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Nwagbo U, Parvez S, Maschek JA, Bernstein PS. Elovl4b knockout zebrafish as a model for ocular very-long-chain PUFA deficiency. J Lipid Res 2024; 65:100518. [PMID: 38342437 PMCID: PMC10940177 DOI: 10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100518] [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: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024] Open
Abstract
Very-long-chain PUFAs (VLC-PUFAs) are a group of lipids with chain lengths >24 carbons, and the ELOVL4 (elongation of very-long-chain FA-4) enzyme is responsible for vertebrate VLC-PUFA biosynthesis. Studies on the role of VLC-PUFAs in vision have been hindered because of the need for adequate animal models to capture the global loss of VLC-PUFAs. Since homozygous Elovl4 ablation is lethal in neonatal mice because of catastrophic drying from the loss of their protective skin barrier, we established a zebrafish (Danio rerio) model of Elovl4 ablation. We generated Elovl4b KO zebrafish by creating a 56-bp deletion mutation in exon 2 of the Elovl4b gene using CRISPR-Cas9. We used GC-MS and LC-MS/MS to analyze the VLC-PUFA and lipid profiles from wild-type and Elovl4b KO fish eyes. We also performed histology and visual-behavioral tests. We found that heterozygous and homozygous Elovl4b KO zebrafish eyes had altered lipid profiles and a significantly lower C30 to C36 VLC-PUFA abundance than wild-type fish. Moreover, Elovl4b+/- and Elovl4b-/- KO larvae had significantly lower motor activity in response to light-dark cycles than their age-matched controls. Elovl4b-/- adult fish showed no obvious differences in gross retinal morphology and lamination compared with wild type, except for the presence of lipid droplets within the retinal pigment epithelial cell layer of Elovl4b-/- fish. Our data indicate that the loss of Elovl4b in zebrafish changes ocular lipid profiles and leads to visual abnormalities and subtle retinal changes. These findings highlight the use of zebrafish as a model for VLC-PUFA depletion and ELOVL4-related dysfunction.
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- Uzoamaka Nwagbo
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Metabolomics Core, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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Chen J, Curcio CA, Crosson JN. Shotgun lipidomics of human subretinal fluids under rod-dominant retina reveals cone-dominated lipids. Exp Eye Res 2024; 240:109807. [PMID: 38278468 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2024.109807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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Subretinal fluid (SRF) accumulates between photoreceptor outer segments and retinal pigment epithelium during rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Biomolecular components such as lipids originate from cells surrounding the SRF. Knowledge of the composition of these molecules in SRF potentially provides mechanistic insight into the physiologic transfer of lipids between retinal tissue compartments. Using mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry analysis on an electrospray ionization quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometer, we identified a total of 115 lipid molecular species of 11 subclasses and 9 classes in two samples from two patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. These included 47 glycerophosphocholines, 6 glycerophosphoethanolamines, 1 glycerophosphoinositol, 18 sphingomyelins, 9 cholesteryl esters, free cholesterol, 3 ceramides, 22 triacylglycerols and 8 free fatty acids. Glycerophosphocholines were of the highest intensity. By minimizing the formation of different adduct forms or clustering ions of different adducts, we determined the relative intensity of lipid molecular species within the same subclasses. The profiles were compared with those of retinal cells available in the published literature. The glycerophosphocholine profile of SRF was similar to that of cone outer segments, suggesting that outer segment degradation products are constitutively released into the interphotoreceptor matrix, appearing in SRF during detachment. This hypothesis was supported by the retinal distributions of corresponding lipid synthases' mRNA expression obtained from an online resource based on publicly available single-cell sequencing data. In contrast, based on lipid profiles and relevant gene expression in this study, the sources of free cholesterol and cholesteryl esters in SRF appeared more ambiguous, possibly reflecting that outer retina takes up plasma lipoproteins. Further studies to identify and quantify lipids in SRF will help better understand etiology of diseases relevant to outer retina.
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- Jianzhong Chen
- Center for Biotechnology & Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, GA, United States; Department of Cellular Biology & Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, GA, United States; Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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Tobin D, Svensen H, Shanmugasundaram D, Ruyter B, Stoknes I, Dornish M. Toxicological evaluation of a fish oil concentrate containing Very Long Chain Fatty Acids. Food Chem Toxicol 2024; 186:114518. [PMID: 38387522 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2024.114518] [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: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA) have a chain length ≥24 carbons. Fish contain low levels of these fatty acids. A commercial oil called EPAX® Evolve 05 with an up-concentration of VLCFAs of approximately 10 times, has been developed as a dietary supplement by Epax Norway AS. A series of toxicological studies were performed using mice and rats to determine the safety and toxicity of repeat dosing with a gavage administered VLCFA formulation. The results suggest transient lipid accumulation in kidneys and liver. Lipid accumulation was seen with the test item and with the soya control but was not dose related. Liver and kidney lipid accumulation, whilst present in 14- day repeat dose study, was absent in a 90-day rat study. No treatment-effect was seen in urine analysis in any of the studies. No treatment-related effects were seen with a functional observation battery, ophthalmological examination, haematology, urine analysis, oestrus cycle, thyroid hormones, organ weight, or histopathology. In the 90-day study the liver enzymes ALP, AST and ALT were statistically significantly increased with test item but within control values. There were no associated histological findings in the liver suggesting there was no toxic effect and the normalisation of values for all liver enzymes in the recovery groups suggests an adaptive response rather than a prevailing toxic response. The no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) was determined as 1200 mg VLCFA/kg b.w./day.
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Kato R, Takenaka Y, Ohno Y, Kihara A. Catalytic mechanism of trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductases in the fatty acid elongation cycle and its cooperative action with fatty acid elongases. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105656. [PMID: 38224948 PMCID: PMC10864336 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.105656] [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: 09/24/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/17/2024] Open
Abstract
The fatty acid (FA) elongation cycle produces very-long-chain FAs with ≥C21, which have unique physiological functions. Trans-2-enoyl-CoA reductases (yeast, Tsc13; mammals, TECR) catalyze the reduction reactions in the fourth step of the FA elongation cycle and in the sphingosine degradation pathway. However, their catalytic residues and coordinated action in the FA elongation cycle complex are unknown. To reveal these, we generated and analyzed Ala-substituted mutants of 15 residues of Tsc13. An in vitro FA elongation assay showed that nine of these mutants were less active than WT protein, with E91A and Y256A being the least active. Growth complementation analysis, measurement of ceramide levels, and deuterium-sphingosine labeling revealed that the function of the E91A mutant was substantially impaired in vivo. In addition, we found that the activity of FA elongases, which catalyze the first step of the FA elongation cycle, were reduced in the absence of Tsc13. Similar results were observed in Tsc13 E91A-expressing cells, which is attributable to reduced interaction between the Tsc13 E91A mutant and the FA elongases Elo2/Elo3. Finally, we found that E94A and Y248A mutants of human TECR, which correspond to E91A and Y256A mutants of Tsc13, showed reduced and almost no activity, respectively. Based on these results and the predicted three-dimensional structure of Tsc13, we speculate that Tyr256/Tyr248 of Tsc13/TECR is the catalytic residue that supplies a proton to trans-2-enoyl-CoAs. Our findings provide a clue concerning the catalytic mechanism of Tsc13/TECR and the coordinated action in the FA elongation cycle complex.
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- Ryoya Kato
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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Yang J, Yan SY, Li GC, Guo H, Tang R, Ma R, Cai QN. The brown planthopper NlDHRS11 is involved in the detoxification of rice secondary compounds. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2023; 79:4828-4838. [PMID: 37489868 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens, BPH) is the most destructive serious pest in rice production. Resistant varieties are effective means to defend against BPH, but the impact of the ingestion of resistant rice on BPH transcriptional regulation is still unclear. Here, we explore the molecular basis of the regulation by BPH feeding on resistant rice. RESULTS BPH nymphs preferentially selected susceptible rice TN1 at 24 h after release in a choice test. Feeding on resistant rice IR56 under nonselective conditions increased mortality, decreased growth rate, and prolonged the molting time of BPH. Transcriptomic sequencing revealed 38 dysregulated genes, including 31 down-regulated and seven up-regulated genes in BPH feeding on resistant rice for 7 days compared with feeding on susceptible rice TN1. These genes were mainly involved in the pathways of growth and development, metabolism, energy synthesis, and transport. Finally, we showed that the toxicities of rice defensive compounds to BPH were dose-dependent, and silencing of the BPH gene dehydrogenase/reductase SDR family member 11 (NlDHRS11) increased sensibility to the rice secondary compounds ferulic acid and resorcinol. CONCLUSION The adaption of BPH feeding on resistant rice is orchestrated by dynamically regulating gene expressions, and NlDHRS11 is a gene involved in the detoxification of plant defensive chemicals. The current work provides new insights into the interaction between insects and plants, and will help to develop novel BPH control strategies. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Jun Yang
- College of Plant Protection, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, China
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- College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Agriculture, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, China
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- College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Gordon WC, Kautzmann MAI, Jun B, Cothern ML, Fang Z, Bazan NG. Rod-specific downregulation of omega-3 very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid pathway in age-related macular degeneration. Exp Eye Res 2023; 235:109639. [PMID: 37659709 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2023.109639] [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: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023]
Abstract
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6) plays a key role in vision and is the precursor for very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLC-PUFAs). The release of 32- and 34-carbon VLC-PUFAs and DHA from sn-1 and sn-2 of phosphatidylcholine (PC) leads to the synthesis of cell-survival mediators, the elovanoids (ELVs) and neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1), respectively. Macula and periphery from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) donor retinas were assessed for the availability of DHA-related lipids by LC-MS/MS-based lipidomic analysis and MALDI-molecular imaging. We found reduced retina DHA and VLC-PUFA pathways to synthesize omega-3 ELVs from precursors that likely resulted in altered disks and photoreceptor loss. Additionally, we compared omega-3 (n-3) fatty acid with DHA (22:6) and omega-6 (n-6) fatty acid with arachidonic acid (AA; 20:4) pathways. n-3 PC(22:6/22:6, 44:12) and n-6 PC(20:4/20:4, 40:8) showed differences among male/female, macula/periphery, and normal/AMD retinas. Periphery of AMD retina males increased 44:12 abundance, while normal females increased 40:8 (all macula had an upward 40:8 tendency). We also showed that female AMD switched from n-3 to n-6 fatty acids; most changes in AMD occurred in the periphery of female AMD retinas. DHA and VLC-PUFA release from PCs leads to conversion in pro-survival NPD1 and ELVs. The loss of the neuroprotective precursors of ELVs in the retina periphery from AMD facilitates uncompensated stress and cell loss. In AMD, the female retina loses peripheral rods VLC-PUFAs to about 33% less than in males limiting ELV formation and its protective bioactivity.
