title: Evidence that mono-ADP-ribosylation of CtBP1/BARS regulates lipid storage.
abstract: Mono-ADP-ribosylation is emerging as an important posttranslational modification that modulates a variety of cell signaling pathways. Here, we present evidence that mono-ADP-ribosylation of the transcriptional corepressor C terminal binding protein, brefeldin A (BFA)-induced ADP-ribosylated substrate (CtBP1/BARS) regulates neutral lipid storage in droplets that are surrounded by a monolayer of phospholipid and associated proteins. CtBP1/BARS is an NAD-binding protein that becomes ribosylated when cells are exposed to BFA. Both endogenous lipid droplets and droplets enlarged by oleate treatment are lost after 12-h exposure to BFA. Lipid loss requires new protein synthesis, and it is blocked by multiple ribosylation inhibitors, but it is not stimulated by disruption of the Golgi apparatus or the endoplasmic reticulum unfolded protein response. Small interfering RNA knockdown of CtBP1/BARS mimics the effect of BFA, and mouse embryonic fibroblasts derived from embryos that are deficient in CtBP1/BARS seem to be defective in lipid accumulation. We conclude that mono-ADP-ribosylation of CtBP1/BARS inactivates its repressor function, which leads to the activation of genes that regulate neutral lipid storage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9039, USA.
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bartz
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seemann
authors.forename: John K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Zehmer
authors.forename: Ginette
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serrero
authors.forename: Kent D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Richard G W
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Pingsheng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism*; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D020126:Brefeldin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000378:metabolism; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D020126:Brefeldin A; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C096794:C-terminal binding protein