脂蛋白脂酶与肥胖

脂蛋白脂酶(lipoprotein lipase,LPL)是甘油三酯分解代谢的限速酶,与肥胖发生联系密切.综述了LPL蛋白的分子结构特点、分泌方式,及其参与的与肥胖发生有关的脂肪细胞分化、脂质沉积、脂代谢等过程.     

脂蛋白脂酶调控因子研究进展

脂蛋白脂酶(Lipoprotein lipase, LPL)是脂质代谢的关键酶, 其正常调控对于机体向组织提供脂质营养至关重要。作为LPL重要的调控因子, 糖基化磷脂酰肌醇锚定高密度脂蛋白结合蛋白1(Glycosylphosphatidylinositol- anchored high density lipoprotein-binding protein 1, GPIHBP1)能与LPL结合起脂解平台的作用, 并作为载体参与LPL向毛细血管内皮细胞的转运。另外, 近年来也鉴定出其他几个LPL活性调控因子, 包括microRNAs、A型重复排序蛋白相关受体(Sortilin-related receptor with A-type repeats, SorLA)和载脂蛋白(Apolipoproteins, apo)。这些LPL调控因子的成功鉴定, 有助于人们深入认识机体脂解代谢和乳糜微粒血症发生的内在机制。文章重点综述了LPL的调控因子GPIHBP1的研究进展, 同时也对其他几个调控因子的研究进展进行了讨论。     

脂蛋白脂酶的调控及在动脉粥样硬化中的作用

脂蛋白脂酶(lipoprotein lipase,LPL,EC 3.1.1.34)是降解甘油三酯(triglyceride,TG)的限速酶,其活性降低是引起高甘油三酯血症的主要原因。LPL受到众多因素调控,包括血管生成素样蛋白、载脂蛋白、miRNAs和lncRNAs等。LPL是影响动脉粥样硬化(atherosclerosis,AS)发生发展的重要因素,其分布位置不同决定了LPL具有促AS或抗AS作用。该文重点阐述了LPL调控机制对AS的影响,有助于进一步揭示LPL在脂质代谢及AS发生发展中的作用。     

miRNAs与脂蛋白酯酶

miRNAs是一类具有调控基因功能的非编码RNAs,它在细胞核中合成,可转运至细胞质,调控脂质代谢相关性疾病的发生发展。脂蛋白酯酶(lipoprotein lipase,LPL)作为甘油三酯水解的限速酶,由心肌、脂肪、骨骼肌、乳腺及巨噬细胞等实质细胞合成和分泌,在脂蛋白转运和脂质代谢过程中发挥重要作用。近期研究证实多种miRNAs,包括miR-29、miR-467b、miR-590、miR-27、miR-134和miR-186,可通过调控脂蛋白酯酶LPL的表达,进而影响脂质代谢。为了深入探讨miRNAs对LPL的影响,本文以miRNAs对LPL的调控作用进行综述,期望以miRNAs为靶点,为脂质代谢相关性疾病的防治提供治疗方案。     

葡萄糖、维生素C对普安银鲫卵黄囊仔鱼发育中LPL和HL活性的影响

通过设置不同浓度的葡萄糖溶液和维生素C溶液分别添加到普安银鲫的孵化水体中, 直至卵黄囊消失完全, 探究葡萄糖和维生素C溶液分别浸泡对普安银鲫(Carassius auratus gibelio)卵黄囊仔鱼发育中脂蛋白脂酶(LPL)和肝脂酶(HL)活性的影响. 葡萄糖浓度为0、5、10、15和20 g/L; 维生素C浓度为0、20、25、30和35 mg/L, 记录孵化时间、孵化率及仔鱼成活率, 并测定了最适葡萄糖浓度组、维生素C浓度组与对照组中普安银鲫卵黄囊仔鱼发育中LPL和HL活性. 结果显示: 普安银鲫卵黄囊仔鱼发育中对照组与维生素C组LPL比活力与全活力呈下降-上升的变化趋势, HL比活力与全活力均呈上升趋势. 葡萄糖组LPL和HL比活力与全活力呈上升趋势, 在混合营养期与外源营养期, LPL和HL比活力与全活力显著高于对照组(P0.05), 而维生素C组LPL和HL比活力与全活力仅稍高于对照组, 但HL全活力在内源营养期显著高于对照组(P0.05). 研究表明: 适宜水平的葡萄糖溶液可通过调节脂类代谢酶的活性来维持机体内脂质代谢的动态平衡, 同时适宜水平的维生素C溶液能促进脂质代谢.       

