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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2023

AdipoR2 recruits protein interactors to promote fatty acid elongation and membrane fluidity.

Mario Ruiz, Ranjan Devkota, Delaney Kaper, Hanna Ruhanen, Kiran Busayavalasa, Uroš Radović, Marcus Henricsson, Reijo Käkelä, Jan Borén, Marc Pilon

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2023. 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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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mario RuizDepartment of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Ranjan DevkotaDepartment of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Delaney KaperDepartment of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Hanna RuhanenHelsinki University Lipidomics Unit, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Biocenter Finland, Helsinki, Finland; Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Kiran BusayavalasaDepartment of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Uroš RadovićDepartment of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Marcus HenricssonDepartment of Molecular and Clinical Medicine/Wallenberg Laboratory, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Reijo KäkeläHelsinki University Lipidomics Unit, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Biocenter Finland, Helsinki, Finland; Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Jan BorénDepartment of Molecular and Clinical Medicine/Wallenberg Laboratory, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Marc PilonDepartment of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. Electronic address: marc.pilon@cmb.gu.se.
University of Gothenburg · SEUniversity of Helsinki · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human AdipoR2 and its Caenorhabditis elegans homolog PAQR-2 are multipass plasma membrane proteins that protect cells against membrane rigidification. However, how AdipoR2 promotes membrane fluidity mechanistically is not clear. Using 13C-labeled fatty acids, we show that AdipoR2 can promote the elongation and incorporation of membrane-fluidizing polyunsaturated fatty acids into phospholipids. To elucidate the molecular basis of these activities, we performed immunoprecipitations of tagged AdipoR2 and PAQR-2 expressed in HEK293 cells or whole C. elegans, respectively, and identified coimmunoprecipitated proteins using mass spectrometry. We found that several of the evolutionarily conserved AdipoR2/PAQR-2 interactors are important for fatty acid elongation and incorporation into phospholipids. We experimentally verified some of these interactions, namely, with the dehydratase HACD3 that is essential for the third of four steps in long-chain fatty acid elongation and ACSL4 that is important for activation of unsaturated fatty acids and their channeling into phospholipids. We conclude that AdipoR2 and PAQR-2 can recruit protein interactors to promote the production and incorporation of unsaturated fatty acids into phospholipids.

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Caenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCell MembraneFatty AcidsMembrane FluidityReceptors, AdiponectinAnimalsHEK293 CellsHumansMembrane ProteinsPhospholipidsProtein BindingADIPOR2 protein, humanCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsFatty AcidsMembrane ProteinsPAQR-2 protein, C elegansPhospholipidsReceptors, Adiponectinacyl-CoA synthetaseadiponectin receptorCaenorhabditis elegansfatty acidHEK293immunoprecipitationLaurdan dyelipidomicsmembrane bilayermembrane fluiditymembrane lipidPAQRphospholipid

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PMID37164154
PMCPMC10279913
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