolism, so that targeted, primordial, and primary prevention of cardiometabolic risk is possible. Better understanding of biomarkers that reflect the earliest transitions to dysmetabolism, beginning in utero, ideally biomarkers that are also mechanistic/causal and modifiable, is critically needed. This scientific statement explores emerging biomarkers of cardiometabolic risk across rapidly evolving and interrelated "omic" fields of research (the epigenome, microbiome, metabolome, lipidome, and inflammasome). Connections in each domain to mitochondrial function are identified that may mediate the favorable responses of each of the omic biomarkers featured to a heart-healthy lifestyle, notably to nutritional interventions. Fuller implementation of evidence-based nutrition must address environmental and socioeconomic disparities that can either facilitate or impede response to therapy.
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Chen F, Sarver DC, Saqib M, Velez LM, Aja S, Seldin MM, Wong GW. Loss of CTRP10 results in female obesity with preserved metabolic health. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.01.565163. [PMID: 37961647 PMCID: PMC10635050 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.01.565163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension. Intriguingly, there is a subset of metabolically healthy obese (MHO) individuals who are seemingly able to maintain a healthy metabolic profile free of metabolic syndrome. The molecular underpinnings of MHO, however, are not well understood. Here, we report that CTRP10/C1QL2-deficient mice represent a unique female model of MHO. CTRP10 modulates weight gain in a striking and sexually dimorphic manner. Female, but not male, mice lacking CTRP10 develop obesity with age on a low-fat diet while maintaining an otherwise healthy metabolic profile. When fed an obesogenic diet, female Ctrp10 knockout (KO) mice show rapid weight gain. Despite pronounced obesity, Ctrp10 KO female mice do not develop steatosis, dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, oxidative stress, or low-grade inflammation. Obesity is largely uncoupled from metabolic dysregulation in female KO mice. Multi-tissue transcriptomic analyses highlighted gene expression changes and pathways associated with insulin-sensitive obesity. Transcriptional correlation of the differentially expressed gene (DEG) orthologous in humans also show sex differences in gene connectivity within and across metabolic tissues, underscoring the conserved sex-dependent function of CTRP10. Collectively, our findings suggest that CTRP10 negatively regulates body weight in females, and that loss of CTRP10 results in benign obesity with largely preserved insulin sensitivity and metabolic health. This female MHO mouse model is valuable for understanding sex-biased mechanisms that uncouple obesity from metabolic dysfunction.
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- Fangluo Chen
- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, USA
- Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, University of California Irvine, Irvine, USA
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- Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, USA
- Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism, University of California Irvine, Irvine, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Li Y, Chaurasia B, Rahman MM, Kaddai V, Maschek JA, Berg JA, Wilkerson JL, Mahmassani ZS, Cox J, Wei P, Meikle PJ, Atkinson D, Wang L, Poss AM, Playdon MC, Tippetts TS, Mousa EM, Nittayaboon K, Anandh Babu PV, Drummond MJ, Clevers H, Shayman JA, Hirabayashi Y, Holland WL, Rutter J, Edgar BA, Summers SA. Ceramides Increase Fatty Acid Utilization in Intestinal Progenitors to Enhance Stemness and Increase Tumor Risk. Gastroenterology 2023; 165:1136-1150. [PMID: 37541526 PMCID: PMC10592225 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Cancers of the alimentary tract, including esophageal adenocarcinomas, colorectal cancers, and cancers of the gastric cardia, are common comorbidities of obesity. Prolonged, excessive delivery of macronutrients to the cells lining the gut can increase one's risk for these cancers by inducing imbalances in the rate of intestinal stem cell proliferation vs differentiation, which can produce polyps and other aberrant growths. We investigated whether ceramides, which are sphingolipids that serve as a signal of nutritional excess, alter stem cell behaviors to influence cancer risk. METHODS We profiled sphingolipids and sphingolipid-synthesizing enzymes in human adenomas and tumors. Thereafter, we manipulated expression of sphingolipid-producing enzymes, including serine palmitoyltransferase (SPT), in intestinal progenitors of mice, cultured organoids, and Drosophila to discern whether sphingolipids altered stem cell proliferation and metabolism. RESULTS SPT, which diverts dietary fatty acids and amino acids into the biosynthetic pathway that produces ceramides and other sphingolipids, is a critical modulator of intestinal stem cell homeostasis. SPT and other enzymes in the sphingolipid biosynthesis pathway are up-regulated in human intestinal adenomas. They produce ceramides, which serve as prostemness signals that stimulate peroxisome-proliferator activated receptor-α and induce fatty acid binding protein-1. These actions lead to increased lipid utilization and enhanced proliferation of intestinal progenitors. CONCLUSIONS Ceramides serve as critical links between dietary macronutrients, epithelial regeneration, and cancer risk.