脂蛋白脂酶与疾病的关系及中药对脂蛋白脂酶的作用

脂蛋白脂酶(lipoprotcin lipase,LPL)是脂质代谢的关键酶,主要水解甘油三酯,在乳糜微粒及极低密度脂蛋白的代谢中发挥重要作用.该酶的缺乏或活力异常,与血脂异常、代谢综合症、动脉粥样硬化、糖尿病、子痫前期等疾病有一定关系.一些具有调脂作用的中药能够影响脂蛋白脂酶的活力或表达.     

芫根总皂苷对饮食诱导肥胖大鼠减肥降脂机制研究

以高脂饮食诱导建立肥胖大鼠模型,研究芫根总皂苷减肥降脂的作用机制。以奥利司他(48 mg/kg)为阳性药,设芫根总皂苷3个剂量组(500 mg/kg、1000 mg/kg、1500 mg/kg),灌胃给药45 d。检测血清中超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)、脂蛋白脂酶(LPL)、肝脂酶(HL)、卵磷脂胆固醇酰基转移酶(LCAT)、胰脂肪酶(PL)的活性及丙二醛(MDA)、游离脂肪酸(FFA)、瘦素(LEP)的含量。结果显示与高脂模型组相比,芫根总皂苷可不同程度升高SOD、GSH-Px、LPL、HL活性,抑制PL活性,降低MDA、FFA、LEP含量,其可能的作用机制是提高抗氧化能力,降低肝脂质损伤,促进脂质分解,抑制脂肪吸收,改善脂质代谢及瘦素抵抗等。     

LPL和Angptl4在糖尿病性心脏病发生发展中作用的研究新进展

糖尿病性心脏病是糖尿病的主要并发症,脂质代谢紊乱是糖尿病性心脏病发病机制之一。脂蛋白脂酶(lipoprotein lipase,LPL)是水解血浆中富含甘油三酯脂蛋白的关键酶。糖尿病早期,机体葡萄糖利用不足、糖耐量降低,LPL水解甘油三酯生成游离脂肪酸(free fatty acids,FFA)是心肌能量的主要来源。糖尿病中期,心肌细胞启动AMPK-p38MAPK/Hsp25-HPA-Notch信号通路进一步促进FFA生成为心肌供能。糖尿病晚期,过多FFA启动一系列机制诱导胰岛β细胞凋亡,使细胞内产生活性氧(reactive oxygen species,ROS)增多,通过促进缺氧诱导因子1α(hypoxia inducible factor1,HIF-1α)合成上调血管生成素样蛋白4(angiopoietin-like protein 4,Angptl4)表达,降低LPL活性,从而破坏心肌脂代谢稳态。本文主要综述LPL和Angptl4在糖尿病性心脏病发生发展中的可能作用。     

脂蛋白脂酶与糖尿病心肌病

脂蛋白脂酶(lipoprotein lipase,LPL)通过水解血浆中富含甘油三酯(triglyceride,TG)的脂蛋白,为心肌组织提供游离脂肪酸(free fatty acid,FFA)供能。糖尿病期间,由于心肌组织减弱对葡萄糖的利用能力,导致心脏供能不足。此时,机体通过一系列机制上调心肌LPL活性,促进血浆极低密度脂蛋白(very low density lipoprotein,VLDL)和乳糜微粒(chylomicrons,CM)的水解,以增强FFA为心肌组织代偿性供能。糖尿病患者通过上调心肌LPL活性,进而促使血浆FFA浓度显著升高,导致大量活性氧、脂质等在心肌细胞内蓄积,并潜在地诱发糖尿病心肌病(diabetic cardiomyopathy,DCM)。因此,本文主要针对糖尿病对心肌LPL的调控机制及LPL如何潜在地诱发DCM做一综述,以期为DCM提供新的治疗靶点和途径。     

