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Menzel JP, Birrer FE, Stroka D, Masoodi M. Skylite: Skyline-Based Lipid Isomer Retention Time Evaluation for Lipidomics in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis. Anal Chem 2025; 97:8791-8800. [PMID: 40226872 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c06503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/15/2025]
Abstract
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most prevalent liver disorder worldwide and can progress to steatohepatitis. Elevated de novo lipogenesis (DNL) is a key contributor to hepatic steatosis. Fatty acid (FA) desaturation produces several unsaturated lipid isomers that are structurally very similar but have diverse biological functions. However, due to their structural similarity, many conventional mass spectrometry approaches cannot detect such metabolic alterations. Thus, we introduce the Skylite (Skyline-based lipid isomer retention time evaluation) workflow using conventional liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to identify important isomer features. Retention times of isomeric phosphatidylcholines are compared with the well-characterized human plasma reference standard NIST 1950. Retention time trends correlate well with fixed-charge derivatized FA in liquid chromatography and ozone-induced dissociation mass spectrometry data. The interpretation is supported by double bond diagnostic fragments in LC-MS/MS experiments of epoxidized hydrolyzed fatty acids. We investigate hepatic lipid profiles, focusing on esterified fatty acids in two mouse models of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Out of 37 phosphatidylcholine sum compositions, the workflow identifies 123 lipid features. Importantly, CCl4-induced and melanocortin-4 receptor knockout mice on a western diet (WD) have significantly higher levels of mead acid, branched-chain fatty acid, and n-7 PUFA incorporated into phosphatidylcholines. While the MASH mouse liver tissues contain notable amounts of n-7 PUFA, no n-10 PUFA were detected, potentially indicating a unique desaturation pattern. The screening for altered lipid isomer profiles bridges the gap between high-throughput analyses and specialized structure-resolved techniques.
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- Jan Philipp Menzel
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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Selami N, Zitouni-Haouar FEH, Zerouki C, Aibeche C, Draou N, Khelil O, Choubane S, Maatallah M, Madani I, Ouenzar K, Zemmour A, Kerkoud M, Mnasri B, Moumen B, Vriet C, Djabeur A. Pseudomonas retamae sp. nov., a novel endophytic bacterium with plant growth-promoting potential, isolated from root nodules of Retama monosperma in Northwestern Algeria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75. [PMID: 39812647 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2025] Open
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A thorough polyphasic taxonomic study, integrating genome-based taxonomic approaches, was carried out to characterize the RB5T strain isolated from root nodules of Retama monosperma growing on the coastal dunes of Bousfer Beach (Oran, Algeria). The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain RB5T had the highest similarity to Pseudomonas granadensis LMG27940T (98.94%) and Pseudomonas gozinkensis IzPS32dT (98.73%). Phylogenetic studies, including both 16S rRNA gene sequence and multilocus sequence analysis using 16S rRNA, gyrB and rpoD housekeeping genes, positioned RB5T in a distinct branch alongside its closest relative, P. granadensis LMG27940T. Phylogenomic analysis using the Bac120 marker set and Type (Strain) Genome Server confirmed the unique position of RB5T and its close relationship with P. granadensis LMG27940T. Similarly, genomic comparisons using average nucleotide identity based on blast (ANIb) and digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) revealed values of 92.85 and 59.3%, respectively, when compared with its closest relative, P. granadensis LMG27940T. Both values fall below the established species delimitation thresholds of 95-96% for ANIb and 70% for dDDH, providing strong genomic evidence that strain RB5T represents a novel species. Further average nucleotide identity comparisons with unclassified Pseudomonas spp. (384 genomes) and metagenomic-derived genomes from the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) showed values between 84.27 and 89.2%, indicating that strain RB5T belongs to a unique evolutionary line. The genome of RB5T, with a size of 6 311 310 bp and a G+C content of 60%, harbours several key genes associated with plant growth-promoting traits, making it a promising candidate for sustainable agriculture. Phenotypically, RB5T strain is an aerobic, rod-shaped, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming bacterium that is motile with a single polar flagellum. It grows under a wide range of temperature (4-42 °C) and pH (5-10) conditions and tolerates up to 6% (w/v) NaCl. The main cellular fatty acid composition of RB5T includes C16:0, C17:0 cyclo and the summed features 3 consisting of C16:1 ω7c/C16:1 ω6c. Based on the phylogenetic, phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and genome comparison analyses, strain RB5T was identified as a novel species of the genus Pseudomonas, for which the name Pseudomonas retamae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RB5T (=DSM 117471T=LMG 33633T=CIP 112482T).
