An ANGPTL4-ceramide-protein kinase Cζ axis mediates chronic glucocorticoid exposure-induced hepatic steatosis and hypertriglyceridemia in mice

© 2019 Chen et al..

Chronic or excess glucocorticoid exposure causes lipid disorders such as hypertriglyceridemia and hepatic steatosis. Angptl4 (angiopoietin-like 4), a primary target gene of the glucocorticoid receptor in hepatocytes and adipocytes, is required for hypertriglyceridemia and hepatic steatosis induced by the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone. Angptl4 has also been shown to be required for dexamethasone-induced hepatic ceramide production. Here, we further examined the role of ceramide-mediated signaling in hepatic dyslipidemia caused by chronic glucocorticoid exposure. Using a stable isotope-labeling technique, we found that dexamethasone treatment induced the rate of hepatic de novo lipogenesis and triglyceride synthesis. These dexamethasone responses were compromised in Angptl4-null mice (Angptl4-/-). Treating mice with myriocin, an inhibitor of the rate-controlling enzyme of de novo ceramide synthesis, serine palmitoyltransferase long-chain base subunit 1 (SPTLC1)/SPTLC2, decreased dexamethasone-induced plasma and liver triglyceride levels in WT but not Angptl4-/- mice. We noted similar results in mice infected with adeno-associated virus-expressing small hairpin RNAs targeting Sptlc2. Protein phosphatase 2 phosphatase activator (PP2A) and protein kinase Cζ (PKCζ) are two known downstream effectors of ceramides. We found here that mice treated with an inhibitor of PKCζ, 2-acetyl-1,3-cyclopentanedione (ACPD), had lower levels of dexamethasone-induced triglyceride accumulation in plasma and liver. However, small hairpin RNA-mediated targeting of the catalytic PP2A subunit (Ppp2ca) had no effect on dexamethasone responses on plasma and liver triglyceride levels. Overall, our results indicate that chronic dexamethasone treatment induces an ANGPTL4-ceramide-PKCζ axis that activates hepatic de novo lipogenesis and triglyceride synthesis, resulting in lipid disorders.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:294

Enthalten in:

The Journal of biological chemistry - 294(2019), 23 vom: 07. Juni, Seite 9213-9224

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Tzu-Chieh [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Rebecca A [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, Sam L [VerfasserIn]
Kanamaluru, Deepthi [VerfasserIn]
Gray, Nora E [VerfasserIn]
Yiv, Nicholas [VerfasserIn]
Cheang, Rachel T [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Jenna H [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Justin Y [VerfasserIn]
Fitch, Mark D [VerfasserIn]
Hellerstein, Marc K [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jen-Chywan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7S5I7G3JQL
Angiopoietin-Like Protein 4
Angptl4 protein, mouse
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors
Ceramide
Ceramides
Dexamethasone
Dyslipidemia
EC 2.3.1.50
EC 2.3.1.85
EC 2.7.11.1
EC 2.7.11.13
EC 3.1.3.16
Fasn protein, mouse
Fatty Acid Synthase, Type I
Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated
Fatty liver disease
Glucocorticoid
Hepatosteatosis
Hypertriglyceridemia
Journal Article
Lipogenesis
Liver
Metabolic syndrome
Mlxipl protein, mouse
Protein Kinase C
Protein Phosphatase 2
Protein kinase C zeta
RNA, Small Interfering
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Serine C-Palmitoyltransferase
Sptlc1 protein, mouse
Steroid hormone
Thermozymocidin
Triglyceride
Triglycerides
YRM4E8R9ST

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Date Completed 25.02.2020

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1074/jbc.RA118.006259

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM296731676