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ArticleJournal of lipid research2012

Peroxisomal L-bifunctional enzyme (Ehhadh) is essential for the production of medium-chain dicarboxylic acids.

Sander M Houten, Simone Denis, Carmen A Argmann, Yuzhi Jia, Sacha Ferdinandusse, Janardan K Reddy, Ronald J A Wanders

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Article in Journal of lipid research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers.

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82 citing papers in PubMed, 186 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Sander M HoutenDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. s.m.houten@amc.uva.nl
Simone Denis
Carmen A Argmann
Yuzhi Jia
Sacha Ferdinandusse
Janardan K Reddy
Ronald J A Wanders
Northwestern University · USAmsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam · NL

Funding

Transcriptional Coactivators in Liver FunctionR01DK083163 · NIDDK · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI REDDY, JANARDAN K. · 2009 to 2013
$1.7M
Transcriptional Coactivators in Liver FunctionR56DK083163 · NIDDK · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI REDDY, JANARDAN K. · 2008 to 2008
$113k
NIDDK NIH HHS DK083163NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK083163NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK083163
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

L-bifunctional enzyme (Ehhadh) is part of the classical peroxisomal fatty acid β-oxidation pathway. This pathway is highly inducible via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) activation. However, no specific substrates or functions for Ehhadh are known, and Ehhadh knockout (KO) mice display no appreciable changes in lipid metabolism. To investigate Ehhadh functions, we used a bioinformatics approach and found that Ehhadh expression covaries with genes involved in the tricarboxylic acid cycle and in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation. Based on these findings and the regulation of Ehhadh's expression by PPARα, we hypothesized that the phenotype of Ehhadh KO mice would become apparent after fasting. Ehhadh mice tolerated fasting well but displayed a marked deficiency in the fasting-induced production of the medium-chain dicarboxylic acids adipic and suberic acid and of the carnitine esters thereof. The decreased levels of adipic and suberic acid were not due to a deficient induction of ω-oxidation upon fasting, as Cyp4a10 protein levels increased in wild-type and Ehhadh KO mice.We conclude that Ehhadh is indispensable for the production of medium-chain dicarboxylic acids, providing an explanation for the coordinated induction of mitochondrial and peroxisomal oxidative pathways during fasting.

Indexed as

3-Hydroxyacyl CoA DehydrogenasesAnimalsComputational BiologyDicarboxylic AcidsEnoyl-CoA HydrataseFastingIsomerasesMiceMice, KnockoutMitochondriaMultienzyme ComplexesPeroxisomal Bifunctional EnzymePeroxisomes3-Hydroxyacyl CoA DehydrogenasesDicarboxylic AcidsEhhadh protein, mouseEnoyl-CoA HydrataseIsomerasesMultienzyme ComplexesPeroxisomal Bifunctional Enzyme

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PMID22534643
PMCPMC3371241
OpenAlexW2134362277

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