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- Nawel Selami
- Dpartement de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire des Productions, Valorisations Vgtales et Microbiennes (LP2VM), Facult des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, B.P. 1505, El-Mnaour, Universit des Sciences et de la Technologie dOran Mohamed Boudiaf USTO-MB, Oran 31000, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Biology of Microorganisms and Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella University, Oran 31000, Algeria
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- School of Forest Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistokatu 7, 80101, Joensuu, Finland
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- Dpartement de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire des Productions, Valorisations Vgtales et Microbiennes (LP2VM), Facult des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, B.P. 1505, El-Mnaour, Universit des Sciences et de la Technologie dOran Mohamed Boudiaf USTO-MB, Oran 31000, Algeria
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- Dpartement de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire des Productions, Valorisations Vgtales et Microbiennes (LP2VM), Facult des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, B.P. 1505, El-Mnaour, Universit des Sciences et de la Technologie dOran Mohamed Boudiaf USTO-MB, Oran 31000, Algeria
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- Laboratoire dAquaculture et de Bioremdiation (AQUABIOR), Universit d'Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, B.P 1524, El M'Naouer, 31000, Oran, Algeria
- Ecole Suprieure en Sciences Biologiques d'Oran (ESSBO), BP 1042 Saim Mohamed, Cit Emir Abdelkader (EX-INESSMO) 31000, Oran, Algeria
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- Laboratoire dAquaculture et de Bioremdiation (AQUABIOR), Universit d'Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, B.P 1524, El M'Naouer, 31000, Oran, Algeria
- Ecole Suprieure en Sciences Biologiques d'Oran (ESSBO), BP 1042 Saim Mohamed, Cit Emir Abdelkader (EX-INESSMO) 31000, Oran, Algeria
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- Facult de pharmacie de Monastir, Laboratoire dAnalyse, Traitement et Valorisation des Polluants de lEnvironnement et des Produits (LATVPEP : LR 01 ES 16), Universit de Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Dpartement de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire des Productions, Valorisations Vgtales et Microbiennes (LP2VM), Facult des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, B.P. 1505, El-Mnaour, Universit des Sciences et de la Technologie dOran Mohamed Boudiaf USTO-MB, Oran 31000, Algeria
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- Dpartement de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire des Productions, Valorisations Vgtales et Microbiennes (LP2VM), Facult des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, B.P. 1505, El-Mnaour, Universit des Sciences et de la Technologie dOran Mohamed Boudiaf USTO-MB, Oran 31000, Algeria
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- Dpartement de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire des Productions, Valorisations Vgtales et Microbiennes (LP2VM), Facult des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, B.P. 1505, El-Mnaour, Universit des Sciences et de la Technologie dOran Mohamed Boudiaf USTO-MB, Oran 31000, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agroecosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cdria, BP 901, Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions (EBI), UMR CNRS 7267, Universit de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions (EBI), UMR CNRS 7267, Universit de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Dpartement de Biotechnologie, Laboratoire des Productions, Valorisations Vgtales et Microbiennes (LP2VM), Facult des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, B.P. 1505, El-Mnaour, Universit des Sciences et de la Technologie dOran Mohamed Boudiaf USTO-MB, Oran 31000, Algeria
