Lee Hyeon-Cheol, Simon Gabriel M, Cravatt Benjamin F
The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States.
Biochemistry. 2015 Apr 21;54(15):2539-49. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00207. Epub 2015 Apr 8.
N-Acyl phospholipids are atypical components of cell membranes that bear three acyl chains and serve as potential biosynthetic precursors for lipid mediators such as endocannabinoids. Biochemical studies have implicated ABHD4 as a brain N-acyl phosphatidylethanolamine (NAPE) lipase, but in vivo evidence for this functional assignment is lacking. Here, we describe ABHD4(-/-) mice and their characterization using untargeted lipidomics to discover that ABHD4 regulates multiple classes of brain N-acyl phospholipids. In addition to showing reductions in brain glycerophospho-NAEs (GP-NAEs) and plasmalogen-based lyso-NAPEs (lyso-pNAPEs), ABHD4(-/-) mice exhibited decreases in a distinct set of brain lipids that were structurally characterized as N-acyl lysophosphatidylserines (lyso-NAPSs). Biochemical assays confirmed that NAPS lipids are direct substrates of ABHD4. These findings, taken together, designate ABHD4 as a principal regulator of N-acyl phospholipid metabolism in the mammalian nervous system.
N-酰基磷脂是细胞膜的非典型成分,带有三条酰基链,可作为脂质介质(如内源性大麻素)的潜在生物合成前体。生化研究表明ABHD4是一种脑N-酰基磷脂酰乙醇胺(NAPE)脂肪酶,但缺乏该功能归属的体内证据。在此,我们描述了ABHD4基因敲除小鼠及其通过非靶向脂质组学进行的表征,以发现ABHD4调节多种类型的脑N-酰基磷脂。除了脑甘油磷酸-N-酰基乙醇胺(GP-NAEs)和基于缩醛磷脂的溶血-NAPE(lyso-pNAPEs)减少外,ABHD4基因敲除小鼠还表现出一组独特的脑脂质减少,这些脂质在结构上被表征为N-酰基溶血磷脂酰丝氨酸(lyso-NAPSs)。生化分析证实NAPS脂质是ABHD4的直接底物。综合这些发现,确定ABHD4为哺乳动物神经系统中N-酰基磷脂代谢的主要调节因子。