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SHR Neuro Cancer Cardio Lipid Metab Microb
Heier, C; Taschler, U; Radulovic, M; Aschauer, P; Eichmann, TO; Grond, S; Wolinski, H; Oberer, M; Zechner, R; Kohlwein, SD; Zimmermann, R.
Monoacylglycerol Lipases Act as Evolutionarily Conserved Regulators of Non-oxidative Ethanol Metabolism.
J Biol Chem. 2016; 291(22):11865-75
Doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.705541
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- Eichmann Thomas
- Taschler Ulrike
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- Fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) are non-oxidative metabolites of ethanol that accumulate in human tissues upon ethanol intake. Although FAEEs are considered as toxic metabolites causing cellular dysfunction and tissue damage, the enzymology of FAEE metabolism remains poorly understood. In this study, we used a biochemical screen in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to identify and characterize putative hydrolases involved in FAEE catabolism. We found that Yju3p, the functional orthologue of mammalian monoacylglycerol lipase (MGL), contributes >90% of cellular FAEE hydrolase activity, and its loss leads to the accumulation of FAEE. Heterologous expression of mammalian MGL in yju3Δ mutants restored cellular FAEE hydrolase activity and FAEE catabolism. Moreover, overexpression or pharmacological inhibition of MGL in mouse AML-12 hepatocytes decreased or increased FAEE levels, respectively. FAEEs were transiently incorporated into lipid droplets (LDs) and both Yju3p and MGL co-localized with these organelles. We conclude that the storage of FAEE in inert LDs and their mobilization by LD-resident FAEE hydrolases facilitate a controlled metabolism of these potentially toxic lipid metabolites.
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- Animals - administration & dosage
- Biological Evolution - administration & dosage
- Cells, Cultured - administration & dosage
- Chromatography, Thin Layer - administration & dosage
- Ethanol - metabolism
- Fatty Acids - metabolism
- Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry - administration & dosage
- Hepatocytes - cytology, metabolism
- Humans - administration & dosage
- Inactivation, Metabolic - administration & dosage
- Mice - administration & dosage
- Monoacylglycerol Lipases - metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae - growth & development, metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins - metabolism