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ArticleJournal of lipid research2016

ATGL and DGAT1 are involved in the turnover of newly synthesized triacylglycerols in hepatic stellate cells.

Maidina Tuohetahuntila, Martijn R Molenaar, Bart Spee, Jos F Brouwers, Martin Houweling, Arie B Vaandrager, J Bernd Helms

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Article in Journal of lipid research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Of mice and men: The physiological role of adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL).Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids · 2019
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  20. Hepatic stellate cell activation: A source for bioactive lipids.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maidina TuohetahuntilaDepartments of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Martijn R MolenaarDepartments of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Bart SpeeClinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jos F BrouwersDepartments of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Martin HouwelingDepartments of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Arie B VaandragerDepartments of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands.
J Bernd HelmsDepartments of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands J.B.Helms@uu.nl.
Utrecht University · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation is a critical step in the development of chronic liver disease. During activation, HSCs lose their lipid droplets (LDs) containing triacylglycerol (TAG), cholesteryl esters (CEs), and retinyl esters (REs). Here we aimed to investigate which enzymes are involved in LD turnover in HSCs during activation in vitro. Targeted deletion of the Atgl gene in mice HSCs had little effect on the decrease of the overall TAG, CE, and RE levels during activation. However, ATGL-deficient HSCs specifically accumulated TAG species enriched in PUFAs and degraded new TAG species more slowly. TAG synthesis and levels of PUFA-TAGs were lowered by the diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT)1 inhibitor, T863. The lipase inhibitor, Atglistatin, increased the levels of TAG in both WT and ATGL-deficient mouse HSCs. Both Atglistatin and T863 inhibited the induction of activation marker, α-smooth muscle actin, in rat HSCs, but not in mouse HSCs. Compared with mouse HSCs, rat HSCs have a higher turnover of new TAGs, and Atglistatin and the DGAT1 inhibitor, T863, were more effective. Our data suggest that ATGL preferentially degrades newly synthesized TAGs, synthesized by DGAT1, and is less involved in the breakdown of preexisting TAGs and REs in HSCs. Furthermore a large change in TAG levels has modest effect on rat HSC activation.

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AcyltransferasesAnimalsCholesterol EstersDiacylglycerol O-AcyltransferaseEnzyme InhibitorsFatty Acids, UnsaturatedHepatic Stellate CellsLipaseLipid DropletsLipogenesisLipolysisMiceMice, KnockoutPhenylurea CompoundsRatsTriglyceridesAcyltransferasesatglistatinCholesterol EstersDgat1 protein, ratDiacylglycerol O-AcyltransferaseEnzyme InhibitorsFatty Acids, UnsaturatedLipasePhenylurea CompoundsPNPLA2 protein, ratTriglyceridesadipose triglyceride lipasediacylglycerol acyltransferase 1heavy isotope labelinglipaselipid dropletslipidomicslipolysis and fatty acid metabolismretinyl esterstriacylglycerol poolsvitamin A

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PMID27179362
PMCPMC4918846
OpenAlexW2386292422

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