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Article: Inhibition of serine palmitoyl transferase I reduces cardiac ceramide levels and increases glycolysis rates following diet-induced insulin resistance
Title | Inhibition of serine palmitoyl transferase I reduces cardiac ceramide levels and increases glycolysis rates following diet-induced insulin resistance |
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Issue Date | 2012 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.action |
Citation | PLoS ONE, 2012, v. 7 n. 5, article no. e37703 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Objective: Diet-induced obesity (DIO) leads to an accumulation of intra-myocardial lipid metabolites implicated in causing cardiac insulin resistance and contractile dysfunction. One such metabolite is ceramide, and our aim was to determine the effects of inhibiting de novo ceramide synthesis on cardiac function and insulin stimulated glucose utilization in mice subjected to DIO. Materials and Methods: C57BL/6 mice were fed a low fat diet or subjected to DIO for 12 weeks, and then treated for 4 weeks with either vehicle control or the serine palmitoyl transferase I (SPT I) inhibitor, myriocin. In vivo cardiac function was assessed via ultrasound echocardiography, while glucose metabolism was assessed in isolated working hearts. Results: DIO was not associated with an accumulation of intra-myocardial ceramide, but rather, an accumulation of intra-myocardial DAG (2.63±0.41 vs. 4.80±0.97 nmol/g dry weight). Nonetheless, treatment of DIO mice with myriocin decreased intra-myocardial ceramide levels (50.3±7.7 vs. 26.9±2.7 nmol/g dry weight) and prevented the DIO-associated increase in intra-myocardial DAG levels. Interestingly, although DIO impaired myocardial glycolysis rates (7789±1267 vs. 2671±326 nmol/min/g dry weight), hearts from myriocin treated DIO mice exhibited an increase in glycolysis rates. Conclusions: Our data reveal that although intra-myocardial ceramide does not accumulate following DIO, inhibition of de novo ceramide synthesis nonetheless reduces intra-myocardial ceramide levels and prevents the accumulation of intra-myocardial DAG. These effects improved the DIO-associated impairment of cardiac glycolysis rates, suggesting that SPT I inhibition increases cardiac glucose utilization. © 2012 Ussher et al. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/195869 |
ISSN | 2021 Impact Factor: 3.752 2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.990 |
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dc.contributor.author | Ussher, JR | - |
dc.contributor.author | Folmes, CDL | - |
dc.contributor.author | Keung, W | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fillmore, N | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jaswal, JS | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cadete, VJ | - |
dc.contributor.author | Beker, DL | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, VH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, L | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lopaschuk, GD | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-19T01:46:11Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-19T01:46:11Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | PLoS ONE, 2012, v. 7 n. 5, article no. e37703 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/195869 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: Diet-induced obesity (DIO) leads to an accumulation of intra-myocardial lipid metabolites implicated in causing cardiac insulin resistance and contractile dysfunction. One such metabolite is ceramide, and our aim was to determine the effects of inhibiting de novo ceramide synthesis on cardiac function and insulin stimulated glucose utilization in mice subjected to DIO. Materials and Methods: C57BL/6 mice were fed a low fat diet or subjected to DIO for 12 weeks, and then treated for 4 weeks with either vehicle control or the serine palmitoyl transferase I (SPT I) inhibitor, myriocin. In vivo cardiac function was assessed via ultrasound echocardiography, while glucose metabolism was assessed in isolated working hearts. Results: DIO was not associated with an accumulation of intra-myocardial ceramide, but rather, an accumulation of intra-myocardial DAG (2.63±0.41 vs. 4.80±0.97 nmol/g dry weight). Nonetheless, treatment of DIO mice with myriocin decreased intra-myocardial ceramide levels (50.3±7.7 vs. 26.9±2.7 nmol/g dry weight) and prevented the DIO-associated increase in intra-myocardial DAG levels. Interestingly, although DIO impaired myocardial glycolysis rates (7789±1267 vs. 2671±326 nmol/min/g dry weight), hearts from myriocin treated DIO mice exhibited an increase in glycolysis rates. Conclusions: Our data reveal that although intra-myocardial ceramide does not accumulate following DIO, inhibition of de novo ceramide synthesis nonetheless reduces intra-myocardial ceramide levels and prevents the accumulation of intra-myocardial DAG. These effects improved the DIO-associated impairment of cardiac glycolysis rates, suggesting that SPT I inhibition increases cardiac glucose utilization. © 2012 Ussher et al. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.action | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLoS ONE | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.title | Inhibition of serine palmitoyl transferase I reduces cardiac ceramide levels and increases glycolysis rates following diet-induced insulin resistance | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0037703 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 22629445 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC3358297 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84861316681 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 239603 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 7 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 5 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000305345300069 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1932-6203 | - |