中华鲟及六种淡水养殖鱼类脂蛋白脂酶和肝脂酶基因克隆及系统进化分析

为了研究鱼类脂蛋白脂酶(1iportein lipase,LPL)、肝脂酶(hepatic lipase,HL)基因结构、功能及分子系统关系,作者克隆了中华鲟(Acipenser sinensis)、鲢(Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)、鳙(Aristichthys nobilis)、草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idellus)、鲮鱼(Cirrhinus molitorella)、尼罗罗非鱼(Oreochromis niloticus)和斑鳢(Channa maculata)的LPL和HL基因cDNA核心序列,并推测了其相应氨基酸序列.同时,还应用5'RACE和3'RACE技术分别扩增中华鲟、鲢肝脏LPL基因与中华鲟肝脏HL基因cDNA全序列.序列同源性分析表明,LPL和HL氨基酸序列分别在哺乳类动物、鸟类、鱼类中相对保守.与已知的脊椎动物内皮脂酶(endothelial lipase,EL)和胰脂酶(pancreatic 1ipase,PL)氨基酸序列构建系统进化树,发现LPL、HL、EL与PL同属脂肪酶家族,四者聚集成一有根树.     

Organization of the lipoprotein lipase gene of red sea bream Pagrus major

Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is a key enzyme of lipid deposition and metabolism. To investigate the mechanism of lipid deposition in fish, as a first step, we have characterized the LPL gene of a marine teleost red sea bream Pagrus major by cDNA and genomic structure analysis. The red sea bream LPL gene encodes 511 amino acids and spans approximately 6.3 kb of the genome. The coding region is organized into ten exons and nine introns. In comparison with the LPL of other animals, the deduced amino acid sequence shows a high degree of similarity with a conservation of functional domains, e.g. catalytic triad, N-glycosylation sites, lipid and heparin binding regions. The 1.1 kb of 5′ flanking region contains two CCAAT, sequences homologous to Oct-I site and response elements for hormones including glucocorticoid, insulin and thyroid hormone. The results of the present study will facilitate further study of the function and regulation of the LPL in non-mammalian vertebrates.     

饲料脂肪水平对瓦氏黄颡鱼生长及脂蛋白脂酶基因表达的影响

研究采用脂肪水平分别为4.7%、7.9%、10.9%、15.4%、18.9%的五种等氮配合饲料饲喂瓦氏黄颡鱼早期幼鱼,进行了为期30d的生长实验,探讨了瓦氏黄颡鱼早期幼鱼的脂肪需求。并克隆了瓦氏黄颡鱼脂蛋白脂酶(LPL)cDNA序列片段,采用实时荧光定量PCR研究了饲料脂肪水平对肝脏LPL基因表达水平的影响。结果表明,饲料脂肪水平从4.7%增加到10.9%显著促进了瓦氏黄颡鱼早期幼鱼的生长(P<0.05)。饲料脂肪水平显著影响了实验鱼的鱼体体成分,随着饲料脂肪水平的升高,鱼体干物质和脂肪含量显著增加而蛋白含量显著下降(P<0.05)。高脂诱导了瓦氏黄颡鱼肝脏LPL基因表达,摄食15.4%、18.9%这两组较高脂肪水平的实验鱼肝脏LPLmRNA表达水平显著升高(P<0.05)。根据特定生长率通过折线回归分析得出瓦氏黄颡鱼早期幼鱼最适脂肪水平为11.2%。       

Molecular characterization of lipoprotein lipase, hepatic lipase and pancreatic lipase genes: effects of fasting and refeeding on their gene expression in red sea bream Pagrus major

