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Adiponutrin functions as a nutritionally regulated lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase.

Abstract
Numerous studies in humans link a nonsynonymous genetic polymorphism (I148M) in adiponutrin (ADPN) to various forms of fatty liver disease and liver cirrhosis. Despite its high clinical relevance, the molecular function of ADPN and the mechanism by which I148M variant affects hepatic metabolism are unclear. Here we show that ADPN promotes cellular lipid synthesis by converting lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) into phosphatidic acid. The ADPN-catalyzed LPA acyltransferase (LPAAT) reaction is specific for LPA and long-chain acyl-CoAs. Wild-type mice receiving a high-sucrose diet exhibit substantial upregulation of Adpn in the liver and a concomitant increase in LPAAT activity. In Adpn-deficient mice, this diet-induced increase in hepatic LPAAT activity is reduced. Notably, the I148M variant of human ADPN exhibits increased LPAAT activity leading to increased cellular lipid accumulation. This gain of function provides a plausible biochemical mechanism for the development of liver steatosis in subjects carrying the I148M variant.
AuthorsManju Kumari, Gabriele Schoiswohl, Chandramohan Chitraju, Margret Paar, Irina Cornaciu, Ashraf Y Rangrez, Nuttaporn Wongsiriroj, Harald M Nagy, Pavlina T Ivanova, Sarah A Scott, Oskar Knittelfelder, Gerald N Rechberger, Ruth Birner-Gruenberger, Sandra Eder, H Alex Brown, Guenter Haemmerle, Monika Oberer, Achim Lass, Erin E Kershaw, Robert Zimmermann, Rudolf Zechner
JournalCell metabolism (Cell Metab) Vol. 15 Issue 5 Pg. 691-702 (May 02 2012) ISSN: 1932-7420 [Electronic] United States
PMID22560221 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
CopyrightCopyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • Acyl Coenzyme A
  • Dietary Sucrose
  • Lipids
  • Lysophospholipids
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Phosphatidic Acids
  • Phospholipids
  • Triglycerides
  • adiponutrin
  • Acyltransferases
  • 1-Acylglycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase
  • ABHD5 protein, human
  • Abhd5 protein, mouse
  • 2-acylglycerophosphate acyltransferase
  • Cysteine Endopeptidases
  • cysteine proteinase I
  • lysophosphatidic acid
Topics
  • 1-Acylglycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase (genetics, metabolism)
  • Acyl Coenzyme A (genetics, metabolism)
  • Acyltransferases (genetics, metabolism)
  • Animals
  • CHO Cells
  • COS Cells
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Cricetinae
  • Cysteine Endopeptidases (genetics, metabolism)
  • Dietary Sucrose (metabolism)
  • Fatty Liver (genetics, metabolism)
  • Hep G2 Cells
  • Humans
  • Lipid Metabolism (genetics)
  • Lipids (biosynthesis, genetics)
  • Liver (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Lysophospholipids (genetics, metabolism)
  • Male
  • Membrane Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Models, Molecular
  • Phosphatidic Acids (genetics, metabolism)
  • Phospholipids (genetics, metabolism)
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Triglycerides (genetics, metabolism)
  • Up-Regulation

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