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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Defective Lysosomal Lipolysis Causes Prenatal Lipid Accumulation and Exacerbates Immediately after Birth.

Katharina B Kuentzel, Ivan Bradić, Alena Akhmetshina, Melanie Korbelius, Silvia Rainer, Dagmar Kolb, Martin Gauster, Nemanja Vujić, Dagmar Kratky

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katharina B KuentzelGottfried Schatz Research Center, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-1445-5466
Ivan BradićGottfried Schatz Research Center, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Alena AkhmetshinaGottfried Schatz Research Center, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2346-7258
Melanie KorbeliusGottfried Schatz Research Center, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-7609-9436
Silvia RainerGottfried Schatz Research Center, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Dagmar KolbGottfried Schatz Research Center, Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Martin GausterGottfried Schatz Research Center, Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-0386-6857
Nemanja VujićGottfried Schatz Research Center, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2977-7799
Dagmar KratkyGottfried Schatz Research Center, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1357-7573
Medical University of Graz · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF DOC 31Austrian Science Fund FWF P 30882Austrian Science Fund FWF W 1226
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cholesterol and fatty acids are essential lipids that are critical for membrane biosynthesis and fetal organ development. Cholesteryl esters (CE) are degraded by hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) in the cytosol and by lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) in the lysosome. Impaired LAL or HSL activity causes rare pathologies in humans, with HSL deficiency presenting less severe clinical manifestations. The infantile form of LAL deficiency, a lysosomal lipid storage disorder, leads to premature death. However, the importance of defective lysosomal CE degradation and its consequences during early life are incompletely understood. We therefore investigated how defective CE catabolism affects fetus and infant maturation using Lal and Hsl knockout (-/-) mouse models. This study demonstrates that defective lysosomal but not neutral lipolysis alters placental and fetal cholesterol homeostasis and exhibits an initial disease pathology already in utero as Lal-/- fetuses accumulate hepatic lysosomal lipids. Immediately after birth, LAL deficiency exacerbates with massive hepatic lysosomal lipid accumulation, which continues to worsen into young adulthood. Our data highlight the crucial role of LAL during early development, with the first weeks after birth being critical for aggravating LAL deficiency.

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LipolysisLiverLysosomesWolman DiseaseAnimalsAnimals, NewbornDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceMice, KnockoutSterol Esteraselysosomal acid lipase, mouseSterol Esterasecholesterol catabolismdevelopmentlysosomal acid lipaselysosomal storage disordermutant mouse modelsplacenta

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PMID34638755
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