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- William C Gordon
- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, 2020 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, 2020 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, 2020 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, 2020 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, 2020 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, 2020 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
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Nwagbo U, Bernstein PS. Understanding the Roles of Very-Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (VLC-PUFAs) in Eye Health. Nutrients 2023; 15:3096. [PMID: 37513514 PMCID: PMC10383069 DOI: 10.3390/nu15143096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Lipids serve many roles in the neural system, from synaptic stabilization and signaling to DNA regulation and neuroprotection. They also regulate inflammatory responses, maintain cellular membrane structure, and regulate the homeostatic balance of ions and signaling molecules. An imbalance of lipid subgroups is implicated in the progression of many retinal diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), retinitis pigmentosa, and diabetic retinopathy, and diet can play a key role in influencing these diseases' onset, progression, and severity. A special class of lipids termed very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLC-PUFAs) is found exclusively in mammalian vertebrate retinas and a few other tissues. They comprise <2% of fatty acids in the retina and are depleted in the retinas of patients with diseases like diabetic retinopathy and AMD. However, the implications of the reduction in VLC-PUFA levels are poorly understood. Dietary supplementation studies and ELOVL4 transgene studies have had positive outcomes. However, much remains to be understood about their role in retinal health and the potential for targeted therapies against retinal disease.
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- Uzoamaka Nwagbo
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA;
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA;
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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Cho E, Kim M, Cho S, So HJ, Lee KT, Cha J, Jin D, Lee JH. A genome-wide association study for the fatty acid composition of breast meat in an F2 crossbred chicken population. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2023; 65:735-747. [PMID: 37970507 PMCID: PMC10640945 DOI: 10.5187/jast.2023.e1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
Abstract
The composition of fatty acids determines the flavor and quality of meat. Flavor compounds are generated during the cooking process by the decomposition of volatile fatty acids via lipid oxidation. A number of research on candidate genes related to fatty acid content in livestock species have been published. The majority of these studies focused on pigs and cattle; the association between fatty acid composition and meat quality in chickens has rarely been reported. Therefore, this study investigated candidate genes associated with fatty acid composition in chickens. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed on 767 individuals from an F2 crossbred population of Yeonsan Ogye and White Leghorn chickens. The Illumina chicken 60K significant single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotype data and 30 fatty acids (%) in the breast meat of animals slaughtered at 10 weeks of age were analyzed. SNPs were shown to be significant in 15 traits: C10:0, C14:0, C18:0, C18:1n-7, C18:1n-9, C18:2n-6, C20:0, C20:2, C20:3n-6, C20:4n-6, C20:5n-3, C24:0, C24:1n-9, monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). These SNPs were mostly located on chromosome 10 and around the following genes: ACSS3, BTG1, MCEE, PPARGC1A, ACSL4, ELOVL4, CYB5R4, ME1, and TRPM1. Both oleic acid and arachidonic acid contained the candidate genes: MCEE and TRPM1. These two fatty acids are antagonistic to each other and have been identified as traits that contribute to the production of volatile fatty acids. The results of this study improve our understanding of the genetic mechanisms through which fatty acids in chicken affect the meat flavor.
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- Eunjin Cho
- Department of Bio-AI Convergence, Chungnam
National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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- Division of Animal & Dairy Science,
Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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- Research and Development Center,
Insilicogen Inc., Yongin 19654, Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Technology,
Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Technology,
Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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- Animal Genome & Bioinformatics,
National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development
Administration, Wanju 55365, Korea
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- Animal Genetic Resources Research Center,
National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development
Administration, Hamyang 50000, Korea
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- Department of Bio-AI Convergence, Chungnam
National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
- Division of Animal & Dairy Science,
Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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Swinkels D, Baes M. The essential role of docosahexaenoic acid and its derivatives for retinal integrity. Pharmacol Ther 2023; 247:108440. [PMID: 37201739 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2023.108440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
The fatty acid composition of photoreceptor outer segment (POS) phospholipids diverges from other membranes, being highly enriched in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). The most abundant PUFA is docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6n-3), an omega-3 PUFA that amounts to over 50% of the POS phospholipid fatty acid side chains. Interestingly, DHA is the precursor of other bioactive lipids such as elongated PUFAs and oxygenated derivatives. In this review, we present the current view on metabolism, trafficking and function of DHA and very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLC-PUFAs) in the retina. New insights on pathological features generated from PUFA deficient mouse models with enzyme or transporter defects and corresponding patients are discussed. Not only the neural retina, but also abnormalities in the retinal pigment epithelium are considered. Furthermore, the potential involvement of PUFAs in more common retinal degeneration diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration are evaluated. Supplementation treatment strategies and their outcome are summarized.
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- Daniëlle Swinkels
- Laboratory of Cell Metabolism, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cell Metabolism, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Kolko M, Mouhammad ZA, Cvenkel B. Is fat the future for saving sight? Bioactive lipids and their impact on glaucoma. Pharmacol Ther 2023; 245:108412. [PMID: 37037408 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2023.108412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
Abstract
Glaucoma is characterized by a continuous loss of retinal ganglion cells. The cause of glaucoma is associated with an increase in intraocular pressure (IOP), but the underlying pathophysiology is diverse and, in most cases, unknown. There is an indisputable unmet need to identify new pathways involved in glaucoma pathogenesis. Increasing evidence suggests that bioactive lipids may be critical in the development and progression of glaucoma. Preclinical and clinical bioactive lipid targets exist and are being developed. In this review, we aim to shed light on the potential of bioactive lipids for the prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of glaucoma by asking the question "is fat the future for saving sight".
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- Miriam Kolko
- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Ophthalmology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Tamura Y, Sassa T, Nishizawa T, Kihara A. Incomplete Elongation of Ultra-long-chain Polyunsaturated Acyl-CoAs by the Fatty Acid Elongase ELOVL4 in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 34. Mol Cell Biol 2023; 43:1-17. [PMID: 36748939 PMCID: PMC9980445 DOI: 10.1080/10985549.2023.2169563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are autosomal dominant diseases characterized by cerebellar atrophy and ataxia. The SCA subtype SCA34 is caused by specific mutations in the gene ELOVL4, which encodes a fatty acid (FA) elongase that synthesizes ultra-long-chain (ULC; ≥C26) FAs. However, the pathogenesis and molecular mechanism that confers dominant inheritance remains unknown. Here, a cell-based assay demonstrated that each of the five known SCA34 mutants produced shorter ULC polyunsaturated FA-containing phosphatidylcholines (ULC-PCs) than wild-type protein, in the following order of severity: Q180P and T233M > W246G > I171T and L168F. Next, we generated knock-in mouse embryonic stem cells that contained heterozygous Q180P, heterozygous W246G, or homozygous W246G mutations. Neuronal differentiation-dependent production of ULC-PCs was reduced in heterozygous Q180P and homozygous W246G cells relative to control cells, and we observed shortening of the FA moiety in all mutant cells. This FA shortening was consistent with our prediction that amino acid residues substituted by SCA34 mutations are located in the transmembrane helices that interact with the ω-end region of the FA moiety of the substrate acyl-CoA. Hence, reduced levels and shortening of ULC-PCs in neurons may cause SCA34, and incomplete elongation of ULC polyunsaturated acyl-CoAs by mutated ELOVL4 may induce dominant inheritance.
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- Yuka Tamura
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Sajovic J, Meglič A, Volk M, Maver A, Jarc-Vidmar M, Hawlina M, Fakin A. Stargardt-like Clinical Characteristics and Disease Course Associated with Variants in the WDR19 Gene. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:genes14020291. [PMID: 36833218 PMCID: PMC9957452 DOI: 10.3390/genes14020291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Variants in WDR19 (IFT144) have been implicated as another possible cause of Stargardt disease. The purpose of this study was to compare longitudinal multimodal imaging of a WDR19-Stargardt patient, harboring p.(Ser485Ile) and a novel c.(3183+1_3184-1)_(3261+1_3262-1)del variant, with 43 ABCA4-Stargardt patients. Age at onset, visual acuity, Ishihara color vision, color fundus, fundus autofluorescence (FAF), spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) images, microperimetry and electroretinography (ERG) were evaluated. First symptom of WDR19 patient was nyctalopia at the age of 5 years. After the age of 18 years, OCT showed hyper-reflectivity at the level of the external limiting membrane/outer nuclear layer. There was abnormal cone and rod photoreceptor function on ERG. Widespread fundus flecks appeared, followed by perifoveal photoreceptor atrophy. Fovea and peripapillary retina remained preserved until the latest exam at 25 years of age. ABCA4 patients had median age of onset at 16 (range 5-60) years and mostly displayed typical Stargardt triad. A total of 19% had foveal sparing. In comparison to ABCA4 patients, the WDR19 patient had a relatively large foveal preservation and severe rod photoreceptor impairment; however, it was still within the ABCA4 disease spectrum. Addition of WDR19 in the group of genes producing phenocopies of Stargardt disease underlines the importance of genetic testing and may help to understand its pathogenesis.
