Summary of project PR002116

This data is available at the NIH Common Fund's National Metabolomics Data Repository (NMDR) website, the Metabolomics Workbench, https://www.metabolomicsworkbench.org, where it has been assigned Project ID PR002116. The data can be accessed directly via it's Project DOI: 10.21228/M83N8D This work is supported by NIH grant, U2C- DK119886.

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Project ID: PR002116
Project DOI:doi: 10.21228/M83N8D
Project Title:Bempedoic acid improves diet-induced steatosis independent of hepatic ACLY
Project Type:MS quantitative analysis
Project Summary:ATP citrate lyase (ACLY) synthesizes acetyl-CoA for de novo lipogenesis (DNL), which is elevated in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Hepatic ACLY is inhibited by the LDL-cholesterol lowering drug bempedoic acid (BPA), which also improves steatosis in mice. Indeed, BPA potently suppresses hepatic DNL and increases fat catabolism. However, it is unclear if ACLY is the relevant molecular target in reducing liver triglyceride, particularly since the acetyl-CoA synthetase ACSS2 can compensate for ACLY deficiency to provision acetyl-CoA for DNL. We show that on a Western diet, loss of hepatic ACLY alone or ACLY and ACSS2 together unexpectedly exacerbates steatosis, linked to reduced hepatic abundance of endogenous PPARa (Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha) ligands and lower expression of PPARa target genes controlling fatty acid oxidation. Importantly, BPA treatment ameliorates Western diet-mediated triglyceride accumulation in both WT and liver ACLY knockout mice, indicating that its primary effects on hepatic lipid metabolism are independent of ACLY. Together, these data indicate that hepatic ACLY plays an unexpected role in restraining diet-dependent lipid accumulation, and that BPA improves steatosis independent of ACLY.
Institute:Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Department:Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory
Laboratory:Metallo Lab
Last Name:Kuna
First Name:Ramya
Address:10010 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, California, 92037, USA
Email:rkuna@salk.edu
Phone:8582038321

Summary of all studies in project PR002116

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ST003421 BPA regulates the abundance of endogenous PPARa ligands and fatty acid oxidation Mus musculus Salk Institute for Biological Studies MS 2024-08-26 1 25 Uploaded data (159.3M)*
ST003422 Impact of ACLY and ACSS2 on the development of MASLD and phosphatidylcholines levels on longterm Western diet Mus musculus Salk Institute for Biological Studies MS 2024-09-10 1 36 Uploaded data (269.5M)*
ST003423 Impact of ACLY and ACSS2 on the development of MASLD on longterm Western diet Mus musculus Salk Institute for Biological Studies MS 2024-08-26 1 36 Uploaded data (3.9G)*
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