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Casey AK, Stewart NM, Zaidi N, Gray HF, Cox A, Fields HA, Orth K. FicD regulates adaptation to the unfolded protein response in the murine liver. Biochimie 2024; 225:114-124. [PMID: 38740171 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2024.05.012] [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: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 05/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
Abstract
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is a cellular stress response that is activated when misfolded proteins accumulate in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Regulation of the UPR response must be adapted to the needs of the cell as prolonged UPR responses can result in disrupted cellular function and tissue damage. Previously, we discovered that the enzyme FicD (also known as Fic or HYPE) through its AMPylation and deAMPylation activity can modulate the UPR response via post-translational modification of BiP. FicD AMPylates BiP during homeostasis and deAMPylates BiP during stress. We hypothesized that FicD regulation of the UPR will play a role in mitigating the deleterious effects of UPR activation in tissues with frequent physiological stress. Here, we explore the role of FicD in the murine liver. As seen in our pancreatic studies, livers lacking FicD exhibit enhanced UPR signaling in response to short term physiologic fasting and feeding stress. However, in contrast to studies on the pancreas, livers, as a more regenerative tissue, remained remarkably resilient in the absence of FicD. The livers of FicD-/- did not show marked changes in UPR signaling or damage after either chronic high fat diet (HFD) feeding or acute pathological UPR induction. Intriguingly, FicD-/- mice showed changes in UPR induction and weight loss patterns following repeated pathological UPR induction. These findings indicate that FicD regulates UPR responses during mild physiological stress and in adaptation to repeated stresses, but there are tissue specific differences in the requirement for FicD regulation.
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- Amanda K Casey
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, 24450, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
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Farías MA, Diethelm-Varela B, Kalergis AM, González PA. Interplay between lipid metabolism, lipid droplets and RNA virus replication. Crit Rev Microbiol 2024; 50:515-539. [PMID: 37348003 DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2023.2224424] [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: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
Abstract
Lipids play essential roles in the cell as components of cellular membranes, signaling molecules, and energy storage sources. Lipid droplets are cellular organelles composed of neutral lipids, such as triglycerides and cholesterol esters, and are also considered as cellular energy reserves, yet new functions have been recently associated with these structures, such as regulators of oxidative stress and cellular lipotoxicity, as well as modulators of pathogen infection through immune regulation. Lipid metabolism and lipid droplets participate in the infection process of many RNA viruses and control their replication and assembly, among others. Here, we review and discuss the contribution of lipid metabolism and lipid droplets over the replication cycle of RNA viruses, altogether pointing out potentially new pharmacological antiviral targets associated with lipid metabolism.
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- Mónica A Farías
- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Endocrinología, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Bizieff A, Cheng M, Chang K, Mohammed H, Ziari N, Nyangau E, Fitch M, Hellerstein MK. Changes in protein fluxes and gene expression in non-injured muscle tissue distant from an acute myotoxic injury in male mice. J Physiol 2024; 602:3661-3691. [PMID: 38968395 DOI: 10.1113/jp286307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/07/2024] Open
Abstract
The response to acute myotoxic injury requires stimulation of local repair mechanisms in the damaged tissue. However, satellite cells in muscle distant from acute injury have been reported to enter a functional state between quiescence and active proliferation. Here, we asked whether protein flux rates are altered in muscle distant from acute local myotoxic injury and how they compare to changes in gene expression from the same tissue. Broad and significant alterations in protein turnover were observed across the proteome in the limb contralateral to injury during the first 10 days after. Interestingly, mRNA changes had almost no correlation with directly measured protein turnover rates. In summary, we show consistent and striking changes in protein flux rates in muscle tissue contralateral to myotoxic injury, with no correlation between changes in mRNA levels and protein synthesis rates. This work motivates further investigation of the mechanisms, including potential neurological factors, responsible for this distant effect. KEY POINTS: Previous literature demonstrates that stem cells of uninjured muscle respond to local necrotic muscle tissue damage and regeneration. We show that muscle tissue that was distant from a model of local necrotic damage had functional changes at both the gene expression and the protein turnover level. However, these changes in distant tissue were more pronounced during the earlier stages of tissue regeneration and did not correlate well with each other. The results suggest communication between directly injured tissue and non-affected tissues that are distant from injury, which warrants further investigation into the potential of this mechanism as a proactive measure for tissue regeneration from damage.