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- Jana Sajovic
- Eye Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Grablovičeva 46, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Eye Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Grablovičeva 46, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Clinical Institute of Genomic Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Šlajmerjeva 4, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Clinical Institute of Genomic Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Šlajmerjeva 4, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Eye Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Grablovičeva 46, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Eye Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Grablovičeva 46, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Eye Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Grablovičeva 46, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Correspondence:
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Magny R, Regazzetti A, Kessal K, Christin O, Baudouin C, Roulland E, Brignole-Baudouin F, Laprévote O, Auzeil N. Identification of new Omega-3 very long chain poly-unsaturated fatty acids in meibomian gland secretions. Biochimie 2022; 203:3-10. [PMID: 35476941 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2022.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Three new very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLC PUFA) belonging to the omega-3 family have been identified in meibum samples collected by Schirmer strips. These VLC PUFA, namely FA (32:3), FA (34:3) and FA (36:3), were detected in O-acyl-ω-hydroxy fatty acids using a molecular network approach, and as free fatty acids. Identification was supported by retention time prediction model, exact mass determination and isotopic patterns. Double bond location was determined using cross metathesis reaction associated to tandem mass spectrometry. In meibum, synthesis of these VLC PUFA is likely to be mediated by elongation of very long chain fatty acids 4 enzyme. The biological role of these newly VLC PUFA and their occurrence in other tissues and biological fluids remains to be elucidated.
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- Romain Magny
- Sorbonne Université UM80, INSERM UMR 968, CNRS UMR 7210, Institut de la Vision, IHU ForeSight, 75012, Paris, France; Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CiTCoM, F-75006, Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université UM80, INSERM UMR 968, CNRS UMR 7210, Institut de la Vision, IHU ForeSight, 75012, Paris, France; CIC 1423, Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, IHU ForeSight, 75012, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CiTCoM, F-75006, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université UM80, INSERM UMR 968, CNRS UMR 7210, Institut de la Vision, IHU ForeSight, 75012, Paris, France; CIC 1423, Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, IHU ForeSight, 75012, Paris, France; Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, Université Versailles St Quentin en Yvelines, Paris Saclay, 78180, Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France
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- Sorbonne Université UM80, INSERM UMR 968, CNRS UMR 7210, Institut de la Vision, IHU ForeSight, 75012, Paris, France; Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CiTCoM, F-75006, Paris, France; Laboratoire d'ophtalmobiologie, Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, IHU ForeSight, 75012, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CiTCoM, F-75006, Paris, France; Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Service de Biochimie, 75015, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CiTCoM, F-75006, Paris, France.
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Kawaguchi K, Nagao H, Shindou H, Noguchi H. Conformations of Three Types of Ultra-Long-Chain Fatty Acids in Multicomponent Lipid Bilayers. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:9316-9324. [PMID: 36334092 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c06189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Ultra-long-chain fatty acids (ULCFAs) are biosynthesized in certain types of tissues, but their biological roles remain unknown. Here, we report how the conformation of ULCFAs depends on the length and unsaturated-bond ratio of the ultra-long chains and the composition of the host bilayer membrane using molecular dynamics simulations. The ultra-long chain of ULCFAs flips between the two leaflets and fluctuates among three conformations: elongated, L-shaped, and turned. Furthermore, we found that the saturated ultra-long chain exhibited an elongated conformation more frequently than the unsaturated chain. In addition, the truncation of the ultra-long chain at C26 had little effect on the remaining ULCFAs. ULCFAs respond to lipid-density differences in the two leaflets, and the ratio of the elongated and turned conformations changed to reduce this difference. However, in cholesterol-containing membranes, ULCFAs exhibit no density difference after the flip-flop of cholesterol removes the difference.
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- Kazutomo Kawaguchi
- Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa920-1192, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa920-1192, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Lipid Life Science, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo162-8655, Japan.,Department of Medical Lipid Science, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo113-0033, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa277-8581, Chiba, Japan
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Li X, Bai Y, Li J, Chen Z, Ma Y, Shi B, Han X, Luo Y, Hu J, Wang J, Liu X, Li S, Zhao Z. Transcriptional analysis of microRNAs related to unsaturated fatty acid synthesis by interfering bovine adipocyte ACSL1 gene. Front Genet 2022; 13:994806. [PMID: 36226194 PMCID: PMC9548527 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.994806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Long-chain fatty acyl-CoA synthase 1 (ACSL1) plays a vital role in the synthesis and metabolism of fatty acids. The proportion of highly unsaturated fatty acids in beef not only affects the flavor and improves the meat’s nutritional value. In this study, si-ACSL1 and NC-ACSL1 were transfected in bovine preadipocytes, respectively, collected cells were isolated on the fourth day of induction, and then RNA-Seq technology was used to screen miRNAs related to unsaturated fatty acid synthesis. A total of 1,075 miRNAs were characterized as differentially expressed miRNAs (DE-miRNAs), of which the expressions of 16 miRNAs were upregulated, and that of 12 were downregulated. Gene ontology analysis indicated that the target genes of DE-miRNAs were mainly involved in biological regulation and metabolic processes. Additionally, KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) pathway analysis identified that the target genes of DE-miRNAs were mainly enriched in metabolic pathways, fatty acid metabolism, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, glycerophospholipid metabolism, fatty acid elongation, and glucagon signaling pathway. Combined with the previous mRNA sequencing results, several key miRNA-mRNA targeting relationship pairs, i.e., novel-m0035-5p—ACSL1, novel-m0035-5p—ELOVL4, miR-9-X—ACSL1, bta-miR-677—ACSL1, miR-129-X—ELOVL4, and bta-miR-485—FADS2 were screened via the miRNA-mRNA interaction network. Thus, the results of this study provide a theoretical basis for further research on miRNA regulation of unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in bovine adipocytes.
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Chen CT, Shao Z, Fu Z. Dysfunctional peroxisomal lipid metabolisms and their ocular manifestations. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:982564. [PMID: 36187472 PMCID: PMC9524157 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.982564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Retina is rich in lipids and dyslipidemia causes retinal dysfunction and eye diseases. In retina, lipids are not only important membrane component in cells and organelles but also fuel substrates for energy production. However, our current knowledge of lipid processing in the retina are very limited. Peroxisomes play a critical role in lipid homeostasis and genetic disorders with peroxisomal dysfunction have different types of ocular complications. In this review, we focus on the role of peroxisomes in lipid metabolism, including degradation and detoxification of very-long-chain fatty acids, branched-chain fatty acids, dicarboxylic acids, reactive oxygen/nitrogen species, glyoxylate, and amino acids, as well as biosynthesis of docosahexaenoic acid, plasmalogen and bile acids. We also discuss the potential contributions of peroxisomal pathways to eye health and summarize the reported cases of ocular symptoms in patients with peroxisomal disorders, corresponding to each disrupted peroxisomal pathway. We also review the cross-talk between peroxisomes and other organelles such as lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria.
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- Chuck T. Chen
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Post-Graduate Medical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- The Genetics Program, North York General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- *Correspondence: Zhongjie Fu,
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Coenzyme Q10 in the eye isomerizes by sunlight irradiation. Sci Rep 2022; 12:12104. [PMID: 35840805 PMCID: PMC9287378 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16343-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Photoisomerization of lipids has been well studied. As for the eyes, photoisomerization from 11-cis isomer to all-trans-retinal is well-known as the first step of the visual transduction in the photoreceptors. In addition to that, there would be other ocular lipids that undergo photoisomerization, which may be involved in ocular health and function. To explore any photoisomerizable lipids in the eyes, the nonirradiated and sunlight-irradiated eyeball extracts were subjected to liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis, followed by the identification of the decreased lipid species in the irradiated extracts. Surprisingly, more than nine hundred lipid species were decreased in the irradiated extracts. Three lipid species, coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), triglyceride(58:4), and coenzyme Q9, were decreased both significantly (p < 0.05) and by more than two-fold, where CoQ10 showed the most significant decrease. Later, photoisomerization was identified as the prominent cause underlying the decrease of CoQ10. Interestingly, CoQ10 in the sunlight-irradiated fresh eyeballs was also isomerized. Both the visible light and ultraviolet radiation were capable of producing CoQ10 isomer, while the latter showed rapid action. This study is believed to enhance our understanding of the biochemistry and photodamage of the eye and can potentially contribute to the advancement of opto-lipidomics.
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Cheng V, Rallabandi R, Gorusupudi A, Lucas S, Rognon G, Bernstein PS, Rainier JD, Conboy JC. Influence of very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on membrane structure and dynamics. Biophys J 2022; 121:2730-2741. [PMID: 35711144 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The unique attributes of very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLC-PUFAs), their long carbon chains (n > 24) and high degree of unsaturation, impart unique chemical and physical properties to this class of fatty acids. The changes imparted by VLC-PUFA 32:6 n-3 on lipid packing and the compression moduli of model membranes were evaluated from π-A isotherms of VLC-PUFA in 1,2-distearoyl-sn-3-glycero-phosphocholine (DSPC) lipid monolayers. To compare the attractive or repulsive forces between VLC-PUFA and DSPC lipid monolayers, the measured mean molecular areas (MMAs) were compared with the calculated MMAs of an ideal mixture of VLC-PUFA and DSPC. The presence of 0.1, 1, and 10 mol % VLC-PUFA shifted the π-A isotherm to higher MMAs of the lipids comprising the membrane and the observed positive deviations from ideal behavior of the mixed VLC-PUFA:DSPC monolayers correspond to repulsive forces between VLC-PUFAs and DSPC. The MMA of the VLC-PUFA component was estimated using the measured MMAs of DSPC of 47.1 ± 0.7 Å2/molecule, to be 15,000, 1100, and 91 Å2/molecule at 0.1, 1, and 10 mol % VLC-PUFA:DSPC mixtures, respectively. The large MMAs of VLC-PUFA suggest that the docosahexaenoic acid tail reinserts into the membrane and adopts a nonlinear structure in the membrane, which is most pronounced at 0.1 mol % VLC-PUFA. The presence of 0.1 mol % VLC-PUFA:DSPC also significantly increased the compression modulus of the membrane by 28 mN/m compared with a pure DSPC membrane. The influence of VLC-PUFA on lipid "flip-flop" was investigated by sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy. The incorporation of 0.1 mol % VLC-PUFA increased the DSPC flip-flop rate fourfold. The fact that VLC-PUFA promotes lipid translocation is noteworthy as retinal membranes require a high influx of retinoids which may be facilitated by lipid flip-flop.