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Cornwell AB, Zhang Y, Thondamal M, Johnson DW, Thakar J, Samuelson AV. The C. elegans Myc-family of transcription factors coordinate a dynamic adaptive response to dietary restriction. GeroScience 2024; 46:4827-4854. [PMID: 38878153 PMCID: PMC11336136 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-024-01197-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024] Open
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Dietary restriction (DR), the process of decreasing overall food consumption over an extended period of time, has been shown to increase longevity across evolutionarily diverse species and delay the onset of age-associated diseases in humans. In Caenorhabditis elegans, the Myc-family transcription factors (TFs) MXL-2 (Mlx) and MML-1 (MondoA/ChREBP), which function as obligate heterodimers, and PHA-4 (orthologous to FOXA) are both necessary for the full physiological benefits of DR. However, the adaptive transcriptional response to DR and the role of MML-1::MXL-2 and PHA-4 remains elusive. We identified the transcriptional signature of C. elegans DR, using the eat-2 genetic model, and demonstrate broad changes in metabolic gene expression in eat-2 DR animals, which requires both mxl-2 and pha-4. While the requirement for these factors in DR gene expression overlaps, we found many of the DR genes exhibit an opposing change in relative gene expression in eat-2;mxl-2 animals compared to wild-type, which was not observed in eat-2 animals with pha-4 loss. Surprisingly, we discovered more than 2000 genes synthetically dysregulated in eat-2;mxl-2, out of which the promoters of down-regulated genes were substantially enriched for PQM-1 and ELT-1/3 GATA TF binding motifs. We further show functional deficiencies of the mxl-2 loss in DR outside of lifespan, as eat-2;mxl-2 animals exhibit substantially smaller brood sizes and lay a proportion of dead eggs, indicating that MML-1::MXL-2 has a role in maintaining the balance between resource allocation to the soma and to reproduction under conditions of chronic food scarcity. While eat-2 animals do not show a significantly different metabolic rate compared to wild-type, we also find that loss of mxl-2 in DR does not affect the rate of oxygen consumption in young animals. The gene expression signature of eat-2 mutant animals is consistent with optimization of energy utilization and resource allocation, rather than induction of canonical gene expression changes associated with acute metabolic stress, such as induction of autophagy after TORC1 inhibition. Consistently, eat-2 animals are not substantially resistant to stress, providing further support to the idea that chronic DR may benefit healthspan and lifespan through efficient use of limited resources rather than broad upregulation of stress responses, and also indicates that MML-1::MXL-2 and PHA-4 may have distinct roles in promotion of benefits in response to different pro-longevity stimuli.
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- Adam B Cornwell
- Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
- MURTI Centre and Department of Biotechnology, School of Technology, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, 530045, India
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- Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
- Department of Math and Science, Genesee Community College, One College Rd, Batavia, NY, 14020, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA.