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- Ying Li
- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute and Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Princess Maxima Center (PMC) for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Cellular Informatics Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama Japan
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute and Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Kuang J, Wang J, Li Y, Li M, Zhao M, Ge K, Zheng D, Cheung KCP, Liao B, Wang S, Chen T, Zhang Y, Wang C, Ji G, Chen P, Zhou H, Xie C, Zhao A, Jia W, Zheng X, Jia W. Hyodeoxycholic acid alleviates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease through modulating the gut-liver axis. Cell Metab 2023; 35:1752-1766.e8. [PMID: 37591244 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2023.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is regarded as a pandemic that affects about a quarter of the global population. Recently, host-gut microbiota metabolic interactions have emerged as distinct mechanistic pathways implicated in the development of NAFLD. Here, we report that a group of gut microbiota-modified bile acids (BAs), hyodeoxycholic acid (HDCA) species, are negatively correlated with the presence and severity of NAFLD. HDCA treatment has been shown to alleviate NAFLD in multiple mouse models by inhibiting intestinal farnesoid X receptor (FXR) and upregulating hepatic CYP7B1. Additionally, HDCA significantly increased abundances of probiotic species such as Parabacteroides distasonis, which enhances lipid catabolism through fatty acid-hepatic peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) signaling, which in turn upregulates hepatic FXR. These findings suggest that HDCA has therapeutic potential for treating NAFLD, with a unique mechanism of simultaneously activating hepatic CYP7B1 and PPARα.
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- Junliang Kuang
- Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200434, China
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- Institute of Digestive Disease, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Microbiome Medicine Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China.
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China.
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- Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200233, China; School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China.
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Elliott K, Caicedo PA, Haunerland NH, Lowenberger C. Profiling lipidomic changes in dengue-resistant and dengue-susceptible strains of Colombian Aedes aegypti after dengue virus challenge. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2023; 17:e0011676. [PMID: 37847671 PMCID: PMC10581493 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the primary vector for all four serotypes of dengue viruses (DENV1-4), which infect millions across the globe each year. Traditional insecticide programs have been transiently effective at minimizing cases; however, insecticide resistance and habitat expansion have caused cases of DENV to surge over the last decade. There is an urgent need to develop novel vector control measures, but these are contingent on a detailed understanding of host-parasite interactions. Here, we have utilized lipidomics to survey the profiles of naturally DENV-resistant (Cali-MIB) or susceptible (Cali-S) populations of Ae. aegypti, isolated from Cali, Colombia, when fed on blood meals containing DENV. Control insects were fed on a DENV-free blood meal. Midguts were dissected from Cali-MIB and Cali-S females at three time points post-infectious blood meal, 18, 24 and 36h, to identify changes in the lipidome at key times associated with the entry, replication and exit of DENV from midgut cells. We used principal component analysis to visualize broad patterns in lipidomic profiles between the treatment groups, and significance analysis of microarray to determine lipids that were altered in response to viral challenge. These data can be used to identify molecules or metabolic pathways particular to the susceptible or refractory phenotypes, and possibly lead to the generation of stable, DENV-resistant strains of Ae. aegypti.
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- Keenan Elliott
- Simon Fraser University, Department of Biological Sciences, C2D2 Research Group, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Universidad Icesi, Natural Science Faculty, Department of Biology, Cali, Colombia
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- Simon Fraser University, Department of Biological Sciences, C2D2 Research Group, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Simon Fraser University, Department of Biological Sciences, C2D2 Research Group, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Dong Y, Song H, J Holmes A, Yan J, Ren C, Zhang Y, Zhao W, Yuan J, Cheng Y, Raubenheimer D, Cui Z. Normal diet ameliorates obesity more safely and effectively than ketogenic diet does in high-fat diet-induced obesity mouse based on gut microbiota and lipid metabolism. Int J Food Sci Nutr 2023; 74:589-605. [PMID: 37475128 DOI: 10.1080/09637486.2023.2235899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Growing evidence supports the efficacy of ketogenic diets for inducing weight loss, but there are also potential health risks due to their unbalanced nutrient composition. We aim at assessing relative effectiveness of a balanced diet and ketogenic diet for reversing metabolic syndrome in a diet-induced C57BL/6J mouse model. Mice were fed high-fat diet to induce obesity. Obese individuals were then fed either ketogenic or balanced diets as an obesity intervention. Serum, liver, fat and faecal samples were analysed. We observed that both diet interventions led to significant decrease in body weight. The ketogenic intervention was less effective in reducing adipocyte cell size and led to dyslipidaemia. The composition of the gut microbiome in the balanced diet intervention was more similar to the non-obese control group and had improved functional attributes. Our results indicate intervention with balanced diets ameliorates obesity more safely and effectively than ketogenic diets in diet-induced obesity mouse model.