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- Victoria Cheng
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Chen H, Peng T, Shang H, Shang X, Zhao X, Qu M, Song X. RNA-Seq Analysis Reveals the Potential Molecular Mechanisms of Puerarin on Intramuscular Fat Deposition in Heat-Stressed Beef Cattle. Front Nutr 2022; 9:817557. [PMID: 35387191 PMCID: PMC8978796 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.817557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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To investigate the effect of Puerarin on intramuscular fat deposition in heat-stressed beef cattle and its underlying mechanism. Thirty-two healthy Jinjiang bulls were randomly divided into four groups and dietary with 0 (Control), 200 (Pue200), 400 (Pue400), and 800 (Pue800) mg/kg Puerarin in the feed concentrate. The results showed that Puerarin treatment enhanced the concentration of crude fat, fatty acid (C14:1 and C17:1), and the activity of fatty acid synthase in Longissimus thoracis (LT), but decreased the levels of blood leptin (P < 0.05). High-throughput sequencing of mRNA technology (RNA-Seq) was used and the analysis showed that 492 genes were down-regulated and 341 genes were up-regulated in LT, and these genes were significantly enriched to the pathways related to lipid metabolism. These results indicated that dietary supplemental with Puerarin enhanced intramuscular fat deposition by regulating lipid metabolism of heat-stressed beef cattle.
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Landowski M, Bowes Rickman C. Targeting Lipid Metabolism for the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Insights from Preclinical Mouse Models. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 2021; 38:3-32. [PMID: 34788573 PMCID: PMC8817708 DOI: 10.1089/jop.2021.0067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major leading cause of irreversible visual impairment in the world with limited therapeutic interventions. Histological, biochemical, genetic, and epidemiological studies strongly implicate dysregulated lipid metabolism in the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) in AMD pathobiology. However, effective therapies targeting lipid metabolism still need to be identified and developed for this blinding disease. To test lipid metabolism-targeting therapies, preclinical AMD mouse models are needed to establish therapeutic efficacy and the role of lipid metabolism in the development of AMD-like pathology. In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of current AMD mouse models available to researchers that could be used to provide preclinical evidence supporting therapies targeting lipid metabolism for AMD. Based on previous studies of AMD mouse models, we discuss strategies to modulate lipid metabolism as well as examples of studies evaluating lipid-targeting therapeutics to restore lipid processing in the RPE. The use of AMD mouse models may lead to worthy lipid-targeting candidate therapies for clinical trials to prevent the blindness caused by AMD.
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- Michael Landowski
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.,McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.,Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.,Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Retinal bioavailability and functional effects of a synthetic very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2017739118. [PMID: 33526677 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2017739118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Rare, nondietary very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLC-PUFAs) are uniquely found in the retina and a few other vertebrate tissues. These special fatty acids play a clinically significant role in retinal degeneration and development, but their physiological and interventional research has been hampered because pure VLC-PUFAs are scarce. We hypothesize that if Stargardt-3 or age-related macular degeneration patients were to consume an adequate amount of VLC-PUFAs that could be directly used in the retina, it may be possible to bypass the steps of lipid elongation mediated by the retina's ELOVL4 enzyme and to delay or prevent degeneration. We report the synthesis of a VLC-PUFA (32:6 n-3) in sufficient quantity to study its bioavailability and functional benefits in the mouse retina. We acutely and chronically gavage fed wild-type mice and Elovl4 rod-cone conditional knockout mice this synthetic VLC-PUFA to understand its bioavailability and its role in visual function. VLC-PUFA-fed wild-type and Elovl4 conditional knockout mice show a significant increase in retinal VLC-PUFA levels in comparison to controls. The VLC-PUFA-fed mice also had improvement in the animals' visual acuity and electroretinography measurements. Further studies with synthetic VLC-PUFAs will continue to expand our understanding of the physiological roles of these unique retinal lipids, particularly with respect to their potential utility for the treatment and prevention of retinal degenerative diseases.
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Ruiz-Pastor MJ, Kutsyr O, Lax P, Cuenca N. Decrease in DHA and other fatty acids correlates with photoreceptor degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa. Exp Eye Res 2021; 209:108667. [PMID: 34119484 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2021.108667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Fatty acids, and especially docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), are essential for photoreceptor cell integrity and are involved in the phototransduction cascade. In this study, we analyzed the changes in the fatty acid profile in the retina of the rd10 mouse, model of retinitis pigmentosa, in order to identify potential risk factors for retinal degeneration and possible therapeutic approaches. Fatty acids from C57BL/6J and rd10 mouse retinas were extracted with Folch's method and analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Changes in retinal morphology were evaluated by immunohistochemistry. The rd10 mouse retina showed a decreased number of photoreceptor rows and alterations in photoreceptor morphology compared to C57BL/6J mice. The total amount of fatty acids dropped by 29.4% in the dystrophic retinas compared to C57BL/6J retinas. A positive correlation was found between the retinal content of specific fatty acids and the number of photoreceptor rows. We found that the amount of several short-chain and long-chain saturated fatty acids, as well as monounsaturated fatty acids, decreased in the retina of rd10 mice. Moreover, the content of the n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid arachidonic acid and the n-3 polyunsaturated DHA decreased markedly in the dystrophic retina. The fall of DHA was more pronounced, hence the n-6/n-3 ratio was significantly increased in the diseased retina. The content of specific fatty acids in the retina decreased with photoreceptor degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa mice, with a remarkable reduction in DHA and other saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. These fatty acids could be essential for photoreceptor cell viability, and they should be evaluated for the design of therapeutical strategies and nutritional supplements.
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- María José Ruiz-Pastor
- Department of Physiology, Genetics, and Microbiology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Genetics, and Microbiology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Genetics, and Microbiology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
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- Department of Physiology, Genetics, and Microbiology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
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Nie L, Pascoa TC, Pike ACW, Bushell SR, Quigley A, Ruda GF, Chu A, Cole V, Speedman D, Moreira T, Shrestha L, Mukhopadhyay SM, Burgess-Brown NA, Love JD, Brennan PE, Carpenter EP. The structural basis of fatty acid elongation by the ELOVL elongases. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2021; 28:512-520. [PMID: 34117479 PMCID: PMC7611377 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-021-00605-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Very long chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) are essential building blocks for the synthesis of ceramides and sphingolipids. The first step in the fatty acid elongation cycle is catalyzed by the 3-keto acyl-coenzyme A (CoA) synthases (in mammals, ELOVL elongases). Although ELOVLs are implicated in common diseases, including insulin resistance, hepatic steatosis and Parkinson's, their underlying molecular mechanisms are unknown. Here we report the structure of the human ELOVL7 elongase, which comprises an inverted transmembrane barrel surrounding a 35-Å long tunnel containing a covalently attached product analogue. The structure reveals the substrate-binding sites in the narrow tunnel and an active site deep in the membrane. We demonstrate that chain elongation proceeds via an acyl-enzyme intermediate involving the second histidine in the canonical HxxHH motif. The unusual substrate-binding arrangement and chemistry suggest mechanisms for selective ELOVL inhibition, relevant for diseases where VLCFAs accumulate, such as X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy.
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- Laiyin Nie
- Structural Genomics Consortium, Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Membrane Protein Laboratory, Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK,Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH), Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461-1602, USA
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK,Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute, Target Discovery Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Centre for Medicines Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK,Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to E.P.C. ()
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Pan WW, Wubben TJ, Besirli CG. Photoreceptor metabolic reprogramming: current understanding and therapeutic implications. Commun Biol 2021; 4:245. [PMID: 33627778 PMCID: PMC7904922 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01765-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Acquired and inherited retinal disorders are responsible for vision loss in an increasing proportion of individuals worldwide. Photoreceptor (PR) death is central to the vision loss individuals experience in these various retinal diseases. Unfortunately, there is a lack of treatment options to prevent PR loss, so an urgent unmet need exists for therapies that improve PR survival and ultimately, vision. The retina is one of the most energy demanding tissues in the body, and this is driven in large part by the metabolic needs of PRs. Recent studies suggest that disruption of nutrient availability and regulation of cell metabolism may be a unifying mechanism in PR death. Understanding retinal cell metabolism and how it is altered in disease has been identified as a priority area of research. The focus of this review is on the recent advances in the understanding of PR metabolism and how it is critical to reduction-oxidation (redox) balance, the outer retinal metabolic ecosystem, and retinal disease. The importance of these metabolic processes is just beginning to be realized and unraveling the metabolic and redox pathways integral to PR health may identify novel targets for neuroprotective strategies that prevent blindness in the heterogenous group of retinal disorders.
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- Warren W Pan
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Yeboah GK, Lobanova ES, Brush RS, Agbaga MP. Very long chain fatty acid-containing lipids: a decade of novel insights from the study of ELOVL4. J Lipid Res 2021; 62:100030. [PMID: 33556440 PMCID: PMC8042400 DOI: 10.1016/j.jlr.2021.100030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Lipids play essential roles in maintaining cell structure and function by modulating membrane fluidity and cell signaling. The fatty acid elongase-4 (ELOVL4) protein, expressed in retina, brain, Meibomian glands, skin, testes and sperm, is an essential enzyme that mediates tissue-specific biosynthesis of both VLC-PUFA and VLC-saturated fatty acids (VLC-SFA). These fatty acids play critical roles in maintaining retina and brain function, neuroprotection, skin permeability barrier maintenance, and sperm function, among other important cellular processes. Mutations in ELOVL4 that affect biosynthesis of these fatty acids cause several distinct tissue-specific human disorders that include blindness, age-related cerebellar atrophy and ataxia, skin disorders, early-childhood seizures, mental retardation, and mortality, which underscores the essential roles of ELOVL4 products for life. However, the mechanisms by which one tissue makes VLC-PUFA and another makes VLC-SFA, and how these fatty acids exert their important functional roles in each tissue, remain unknown. This review summarizes research over that last decade that has contributed to our current understanding of the role of ELOVL4 and its products in cellular function. In the retina, VLC-PUFA and their bioactive "Elovanoids" are essential for retinal function. In the brain, VLC-SFA are enriched in synaptic vesicles and mediate neuronal signaling by determining the rate of neurotransmitter release essential for normal neuronal function. These findings point to ELOVL4 and its products as being essential for life. Therefore, mutations and/or age-related epigenetic modifications of fatty acid biosynthetic gene activity that affect VLC-SFA and VLC-PUFA biosynthesis contribute to age-related dysfunction of ELOVL4-expressing tissues.