To investigate the nutritional regulation of lipid metabolism in fish, molecular characterization of lipases was conducted in red sea bream Pagrus major, and the effects of fasting and refeeding on their gene expression was examined. Together with data from a previous study, a total of four lipase genes were identified and characterized as lipoprotein lipase (LPL), hepatic lipase (HL) and pancreatic lipase (PL). These four lipase genes, termed LPL1, LPL2, HL and PL, share a high degree of similarity. LPL1 and LPL2 genes were expressed in various tissues including adipose tissue, gill, heart and hepatopancreas. HL gene was exclusively expressed in hepatopancreas. PL gene expression was detected in hepatopancreas and adipose tissue. Red sea bream LPL1 and LPL2 gene expression levels in hepatopancreas were increased during 48 h of fasting and decreased after refeeding, whereas no significant change in the expression levels of LPL1 and LPL2 was observed in adipose tissue, indicating that LPL1 and LPL2 gene expression is regulated in a tissue-specific manner in response to the nutritional state of fish. HL and PL gene expression was not affected by fasting and refeeding. The results of this study suggested that LPL, HL and PL gene expression is under different regulatory mechanisms in red sea bream with respect to the tissue-specificities and their nutritional regulation.     

Lipoprotein lipase gene is in linkage with blood pressure phenotypes in Chinese pedigrees

To elucidate the mechanism of lipid metabolism in the genesis of essential hypertension (EH), we linked blood pressure (BP) phenotypes with the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene. Variance component and sib-pair linkage models were used to test the relationship of the polymorphisms in the LPL gene region and EH in 148 Chinese hypertensive families. Linkage evidence with systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) was observed in a total population of 148 pedigrees with seven flanking microsatellite markers of the LPL gene, with a maximum two-point LOD score of 2.68 and a maximum multipoint LOD score (MLS) of 2.37 for SBP and a maximum MLS of 1.54 for DBP. Suggestive linkage results around this region were also obtained in northern and southern subsets by geographic distribution. In addition, quantitative-transmission/disequilibrium-test analyses showed that there was linkage between DBP and two single nucleotide polymorphisms in the LPL gene. This is the first report of linkage between LPL gene and DBP in the Chinese population. The LPL gene itself might explain our results or the LPL gene region might harbor some genes to explain the observed results to some degree and might contribute to the variation of BP in the Chinese population.     

Induction of LPL gene expression by sterols is mediated by a sterol regulatory element and is independent of the presence of multiple E boxes

Overexpression of the adipocyte differentiation and determination factor-1 (ADD-1) or sterol regulatory element binding protein-1 (SREBP-1) induces the expression of numerous genes involved in lipid metabolism, including lipoprotein lipase (LPL). Therefore, we investigated whether LPL gene expression is controlled by changes in cellular cholesterol concentration and determined the molecular pathways involved. Cholesterol depletion of culture medium resulted in a significant induction of LPL mRNA in the 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cell line, whereas addition of cholesterol reduced LPL mRNA expression to basal levels. Similar to the expression of the endogenous LPL gene, the activity of the human LPL gene promoter was enhanced by cholesterol depletion in transient transfection assays, whereas addition of cholesterol caused a reversal of its induction. The effect of cholesterol depletion upon the human LPL gene promoter was mimicked by cotransfection of expression constructs encoding the nuclear form of SREBP-1a, -1c (also called ADD-1) and SREBP-2. Bioinformatic analysis demonstrated the presence of 3 potential sterol regulatory elements (SRE) and 3 ADD-1 binding sequences (ABS), also known as E-box motifs. Using a combination of in vitro protein-DNA binding assays and transient transfection assays of reporter constructs containing mutations in each individual site, a sequence element, termed LPL-SRE2 (SRE2), was shown to be the principal site conferring sterol responsiveness upon the LPL promoter. These data furthermore underscore the importance of SRE sites relative to E-boxes in the regulation of LPL gene expression by sterols and demonstrate that sterols contribute to the control of triglyceride metabolism via binding of SREBP to the LPL regulatory sequences.     

