Ahmadian Maryam, Duncan Robin E, Jaworski Kathy, Sarkadi-Nagy Eszter, Sul Hei Sook
University of California, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA, Tel.: +1 510 642 3978; ;
Future Lipidol. 2007 Apr;2(2):229-237. doi: 10.2217/17460875.2.2.229.
Triacylglycerol (TAG) in adipose tissue serves as the major energy storage form in higher eukaryotes. Obesity, resulting from excess white adipose tissue, has increased dramatically in recent years resulting in a serious public health problem. Understanding of adipocyte-specific TAG synthesis and hydrolysis is critical to the development of strategies to treat and prevent obesity and its closely associated diseases, for example, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerosis. In this review, we present an overview of the major enzymes in TAG synthesis and lipolysis, including the recent discovery of a novel adipocyte TAG hydrolase.
脂肪组织中的三酰甘油(TAG)是高等真核生物中主要的能量储存形式。近年来,由白色脂肪组织过多导致的肥胖症急剧增加,引发了严重的公共卫生问题。了解脂肪细胞特异性的TAG合成和水解对于制定治疗和预防肥胖症及其密切相关疾病(如2型糖尿病、高血压和动脉粥样硬化)的策略至关重要。在这篇综述中,我们概述了TAG合成和脂解过程中的主要酶,包括最近发现的一种新型脂肪细胞TAG水解酶。