Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2013 Mar 1;304(5):C478-84. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00372.2012. Epub 2013 Jan 9.
Fatty acid translocase (FAT)/CD36 has been extensively studied for its role in facilitating fatty acid uptake. Recent findings have also demonstrated that this protein regulates adipocyte lipolysis and may modulate fatty acid reesterification. As FAT/CD36 has been shown to control the expression of genes involved in fatty acid oxidation in adipocytes, we reasoned that this protein might also control the expression of enzymes involved in fatty acid reesterification. In adipose tissue from FAT/CD36 knockout (KO) mice, we found that glycerol and fatty acid release were reduced and this was associated with reductions in adipose triglyceride lipase. Decreases in lipolysis were paralleled by increases in the free fatty acid-to-glycerol ratio and reductions in primary and fractional rates of fatty acid reesterfication in cultured adipose tissue from FAT/CD36 KO mice. Reductions in reesterfication were associated with decreases in the mRNA expression and protein content of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK). To determine if reductions in lipolysis could lead to decreases in PEPCK mRNA expression, we treated cultured mouse adipose tissue with the lipase inhibitor CAY10499 (2 μM) and found that this resulted in an ∼50% reduction in PEPCK mRNA expression. Treatment with hexarelin (10 μM, 12 h), a CD36 agonist, increased PEPCK mRNA expression independent of lipolysis. Collectively, our results provide novel evidence that FAT/CD36 regulates PEPCK in adipose tissue and that this could be secondary to reductions in lipolysis.
脂肪酸转运蛋白(FAT)/CD36 在促进脂肪酸摄取方面的作用已得到广泛研究。最近的研究结果还表明,这种蛋白质调节脂肪细胞的脂解作用,并可能调节脂肪酸再酯化。由于 FAT/CD36 已被证明控制脂肪细胞中脂肪酸氧化相关基因的表达,我们推断该蛋白也可能控制参与脂肪酸再酯化的酶的表达。在 FAT/CD36 敲除(KO)小鼠的脂肪组织中,我们发现甘油和脂肪酸的释放减少,这与脂肪甘油三酯脂肪酶的减少有关。脂肪分解的减少与游离脂肪酸与甘油的比例增加以及培养的 FAT/CD36 KO 小鼠脂肪组织中脂肪酸再酯化的初始和分数速率的减少平行。再酯化的减少与磷酸烯醇丙酮酸羧激酶(PEPCK)的 mRNA 表达和蛋白含量的减少有关。为了确定脂肪分解的减少是否会导致 PEPCK mRNA 表达的减少,我们用脂肪酶抑制剂 CAY10499(2 μM)处理培养的小鼠脂肪组织,发现这导致 PEPCK mRNA 表达减少约 50%。用 CD36 激动剂 hexarelin(10 μM,12 h)处理可独立于脂肪分解增加 PEPCK mRNA 表达。总之,我们的结果提供了新的证据表明 FAT/CD36 在脂肪组织中调节 PEPCK,这可能是脂肪分解减少的结果。