Targeting peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation improves hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance in obese mice.
J Biol Chem
; 299(2): 102845, 2023 02.
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Obesity and diabetes normally cause mitochondrial dysfunction and hepatic lipid accumulation, while fatty acid synthesis is suppressed and malonyl-CoA is depleted in the liver of severe obese or diabetic animals. Therefore, a negative regulatory mechanism might work for the control of mitochondrial fatty acid metabolism that is independent of malonyl-CoA in the diabetic animals. As mitochondrial ß-oxidation is controlled by the acetyl-CoA/CoA ratio, and the acetyl-CoA generated in peroxisomal ß-oxidation could be transported into mitochondria via carnitine shuttles, we hypothesize that peroxisomal ß-oxidation might play a role in regulating mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and inducing hepatic steatosis under the condition of obesity or diabetes. This study reveals a novel mechanism by which peroxisomal ß-oxidation controls mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation in diabetic animals. We determined that excessive oxidation of fatty acids by peroxisomes generates considerable acetyl-carnitine in the liver of diabetic mice, which significantly elevates the mitochondrial acetyl-CoA/CoA ratio and causes feedback suppression of mitochondrial ß-oxidation. Additionally, we found that specific suppression of peroxisomal ß-oxidation enhances mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation by reducing acetyl-carnitine formation in the liver of obese mice. In conclusion, we suggest that induction of peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation serves as a mechanism for diabetes-induced hepatic lipid accumulation. Targeting peroxisomal ß-oxidation might be a promising pathway in improving hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance as induced by obesity or diabetes.
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Resistencia a la Insulina
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Diabetes Mellitus Experimental
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J Biol Chem
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2023
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