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Esposito T, Tammaro P, Paolisso G, Varriale B. Hormonal regulation and characterization of MHG30 gene, a desaturase-like gene of hamster harderian gland. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2015; 154:267-73. [PMID: 26344639 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2015.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Revised: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/18/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The harderian gland (HG) is an orbital gland of the vast majority of land vertebrates. In the Syrian hamster these glands display a marked sexual dimorphism. Here we present data on a male specific clone named MHG30. The MHG30 cDNA (1470 bp) has significant sequence homologies with human #15μ10#Δ6-desaturase enzymes. The expression of MHG30 has been found in male HG and in the liver of both sexes, no other tissue showing the presence of MHG30 mRNA. Castration brings the MHG30 levels below detectable level in about 7 days. In in vitro cultures of male hamster HG cells, androgens (A) determine an enhancement of MHG30 expression in a time-dependent manner. Conversely, a continuous decrement has been observed in control cells and in cells treated with A plus flutamide (F) or with A and cycloheximide (Cy). Incubation of cells in cultures supplemented with desamethason (Dex) or thyroid hormone (T3) also increases MHG30 expression while 17β-estradiol prevents the stimulatory effect exerted by A, Dex and T3. Findings strongly suggest that the MHG30 gene could be involved in supporting the sexual dimorphism and its expression is likely triggered by a series of hormonal interactions.
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- T Esposito
- Department of Experimental Medicine School of Medicine, II University of Naples, Via Costantinopoli 16, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine School of Medicine, II University of Naples, Via Costantinopoli 16, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche, Neurologiche, Metaboliche e dell'Invecchiamento, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine School of Medicine, II University of Naples, Via Costantinopoli 16, 80138 Naples, Italy.
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Řezanka T, Viden I, Nováková A, Bandouchová H, Sigler K. Wax Ester Analysis of Bats Suffering from White Nose Syndrome in Europe. Lipids 2015; 50:633-45. [PMID: 25975369 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-015-4027-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The composition of wax esters (WE) in the fur of adult greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis), either healthy or suffering from white nose syndrome (WNS) caused by the psychrophilic fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, was investigated by high-resolution mass spectrometry analysis in the positive ion mode. Profiling of lipid classes showed that WE are the most abundant lipid class, followed by cholesterol esters, and other lipid classes, e.g., triacylglycerols and phospholipids. WE abundance in non-polar lipids was gender-related, being higher in males than in females; in individuals suffering from WNS, both male and female, it was higher than in healthy counterparts. WE were dominated by species containing 18:1 fatty acids. Fatty alcohols were fully saturated, dominated by species containing 24, 25, or 26 carbon atoms. Two WE species, 18:1/18:0 and 18:1/20:0, were more abundant in healthy bats than in infected ones.
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- Tomáš Řezanka
- Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20, Prague 4, Czech Republic,
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Green-Church KB, Butovich I, Willcox M, Borchman D, Paulsen F, Barabino S, Glasgow BJ. The international workshop on meibomian gland dysfunction: report of the subcommittee on tear film lipids and lipid-protein interactions in health and disease. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011; 52:1979-93. [PMID: 21450916 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6997d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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- Kari B Green-Church
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1280, USA
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Park HS, Kim S, Lee Y, Choi MS, Choi MU. Alteration of lipid composition of rat thymus during thymic atrophy by whole-body X-irradiation. Int J Radiat Biol 2009; 82:129-37. [PMID: 16546911 DOI: 10.1080/09553000600617189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Thymic atrophy induced by irradiation is well known, but in vivo lipid metabolism during the atrophy has not been studied in detail. We determined the lipid composition of rat thymus during the progress of thymic atrophy induced by whole-body X-irradiation. MATERIALS AND METHODS The lipid analysis of total lipid of rat thymus after 5 Gy whole-body X-irradiation was performed by high performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography equipped with mass spectrometry. RESULTS Major changes observed were a 16.2-fold elevation of cholesterol ester (CE) during a 48-h post-irradiation period and a 6.1-fold increase of alkyldiacylglycerol (ADG) at 24 h. Other significant changes detected were an increase in lysophosphatidylcholine and a transient increase in ceramide and phosphatidic acid. Acyl chain analysis revealed a substantial elevation of arachidonate composition of CE and an unusually high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (71.5%, mol/mol) in ADG. CONCLUSION Lipid analysis shows that the thymic atrophy by X-irradiation was accompanied by a significant change in thymic lipids. This in vivo result opens up new vistas of the role of lipids in apoptosis and phagocytosis during thymic atrophy.