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- Yunlong Dong
- Centre for Sport Nutrition and Health, Centre for Nutritional Ecology, School of Physical Education (Main Campus), Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Centre for Sport Nutrition and Health, Centre for Nutritional Ecology, School of Physical Education (Main Campus), Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Sport Nutrition and Health, Centre for Nutritional Ecology, School of Physical Education (Main Campus), Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Centre for Sport Nutrition and Health, Centre for Nutritional Ecology, School of Physical Education (Main Campus), Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Centre for Sport Nutrition and Health, Centre for Nutritional Ecology, School of Physical Education (Main Campus), Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Centre for Sport Nutrition and Health, Centre for Nutritional Ecology, School of Physical Education (Main Campus), Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Centre for Sport Nutrition and Health, Centre for Nutritional Ecology, School of Physical Education (Main Campus), Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Centre for Sport Nutrition and Health, Centre for Nutritional Ecology, School of Physical Education (Main Campus), Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Charles Perkins Centre and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Sport Nutrition and Health, Centre for Nutritional Ecology, School of Physical Education (Main Campus), Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Worley G, Byeon SK, Smith PB, Hart SJ, Young SP, Pandey A, Kishnani PS. An exploratory study of plasma ceramides in comorbidities in Down syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 2023; 191:2300-2311. [PMID: 37340831 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
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Plasma ceramide levels (henceforth, "ceramides") are biomarkers of some diseases that are comorbidities of Down syndrome (DS). We sought to determine if comorbidities in DS were associated with ceramides, studying a convenience cohort of 35 study participants, all ≥12 months old. To identify comorbidities, we reviewed the problem lists in electronic health records that were concurrent with sample collection. We placed clinically related comorbidities into one of five categories of comorbidities, henceforth, categories: obesity/overweight; autoimmune disease; congenital heart disease; bacterial infection; and central nervous system (CNS) condition. We measured the eight ceramides most frequently associated with disease using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. We calculated a ceramide composite outcome score (CCOS) for each participant by normalizing each ceramide level to the mean for that level in the study population and then summing the normalized levels, to be proxy variable for all eight ceramides in aggregate. We used multivariable linear regression models adjusted for age and sex to test associations of categories with ceramides and with CCOSs. Post hoc, we realized that co-occurring comorbidities might interfere with establishing associations between predictor categories and ceramides and that stratified analyses might eliminate their influence on associations. We posited that CCOSs could be used to screen for associations of categories with multiple ceramides, since most diseases have been associated with more than one ceramide. We chose to omit in the stratified analyses the two categories that were the most different from one another in their associations with their CCOSs, having the most divergent regression coefficients (the highest positive and lowest negative coefficients). We first omitted one of these two divergent categories in a stratified analysis and tested in the remaining participants (those without a comorbidity in the interfering category) for associations of the other four categories with their CCOSs and then did the same for the other divergent category. In each of these two screening stratified analyses, we found one category was significantly associated with its CCOS. In the two identified categories, we then tested for associations with each of the eight ceramides, using the appropriate stratified analysis. Next, we sought to determine if the associations of the two categories with ceramides we found by omitting participants in the interfering categories held in our small sample for participants in the omitted categories as well. For each of the two categories, we therefore omitted participants without the interfering category and determined associations between the predictor category and individual ceramides in the remaining participants (those with a comorbidity in the interfering category). In the a priori analyses, autoimmune disease was inversely associated with C16 and CNS condition was inversely associated with C23. Obesity/overweight and CNS condition were the two categories with the most divergent regression coefficients (0.037 vs. -0.048). In post hoc stratified analyses, after omitting participants with obesity/overweight, thereby leaving participants without obesity/overweight, bacterial infection was associated with its CCOS and then with C14, C20, and C22. However, in the companion stratified analyses, omitting participants without obesity/overweight, thereby leaving participants with obesity/overweight, bacterial infection was not associated with any of the eight ceramides. Similarly, in post hoc stratified analyses after omitting participants with a CNS condition, thereby leaving participants without a CNS condition, obesity/overweight was associated with its CCOS and then with C14, C23, and C24. In the companion analyses, omitting participants without a CNS condition, thereby leaving participants with a CNS condition, obesity/overweight was inversely associated with C24.1. In conclusion, CNS and autoimmune disease were inversely associated with one ceramide each in a priori analyses. In post hoc analyses, we serendipitously omitted categories that interfered with associations of other categories with ceramides in stratified analyses. We found that bacterial infection was associated with three ceramides in participants without obesity/overweight and that obesity/overweight was associated with three ceramides in participants without a CNS condition. We therefore identified obesity/overweight and CNS conditions as potential confounders or effect modifiers for these associations. This is the first report of ceramides in DS and in human bacterial infection. Further study of ceramides in comorbidities of DS is justified.
