scholarly journals A Comprehensive Proteome and Acetyl-Proteome Atlas Reveals Molecular Mechanisms Adapting to the Physiological Changes From Pre-laying to Peak-Laying Stage in Liver of Hens (Gallus gallus)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhang Wang ◽  
Dandan Wang ◽  
Keren Jiang ◽  
Yulong Guo ◽  
Zhuanjian Li ◽  
...  

Along with sexual maturity, the liver undergoes numerous metabolic processes to adapt the physiological changes associated with egg-laying in hens. However, mechanisms regulating the processes were unclear. In this study, comparative hepatic proteome and acetyl-proteome between pre- and peak-laying hens were performed. The results showed that the upregulated proteins were mainly related to lipid and protein biosynthesis, while the downregulated proteins were mainly involved in pyruvate metabolism and were capable of inhibiting gluconeogenesis and lactate synthesis in peak-laying hens compared with that in pre-laying hens. With unchanged expression level, the significant acetylated proteins were largely functioned on activation of polyunsaturated fatty acid oxidation in peroxisome, while the significant deacetylated proteins were principally used to elevate medium and short fatty acid oxidation in mitochondria and oxidative phosphorylation. Most of the proteins which involved in gluconeogenesis, lipid transport, and detoxification were influenced by both protein expression and acetylation. Taken overall, a novel mechanism wherein an alternate source of acetyl coenzyme A was produced by activation of FA oxidation and pyruvate metabolism to meet the increased energy demand and lipid synthesis in liver of laying hens was uncovered. This study provides new insights into molecular mechanism of adaptation to physiological changes in liver of laying hens.

2010 ◽  
Vol 299 (4) ◽  
pp. H1135-H1145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagdip S. Jaswal ◽  
Chad R. Lund ◽  
Wendy Keung ◽  
Donna L. Beker ◽  
Ivan M. Rebeyka ◽  
...  

Isoproterenol increases phosphorylation of LKB, 5′-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), and acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC), enzymes involved in regulating fatty acid oxidation. However, inotropic stimulation selectively increases glucose oxidation in adult hearts. In the neonatal heart, fatty acid oxidation becomes a major energy source, while glucose oxidation remains low. This study tested the hypothesis that increased energy demand imposed by isoproterenol originates from fatty acid oxidation, secondary to increased LKB, AMPK, and ACC phosphorylation. Isolated working hearts from 7-day-old rabbits were perfused with Krebs solution (0.4 mM palmitate, 11 mM glucose, 0.5 mM lactate, and 100 mU/l insulin) with or without isoproterenol (300 nM). Isoproterenol increased myocardial O2 consumption (in J·g dry wt−1·min−1; 11.0 ± 1.4, n = 8 vs. 7.5 ± 0.8, n = 6, P < 0.05), and the phosphorylation of LKB (in arbitrary density units; 0.87 ± 0.09, n = 6 vs. 0.59 ± 0.08, n = 6, P < 0.05), AMPK (0.82 ± 0.08, n = 6 vs. 0.51 ± 0.06, n = 6, P < 0.05), and ACC-β (1.47 ± 0.14, n = 6 vs. 0.97 ± 0.07, n = 6, P < 0.05), with a concomitant decrease in malonyl-CoA levels (in nmol/g dry wt; 0.9 ± 0.9, n = 8 vs. 7.5 ± 1.3, n = 8, P < 0.05) and increase in palmitate oxidation (in nmol·g dry wt−1·min−1; 272 ± 45, n = 8 vs. 114 ± 9, n = 6, P < 0.05). Glucose and lactate oxidation were increased (in nmol·g dry wt−1·min−1; 253 ± 75, n = 8 vs. 63 ± 15, n = 9, P < 0.05 and 246 ± 43, n = 8 vs. 82 ± 11, n = 6, P < 0.05, respectively), independent of alterations in pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphorylation, but occurred secondary to a decrease in acetyl-CoA content and acetyl-CoA-to-free CoA ratio. As acetyl-CoA levels decrease in response to isoproterenol, despite an acceleration of the rates of palmitate and carbohydrate oxidation, these data suggest net rates of acetyl-CoA utilization exceed the net rates of acetyl-CoA generation.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul G Weightman Potter ◽  
Julia M. Vlachaki Walker ◽  
Josephine L Robb ◽  
John K. Chilton ◽  
Ritchie Williamson ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTHypoglycemia is a major barrier to good glucose control in type 1 diabetes and frequent exposure to hypoglycemia can impair awareness to subsequent bouts of hypoglycemia. The neural changes that occur to reduce a person’s awareness of hypoglycemia are poorly defined. Moreover, the molecular mechanisms by which glial cells contribute to hypoglycemia sensing and glucose counterregulation require further investigation. To test whether glia, specifically astrocytes, could detect changes in glucose, we utilized human primary astrocytes (HPA) and U373 astrocytoma cells and exposed them to recurrent low glucose (RLG) in vitro. This allowed measurement, with high specificity and sensitivity, of changes in cellular metabolism following RLG. We report that the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is activated over a pathophysiologically-relevant glucose concentration range. We observed an increased dependency on fatty acid oxidation for basal mitochondrial metabolism and hallmarks of mitochondrial stress including increased proton leak and reduced coupling efficiency. Relative to glucose availability, lactate release increased during low glucose but this was not modified by RLG, nor were glucose uptake or glycogen levels. Taken together, these data indicate that astrocyte mitochondria are dysfunctional following recurrent low glucose exposure, which could have implications for hypoglycemia glucose counterregulation and/or hypoglycemia awareness.


