Skin fibroblast metabolomic profiling reveals that lipid dysfunction predicts the severity of Friedreich's ataxia

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Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder caused by a triplet guanine-adenine-adenine (GAA) repeat expansion in intron 1 of the FXN gene, which leads to decreased levels of the frataxin protein. Frataxin is involved in the formation of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster prosthetic groups for various metabolic enzymes. To provide a better understanding of the metabolic status of patients with FRDA, here we used patient-derived fibroblast cells as a surrogate tissue for metabolic and lipidomic profiling by liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry. We found elevated HMG-CoA and β-hydroxybutyrate-CoA levels, implying dysregulated fatty acid oxidation, which was further demonstrated by elevated acyl-carnitine levels. Lipidomic profiling identified dysregulated levels of several lipid classes in FRDA fibroblast cells when compared with non-FRDA fibroblast cells. For example, levels of several ceramides were significantly increased in FRDA fibroblast cells; these results positively correlated with the GAA repeat length and negatively correlated with the frataxin protein levels. Furthermore, stable isotope tracing experiments indicated increased ceramide synthesis, especially for long-chain fatty acid-ceramides, in FRDA fibroblast cells compared with ceramide synthesis in healthy control fibroblast cells. In addition, PUFA-containing triglycerides and phosphatidylglycerols were enriched in FRDA fibroblast cells and negatively correlated with frataxin levels, suggesting lipid remodeling as a result of FXN deficiency. Altogether, we demonstrate patient-derived fibroblast cells exhibited dysregulated metabolic capabilities, and their lipid dysfunction predicted the severity of FRDA, making them a useful surrogate to study the metabolic status in FRDA.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

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Journal of lipid research - 63(2022), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 100255

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Dezhen [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Elaine S [VerfasserIn]
Cotticelli, M Grazia [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Peining [VerfasserIn]
Napierala, Jill S [VerfasserIn]
Hauser, Lauren A [VerfasserIn]
Napierala, Marek [VerfasserIn]
Himes, Blanca E [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, Robert B [VerfasserIn]
Lynch, David R [VerfasserIn]
Mesaros, Clementina [VerfasserIn]

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3-Hydroxybutyric Acid
5Z93L87A1R
70FD1KFU70
Adenine
Carnitine
Ceramides
Coenzyme A
E1UOL152H7
Fatty acids oxidation
Frataxin
Guanine
Iron
JAC85A2161
Journal Article
Lipid remodeling
Lipidomics
Neurodegenerative disorders
Phosphatidylglycerols
Phospholipids
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
S7UI8SM58A
SAA04E81UX
Stable isotope tracing
Sulfur
TZP1275679
Triglycerides
Triplet repeat expansion

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Date Completed 04.10.2022

Date Revised 25.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jlr.2022.100255

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NLM34370434X