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- Alec Bizieff
- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Wang X, Menezes CJ, Jia Y, Xiao Y, Venigalla SSK, Cai F, Hsieh MH, Gu W, Du L, Sudderth J, Kim D, Shelton SD, Llamas CB, Lin YH, Zhu M, Merchant S, Bezwada D, Kelekar S, Zacharias LG, Mathews TP, Hoxhaj G, Wynn RM, Tambar UK, DeBerardinis RJ, Zhu H, Mishra P. Metabolic inflexibility promotes mitochondrial health during liver regeneration. Science 2024; 384:eadj4301. [PMID: 38870309 PMCID: PMC11232486 DOI: 10.1126/science.adj4301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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Mitochondria are critical for proper organ function and mechanisms to promote mitochondrial health during regeneration would benefit tissue homeostasis. We report that during liver regeneration, proliferation is suppressed in electron transport chain (ETC)-dysfunctional hepatocytes due to an inability to generate acetyl-CoA from peripheral fatty acids through mitochondrial β-oxidation. Alternative modes for acetyl-CoA production from pyruvate or acetate are suppressed in the setting of ETC dysfunction. This metabolic inflexibility forces a dependence on ETC-functional mitochondria and restoring acetyl-CoA production from pyruvate is sufficient to allow ETC-dysfunctional hepatocytes to proliferate. We propose that metabolic inflexibility within hepatocytes can be advantageous by limiting the expansion of ETC-dysfunctional cells.
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- Xun Wang
- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Departments of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Bizieff A, Cheng M, Chang K, Mohammed H, Ziari N, Nyangau E, Fitch M, Hellerstein MK. Changes in protein fluxes in skeletal muscle during sequential stages of muscle regeneration after acute injury in male mice. Sci Rep 2024; 14:13172. [PMID: 38849371 PMCID: PMC11161603 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-62115-x] [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: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Changes in protein turnover play an important role in dynamic physiological processes, including skeletal muscle regeneration, which occurs as an essential part of tissue repair after injury. The inability of muscle tissue to recapitulate this regenerative process can lead to the manifestation of clinical symptoms in various musculoskeletal diseases, including muscular dystrophies and pathological atrophy. Here, we employed a workflow that couples deuterated water (2H2O) administration with mass spectrometry (MS) to systematically measure in-vivo protein turnover rates across the muscle proteome in 8-week-old male C57BL6/J mice. We compared the turnover kinetics of over 100 proteins in response to cardiotoxin (CTX) induced muscle damage and regeneration at unique sequential stages along the regeneration timeline. This analysis is compared to gene expression data from mRNA-sequencing (mRNA-seq) from the same tissue. The data reveals quantitative protein flux signatures in response to necrotic damage, in addition to sequential differences in cell proliferation, energy metabolism, and contractile gene expression. Interestingly, the mRNA changes correlated poorly with changes in protein synthesis rates, consistent with post-transcriptional control mechanisms. In summary, the experiments described here reveal the signatures and timing of protein flux changes during skeletal muscle regeneration, as well as the inability of mRNA expression measurements to reveal changes in directly measured protein turnover rates. The results of this work described here provide a better understanding of the muscle regeneration process and could help to identify potential biomarkers or therapeutic targets.
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- Alec Bizieff
- Division of Metabolic Biology, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Division of Metabolic Biology, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Division of Metabolic Biology, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Division of Metabolic Biology, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Division of Metabolic Biology, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Division of Metabolic Biology, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Division of Metabolic Biology, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Division of Metabolic Biology, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Casey AK, Stewart NM, Zaidi N, Gray HF, Cox A, Fields HA, Orth K. FicD regulates adaptation to the unfolded protein response in the murine liver. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.15.589620. [PMID: 38659954 PMCID: PMC11042336 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.15.589620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
Abstract
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is a cellular stress response that is activated when misfolded proteins accumulate in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The UPR elicits a signaling cascade that results in an upregulation of protein folding machinery and cell survival signals. However, prolonged UPR responses can result in elevated cellular inflammation, damage, and even cell death. Thus, regulation of the UPR response must be tuned to the needs of the cell, sensitive enough to respond to the stress but pliable enough to be stopped after the crisis has passed. Previously, we discovered that the bi-functional enzyme FicD can modulate the UPR response via post-translational modification of BiP. FicD AMPylates BiP during homeostasis and deAMPylates BiP during stress. We found this activity is important for the physiological regulation of the exocrine pancreas. Here, we explore the role of FicD in the murine liver. Like our previous studies, livers lacking FicD exhibit enhanced UPR signaling in response to short term physiologic fasting and feeding stress. However, the livers of FicD -/- did not show marked changes in UPR signaling or damage after either chronic high fat diet (HFD) feeding or acute pathological UPR induction. Intriguingly, FicD -/- mice showed changes in UPR induction and weight loss patterns following repeated pathological UPR induction. These findings show that FicD regulates UPR responses during mild physiological stress and may play a role in maintaining resiliency of tissue through adaptation to repeated ER stress.
