title: Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT)-1, but not GPAT4, incorporates newly synthesized fatty acids into triacylglycerol and diminishes fatty acid oxidation.
abstract: Four glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) isoforms, each encoded by a separate gene, catalyze the initial step in glycerolipid synthesis; in liver, the major isoforms are GPAT1 and GPAT4. To determine whether each of these hepatic isoforms performs a unique function in the metabolism of fatty acid, we measured the incorporation of de novo synthesized fatty acid or exogenous fatty acid into complex lipids in primary mouse hepatocytes from control, Gpat1(-/-), and Gpat4(-/-) mice. Although hepatocytes from each genotype incorporated a similar amount of exogenous fatty acid into triacylglycerol (TAG), only control and Gpat4(-/-) hepatocytes were able to incorporate de novo synthesized fatty acid into TAG. When compared with controls, Gpat1(-/-) hepatocytes oxidized twice as much exogenous fatty acid. To confirm these findings and to assess hepatic β-oxidation metabolites, we measured acylcarnitines in liver from mice after a 24-h fast and after a 24-h fast followed by 48 h of refeeding with a high sucrose diet to promote lipogenesis. Confirming the in vitro findings, the hepatic content of long-chain acylcarnitine in fasted Gpat1(-/-) mice was 3-fold higher than in controls. When compared with control and Gpat4(-/-) mice, after the fasting-refeeding protocol, Gpat1(-/-) hepatic TAG was depleted, and long-chain acylcarnitine content was 3.5-fold higher. Taken together, these data demonstrate that GPAT1, but not GPAT4, is required to incorporate de novo synthesized fatty acids into TAG and to divert them away from oxidation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599.
authors.forename: Angela A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Wendel
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599.
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.affiliation: Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center and Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27704.
authors.forename: Olga R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Ilkayeva
authors.affiliation: Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center and Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27704.
authors.forename: Deborah M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Muoio
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599. Electronic address: rcoleman@unc.edu.
authors.forename: Rosalind A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D005992:Glycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D014280:Triglycerides; C529425:GPAT4 protein, mouse; D005992:Glycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase
keywords: Acylcarnitine; Acyltransferase; Beta-Oxidation; Fatty Acid Metabolism; Lipogenesis; Liver; Phospholipid; Triacylglycerol
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