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- Gordon Worley
- Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Divisions of Neonatology and Quantitative Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology and Center for Individualized Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Center for Molecular Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Zhang L, Zou W, Hu Y, Wu H, Gao Y, Zhang J, Zheng J. Maternal voluntary wheel running modulates glucose homeostasis, the gut microbiota and its derived fecal metabolites in offspring. Clin Sci (Lond) 2023; 137:1151-1166. [PMID: 37505199 PMCID: PMC10412464 DOI: 10.1042/cs20230372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Maternal overnutrition can dramatically increase the susceptibility of offspring to metabolic diseases, whereas maternal exercise may improve glucose metabolism in offspring. However, the underlying mechanism programming the intergenerational effects of maternal exercise on the benefits of glucose metabolism has not been fully elaborated. C57BL/6 female mice were randomly assigned to four subgroups according to a diet and exercise paradigm before and during pregnancy as follows: NC (fed with normal chow diet and sedentary), NCEx (fed with normal chow diet and running), HF (fed with high-fat diet and sedentary), and HFEx (fed with high-fat diet and running). Integrative 16S rDNA sequencing and mass spectrometry-based metabolite profiling were synchronously performed to characterize the effects of maternal exercise on the gut microbiota composition and metabolite alterations in offspring. Maternal exercise, acting as a natural pharmaceutical intervention, prevented deleterious effects on glucose metabolism in offspring. 16S rDNA sequencing revealed remarkable changes in the gut microbiota composition in offspring. Metabolic profiling indicated multiple altered metabolites, which were enriched in butanoate metabolism signaling in offspring. We further found that maternal exercise could mediate gene expression related to intestinal gluconeogenesis in offspring. In conclusion, our study indicated that maternal running significantly improved glucose metabolism in offspring and counteracted the detrimental effects of maternal high-fat feeding before and during pregnancy. We further demonstrated that maternal voluntary wheel running could integratively program the gut microbiota composition and fecal metabolite changes and then regulate butanoate metabolism and mediate intestinal gluconeogenesis in offspring.
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- Ling Zhang
- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory Animal Facility, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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Luo J, He Z, Li Q, Lv M, Cai Y, Ke W, Niu X, Zhang Z. Adipokines in atherosclerosis: unraveling complex roles. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1235953. [PMID: 37645520 PMCID: PMC10461402 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1235953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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Adipokines are biologically active factors secreted by adipose tissue that act on local and distant tissues through autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine mechanisms. However, adipokines are believed to be involved in an increased risk of atherosclerosis. Classical adipokines include leptin, adiponectin, and ceramide, while newly identified adipokines include visceral adipose tissue-derived serpin, omentin, and asprosin. New evidence suggests that adipokines can play an essential role in atherosclerosis progression and regression. Here, we summarize the complex roles of various adipokines in atherosclerosis lesions. Representative protective adipokines include adiponectin and neuregulin 4; deteriorating adipokines include leptin, resistin, thrombospondin-1, and C1q/tumor necrosis factor-related protein 5; and adipokines with dual protective and deteriorating effects include C1q/tumor necrosis factor-related protein 1 and C1q/tumor necrosis factor-related protein 3; and adipose tissue-derived bioactive materials include sphingosine-1-phosphate, ceramide, and adipose tissue-derived exosomes. However, the role of a newly discovered adipokine, asprosin, in atherosclerosis remains unclear. This article reviews progress in the research on the effects of adipokines in atherosclerosis and how they may be regulated to halt its progression.
