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ArticleJournal of lipid research2018

Phosphatidylcholine synthesis regulates triglyceride storage and chylomicron secretion by Caco2 cells.

Jonghwa Lee, Neale D Ridgway

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Article in Journal of lipid research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jonghwa LeeAtlantic Research Center, Departments of Pediatrics, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Neale D RidgwayAtlantic Research Center, Departments of Pediatrics, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada nridgway@dal.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-0441-6228
Dalhousie University · CA

Funding

CIHR MOP15234
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intracellular lipid droplets (LDs) supply fatty acids for energy, membrane biogenesis, and lipoprotein secretion. The surface monolayer of LDs is composed of phospholipids, primarily phosphatidylcholine (PC), that stabilize the neutral lipid core of triglyceride (TG). To determine the relationship between PC synthesis and TG storage and secretion in chylomicrons, we used a model of intestinal-derived human epithelial colorectal adenocarcinoma (Caco2) cells with knockout of PCYT1A, which encodes the rate-limiting enzyme CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CCT)α in the CDP-choline pathway, that were treated with the fatty acid oleate. CRISPR/Cas9 knockout of CCTα in Caco2 cells (Caco2-KO cells) reduced PC synthesis by 50%. Compared with Caco2 cells, Caco2-KO cells exposed to oleate had fewer and larger LDs and greater TG accumulation as a result. The addition of exogenous lysophosphatidylcholine to Caco2-KO cells reversed the LD morphology defect. Caco2-KO cells, differentiated into epithelial monolayers, accumulated intracellular TG and had deficient TG and chylomicron-associated apoB48 secretion; apoB100 secretion was unaffected by CCTα knockout or oleate. Metabolic-labeling and LD imaging of Caco2-KO cells indicated preferential shuttling of de novo synthesized TG into larger LDs rather than into chylomicrons. Thus, reduced de novo PC synthesis in Caco2 cells enhances TG storage in large LDs and inhibits apoB48 chylomicron secretion.

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Apolipoprotein B-100Caco-2 CellsCholine-Phosphate CytidylyltransferaseChylomicronsGene Knockout TechniquesHumansLipid DropletsPhosphatidylcholinesTriglyceridesApolipoprotein B-100Choline-Phosphate CytidylyltransferaseChylomicronsPhosphatidylcholinesTriglyceridescytidine triphosphate:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferaselipid dropletslipoproteins/assemblyphospholipidstriglycerides

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PMID30115754
PMCPMC6168309
OpenAlexW2887087692

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