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- Gyening Kofi Yeboah
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
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Yu P, Wang Y, Yang WT, Li Z, Zhang XJ, Zhou L, Gui JF. Upregulation of the PPAR signaling pathway and accumulation of lipids are related to the morphological and structural transformation of the dragon-eye goldfish eye. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2021; 64:1031-1049. [PMID: 33428077 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-020-1814-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Goldfish comprise around 300 different strains with drastically altered and aesthetical morphologies making them suitable models for evolutionary developmental biology. The dragon-eye strain is characterized by protruding eyes (analogous to those of Chinese dragons). Although the strain has been selected for about 400 years, the mechanism of its eye development remains unclear. In this study, a stable dragon-eye goldfish strain with a clear genetic background was rapidly established and studied. We found that upregulation of the PPAR signaling pathway accompanied by an increase in lipid accumulation might trigger the morphological and structural transformation of the eye in dragon-eye goldfish. At the developmental stage of proptosis (eye protrusion), downregulation of the phototransduction pathway was consistent with the structural defects and myopia of the dragon-eye strain. With the impairment of retinal development, cytokine-induced inflammation was activated, especially after proptosis, similar to the pathologic symptoms of many human ocular diseases. In addition, differentially expressed transcription factors were significantly enriched in the PAX and homeobox families, two well-known transcription factor families involved in eye development. Therefore, our findings reveal the dynamic changes in key pathways during eye development in dragon-eye goldfish, and provide insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying drastically altered eyes in goldfish and human ocular disease.
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- Peng Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Anderson DMG, Messinger JD, Patterson NH, Rivera ES, Kotnala A, Spraggins JM, Caprioli RM, Curcio CA, Schey KL. Lipid Landscape of the Human Retina and Supporting Tissues Revealed by High-Resolution Imaging Mass Spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:2426-2436. [PMID: 32628476 PMCID: PMC8161663 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The human retina provides vision at light levels ranging from starlight to sunlight. Its supporting tissues regulate plasma-delivered lipophilic essentials for vision, including retinoids. The macula is an anatomic specialization for high-acuity and color vision that is also vulnerable to prevalent blinding diseases. The retina's exquisite architecture comprises numerous cell types that are aligned horizontally, yielding structurally distinct cell, synaptic, and vascular layers that are visible in histology and in diagnostic clinical imaging. MALDI imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) is now capable of uniting low micrometer spatial resolution with high levels of chemical specificity. In this study, a multimodal imaging approach fortified with accurate multi-image registration was used to localize lipids in human retina tissue at laminar, cellular, and subcellular levels. Multimodal imaging results indicate differences in distributions and abundances of lipid species across and within single cell types. Of note are distinct localizations of signals within specific layers of the macula. For example, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylinositol lipids were localized to central RPE cells, whereas specific plasmalogen lipids were localized to cells of the perifoveal RPE and Henle fiber layer. Subcellular compartments of photoreceptors were distinguished by PE(20:0_22:5) in the outer nuclear layer, PE(18:0_22:6) in outer and inner segments, and cardiolipin CL(70:5) in the mitochondria-rich inner segments. Several lipids, differing by a single double bond, have markedly different distributions between the central fovea and the ganglion cell and inner nuclear layers. A lipid atlas, initiated in this study, can serve as a reference database for future examination of diseased tissues.
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- David M G Anderson
- Department of Biochemistry and Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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Vidal E, Jun B, Gordon WC, Maire MA, Martine L, Grégoire S, Khoury S, Cabaret S, Berdeaux O, Acar N, Bretillon L, Bazan NG. Bioavailability and spatial distribution of fatty acids in the rat retina after dietary omega-3 supplementation. J Lipid Res 2020; 61:1733-1746. [PMID: 33127836 PMCID: PMC7707163 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.ra120001057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Spatial changes of FAs in the retina in response to different dietary n-3 formulations have never been explored, although a diet rich in EPA and DHA is recommended to protect the retina against the effects of aging. In this study, Wistar rats were fed for 8 weeks with balanced diet including either EPA-containing phospholipids (PLs), EPA-containing TGs, DHA-containing PLs, or DHA-containing TGs. Qualitative changes in FA composition of plasma, erythrocytes, and retina were evaluated by gas chromatography-flame ionization detector. Following the different dietary intakes, changes to the quantity and spatial organization of PC and PE species in retina were determined by LC coupled to MS/MS and MALDI coupled to MS imaging. The omega-3 content in the lipids of plasma and erythrocytes suggests that PLs as well as TGs are good omega-3 carriers for retina. However, a significant increase in DHA content in retina was observed, especially molecular species as di-DHA-containing PC and PE, as well as an increase in very long chain PUFAs (more than 28 carbons) following PL-EPA and TG-DHA diets only. All supplemented diets triggered spatial organization changes of DHA in the photoreceptor layer around the optic nerve. Taken together, these findings suggest that dietary omega-3 supplementation can modify the content of FAs in the rat retina.
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- Elisa Vidal
- Eye and Nutrition Research Group, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, AgroSup Dijon, INRAE, CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France; Horus Pharma Laboratories, Saint Laurent du Var, France
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Eye and Nutrition Research Group, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, AgroSup Dijon, INRAE, CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Eye and Nutrition Research Group, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, AgroSup Dijon, INRAE, CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Eye and Nutrition Research Group, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, AgroSup Dijon, INRAE, CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Chemosens Group, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, AgroSup Dijon, CNRS, INRAE, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Chemosens Group, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, AgroSup Dijon, CNRS, INRAE, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Chemosens Group, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, AgroSup Dijon, CNRS, INRAE, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Eye and Nutrition Research Group, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, AgroSup Dijon, INRAE, CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Eye and Nutrition Research Group, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, AgroSup Dijon, INRAE, CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France.
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Serrano R, Navarro JC, Portolés T, Sales C, Beltrán J, Monroig Ó, Hernández F. Identification of new, very long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in fish by gas chromatography coupled to quadrupole/time-of-flight mass spectrometry with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization. Anal Bioanal Chem 2020; 413:1039-1046. [PMID: 33210175 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-03062-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The characterization of very long-chain (>C24) polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLC-PUFAs), which are essential in the vision, neural function, and reproduction of vertebrates, is challenging because of the lack of reference standards and their very low concentrations in certain lipid classes. In this research, we have developed a new methodology for VLC-PUFA identification based on gas chromatography coupled to quadrupole/time-of-flight mass spectrometry with an atmospheric pressure chemical ionization source (GC-APCI-QTOF MS). The mass accuracy attainable with the innovative QTOF instrument, together with the soft ionization of the APCI source, provides valuable information on the intact molecule, traditionally lost with electron ionization sources due to the extensive fragmentation suffered. We have identified, for the first time, VLC-PUFAs with chains up to 44 carbons in eyes, brain, and gonads of gilthead sea bream, a commercially important fish in the Mediterranean. The added value of ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IMS), recently developed in combination with GC-QTOF MS, and the contribution of the collisional cross section (CCS) parameter in the characterization of novel VLC-PUFAs (for which reference standards are not available) have been also evaluated. The methodology developed has allowed assessing qualitative differences between farmed and wild fish, and opens new perspectives in a still scarcely known field of research.
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- Roque Serrano
- Research Institute for Pesticides and Water (IUPA), University Jaume I, Av. Sos Baynat S/N, 12071, Castellón, Spain. .,Research Unit of Marine Ecotoxicology (IATS-IUPA), Ribera de Cabanes, S/N, 12595, Cabanes, Castellón, Spain.
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- Research Unit of Marine Ecotoxicology (IATS-IUPA), Ribera de Cabanes, S/N, 12595, Cabanes, Castellón, Spain.,Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC), Ribera de Cabanes, S/N, 12595, Cabanes, Castellón, Spain
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- Research Institute for Pesticides and Water (IUPA), University Jaume I, Av. Sos Baynat S/N, 12071, Castellón, Spain
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- Research Institute for Pesticides and Water (IUPA), University Jaume I, Av. Sos Baynat S/N, 12071, Castellón, Spain
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- Research Institute for Pesticides and Water (IUPA), University Jaume I, Av. Sos Baynat S/N, 12071, Castellón, Spain
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- Research Unit of Marine Ecotoxicology (IATS-IUPA), Ribera de Cabanes, S/N, 12595, Cabanes, Castellón, Spain.,Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC), Ribera de Cabanes, S/N, 12595, Cabanes, Castellón, Spain
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- Research Institute for Pesticides and Water (IUPA), University Jaume I, Av. Sos Baynat S/N, 12071, Castellón, Spain.,Research Unit of Marine Ecotoxicology (IATS-IUPA), Ribera de Cabanes, S/N, 12595, Cabanes, Castellón, Spain
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Kawaguchi K, Nakagawa KM, Nakagawa S, Shindou H, Nagao H, Noguchi H. Conformation of ultra-long-chain fatty acid in lipid bilayer: Molecular dynamics study. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:165101. [PMID: 33138431 DOI: 10.1063/5.0026030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Ultra-long-chain fatty acids (ULCFAs) are biosynthesized in the restricted tissues such as retina, testis, and skin. The conformation of a single ULCFA, in which the sn-1 unsaturated chain has 32 carbons, in three types of phospholipid bilayers is studied by molecular dynamics simulations. It is found that the ultra-long tail of the ULCFA flips between two leaflets and fluctuates among an elongation into the opposite leaflet, lies between two leaflets, and turns back. As the number ratio of lipids in the opposite leaflet increases, the ratio of the elongated shape linearly decreases in all three cases. Thus, ULCFAs can sense the density differences between the two leaflets and respond to these changes.