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- Heung Soon Park
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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Řezanka T, Sigler K. Odd-numbered very-long-chain fatty acids from the microbial, animal and plant kingdoms. Prog Lipid Res 2009; 48:206-38. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2009.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2009] [Revised: 03/17/2009] [Accepted: 03/23/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Santillo A, Monteforte R, De Lange P, Lanni A, Farina P, Baccari GC. Dimorphic expression of uncoupling protein-3 in golden hamster harderian gland: Effects of castration and testosterone administration. J Cell Physiol 2008; 215:481-7. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Seyama Y, Uchijima Y. Novel function of lipids as a pheromone from the Harderian gland of golden hamster. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2007; 83:77-96. [PMID: 24019586 PMCID: PMC3756879 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.83.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2007] [Accepted: 03/16/2007] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Sexual diversity of ADG in Harderian gland of golden hamster was demonstrated on TLC. Female ADG contained iso- and anteiso-branched acyl and alkyl components, but male ADG contained only straight chain ones, which suggested the hormonal control of the expression of acyl-CoA dehydrogenases in the catabolism of BCAA. Acyl-CoA dehydrogenases were not expressed in the absence of testosterone, and then isovaleryl-CoA, 2-methylbutyryl-CoA, and isobutyryl-CoA accumulated, and acted as primers for the synthesis of iso- and anteiso-branched fatty acids. The incorporation of [U-(14)C] leucine into lipids was monitored by TLC. The cholesterol fraction was labeled in males but not in female, which means that cholesterol was not produced from BCAA in female gland due to the lack of expression of acyl-CoA dehydrogenases. We monitored the behavior of male hamsters toward female gland lipids, and found slightly greater attractiveness in female ones than that in male ones although the difference was not significant. Considering the lifestyle of golden hamster in nature, we propose a hypothesis that the lipids from the Harderian gland of golden hamster serve as a pheromone to declare their territory and to seek the mate with good congeniality.
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- Yousuke Seyama
- Visiting Professor, National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation, Tokyo,
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry and Nutrition, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo,
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Paliwal A, De PK. Purification, cloning and regulation of a novel acid-lipase-like protein of hamster expressed in lacrimal glands and tears during lactation. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2006; 1771:55-65. [PMID: 17141562 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2006.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2006] [Revised: 10/09/2006] [Accepted: 10/23/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We report a novel 48-kDa tear acid-lipase-like protein (TALLP), which is markedly induced in lacrimal glands (LG) and secreted in tears of hamster dams during lactation. TALLP is undetectable in LG and tears of normal hamsters, but is also induced after gonadectomy in both sexes and this is prevented by androgen, estrogen or thyroid hormone treatment. These observations and the obliteration of TALLP upon cessation of lactation suggest that endogenous estrogens (in females) and androgens (in males) completely repress TALLP expression. Purified TALLP is monomeric, contains approximately 18% N-glycosylation and several pI isoforms. TALLP expression was tissue-specific and immunolocalized in LG acinar cells. The cDNA deduced amino-acid sequence of TALLP precursor (398 residue, containing a 19 residues signal-peptide) showed only 43-48% identity with all known mammalian acid-lipases, including even those of other rodents, suggesting that TALLP is a prototype of a new category, within the acid-lipase family. Surprisingly, although the catalytic triad residues and other sequence features important for lipolytic activity are conserved in TALLP, it has no detectable lipase activity. However, TALLP binds the polarity sensitive hydrophobic probe, 1-aminoanthracene (K(d)=12 microM). TALLP might have a unique substrate-specificity or a lipid-binding/carrier function in tears of hamster dams. This is the first report of an acid-lipase-like protein secreted in tears of any species. Since TALLP lacks the usual lipase activity, it can be an excellent model to understand better what other structural features in acid-lipases influence their catalytic activity.
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- Anupam Paliwal
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad-500007, Andhra Pradesh, India
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Stearoyl-Coenzyme A (CoA) desaturase is a central lipogenic enzyme catalyzing the synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids - mainly oleate (C(18:1)). Oleate is the most abundant monounsaturated fatty acid in dietary fat and is therefore readily available. Why, then, is stearoyl-CoA desaturase a highly regulated enzyme? This review summarizes the recent and timely advances concerning the important role of stearoyl-CoA desaturase in metabolism. RECENT FINDINGS Recent findings using mice that have a naturally occurring mutation in the SCD1 gene isoform as well as a mouse model with a targeted disruption of the stearoyl-CoA desaturase gene-1 (SCD1-/-) have revealed the role of de-novo synthesized oleate and thus the physiological importance of SCD1 expression. In the highlighted references, it is shown that the SCD1-/- mice have reduced body adiposity, increased insulin sensitivity, and are resistant to diet-induced obesity. The expression of several genes of lipid oxidation is upregulated, whereas lipid synthesis genes are downregulated. SCD1 was also found to be a component of the novel metabolic response to the hormone leptin. SUMMARY SCD1, therefore, appears to be an important metabolic control point, and inhibition of its expression could be of benefit for the treatment of obesity, diabetes and other metabolic diseases.