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Petersen MC, Smith GI, Palacios HH, Farabi SS, Yoshino M, Yoshino J, Cho K, Davila-Roman VG, Shankaran M, Barve RA, Yu J, Stern JH, Patterson BW, Hellerstein MK, Shulman GI, Patti GJ, Klein S. Cardiometabolic characteristics of people with metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity. Cell Metab 2024; 36:745-761.e5. [PMID: 38569471 PMCID: PMC11025492 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
Abstract
There is considerable heterogeneity in the cardiometabolic abnormalities associated with obesity. We evaluated multi-organ system metabolic function in 20 adults with metabolically healthy obesity (MHO; normal fasting glucose and triglycerides, oral glucose tolerance, intrahepatic triglyceride content, and whole-body insulin sensitivity), 20 adults with metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO; prediabetes, hepatic steatosis, and whole-body insulin resistance), and 15 adults who were metabolically healthy lean. Compared with MUO, people with MHO had (1) altered skeletal muscle biology (decreased ceramide content and increased expression of genes involved in BCAA catabolism and mitochondrial structure/function); (2) altered adipose tissue biology (decreased expression of genes involved in inflammation and extracellular matrix remodeling and increased expression of genes involved in lipogenesis); (3) lower 24-h plasma glucose, insulin, non-esterified fatty acids, and triglycerides; (4) higher plasma adiponectin and lower plasma PAI-1 concentrations; and (5) decreased oxidative stress. These findings provide a framework of potential mechanisms responsible for MHO and the metabolic heterogeneity of obesity. This study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02706262).
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- Max C Petersen
- Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA; Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA; Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Cardiovascular Imaging and Clinical Research Core Laboratory, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Departments of Internal Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Luna-Marco C, Ubink A, Kopsida M, Heindryckx F. Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Metabolism in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2023; 193:1377-1388. [PMID: 36309104 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2022.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer, accounting for 85% to 90% of all liver cancer cases. It is a hepatocyte-derived primary tumor, causing 550,000 deaths per year, ranking it as one of the most common cancers worldwide. The liver is a highly metabolic organ with multiple functions, including digestion, detoxification, breakdown of fats, and production of bile and cholesterol, in addition to storage of vitamins, glycogen, and minerals, and synthesizing plasma proteins and clotting factors. Due to these fundamental and diverse functions, the malignant transformation of hepatic cells can have a severe impact on the liver's metabolism. Furthermore, tumorigenesis is often accompanied by activation of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress pathways, which are known to be highly intertwined with several metabolic pathways. Because HCC is characterized by changes in the metabolome and by an aberrant activation of the ER stress pathways, the aim of this review was to summarize the current knowledge that links ER stress and metabolism in HCC, thereby focusing on potential therapeutic targets.
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- Clara Luna-Marco
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Ward CP, Peng L, Yuen S, Halstead J, Palacios H, Nyangau E, Mohammed H, Ziari N, Dandan M, Frakes AE, Gildea HK, Dillin A, Hellerstein M. Aging alters the metabolic flux signature of the ER-unfolded protein response in vivo in mice. Aging Cell 2022; 21:e13558. [PMID: 35170180 PMCID: PMC8920450 DOI: 10.1111/acel.13558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Age is a risk factor for numerous diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases, cancers, and diabetes. Loss of protein homeostasis is a central hallmark of aging. Activation of the endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein response (UPRER ) includes changes in protein translation and membrane lipid synthesis. Using stable isotope labeling, a flux "signature" of the UPRER in vivo in mouse liver was developed by inducing ER stress with tunicamycin and measuring rates of both proteome-wide translation and de novo lipogenesis. Several changes in protein synthesis across ontologies were noted with age, including a more dramatic suppression of translation under ER stress in aged mice as compared with young mice. Binding immunoglobulin protein (BiP) synthesis rates and mRNA levels were increased more in aged than young mice. De novo lipogenesis rates decreased under ER stress conditions in aged mice, including both triglyceride and phospholipid fractions. In young mice, a significant reduction was seen only in the triglyceride fraction. These data indicate that aged mice have an exaggerated metabolic flux response to ER stress, which may indicate that aging renders the UPRER less effective in resolving proteotoxic stress.
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- Catherine P. Ward
- Department of Nutritional Sciences and ToxicologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences and ToxicologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences and ToxicologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences and ToxicologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences and ToxicologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences and ToxicologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences and ToxicologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences and ToxicologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences and ToxicologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences and ToxicologyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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