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- Kazutomo Kawaguchi
- Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Lipid Signaling, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan
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- Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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Barrientos RC, Zhang Q. Recent advances in the mass spectrometric analysis of glycosphingolipidome - A review. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1132:134-155. [PMID: 32980104 PMCID: PMC7525043 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.05.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Revised: 05/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Aberrant expression of glycosphingolipids has been implicated in a myriad of diseases, but our understanding of the strucural diversity, spatial distribution, and biological function of this class of biomolecules remains limited. These challenges partly stem from a lack of sensitive tools that can detect, identify, and quantify glycosphingolipids at the molecular level. Mass spectrometry has emerged as a powerful tool poised to address most of these challenges. Here, we review the recent developments in analytical glycosphingolipidomics with an emphasis on sample preparation, mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry-based structural characterization, label-free and labeling-based quantification. We also discuss the nomenclature of glycosphingolipids, and emerging technologies like ion mobility spectrometry in differentiation of glycosphingolipid isomers. The intrinsic advantages and shortcomings of each method are carefully critiqued in line with an individual's research goals. Finally, future perspectives on analytical sphingolipidomics are stated, including a need for novel and more sensive methods in isomer separation, low abundance species detection, and profiling the spatial distribution of glycosphingolipid molecular species in cells and tissues using imaging mass spectrometry.
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- Rodell C Barrientos
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States; UNCG Center for Translational Biomedical Research, NC Research Campus, Kannapolis, NC, 28081, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States; UNCG Center for Translational Biomedical Research, NC Research Campus, Kannapolis, NC, 28081, United States.
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Tao J, Wang Y, Li L, Zheng J, Liang S. Critical Roles of ELVOL4 and IL-33 in the Progression of Obesity-Related Cardiomyopathy via Integrated Bioinformatics Analysis. Front Physiol 2020; 11:542. [PMID: 32581837 PMCID: PMC7291781 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The molecular mechanisms underlying obesity-related cardiomyopathy (ORCM) progression involve multiple signaling pathways, and the pharmacological treatment for ORCM is still limited. Thus, it is necessary to explore new targets and develop novel therapies. Microarray analysis for gene expression profiles using different bioinformatics tools has been an effective strategy for identifying novel targets for various diseases. In this study, we aimed to explore the potential genes related to ORCM using the integrated bioinformatics analysis. The GSE18897 (whole blood expression profiling of obese diet-sensitive, obese diet-resistant, and lean human subjects) and GSE47022 (regular weight C57BL/6 and diet-induced obese C57BL/6 mice) were used for bioinformatics analysis. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) of GSE18897 was employed to investigate gene modules that were strongly correlated with clinical phenotypes. Gene Ontology (GO) functional enrichment analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis were performed on the co-expression genes. The expression levels of the hub genes were validated in the clinical samples. Yellow co-expression module of WGCNA in GSE18897 was found to be significantly related to the caloric restriction treatment. In addition, GO functional enrichment analysis and KEGG pathway analysis were performed on the co-expression genes in yellow co-expression module, which showed an association with oxygen transport and the porphyrins pathway. Overlap analysis of yellow co-expression module genes from GSE18897 andGSE47022 revealed six upregulated genes, and further experimental validation results showed that elongation of very-long-chain fatty acids protein 4 (ELOVL4), matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8), and interleukin-33 (IL-33) were upregulated in the peripheral blood from patients with ORCM compared to that in the controls. The bioinformatics analysis revealed that ELOVL4 expression levels are positively correlated with that of IL-33. Collectively, using WGCNA in combination with integrated bioinformatics analysis, the hub genes of ELVOL4 and IL-33 might serve as potential biomarkers for diagnosis and/or therapeutic targets for ORCM. The detailed roles of ELVOL4 and IL-33 in the pathophysiology of ORCM still require further investigation.
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- Jun Tao
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Nafar Z, Wen R, Guan Z, Li Y, Jiao S. Quantifying lipofuscin in retinal pigment epithelium in vivo by visible-light optical coherence tomography-based multimodal imaging. Sci Rep 2020; 10:2942. [PMID: 32076069 PMCID: PMC7031367 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59951-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Lipofuscin in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is the major source of fundus autofluorescence (FAF). A technical challenge to accurately quantify the FAF intensities, thus the lipofuscin concentration, is to compensate the light attenuation of RPE melanin. We developed the VIS-OCT-FAF technology to accomplish optical coherence tomography (OCT) and FAF simultaneously with a single broadband visible light source. We demonstrated that light attenuation by RPE melanin can be assessed and corrected using the depth-resolved OCT signals. FAF images from albino and pigmented rats showed that without compensation, FAF signals from pigmented rats are lower than that from albinos. After compensation, however, FAF signals from pigmented rats are higher. This finding is supported by measurements of lipofuscin fluorophore A2E in the RPE using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) showing that compensated FAF intensities correlate linearly with A2E contents. The present work represents an important step toward accurately assessing RPE lipofuscin concentrations by FAF.
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- Zahra Nafar
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, 10555 W Flagler St, Miami, FL, 33174, USA
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1638 NW 10 Ave, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, 307 Research Dr, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1638 NW 10 Ave, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, 10555 W Flagler St, Miami, FL, 33174, USA.
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Liang H, Xu L, Zhao X, Pan K, Yi Z, Bai J, Qi X, Xin J, Li M, Ouyang K, Song X, Liu C, Qu M. RNA-Seq analysis reveals the potential molecular mechanisms of daidzein on adipogenesis in subcutaneous adipose tissue of finishing Xianan beef cattle. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2019; 104:1-11. [PMID: 31850600 DOI: 10.1111/jpn.13218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Daidzein has been reported to be effective in regulating lipid metabolism in animals. However, the molecular mechanisms of daidzein on adipogenesis in beef cattle are not yet reported and the results of daidzein on affecting lipid metabolism in other species have been conflicting. High-throughput sequencing of mRNA (RNA-Seq) technology was performed to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms of daidzein on adipogenesis in subcutaneous adipose tissue of finishing Xianan beef cattle. A total of 893 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified by differential expression analysis, among which 405 genes were upregulated and 488 genes were downregulated. Bioinformatics analysis suggested that these DEGs were significantly enriched to the pathways related to lipid metabolism including ECM-receptor interaction, Glycolysis/Gluconeogenesis and Hedgehog signalling pathway. Daidzein significantly affected the candidate genes (Shh, Pec, Gli, Wnt6, DLK, IGFBP2, ID3 and C/EBPE) related to adipocyte differentiation. Besides, daidzein improved the ability of subcutaneous adipocytes in synthesizing triglycerides by directly using the long-chain fatty acids and enhanced the efficiency of triglyceride synthesis of subcutaneous adipocytes in Xianan steers. In conclusion, daidzein plays a positive role not only in adipogenic differentiation, but also in triglyceride synthesis in subcutaneous adipose tissue of Xianan beef cattle.
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- Huan Liang
- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Animal Husbandry Bureau of Biyang County, Biyang, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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Skowronska-Krawczyk D, Budin I. Aging membranes: Unexplored functions for lipids in the lifespan of the central nervous system. Exp Gerontol 2019; 131:110817. [PMID: 31862420 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2019.110817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Lipids constitute a significant group of biological metabolites and the building blocks of all cell membranes. The abundance and stoichiometries of different lipid species are known to vary across the lifespan and metabolic state, yet the functional effects of these changes have been challenging to understand. Here we review the potentially powerful intersection of lipid metabolism, which determines membrane composition, and aging. We first introduce several key lipid classes that are associated with aging and aging-related disease, where they are found in organisms, and how they act on membrane structure and function. Instead of neutral lipids, which have primary roles in energy storage and homeostasis, we review known functions for polar lipids that control the physicochemical properties of cell membranes. We then focus on aging processes in the central nervous system (CNS), which is enriched in lipids and is highly dependent on membrane structure for function. Recent studies show how lipids act not just as biomarkers of aging and associated changes in the CNS, but as direct mediators of these processes. As a model system, we explore how fatty acid composition in the retina impact aging and aging-related disease. We propose that the biophysical effects of membrane structure on fundamental eukaryotic processes - mitochondrial respiration and autophagy - provide avenues by which lipid dysregulation can accelerate aging processes. Finally, we lay out ways in which an increased understanding of lipid membrane biology can be applied to studies of aging and lifespan.
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- Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk
- Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology, School do Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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Elovanoids counteract oligomeric β-amyloid-induced gene expression and protect photoreceptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:24317-24325. [PMID: 31712409 PMCID: PMC6883841 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1912959116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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This study uncovers biosynthetic pathway insufficiencies of prohomeostatic/neuroprotective mediators neuroprotectin D1 and elovanoids in the retina during early pathogenesis in transgenic Alzheimer’s disease 5xFAD mouse. These changes correlate with photoreceptor cell functional impairments preceding their loss. Amyloid beta (Aβ) peptide accumulates in drusen in AMD. Thus, injecting oligomeric Aβ in wild-type mice behind the retina leads to photoreceptor cell degeneration and transcriptional disruptions including upregulation of a senescence program and of senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). Similar changes take place in human retinal pigment epithelium cells in culture. Novel lipid mediators, the elovanoids, restore Aβ-peptide-induced gene expression changes and SASP secretome and, in turn, protect these cells. This study opens avenues of potential therapeutic exploration of elovanoids for AMD. The onset of neurodegenerative diseases activates inflammation that leads to progressive neuronal cell death and impairments in cognition (Alzheimer’s disease) and sight (age-related macular degeneration [AMD]). How neuroinflammation can be counteracted is not known. In AMD, amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) accumulates in subretinal drusen. In the 5xFAD retina, we found early functional deficiencies (ERG) without photoreceptor cell (PRC) death and identified early insufficiency in biosynthetic pathways of prohomeostatic/neuroprotective mediators neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1) and elovanoids (ELVs). To mimic an inflammatory milieu in wild-type mouse, we triggered retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) damage/PRC death by subretinally injected oligomeric β-amyloid (OAβ) and observed that ELVs administration counteracted their effects, protecting these cells. In addition, ELVs prevented OAβ-induced changes in gene expression engaged in senescence, inflammation, autophagy, extracellular matrix remodeling, and AMD. Moreover, as OAβ targets the RPE, we used primary human RPE cell cultures and demonstrated that OAβ caused cell damage, while ELVs protected and restored gene expression as in mouse. Our data show OAβ activates senescence as reflected by enhanced expression of p16INK4a, MMP1, p53, p21, p27, and Il-6, and of senescence-associated phenotype secretome, followed by RPE and PRC demise, and that ELVs 32 and 34 blunt these events and elicit protection. In addition, ELVs counteracted OAβ-induced expression of genes engaged in AMD, autophagy, and extracellular matrix remodeling. Overall, our data uncovered that ELVs downplay OAβ-senescence program induction and inflammatory transcriptional events and protect RPE cells and PRC, and therefore have potential as a possible therapeutic avenue for AMD.
