Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2050732 | FEBS Letters | 2007 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Elongation of very long-chain fatty acids (ELOVL) members were overexpressed in two preadipocyte cell lines, ELOVL2 and ELOVL3 in 3T3-L1 cells, and ELOVL1ā3 in F442A cells. Cells overexpressing ELOVL2, whose preferred substrates are arachidonic acid (AA, C20:4nā6) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5nā3), showed an enhanced triacylglycerol (TAG) synthesis and subsequent accumulation of lipid droplets. Incorporation of fatty acid (FA) but not of glucose into TAG was enhanced by ELOVL2-overexpression. Two lipogenic genes encoding diacylglycerol acyltransferase-2 (DGAT2) and fatty acid-binding protein-4 (FABP4, aP2) were induced in ELOVL2-overexpressing cells, whereas no such effect was seen on the fatty acid synthase (FAS) gene.
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Authors
Tsutomu Kobayashi, Damir Zadravec, Anders Jacobsson,