Haberl, Elisabeth M. and Pohl, Rebekka and Rein-Fischboeck, Lisa and Hoering, Marcus and Krautbauer, Sabrina and Liebisch, Gerhard and Buechler, Christa (2021) Accumulation of cholesterol, triglycerides and ceramides in hepatocellular carcinomas of diethylnitrosamine injected mice. LIPIDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE, 20 (1): 135. ISSN , 1476-511X
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Background Dysregulated lipid metabolism is critically involved in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The respective metabolic pathways affected in HCC can be identified using suitable experimental models. Mice injected with diethylnitrosamine (DEN) and fed a normal chow develop HCC. For the analysis of the pathophysiology of HCC in this model a comprehensive lipidomic analysis was performed. Methods Lipids were measured in tumor and non-tumorous tissues by direct flow injection analysis. Proteins with a role in lipid metabolism were analysed by immunoblot. Mann-Whitney U-test or paired Student ' s t-test were used for data analysis. Results Intra-tumor lipid deposition is a characteristic of HCCs, and di- and triglycerides accumulated in the tumor tissues of the mice. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha, lipoprotein lipase and hepatic lipase protein were low in the tumors whereas proteins involved in de novo lipogenesis were not changed. Higher rates of de novo lipogenesis cause a shift towards saturated acyl chains, which did not occur in the murine HCC model. Besides, LDL-receptor protein and cholesteryl ester levels were higher in the murine HCC tissues. Ceramides are cytotoxic lipids and are low in human HCCs. Notably, ceramide levels increased in the murine tumors, and the simultaneous decline of sphingomyelins suggests that sphingomyelinases were involved herein. DEN is well described to induce the tumor suppressor protein p53 in the liver, and p53 was additionally upregulated in the tumors. Conclusions Ceramides mediate the anti-cancer effects of different chemotherapeutic drugs and restoration of ceramide levels was effective against HCC. High ceramide levels in the tumors makes the DEN injected mice an unsuitable model to study therapies targeting ceramide metabolism. This model is useful for investigating how tumors evade the cytotoxic effects of ceramides.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HIGH-THROUGHPUT QUANTIFICATION; FATTY-ACID SYNTHASE; LIPID EXTRACTION; BASIC SCIENCE; LIVER; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; HEPATOCARCINOGENESIS; INCREASES; KINASE; GROWTH; De novo lipogenesis; PGC1alpha; Phospholipids; p53 |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin I Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2022 14:03 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2022 14:03 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/45917 |
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