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- James M Ntambi
- Departments of Biochemistry and Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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Cavagnari BM, Sterin-Speziale N, Affanni JM, Knudsen J, Santomé JA. Acyl-CoA-binding protein in the armadillo Harderian gland: its primary structure and possible role in lipid secretion. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1545:314-25. [PMID: 11342056 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(00)00294-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Similar to those of other species, the Harderian glands of armadillo produce an abundant lipid secretion, most of which is composed of 1-alkyl-2,3-diacylglycerol. Biosynthesis of this component is apparently performed with the participation of one cytosolic pool of acyl-CoA and another of free fatty acids. The acyl-CoA-binding protein (ACBP) is present at a concentration at least 7-fold that of the heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP), though lower than that in other armadillo organs such as liver and brain. The ACBP complete amino acid sequence was determined by Edman degradation of peptides generated by cleavage of the protein with cyanogen bromide, endopeptidase Glu-C, and trypsin. ACBP consists of 86 residues and has a calculated molecular mass of 9783 Da, taking into account that an acetyl group is blocking the N-terminus. Identity percentages between armadillo Harderian gland ACBP and other known ACBPs show that the protein belongs to the liver-specific ACBP isoform (L-ACBP). The fact that the ACBP concentration is higher than that of FABP suggests that the Harderian gland is able to store acyl-CoA amounts in ACBP larger than those of fatty acids in H-FABP for 1-alkyl-2,3-diacylglycerol synthesis.
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- B M Cavagnari
- Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas, CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Buzzell GR, Hida A, Fu S, Seyama Y. Effect of the photoperiod in modulating the androgenic control of 1-alkyl-2,3-diacylglycerol composition in the Harderian gland of the golden hamster,Mesocricetus auratus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(19970201)277:2<99::aid-jez2>3.0.co;2-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Seyama Y, Otsuka H, Ohashi K, Vivien-Roels B, Pevet P. Sexual diversity of the lipid metabolism in the Harderian gland of the golden hamster. Microsc Res Tech 1996; 34:71-6. [PMID: 8859890 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0029(19960501)34:1<71::aid-jemt10>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Fatty acid and alkyl compositions of 1-alkyl-2,3-diacylglycerols (ADG) in the Harderian gland of the golden hamster were determined. Fatty acids of male ADG consisted of straight chain saturated acids ranging from C12 to C22. Both even- and odd-numbered acids were observed, indicating that acetyl- and propionyl-CoAs were equally used as primers in the fatty acid synthesis. In female ADG a large amount of iso- and anteiso-branched fatty acids were detected. Odd-numbered acids (C15, 17, 19, and 21) contained iso- together with anteiso-branchings, and even-numbered acids (C16 and 18) contained iso-branchings. These findings suggested that isobutyryl-, isovaleryl-, and 2-methylbutyryl-CoAs were used as primers in addition to acetyl- and propionyl-CoAs in fatty acid synthesis in the female gland. Such unusual primers are catabolic intermediates of valine, leucine, and isoleucine, respectively. Male ADG contained straight chain saturated alkyl residues ranging from C14 to 21. In the case of female ADG, though the main component was C18:O, most alkyl components had branchings at the iso- and anteiso-positions. NMR data suggested the presence of propionic acid at the C3 position of glycerol in the male ADG and of isovaleric and 2-methylbutyric acids at the same position in the female ADG. These results suggest that the sexual differences of the lipids in the Harderian gland of the golden hamster are determined at the step of fatty acid synthesis depending on the available precursors in the male and female glands. We speculate that sex hormones affect the metabolism of branched chain amino acids and bring about the dramatic diversities of the lipid compositions in the male and female glands.
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- Y Seyama
- Department of Physiological Chemistry and Nutrition, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Chieffi G, Baccari GC, Di Matteo L, d'Istria M, Minucci S, Varriale B. Cell biology of the harderian gland. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1996; 168:1-80. [PMID: 8843648 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)60882-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The harderian gland is an orbital gland of the majority of land vertebrates. It is the only orbital gland in anuran amphibians since the lacrimal gland develops later during phylogenesis in some reptilian species. Perhaps because it is not found in man, little interest was paid to this gland until about four decades ago. In recent years, however, the scientific community has shown new interest in analyzing the ontogenetic and morphofunctional aspects of the harderian gland, particularly in rodents, which are the preferred experimental model for physiologists and pathologists. One of the main characteristics of the gland is the extreme variety not only in its morphology, but also in its biochemical properties. This most likely reflects the versatility of functions related to different adaptations of the species considered. The complexity of the harderian gland is further shown in its control by many exogenous and endogenous factors, which vary from species to species. The information gained so far points to the following functions for the gland: (1) lubrication of the eye and nictitating membrane, (2) a site of immune response, particularly in birds, (3) a source of pheromones, (4) a source of saliva in some chelonians, (5) osmoregulation in some reptiles, (6) photoreception in rodents, (7) thermoregulation in some rodents, and (8) a source of growth factors.
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- G Chieffi
- Dipartimento di Fisiologia Umana e Funzioni Biologiche Integrate Filippo Bottazzi, Seconda Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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