Blood ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 128 (22) ◽  
pp. 3947-3947
Author(s):  
Yoko Tabe ◽  
Kazumasa Sekihara ◽  
Kaori Saitoh ◽  
Vivian Ruvolo ◽  
Takashi Miida ◽  
...  

Abstract Adipocytes are the prevalent stromal cell type in adult bone marrow (BM), comprising approximately 60% of BM space in a 65-year old person. In BM environment, leukemia cells continuously adapt to deficient supply of nutrients and oxygen, acquiring quiescent and chemoresistant profiles. Fatty acid metabolism is one of the key energy pathways for AML survival (Samudio, J Clin Invest. 2010), and we previously demonstrated that AML cells activate oxidative phosphorylation and fatty acid oxidation (FAO) in the presence of BM-adipocytes (Tabe ASH 2015). These findings indicate the importance of FAO for AML cells survival under the adipocyte-abundant BM-microenvironment. A novel FAO inhibitor avocatinB, an odd-numbered carbon lipid derived from avocado fruit, has been recently shown to induce apoptosis and cell growth inhibition in AML cells (Lee, Cancer Res. 2015). In the present study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms of anti-leukemic effect of avocatinB in AML cells, utilizing THP1, OCI-AML3 and U937 AML cell lines co-cultured with human mesenchymal stem cells (MSC)-derived BM-adipocytes, mimicking the aging BM microenvironment. Treatment with avocatin B significantly induced ROS accumulation in U937 cells co-cultured with BM-adipocytes (MFI of ROS-sensitive dye; avocatinB (-) / (+); 164±50 / 581±85, p=0.04), whereas only minimum increase of ROS was observed in the absence of BM-adipocyte, indicating that avocatinB causes progressive oxidative damage in AML cells under the BM-adipocyte co-culture conditions. Of importance, avocatinB synergistically enhanced apoptotic effects of AraC in the presence of BM-adipocytes (combination index CI; adipocyte (-) / (+); THP1: 1.2 / 0.4, OCI-AML3: 0.7 / 0.3). Immunoblot analysis demonstrated that avocatinB activated the stress response kinase AMPK in THP1 and OCI-AML3 cells under BM-adipocyte co-culture conditions. AMPK is a crucial cellular energy sensor that regulates energy metabolism including FAO and gene transcription through mTOR inhibition. We therefore investigated the role of AMPK in avocatinB induced anti-leukemic effects on AML cells, utilizing AMPK knockdown (shAMPK) OCI-AML3 cells. shAMPK OCI-AML3 cells were significantly less sensitive to nutrient starvation-induced cell death in the absence of BM-adipocyte (p<0.01). While co-culture with BM-adipocytes protected control (nsAMPK) OCI-AML3 cells from spontaneous cell death, co-culture facilitated cell death of shAMPK cells. In turn, shAMPK OCI-AML cells were less sensitive to avocatinB compared to nsAMPKcells in the absence of BM-adipocyte with no additive/synergistic anti-proliferative effects of avocainB and AraC combination irrespective of the presence of BM-adipocytes (CI > 1.0). In nsAMPK cells, but not in shAMPKcells BM-adipocyte co-culture upregulated p-4EBP1 and cMyc expression which was abrogated by avocatinB and AraC combination treatment accompanied by induction of cleaved caspase 3. In summary, FAO inhibitor avocatinB induces pro-apoptotic effects through AMPK-dependent inhibition of mTOR signaling that disrupts energy homeostasis and induces ROS accumulation in AML cells under BM-adipocyte co-culture conditions. The ability of avocatinB to selectively enhance anti-leukemic effects of AraC in the presence of BM-adipocytes suggests that the strategies targeting FAO warrant further exploration in elderly AML patients. Disclosures Konopleva: Reata Pharmaceuticals: Equity Ownership; Abbvie: Consultancy, Research Funding; Genentech: Consultancy, Research Funding; Stemline: Consultancy, Research Funding; Eli Lilly: Research Funding; Cellectis: Research Funding; Calithera: Research Funding.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liqiang Wang ◽  
Changfeng Li ◽  
Yumei Song ◽  
ZhenKun Yan

