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Decreasing Phosphatidylcholine on the Surface of the Lipid Droplet Correlates with Altered Protein Binding and Steatosis

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Departments of Biology and Chemistry, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057, USA
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Department of Chemistry, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN 55112, USA
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Research Service, VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, NE and Departments of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105, USA
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Cells 2018, 7(12), 230; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells7120230
Received: 1 November 2018 / Revised: 19 November 2018 / Accepted: 22 November 2018 / Published: 24 November 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lipid Droplets in Disease)
Alcoholic fatty liver disease (AFLD) is characterized by an abnormal accumulation of lipid droplets (LDs) in the liver. Here, we explore the composition of hepatic LDs in a rat model of AFLD. Five to seven weeks of alcohol consumption led to significant increases in hepatic triglyceride mass, along with increases in LD number and size. Additionally, hepatic LDs from rats with early alcoholic liver injury show a decreased ratio of surface phosphatidylcholine (PC) to phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). This occurred in parallel with an increase in the LD association of perilipin 2, a prominent LD protein. To determine if changes to the LD phospholipid composition contributed to differences in protein association with LDs, we constructed liposomes that modeled the LD PC:PE ratios in AFLD and control rats. Reducing the ratio of PC to PE increased the binding of perilipin 2 to liposomes in an in vitro experiment. Moreover, we decreased the ratio of LD PC:PE in NIH 3T3 and AML12 cells by culturing these cells in choline-deficient media. We again detected increased association of specific LD proteins, including perilipin 2. Taken together, our experiments suggest an important link between LD phospholipids, protein composition, and lipid accumulation. View Full-Text
Keywords: lipid droplets; perilipins; phosphatidylcholine; phosphatidylethanolamine; steatohepatitis lipid droplets; perilipins; phosphatidylcholine; phosphatidylethanolamine; steatohepatitis
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Listenberger, L.; Townsend, E.; Rickertsen, C.; Hains, A.; Brown, E.; Inwards, E.G.; Stoeckman, A.K.; Matis, M.P.; Sampathkumar, R.S.; Osna, N.A.; Kharbanda, K.K. Decreasing Phosphatidylcholine on the Surface of the Lipid Droplet Correlates with Altered Protein Binding and Steatosis. Cells 2018, 7, 230. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells7120230

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Listenberger L, Townsend E, Rickertsen C, Hains A, Brown E, Inwards EG, Stoeckman AK, Matis MP, Sampathkumar RS, Osna NA, Kharbanda KK. Decreasing Phosphatidylcholine on the Surface of the Lipid Droplet Correlates with Altered Protein Binding and Steatosis. Cells. 2018; 7(12):230. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells7120230

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Listenberger, Laura, Elizabeth Townsend, Cassandra Rickertsen, Anastasia Hains, Elizabeth Brown, Emily G. Inwards, Angela K. Stoeckman, Mitchell P. Matis, Rebecca S. Sampathkumar, Natalia A. Osna, and Kusum K. Kharbanda. 2018. "Decreasing Phosphatidylcholine on the Surface of the Lipid Droplet Correlates with Altered Protein Binding and Steatosis" Cells 7, no. 12: 230. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells7120230

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