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Junjvlieke Z, Mei CG, Khan R, Zhang WZ, Hong JY, Wang L, Li SJ, Zan LS. Transcriptional regulation of bovine elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein 6 in lipid metabolism and adipocyte proliferation. J Cell Biochem 2019; 120:13932-13943. [PMID: 30945346 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.28667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2018] [Revised: 02/03/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein 6 (ELOVL6) gene encodes a key enzyme that plays a role in lipogenesis through the catalytic elongation of both saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids. Previous studies have described the high expression of bovine ELOVL6 in adipose tissues. However, transcriptional regulation and the functional role of ELOVL6 in lipid metabolism and adipocyte proliferation remain unexplored. Here, a 1.5 kb fragment of the 5'-untranslated region promoter region of ELOVL6 was amplified from the genomic DNA of Qinchuan cattle and sequenced. The core promoter region was identified through unidirectional 5'-end deletion of the promoter plasmid vector. In silico analysis predicted important transcription factors that were then validated through site-directed mutation and small interfering RNA interference with an electrophoretic mobility shift assay. We found that the binding of KLF6 and PU.1 transcription factors occurred in the region -168/+69. Both perform a vital regulatory function in the transcription of bovine ELOVL6. Overexpression of ELOVL6 significantly upregulated the expression of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARγ), but inhibited the expression of fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4), while silencing of ELOVL6 negatively regulated the messenger RNA expression level of PPARγ, FABP4, ACSL, and FATP1. In addition, ELOVL6 promotes adipocyte proliferation by regulating the cell-cycle genes' expression. Taken together, these findings provide useful information about the transcriptional regulation and functional mechanisms of bovine ELOVL6 in lipid metabolism and adipocyte proliferation in Qinchuan cattle.
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- Zainaguli Junjvlieke
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.,National Beef Cattle Improvement Center, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.,National Beef Cattle Improvement Center, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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Identification of very long-chain (>C24) fatty acid methyl esters using gas chromatography coupled to quadrupole/time-of-flight mass spectrometry with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization source. Anal Chim Acta 2019; 1051:103-109. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Age-Related Macular Degeneration. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1185:39-43. [PMID: 31884586 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-27378-1_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. Long-chain and very long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC and VLC-PUFAs) have been linked to AMD pathogenesis through epidemiologic, biochemical, and genetic studies; however, the exact mechanisms of pathogenesis are unknown. Here, we review the scientific and clinical evidence supporting the role of PUFAs in AMD and discuss future directions for elucidating the roles of these fatty acids in AMD pathogenesis.
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Hopiavuori BR, Anderson RE, Agbaga MP. ELOVL4: Very long-chain fatty acids serve an eclectic role in mammalian health and function. Prog Retin Eye Res 2018; 69:137-158. [PMID: 30982505 PMCID: PMC6688602 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2018.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Revised: 10/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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ELOngation of Very Long chain fatty acids-4 (ELOVL4) is an elongase responsible for the biosynthesis of very long chain (VLC, ≥C28) saturated (VLC-SFA) and polyunsaturated (VLC-PUFA) fatty acids in brain, retina, skin, Meibomian glands, and testes. Fascinatingly, different mutations in this gene have been reported to cause vastly different phenotypes in humans. Heterozygous inheritance of seven different mutations in the coding sequence and 5' untranslated region of ELOVL4 causes autosomal dominant Stargardt-like macular dystrophy (STGD3), while homozygous inheritance of three more mutant variants causes severe seizures with ichthyosis, hypertonia, and even death. Some recent studies have described heterozygous inheritance in yet another three mutant ELOVL4 variants, two that cause spinocerebellar ataxia-34 (SCA34) with erythrokeratodermia (EKV) and one that causes SCA34 without EKV. We identified the specific enzymatic reactions catalyzed by ELOVL4 and, using a variety of genetically engineered mouse models, have actively searched for the mechanisms by which ELOVL4 impacts neural function and health. In this review, we critically compare and contrast the various animal model and case studies involving ELOVL4 deficiency via either mutation or deletion, and the resulting consequences on neuronal health and function in both the retina and central nervous system.
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- Blake R Hopiavuori
- Oklahoma Center for Neurosciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Dean McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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- Oklahoma Center for Neurosciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Dean McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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- Oklahoma Center for Neurosciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Dean McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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Santiago Valtierra FX, Peñalva DA, Luquez JM, Furland NE, Vásquez C, Reyes JG, Aveldaño MI, Oresti GM. Elovl4 and Fa2h expression during rat spermatogenesis: a link to the very-long-chain PUFAs typical of germ cell sphingolipids. J Lipid Res 2018; 59:1175-1189. [PMID: 29724783 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m081885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The sphingolipids (SLs) of rodent spermatogenic cells (spermatocytes, spermatids) and spermatozoa contain nonhydroxylated and 2-hydroxylated versions of very-long-chain (C26-C32) PUFAs (n-V and h-V, respectively) not present in Sertoli cells (SCs). Here, we investigated the expression of selected fatty acid elongases [elongation of very-long-chain fatty acid protein (Elovl)], with a focus on Elovl4, and a fatty acid 2-hydroxylase (Fa2h) in rat testes with postnatal development and germ cell differentiation. Along with Elovl5 and Elovl2, Elovl4 was actively transcribed in the adult testis. Elovl4 mRNA levels were high in immature testes and SCs, though the protein was absent. The Elovl4 protein was a germ cell product. All cells under study elongated [3H]arachidonate to tetraenoic and pentaenoic C24 PUFA, but only germ cells produced C26-C32 PUFAs. Spermatocytes displayed the highest Elovl4 protein levels and enzymatic activity. Fa2h mRNA was produced exclusively in germ cells, mostly round spermatids. As a protein, Fa2h was mainly concentrated in late spermatids, in the step of spermiogenesis in which they elongate and their heads change shape. The expression of Elovl4 and Fa2h thus correlate with the abundance of n-Vs and h-Vs in the SLs of rat spermatocytes and spermatids, respectively.
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- Florencia X Santiago Valtierra
- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) y Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) y Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) y Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) y Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Instituto de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) y Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) y Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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Kady NM, Liu X, Lydic TA, Syed MH, Navitskaya S, Wang Q, Hammer SS, O'Reilly S, Huang C, Seregin SS, Amalfitano A, Chiodo VA, Boye SL, Hauswirth WW, Antonetti DA, Busik JV. ELOVL4-Mediated Production of Very Long-Chain Ceramides Stabilizes Tight Junctions and Prevents Diabetes-Induced Retinal Vascular Permeability. Diabetes 2018; 67:769-781. [PMID: 29362226 PMCID: PMC5860862 DOI: 10.2337/db17-1034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Tight junctions (TJs) involve close apposition of transmembrane proteins between cells. Although TJ proteins have been studied in detail, the role of lipids is largely unknown. We addressed the role of very long-chain (VLC ≥26) ceramides in TJs using diabetes-induced loss of the blood-retinal barrier as a model. VLC fatty acids that incorporate into VLC ceramides are produced by elongase elongation of very long-chain fatty acids protein 4 (ELOVL4). ELOVL4 is significantly reduced in the diabetic retina. Overexpression of ELOVL4 significantly decreased basal permeability, inhibited vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)- and interleukin-1β-induced permeability, and prevented VEGF-induced decrease in occludin expression and border staining of TJ proteins ZO-1 and claudin-5. Intravitreal delivery of AAV2-hELOVL4 reduced diabetes-induced increase in vascular permeability. Ultrastructure and lipidomic analysis revealed that ω-linked acyl-VLC ceramides colocalize with TJ complexes. Overall, normalization of retinal ELOVL4 expression could prevent blood-retinal barrier dysregulation in diabetic retinopathy through an increase in VLC ceramides and stabilization of TJs.
