Elovl2 Ablation Demonstrates That Systemic DHA is Endogenously Produced and is Essential for Lipid Homeostasis in Mice

Overview

Journal J Lipid Res

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 2014 Feb 4

PMID 24489111

Citations 78

Authors

Anna M Pauter

Petter Olsson

Abolfazl Asadi

Bengt Herslof

Robert I Csikasz

Damir Zadravec

Anders Jacobsson

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Abstract

The potential role of endogenously synthesized PUFAs is a highly overlooked area. Elongation of very long-chain fatty acids (ELOVLs) in mammals is catalyzed by the ELOVL enzymes to which the PUFA elongase ELOVL2 belongs. To determine its in vivo function, we have investigated how ablation of ELOVL2, which is highly expressed in liver, affects hepatic lipid composition and function in mice. The Elovl2(-/-) mice displayed substantially decreased levels of 22:6(n-3), DHA, and 22:5(n-6), docosapentaenoic acid (DPA) n-6, and an accumulation of 22:5(n-3) and 22:4(n-6) in both liver and serum, showing that ELOVL2 primarily controls the elongation process of PUFAs with 22 carbons to produce 24-carbon precursors for DHA and DPAn-6 formation in vivo. The impaired PUFA levels positively influenced hepatic levels of the key lipogenic transcriptional regulator sterol-regulatory element binding protein 1c (SREBP-1c), as well as its downstream target genes. Surprisingly, the Elovl2(-/-) mice were resistant to hepatic steatosis and diet-induced weight gain, implying that hepatic DHA synthesis via ELOVL2, in addition to controlling de novo lipogenesis, also regulates lipid storage and fat mass expansion in an SREBP-1c-independent fashion. The changes in fatty acid metabolism were reversed by dietary supplementation with DHA.

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