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Gutierrez-Perez C, Puerner C, Jones JT, Vellanki S, Vesely EM, Xatse MA, Viera AFC, Olsen CP, Attiku KO, Cardinale S, Kwasny SM, G-Dayanandan N, Opperman TJ, Cramer RA. Unsaturated fatty acid perturbation combats emerging triazole antifungal resistance in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. mBio 2024; 15:e0116624. [PMID: 38934618 PMCID: PMC11253624 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01166-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Contemporary antifungal therapies utilized to treat filamentous fungal infections are inhibited by intrinsic and emerging drug resistance. Consequently, there is an urgent need to develop novel antifungal compounds that are effective against drug-resistant filamentous fungi. Here, we utilized an Aspergillus fumigatus cell-based high-throughput screen to identify small molecules with antifungal activity that also potentiated triazole activity. The screen identified 16 hits with promising activity against A. fumigatus. A nonspirocyclic piperidine, herein named MBX-7591, exhibited synergy with triazole antifungal drugs and activity against pan-azole-resistant A. fumigatus isolates. MBX-7591 has additional potent activity against Rhizopus species and CO2-dependent activity against Cryptococcus neoformans. Chemical, genetic, and biochemical mode of action analyses revealed that MBX-7591 increases cell membrane saturation by decreasing oleic acid content. MBX-7591 has low toxicity in vivo and shows good efficacy in decreasing fungal burden in a murine model of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Taken together, our results suggest MBX-7591 is a promising hit with a novel mode of action for further antifungal drug development to combat the rising incidence of triazole-resistant filamentous fungal infections.IMPORTANCEThe incidence of infections caused by fungi continues to increase with advances in medical therapies. Unfortunately, antifungal drug development has not kept pace with the incidence and importance of fungal infections, with only three major classes of antifungal drugs currently available for use in the clinic. Filamentous fungi, also called molds, are particularly recalcitrant to contemporary antifungal therapies. Here, a recently developed Aspergillus fumigatus cell reporter strain was utilized to conduct a high-throughput screen to identify small molecules with antifungal activity. An emphasis was placed on small molecules that potentiated the activity of contemporary triazole antifungals and led to the discovery of MBX-7591. MBX-7591 potentiates triazole activity against drug-resistant molds such as A. fumigatus and has activity against Mucorales fungi. MBX-7591's mode of action involves inhibiting the conversion of saturated to unsaturated fatty acids, thereby impacting fungal membrane integrity. MBX-7591 is a novel small molecule with antifungal activity poised for lead development.
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- Cecilia Gutierrez-Perez
- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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Wang Z, Yang T, Brenna JT, Wang DH. Fatty acid isomerism: analysis and selected biological functions. Food Funct 2024; 15:1071-1088. [PMID: 38197562 DOI: 10.1039/d3fo03716a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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The biological functions of fatty acids and the lipids in which they are esterified are determined by their chain length, double bond position and geometry and other structural motifs such as the presence of methyl branches. Unusual isomeric features in fatty acids of human foods such as conjugated double bonds or chain branching found in dairy products, some seeds and nuts, and marine foods potentially have important effects on human health. Recent advancements in identifying fatty acids with unusual double bond positions and pinpointing the position of methyl branches have empowered the study of their biological functions. We present recent advances in fatty acid structural elucidation by mass spectrometry in comparison with the more traditional methods. The double bond position can be determined by purely instrumental methods, specifically solvent-mediated covalent adduct chemical ionization (SM-CACI) and ozone induced dissociation (OzID), with charge inversion methods showing promise. Prior derivatization using the Paternò-Büchi (PB) reaction to yield stable structures that, upon collisional activation, yield the double bond position has emerged. The chemical ionization (CI) based three ion monitoring (MRM) method has been developed to simultaneously identify and quantify low-level branched chain fatty acids (BCFAs), unattainable by electron ionization (EI) based methods. Accurate identification and quantification of unusual fatty acid isomers has led to research progress in the discovery of biomarkers for cancer, diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and atherosclerosis. Modulation of eicosanoids, weight loss and the health significance of BCFAs are also presented. This review clearly shows that the improvement of analytical capacity is critical in the study of fatty acid biological functions, and stronger coupling of the methods discussed here with fatty acid mechanistic research is promising in generating more refined outcomes.
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- Zhen Wang
- School of Agriculture, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China.
- School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
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- School of Agriculture, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China.
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- Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Depts of Pediatrics, of Chemistry, and of Nutrition, University of Texas at Austin, 1400 Barbara Jordan Blvd, Austin, TX, USA.
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- School of Agriculture, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China.