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- Jiaying Luo
- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Hepowit NL, Moon B, Ebert AC, Dickson RC, MacGurn JA. Art2 mediates selective endocytosis of methionine transporters during adaptation to sphingolipid depletion. J Cell Sci 2023; 136:jcs260675. [PMID: 37337792 PMCID: PMC10399987 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.260675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023] Open
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Accumulating evidence in several model organisms indicates that reduced sphingolipid biosynthesis promotes longevity, although underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In yeast, sphingolipid depletion induces a state resembling amino acid restriction, which we hypothesized might be due to altered stability of amino acid transporters at the plasma membrane. To test this, we measured surface abundance for a diverse panel of membrane proteins in the presence of myriocin, a sphingolipid biosynthesis inhibitor, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Unexpectedly, we found that surface levels of most proteins examined were either unaffected or increased during myriocin treatment, consistent with an observed decrease in bulk endocytosis. In contrast, sphingolipid depletion triggered selective endocytosis of the methionine transporter Mup1. Unlike methionine-induced Mup1 endocytosis, myriocin triggered Mup1 endocytosis that required the Rsp5 adaptor Art2, C-terminal lysine residues of Mup1 and the formation of K63-linked ubiquitin polymers. These findings reveal cellular adaptation to sphingolipid depletion by ubiquitin-mediated remodeling of nutrient transporter composition at the cell surface.
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- Nathaniel L. Hepowit
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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Wang G, Hong X, Yu J, Zhang Y, Li Y, Li Z, Zhu Z, Yuan S, Zhang X, Wang S, Zhu F, Wang Y, Wu C, Su P, Shen T. Enhancing de novo ceramide synthesis induced by bisphenol A exposure aggravates metabolic derangement during obesity. Mol Metab 2023; 73:101741. [PMID: 37225016 PMCID: PMC10250932 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) has been shown to increase the prevalence of obesity and its related insulin resistance (IR). Ceramide is a sphingolipid known to facilitate the production of proinflammatory cytokines and subsequently exacerbate inflammation and IR during the progression of obesity. Here, we investigated the effects of BPA exposure on ceramide de novo synthesis and whether increased ceramides aggravate adipose tissue (AT) inflammation and obesity-related IR. METHODS A population-based case-control study was conducted to explore the relationship between BPA exposure and IR and the potential role of ceramide in AT in obesity. Next, we used mice reared on a normal chow diet (NCD) or a high-fat diet (HFD) to verify the results from the population study and then investigated the role of ceramides in low-level BPA exposure with HFD-induced IR and AT inflammation in mice treated with or without myriocin (an inhibitor of the rate-limiting enzyme in de novo ceramide synthesis). RESULTS BPA levels are higher in obese individuals and are significantly associated with AT inflammation and IR. Specific subtypes of ceramides mediated the associations between BPA and obesity, obesity-related IR and AT inflammation in the obesity group. In animal experiments, BPA exposure facilitated ceramide accumulation in AT, activated PKCζ, promoted AT inflammation, increased the expression and secretion of proinflammatory cytokines via the JNK/NF-κB pathway, and lowered insulin sensitivity by disrupting IRS1-PI3K-AKT signaling in mice fed a HFD. Myriocin suppressed BPA-induced AT inflammation and IR. CONCLUSION These findings indicate that BPA aggravates obesity-induced IR, which is partly via increased de novo synthesis of ceramides and subsequent promotion of AT inflammation. Ceramide synthesis could be a potential target for the prevention of environmental BPA exposure-related metabolic diseases.
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- Gengfu Wang
- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China
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- Center for Scientific Research of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China
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- Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China
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- Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, Faculty of Heath & Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Surrey, Guildford, UK.
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China.
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China.
