title: Reduced adiposity and liver steatosis by stearoyl-CoA desaturase deficiency are independent of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha.
abstract: Stearoyl-CoA desaturase catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the biosynthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids, which are required for normal rates of synthesis of triglycerides, cholesterol esters, and phospholipids. Mice with a targeted disruption of the stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) isoform are protected against diet and leptin deficiency-induced adiposity, have increased energy expenditure, and have up-regulated expression of hepatic genes encoding enzymes of fatty acid beta-oxidation. Because peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPARalpha) is a key transcription factor that induces the transcription of fatty acid beta-oxidation and thermogenic genes, we hypothesized that the increased fatty acid oxidation observed in SCD1 deficiency is dependent on activation of the PPARalpha pathway. Here we show that mice nullizygous for SCD1 and PPARalpha are still protected against adiposity, have increased energy expenditure, and maintain high expression of PPARalpha target genes in the liver and brown adipose tissue. The SCD1 deficiency rescued hepatic steatosis of the PPARalpha(-/-) mice. The SCD1 mutation increased the phosphorylation of both AMP-activated protein kinase and acetyl-CoA carboxylase, thereby increasing CPT activity and stimulating the oxidation of liver palmitoyl-CoA in the PPARalpha null mice. The findings indicate that the reduced adiposity, reduced liver steatosis, increased energy expenditure, and increased expression of PPARalpha target genes associated with SCD1 deficiency are independent of activation of the PPARalpha pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dobrzyn
authors.forename: Harini
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sampath
authors.forename: Seong-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Weng Chi
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Man
authors.forename: Kiki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Jeffrey M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ntambi
mesh_terms: D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010171:Palmitoyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D013230:Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics*; D013997:Time Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014280:Triglycerides; D010171:Palmitoyl Coenzyme A; D012313:RNA; D013230:Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; D010100:Oxygen