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Mao S, Liu Z, Tian Y, Li D, Gao X, Wen Y, Peng T, Shen W, Xiao D, Wan F, Liu L. Branched-Long-Chain Monomethyl Fatty Acids: Are They Hidden Gems? JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023; 71:18674-18684. [PMID: 37982580 PMCID: PMC10705331 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c06300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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Branched-long-chain monomethyl fatty acids (BLCFA) are consumed daily in significant amounts by humans in all stages of life. BLCFA are absorbed and metabolized in human intestinal epithelial cells and are not only oxidized for energy. Thus far, BLCFA have been revealed to possess versatile beneficial bioactivities, including cytotoxicity to cancer cells, anti-inflammation, lipid-lowering, reducing the risk of metabolic disorders, maintaining normal β cell function and insulin sensitivity, regulation of development, and mitigating cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury. However, compared to other well-studied dietary fatty acids like eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), BLCFA has received disproportionate attention despite their potential importance. Here we outlined the major food sources, estimated intake, absorption, and metabolism in human cells, and bioactive properties of BLCFA with a focus on the bioactive mechanisms to advocate for an increased commitment to BLCFA investigations. Humans were estimated to absorb 6-5000 mg of dietary BLCFA daily from fetus to adult. Notably, iso-15:0 inhibited the growth of prostate cancer, liver cancer and T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas in rodent models at the effective doses of 35-105 mg/kg/day, 70 mg/kg/day, and 70 mg/kg/day, respectively. Feeding formula prepared with 20% w/w BLCFA mixture to neonatal rats with enterocolitis mitigated the intestine inflammation. Iso-15:0 at doses of 10, 40, and 80 mg/kg relieved brain ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats. In the future, it is crucial to conduct research to establish the epidemiology of BLCFA intake and their impacts on health outcomes in humans as well as to fully uncover the underlying mechanisms for their bioactivities.
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- Siqing Mao
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Animal Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Animal Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Animal Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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Vieira AFC, Xatse MA, Murray SY, Olsen CP. Oleic Acid Metabolism in Response to Glucose in C. elegans. Metabolites 2023; 13:1185. [PMID: 38132867 PMCID: PMC10744850 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13121185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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A key response to glucose stress is an increased production of unsaturated fatty acids to balance the increase in saturated fatty acids in the membrane. The C. elegans homolog of stearoyl-CoA desaturase, FAT-7, introduces the first double bond into saturated C18 fatty acids yielding oleic acid, and is a critical regulatory point for surviving cold and glucose stress. Here, we incorporated 13C stable isotopes into the diet of nematodes and quantified the 13C-labelled fatty acid using GC-MS and HPLC/MS-MS to track its metabolic response to various concentrations of glucose. Previous work has analyzed the membrane composition of C. elegans when responding to mild glucose stress and showed few alterations in the overall fatty acid composition in the membrane. Here, in nematodes exposed to higher concentrations of glucose, a specific reduction in oleic acid and linoleic acid was observed. Using time courses and stable isotope tracing, the response of fatty acid metabolism to increasing levels of glucose stress is characterized, revealing the funneling of monounsaturated fatty acids to preserve the abundance of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Taken together, higher levels of glucose unveil a specific reduction in oleic and linolenic acid in the metabolic rewiring required to survive glucose stress.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, USA; (A.F.C.V.); (M.A.X.)