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Ren L, Li F, Tan X, Fan Y, Ke B, Zhang Y, Jiang H, Jia L, Wang Y, Du J. Abnormal plasma ceramides refine high-risk patients with worsening heart failure. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1185595. [PMID: 37456812 PMCID: PMC10339027 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1185595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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Background Worsening heart failure (WHF) is a heterogeneous clinical syndrome with poor prognosis. More effective risk stratification tools are required to identify high-risk patients. Evidence suggest that aberrant ceramide accumulation can be affected by heart failure risk factors and as a driver of tissue damage. We hypothesized that specific ceramide lengths and ratios serve as biomarkers for risk stratification in WHF patients by reflecting pathological changes of distinct organ dysfunctions. Medthods We measured seven plasma ceramides using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) in 1,558 patients, including 1,262 participants in retrospective discovery set and 296 WHF patients in prospective validation set in BIOMS-HF study (Registry Study of Biomarkers in Heart Failure). Univariable and multivariable logistic regression models were constructed to identify associations of ceramides with organ dysfunctions. Results We constructed three ceramide-based scores linked independently to heart, liver, and kidney dysfunction, with ceramides and ratios included in each score specifying systemic inflammation, chronic metabolic disorder, and water-sodium retention. The combined ceramide heart failure score (CHFS) was independently associated with adverse outcomes [Hazard Ratio, 2.80 (95% CI: 1.78-4.40; P < 0.001); 2.68 995% CI: 1.12-6.46; P = 0.028)] and improved the predictive value of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry score and BNP [net reclassification index, 0.34 (95% confidence interval, CI: 0.19-0.50); 0.42 (95% CI: 0.13-0.70)] in the discovery and validation set, respectively. Lower BNP levels, but higher CHFS had the highest hazard of future adverse events in WHF patients. Conclusion Abnormal plasma ceramides, associated with heart and peripheral organ dysfunctions, provide incremental prognostic information over the ADHERE score and brain natriuretic peptide concentration for risk stratification in WHF patients. This may facilitate the reclassification of high-risk patients in need of aggressive therapeutic interventions.
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- Lu Ren
- Beijing Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cardiovascular Disorders, The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-Related Cardiovascular Disease, Ministry of Education, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing lnstitute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cardiovascular Disorders, The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-Related Cardiovascular Disease, Ministry of Education, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing lnstitute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cardiovascular Disorders, The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-Related Cardiovascular Disease, Ministry of Education, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing lnstitute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cardiovascular Disorders, The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-Related Cardiovascular Disease, Ministry of Education, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing lnstitute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen (LMU), Munich, Germany
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- Beijing Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cardiovascular Disorders, The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-Related Cardiovascular Disease, Ministry of Education, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing lnstitute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cardiovascular Disorders, The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-Related Cardiovascular Disease, Ministry of Education, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing lnstitute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cardiovascular Disorders, The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-Related Cardiovascular Disease, Ministry of Education, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing lnstitute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cardiovascular Disorders, The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-Related Cardiovascular Disease, Ministry of Education, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Beijing lnstitute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Kelly A, Chan J, Powell TL, Cox LA, Jansson T, Rosario FJ. Maternal obesity alters the placental transcriptome in a fetal sex-dependent manner. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1178533. [PMID: 37397247 PMCID: PMC10309565 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1178533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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Infants born to obese mothers have an increased risk of developing obesity and metabolic diseases in childhood and adulthood. Although the molecular mechanisms linking maternal obesity during pregnancy to the development of metabolic diseases in offspring are poorly understood, evidence suggests that changes in the placental function may play a role. Using a mouse model of diet-induced obesity with fetal overgrowth, we performed RNA-seq analysis at embryonic day 18.5 to identify genes differentially expressed in the placentas of obese and normal-weight dams (controls). In male placentas, 511 genes were upregulated and 791 genes were downregulated in response to maternal obesity. In female placentas, 722 genes were downregulated and 474 genes were upregulated in response to maternal obesity. The top canonical pathway downregulated in maternal obesity in male placentas was oxidative phosphorylation. In contrast, sirtuin signaling, NF-kB signaling, phosphatidylinositol, and fatty acid degradation were upregulated. In female placentas, the top canonical pathways downregulated in maternal obesity were triacylglycerol biosynthesis, glycerophospholipid metabolism, and endocytosis. In contrast, bone morphogenetic protein, TNF, and MAPK signaling were upregulated in the female placentas of the obese group. In agreement with RNA-seq data, the expression of proteins associated with oxidative phosphorylation was downregulated in male but not female placentas of obese mice. Similarly, sex-specific changes in the protein expression of mitochondrial complexes were found in placentas collected from obese women delivering large-for-gestational-age (LGA) babies. In conclusion, maternal obesity with fetal overgrowth differentially regulates the placental transcriptome in male and female placentas, including genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation.
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- Amy Kelly
- Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, United States
- Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
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- Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
- Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Molecular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
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- Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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