Expression of lipoprotein lipase associated with lung adenocarcinoma tissues

Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) plays a key role in the lipid metabolism and transporting. It can catalyze the hydrolysis of chylomicron and very low-density lipoprotein triglyceride. Moreover, the abnormality of LPL associates with many pathophysiological conditions. Herein cDNA microarray and Northern blots analysis were used to study the expression of lipoprotein lipase in lung adenocarcinoma tissues. There were 113 genes of all tested blots in cDNA microarray expressed lowly. LPL gene is expressed lowly at the average ratio 0.26 (Cy5/Cy3) in lung adenocarcinoma tissues over controls. Northern blots confirmed those changes detected from the cDNA microarray and suggested that low expression of LPL may play an important role in the lung adenocarcinoma development.     

Transgenic rabbits expressing human lipoprotein lipase

To study the functions of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) in lipid and lipoprotein metabolism and the relationship between LPL and atherosclerosis, we generated transgenic rabbits expressing the human LPL gene. A total of 4045 Japanese whiterabbit embryos were microinjected with a 3.8-kb SalI/HindIII fragment containing the chicken -actin promoter, human LPL cDNA and rabbit -globin with poly (A) signals, and then transplanted into 116 recipient rabbits. Of the 166 pups born, six pups were transgenic as confirmed by Southern blot analysis. ANorthern blot analysis revealed that human LPL was expressed by a number of tissues including the heart, kidney, adrenal gland and intestine. One transgenic rabbit showed up to 3-foldincreased LPL activity in post-heparin plasma compared to thatin nontransgenic rabbits. Human LPL expression in various tissues of transgenic rabbits was further elucidated by in situ hybridization and immunostaining. Since rabbits are superior to mice as a model of atherosclerosis, this transgenicrabbit model should provide a valuable tool for the study of LPL in lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis.     

DNA polymorphism of Pvu II site in the lipoprotein lipase gene in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

We studied the effect of variation at the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene locus on the susceptibility of individuals with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in a population of 110 NIDDM patients and 91 controls. Our objective was to study the relationship between the LPL-Pvu II polymorphism and NIDDM and lipid metabolism. PCR-RFLP was used to determine the DNA polymorphism of the sixth intron of the LPL gene. The frequencies of the genotypes in case and control groups were 29.1 and 30.8% for P+/P+; 45.5 and 36.3% for P+/P-; 25.5 and 33% for P-/P- respectively. There was no significant difference in frequencies of genotypes between the two groups. Logistic regression analysis revealed that triacylglycerol (TAG) and apolipoprotein E levels were associated with NIDDM, whereas Pvu II genotypes were not found as independent risk factors for the disease. Overall this study demonstrates the role of the Pvu II polymorphism in the LPL gene in modulating plasma lipid/lipoprotein levels in patients with NIDDM.     

The effects of feeding condition and dietary lipid level on lipoprotein lipase gene expression in liver and visceral adipose tissue of red sea bream Pagrus major

The effects of feeding condition and dietary lipid level on lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene expression in the liver and visceral adipose tissue of red sea bream Pagrus major were investigated by competitive polymerase chain reaction. Not only visceral adipose tissue but also liver of red sea bream showed substantial LPL gene expression. In the liver, starvation (at 48 h post-feeding) drastically stimulated LPL gene expression in the fish-fed low lipid diet, but had no effect in the fish fed high lipid diet. Dietary lipid level did not significantly affect the liver LPL mRNA level under fed condition (at 5 h post-feeding). In the visceral adipose tissue, LPL mRNA number per tissue weight was significantly higher in the fed condition than in the starved condition, irrespective of the dietary lipid levels. Dietary lipid levels did not affect the visceral adipose tissue LPL mRNA levels under fed or starved conditions. Our results demonstrate that both feeding conditions and dietary lipid levels alter the liver LPL mRNA levels, while only the feeding conditions but not dietary lipid levels cause changes in the visceral adipose LPL mRNA level. It was concluded that the liver and visceral adipose LPL gene expression of red sea bream seems to be regulated in a tissue-specific fashion by the nutritional state.