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Cornwell A, Zhang Y, Thondamal M, Johnson DW, Thakar J, Samuelson AV. The C. elegans Myc-family of transcription factors coordinate a dynamic adaptive response to dietary restriction. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.22.568222. [PMID: 38045350 PMCID: PMC10690244 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.22.568222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
Abstract
Dietary restriction (DR), the process of decreasing overall food consumption over an extended period of time, has been shown to increase longevity across evolutionarily diverse species and delay the onset of age-associated diseases in humans. In Caenorhabditis elegans, the Myc-family transcription factors (TFs) MXL-2 (Mlx) and MML-1 (MondoA/ChREBP), which function as obligate heterodimers, and PHA-4 (orthologous to forkhead box transcription factor A) are both necessary for the full physiological benefits of DR. However, the adaptive transcriptional response to DR and the role of MML-1::MXL-2 and PHA-4 remains elusive. We identified the transcriptional signature of C. elegans DR, using the eat-2 genetic model, and demonstrate broad changes in metabolic gene expression in eat-2 DR animals, which requires both mxl-2 and pha-4. While the requirement for these factors in DR gene expression overlaps, we found many of the DR genes exhibit an opposing change in relative gene expression in eat-2;mxl-2 animals compared to wild-type, which was not observed in eat-2 animals with pha-4 loss. We further show functional deficiencies of the mxl-2 loss in DR outside of lifespan, as eat-2;mxl-2 animals exhibit substantially smaller brood sizes and lay a proportion of dead eggs, indicating that MML-1::MXL-2 has a role in maintaining the balance between resource allocation to the soma and to reproduction under conditions of chronic food scarcity. While eat-2 animals do not show a significantly different metabolic rate compared to wild-type, we also find that loss of mxl-2 in DR does not affect the rate of oxygen consumption in young animals. The gene expression signature of eat-2 mutant animals is consistent with optimization of energy utilization and resource allocation, rather than induction of canonical gene expression changes associated with acute metabolic stress -such as induction of autophagy after TORC1 inhibition. Consistently, eat-2 animals are not substantially resistant to stress, providing further support to the idea that chronic DR may benefit healthspan and lifespan through efficient use of limited resources rather than broad upregulation of stress responses, and also indicates that MML-1::MXL-2 and PHA-4 may have different roles in promotion of benefits in response to different pro-longevity stimuli.
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- Adam Cornwell
- Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, GITAM University, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
- Department of Math and Science, Genesee Community College, One College Rd Batavia, NY 14020, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Xatse MA, Olsen CP. Defining the glucosylceramide population of C. elegans. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1244158. [PMID: 37772059 PMCID: PMC10524606 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1244158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Glucosylceramides (GlcCer) are lipids that impact signaling pathways, serve as critical components of cellular membranes, and act as precursors for hundreds of other complex glycolipid species. Abnormal GlcCer metabolism is linked to many diseases, including cancers, diabetes, Gaucher disease, neurological disorders, and skin disorders. A key hurdle to fully understanding the role of GlcCer in disease is the development of methods to accurately detect and quantify these lipid species in a model organism. This will allow for the dissection of the role of this pool in vivo with a focus on all the individual types of GlcCer. In this review, we will discuss the analysis of the GlcCer population specifically in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, focusing on the mass spectrometry-based methods available for GlcCer quantification. We will also consider the combination of these approaches with genetic interrogation of GlcCer metabolic genes to define the biological role of these unique lipids. Furthermore, we will explore the implications and obstacles for future research.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, United States
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Pilon M, Ruiz M. PAQR proteins and the evolution of a superpower: Eating all kinds of fats: Animals rely on evolutionarily conserved membrane homeostasis proteins to compensate for dietary variation. Bioessays 2023; 45:e2300079. [PMID: 37345585 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202300079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
Abstract
Recently published work showed that members of the PAQR protein family are activated by cell membrane rigidity and contribute to our ability to eat a wide variety of diets. Cell membranes are primarily composed of phospholipids containing dietarily obtained fatty acids, which poses a challenge to membrane properties because diets can vary greatly in their fatty acid composition and could impart opposite properties to the cellular membranes. In particular, saturated fatty acids (SFAs) can pack tightly and form rigid membranes (like butter at room temperature) while unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs) form more fluid membranes (like vegetable oils). Proteins of the PAQR protein family, characterized by the presence of seven transmembrane domains and a cytosolic N-terminus, contribute to membrane homeostasis in bacteria, yeasts, and animals. These proteins respond to membrane rigidity by stimulating fatty acid desaturation and incorporation of UFAs into phospholipids and explain the ability of animals to thrive on diets with widely varied fat composition. Also see the video abstract here: https://youtu.be/6ckcvaDdbQg.