Abstract Background: Gastric cancer (GC) has a high rate of metastasis which thereason leading to death. Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1a (CPT1A) has been reported to play a critical obstacle to various types of cancer progression, which is an attractive focus in anti-cancer therapy. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of CPT1A involved in GC have not been clarified unclear. Methods: To determine the expression of CPT1A in human GC tissues and cells and illustrate whether it is correlated with the clinical pathologic characteristics and prognosis in GC patients. Its roles and potential mechanisms in regulating tumor growth and invasion were evaluated by CPT1A knockdown/overexpression of GC cells in vitro . Results: Marked upregulation of CPT1A protein expression was observed in GC cells and tissues, which was associated with grade, pathological stage, lymph node metastasis and poor prognosis in patients with GC. CPT1A overexpression also promoted the proliferation, invasion, EMT process of GC cells. In addition, CPT1A upregulation activated GC cell FAO via increasing NADP + /NADPH ratio, whereas inhibiting of FAO abolished the effects of CPT1A on GC cell proliferation and migration. Conclusion: Our results examine that CPT1A-mediated FAO activation increases GC cell proliferation and migration, supporting that CPT1A is a useful prognostic biomarker and an attractive focus for GC. Keywords: CPT1A; gastric cancer; fatty acid oxidation; prognostic; progression


Metabolism ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennie L Walgren ◽  
Zainab Amani ◽  
JoEllyn M McMillan ◽  
Mathias Locher ◽  
Maria G Buse

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Lan Qu ◽  
Chuan-Huai Deng ◽  
Qing Luo ◽  
Xue-Ying Shang ◽  
Jiao-Xiang Wu ◽  
...  

AbstractNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and steatohepatitis (NASH) have become a worldwide health concern because of lifestyle changes, but it is still lack of specific therapeutic strategies as the underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. Our previous study indicated that deficiency of Arid1a, a key component of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, initiated mouse steatohepatitis, implying that Arid1a might be essentially required for the integrity of hepatic lipid metabolism. However, the exact mechanisms of the pathological process due to Arid1a loss are unclear. In the present work, we show that hepatocyte-specific deletion of Arid1a significantly increases susceptibility to develop hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance in mice fed with high-fat diet (HFD), along with the aggravated inflammatory responses marked by increment of serum alanine amino transferase (AST), aspartate amino transferase (AST) and TNFα. Mechanistically, Arid1a deficiency leads to the reduction of chromatin modification characteristic of transcriptional activation on multiple metabolic genes, especially Cpt1a and Acox1, two rate-limiting enzyme genes for fatty acid oxidation. Furthermore, our data indicated that Arid1a loss promotes hepatic steatosis by downregulating PPARα, thereby impairing fatty acid oxidation which leads to lipid accumulation and insulin resistance. These findings reveal that targeting ARID1a might be a promising therapeutic strategy for NAFLD, NASH and insulin resistance.


2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 599-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Murray ◽  
Hugh E. Montgomery ◽  
Martin Feelisch ◽  
Michael P.W. Grocott ◽  
Daniel S. Martin

Ascent to high altitude is associated with physiological responses that counter the stress of hypobaric hypoxia by increasing oxygen delivery and by altering tissue oxygen utilisation via metabolic modulation. At the cellular level, the transcriptional response to hypoxia is mediated by the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) pathway and results in promotion of glycolytic capacity and suppression of oxidative metabolism. In Tibetan highlanders, gene variants encoding components of the HIF pathway have undergone selection and are associated with adaptive phenotypic changes, including suppression of erythropoiesis and increased blood lactate levels. In some highland populations, there has also been a selection of variants in PPARA, encoding peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα), a transcriptional regulator of fatty acid metabolism. In one such population, the Sherpas, lower muscle PPARA expression is associated with a decreased capacity for fatty acid oxidation, potentially improving the efficiency of oxygen utilisation. In lowlanders ascending to altitude, a similar suppression of fatty acid oxidation occurs, although the underlying molecular mechanism appears to differ along with the consequences. Unlike lowlanders, Sherpas appear to be protected against oxidative stress and the accumulation of intramuscular lipid intermediates at altitude. Moreover, Sherpas are able to defend muscle ATP and phosphocreatine levels in the face of decreased oxygen delivery, possibly due to suppression of ATP demand pathways. The molecular mechanisms allowing Sherpas to successfully live, work and reproduce at altitude may hold the key to novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of diseases to which hypoxia is a fundamental contributor.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 5976-5991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Xie ◽  
Xi He ◽  
Keyu Chen ◽  
Kozue Sakao ◽  
De-Xing Hou

VTP might prevent WD-induced NAFLD by balancing fatty acid oxidation and lipogenesis, hepatic oxidative stress, and the gut microbiome.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Urquijo ◽  
Emma N Panting ◽  
Roderick N Carter ◽  
Emma J Agnew ◽  
Caitlin S Wyrwoll ◽  
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