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- Nermin M Kady
- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Ophthalmology and Molecular Genetics and Retina Gene Therapy Group, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Ophthalmology and Molecular Genetics and Retina Gene Therapy Group, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Ophthalmology and Molecular Genetics and Retina Gene Therapy Group, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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Elovl4 5-bp deletion does not accelerate cone photoreceptor degeneration in an all-cone mouse. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0190514. [PMID: 29293603 PMCID: PMC5749830 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Mutations in the elongation of very long chain fatty acid 4 (ELOVL4) gene cause Stargardt macular dystrophy 3 (STGD3), a rare, juvenile-onset, autosomal dominant form of macular degeneration. Although several mouse models have already been generated to investigate the link between the three identified disease-causing mutations in the ELOVL4 gene, none of these models recapitulates the early-onset cone photoreceptor cell death observed in the macula of STGD3 patients. To address this specifically, we investigated the effect of mutant ELOVL4 in a mouse model with an all-cone retina. Hence, we bred mice carrying the heterozygously mutated Elovl4 gene on the R91W;Nrl-/- all-cone background and analyzed the retinal lipid composition, morphology, and function over the course of 1 year. We observed a reduction of total phosphatidylcholine-containing very long chain-polyunsaturated fatty acids (PC-VLC-PUFAs) by 39% in the R91W;Nrl-/-;Elovl4 mice already at 6 weeks of age with a pronounced decline of the longest forms of PC-VLC-PUFAs. Total levels of shorter-chain fatty acids (< C26) remained unaffected. However, this reduction in PC-VLC-PUFA content in the all-cone retina had no impact on morphology or function and did not accelerate retinal degeneration in the R91W;Nrl-/-;Elovl4 mice. Taken together, mutations in the ELOVL4 gene lead to cone degeneration in humans, whereas mouse models expressing the mutant Elovl4 show predominant rod degeneration. The lack of a phenotype in the all-cone retina expressing the mutant form of the protein supports the view that aberrant function of ELOVL4 is especially detrimental for rods in mice and suggests a more subtle role of VLC-PUFAs for cone maintenance and survival.
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Sawai M, Uchida Y, Ohno Y, Miyamoto M, Nishioka C, Itohara S, Sassa T, Kihara A. The 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratases HACD1 and HACD2 exhibit functional redundancy and are active in a wide range of fatty acid elongation pathways. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:15538-15551. [PMID: 28784662 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.803171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Differences among fatty acids (FAs) in chain length and number of double bonds create lipid diversity. FA elongation proceeds via a four-step reaction cycle, in which the 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratases (HACDs) HACD1-4 catalyze the third step. However, the contribution of each HACD to 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase activity in certain tissues or in different FA elongation pathways remains unclear. HACD1 is specifically expressed in muscles and is a myopathy-causative gene. Here, we generated Hacd1 KO mice and observed that these mice had reduced body and skeletal muscle weights. In skeletal muscle, HACD1 mRNA expression was by far the highest among the HACDs However, we observed only an ∼40% reduction in HACD activity and no changes in membrane lipid composition in Hacd1-KO skeletal muscle, suggesting that some HACD activities are redundant. Moreover, when expressed in yeast, both HACD1 and HACD2 participated in saturated and monounsaturated FA elongation pathways. Disruption of HACD2 in the haploid human cell line HAP1 significantly reduced FA elongation activities toward both saturated and unsaturated FAs, and HACD1 HACD2 double disruption resulted in a further reduction. Overexpressed HACD3 exhibited weak activity in saturated and monounsaturated FA elongation pathways, and no activity was detected for HACD4. We therefore conclude that HACD1 and HACD2 exhibit redundant activities in a wide range of FA elongation pathways, including those for saturated to polyunsaturated FAs, with HACD2 being the major 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase. Our findings are important for furthering the understanding of the molecular mechanisms in FA elongation and diversity.
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- Megumi Sawai
- From the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812 and
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- From the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812 and
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- From the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812 and
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- From the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812 and
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- the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- From the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812 and
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- From the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812 and
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Gong Y, Fu Z, Liegl R, Chen J, Hellström A, Smith LEH. ω-3 and ω-6 long-chain PUFAs and their enzymatic metabolites in neovascular eye diseases. Am J Clin Nutr 2017; 106:16-26. [PMID: 28515072 PMCID: PMC5486202 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.117.153825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Neovascular eye diseases, including retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy, and age-related macular degeneration, threaten the visual health of children and adults. Current treatment options, including anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy and laser retinal photocoagulation, have limitations and are associated with adverse effects; therefore, the identification of additional therapies is highly desirable. Both clinical and experimental studies show that dietary ω-3 (n-3) long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) reduce retinal and choroidal angiogenesis. The ω-3 LC-PUFA metabolites from 2 groups of enzymes, cyclooxygenases and lipoxygenases, inhibit [and the ω-6 (n-6) LC-PUFA metabolites promote] inflammation and angiogenesis. However, both of the ω-3 and the ω-6 lipid products of cytochrome P450 oxidase 2C promote neovascularization in both the retina and choroid, which suggests that inhibition of this pathway might be beneficial. This review summarizes our current understanding of the roles of ω-3 and ω-6 LC-PUFAs and their enzymatic metabolites in neovascular eye diseases.
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- Yan Gong
- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and
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Yagita Y, Shinohara K, Abe Y, Nakagawa K, Al-Owain M, Alkuraya FS, Fujiki Y. Deficiency of a Retinal Dystrophy Protein, Acyl-CoA Binding Domain-containing 5 (ACBD5), Impairs Peroxisomal β-Oxidation of Very-long-chain Fatty Acids. J Biol Chem 2016; 292:691-705. [PMID: 27899449 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.760090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Revised: 11/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Acyl-CoA binding domain-containing 5 (ACBD5) is a peroxisomal protein that carries an acyl-CoA binding domain (ACBD) at its N-terminal region. The recent identification of a mutation in the ACBD5 gene in patients with a syndromic form of retinal dystrophy highlights the physiological importance of ACBD5 in humans. However, the underlying pathogenic mechanisms and the precise function of ACBD5 remain unclear. We herein report that ACBD5 is a peroxisomal tail-anchored membrane protein exposing its ACBD to the cytosol. Using patient-derived fibroblasts and ACBD5 knock-out HeLa cells generated via genome editing, we demonstrate that ACBD5 deficiency causes a moderate but significant defect in peroxisomal β-oxidation of very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) and elevates the level of cellular phospholipids containing VLCFAs without affecting peroxisome biogenesis, including the import of membrane and matrix proteins. Both the N-terminal ACBD and peroxisomal localization of ACBD5 are prerequisite for efficient VLCFA β-oxidation in peroxisomes. Furthermore, ACBD5 preferentially binds very-long-chain fatty acyl-CoAs (VLC-CoAs). Together, these results suggest a direct role of ACBD5 in peroxisomal VLCFA β-oxidation. Based on our findings, we propose that ACBD5 captures VLC-CoAs on the cytosolic side of the peroxisomal membrane so that the transport of VLC-CoAs into peroxisomes and subsequent β-oxidation thereof can proceed efficiently. Our study reclassifies ACBD5-related phenotype as a novel peroxisomal disorder.
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- Yuichi Yagita
- From the Department of Biology and Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- From the Department of Biology and Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- the Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan, and
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- From the Department of Biology and Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, MBC-03 P. O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia
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- the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, MBC-03 P. O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia
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- the Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan, and
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Dennis EA. Liberating Chiral Lipid Mediators, Inflammatory Enzymes, and LIPID MAPS from Biological Grease. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:24431-24448. [PMID: 27555328 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.x116.723791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In 1970, it was well accepted that the central role of lipids was in energy storage and metabolism, and it was assumed that amphipathic lipids simply served a passive structural role as the backbone of biological membranes. As a result, the scientific community was focused on nucleic acids, proteins, and carbohydrates as information-containing molecules. It took considerable effort until scientists accepted that lipids also "encode" specific and unique biological information and play a central role in cell signaling. Along with this realization came the recognition that the enzymes that act on lipid substrates residing in or on membranes and micelles must also have important signaling roles, spurring curiosity into their potentially unique modes of action differing from those acting on water-soluble substrates. This led to the creation of the concept of "surface dilution kinetics" for describing the mechanism of enzymes acting on lipid substrates, as well as the demonstration that lipid enzymes such as phospholipase A2 (PLA2) contain allosteric activator sites for specific phospholipids as well as for membranes. As our understanding of phospholipases advanced, so did the understanding that many of the lipids released by these enzymes are chiral information-containing signaling molecules; for example, PLA2 regulates the generation of precursors for the biosynthesis of eicosanoids and other bioactive lipid mediators of inflammation and resolution underlying disease progression. The creation of the LIPID MAPS initiative in 2003 and the ensuing development of the lipidomics field have revealed that lipid metabolites are central to human metabolism. Today lipids are recognized as key mediators of health and disease as we enter a new era of biomarkers and personalized medicine. This article is my personal "reflection" on these scientific advances.
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- Edward A Dennis
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0601.
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Xie D, Chen F, Lin S, You C, Wang S, Zhang Q, Monroig Ó, Tocher DR, Li Y. Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in the euryhaline herbivorous teleost Scatophagus argus: Functional characterization, tissue expression and nutritional regulation of two fatty acyl elongases. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2016; 198:37-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2016.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2016] [Revised: 03/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Fu Z, Gong Y, Löfqvist C, Hellström A, Smith LEH. Review: adiponectin in retinopathy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2016; 1862:1392-400. [PMID: 27155572 PMCID: PMC4885769 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2016.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Revised: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Neovascular eye diseases are a major cause of blindness including retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration in which new vessel formation is driven by hypoxia or metabolic abnormalities affecting the fuel supply. White-adipose-tissue derived adipokines such as adiponectin modulate metabolic responses. Increasing evidence shows that lack of adiponectin may result in retinal neovascularization. Activation of the adiponectin pathway may in turn restore energy metabolism, to suppress the drive for compensatory but ultimately pathological neovessels of retinopathy. In this review, we will summarize our current knowledge of the role of adiponectin in eye diseases of premature infants, diabetic patients as well as the elderly. Further investigations in this field are likely to lead to new preventative approaches for these diseases.
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- Zhongjie Fu
- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
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Molecular Principles for Decoding Homeostasis Disruptions in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Significance of Lipid Mediators to Retinal Degenerative Diseases. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 854:385-91. [PMID: 26427436 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17121-0_51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Dysregulated neuroinflammatory signaling during impending disruption of homeostasis in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptor cells (PRC) takes place in early stages of retinal degeneration. PRCs avidly retain and display the highest content in the human body of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; an omega-3 essential fatty acid). Docosanoids are DHA-derived mediators, such as neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1), made on-demand that promote repair, phagocytic clearance, cell survival, and are active participants of effective, well-concerted homeostasis restoration. Here we develop the concept that there is a molecular logic that sustains PRC survival and that transcriptional signatures governed by NPD1 in the RPE may be engaged.
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