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- Marc Pilon
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Cao X, Xie Y, Yang H, Sun P, Xue B, Garcia LR, Zhang L. EAT-2 attenuates C. elegans development via metabolic remodeling in a chemically defined food environment. Cell Mol Life Sci 2023; 80:205. [PMID: 37450052 PMCID: PMC11072272 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-023-04849-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
Abstract
Dietary intake and nutrient composition regulate animal growth and development; however, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Our previous study has shown that either the mammalian deafness homolog gene tmc-1 or its downstream acetylcholine receptor gene eat-2 attenuates Caenorhabditis elegans development in a chemically defined food CeMM (C. elegans maintenance medium) environment, but the underpinning mechanisms are not well-understood. Here, we found that, in CeMM food environment, for both eat-2 and tmc-1 fast-growing mutants, several fatty acid synthesis and elongation genes were highly expressed, while many fatty acid β-oxidation genes were repressed. Accordingly, dietary supplementation of individual fatty acids, such as monomethyl branch chain fatty acid C17ISO, palmitic acid and stearic acid significantly promoted wild-type animal development on CeMM, and mutations in either C17ISO synthesis gene elo-5 or elo-6 slowed the rapid growth of eat-2 mutant. Tissue-specific rescue experiments showed that elo-6 promoted animal development mainly in the intestine. Furthermore, transcriptome and metabolome analyses revealed that elo-6/C17ISO regulation of C. elegans development may be correlated with up-regulating expression of cuticle synthetic and hedgehog signaling genes, as well as promoting biosynthesis of amino acids, amino acid derivatives and vitamins. Correspondingly, we found that amino acid derivative S-adenosylmethionine and its upstream metabolite methionine sulfoxide significantly promoted C. elegans development on CeMM. This study demonstrated that C17ISO, palmitic acid, stearic acid, S-adenosylmethionine and methionine sulfoxide inhibited or bypassed the TMC-1 and EAT-2-mediated attenuation of development via metabolic remodeling, and allowed the animals to adapt to the new nutritional niche.
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- Xuwen Cao
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory of Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 266237, Qingdao, China
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Road, 266071, Qingdao, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, 266237, Qingdao, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory of Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 266237, Qingdao, China
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Road, 266071, Qingdao, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory of Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 266237, Qingdao, China
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Road, 266071, Qingdao, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory of Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 266237, Qingdao, China
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Road, 266071, Qingdao, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory of Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 266237, Qingdao, China
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Road, 266071, Qingdao, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3258, USA
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071, Qingdao, China.
- Laboratory of Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 266237, Qingdao, China.
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Road, 266071, Qingdao, China.
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Xatse MA, Vieira AFC, Byrne C, Olsen CP. Targeted Lipidomics Reveals a Novel Role for Glucosylceramides in Glucose Response. J Lipid Res 2023:100394. [PMID: 37245562 PMCID: PMC10320606 DOI: 10.1016/j.jlr.2023.100394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
Abstract
The addition of excess glucose to the diet drives a coordinated response of lipid metabolism pathways to tune the membrane composition to the altered diet. Here, we have employed targeted lipidomic approaches to quantify the specific changes in the phospholipid and sphingolipid populations that occur in elevated glucose conditions. The lipids within wildtype Caenorhabditis elegans are strikingly stable with no significant changes identified in our global mass spectrometry-based analysis. Previous work has identified ELO-5, an elongase that is critical for the synthesis of monomethyl-branched chain fatty acids (mmBCFAs), as essential for surviving elevated glucose conditions. Therefore, we performed targeted lipidomics on elo-5 RNAi-fed animals and identified several significant changes in these animals in lipid species that contain mmBCFAs as well as in species that do not contain mmBCFAs. Of particular note, we identified a specific glucosylceramide (GlcCer 17:1;O2/22:0;O) that is also significantly upregulated with glucose in wildtype animals. Furthermore, compromising the production of the glucosylceramide pool with elo-3 or cgt-3 RNAi leads to premature death in glucose-fed animals. Taken together, our lipid analysis has expanded the mechanistic understanding of metabolic rewiring with glucose feeding and has identified a new role for the GlcCer 17:1;O2/22:0;O.
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- Mark A Xatse
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
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