The fasting-induced adipose factor/angiopoietin-like protein 4 is physically associated with lipoproteins and governs plasma lipid levels and adiposity

Mandard, Stéphane, Zandbergen, Fokko, van Straten, Esther, Wahli, Walter, Kuipers, Folkert, Müller, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5930-9905 and Kersten, Sander (2006) The fasting-induced adipose factor/angiopoietin-like protein 4 is physically associated with lipoproteins and governs plasma lipid levels and adiposity. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281 (2). pp. 934-44. ISSN 0021-9258

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Abstract

Proteins secreted from adipose tissue are increasingly recognized to play an important role in the regulation of glucose metabolism. However, much less is known about their effect on lipid metabolism. The fasting-induced adipose factor (FIAF/angiopoietin-like protein 4/peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma angiopoietin-related protein) was previously identified as a target of hypolipidemic fibrate drugs and insulin-sensitizing thiazolidinediones. Using transgenic mice that mildly overexpress FIAF in peripheral tissues we show that FIAF is an extremely powerful regulator of lipid metabolism and adiposity. FIAF overexpression caused a 50% reduction in adipose tissue weight, partly by stimulating fatty acid oxidation and uncoupling in fat. In addition, FIAF overexpression increased plasma levels of triglycerides, free fatty acids, glycerol, total cholesterol, and high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol. Functional tests indicated that FIAF overexpression severely impaired plasma triglyceride clearance but had no effect on very low density lipoprotein production. The effects of FIAF overexpression were amplified by a high fat diet, resulting in markedly elevated plasma and liver triglycerides, plasma free fatty acids, and plasma glycerol levels, and impaired glucose tolerance in FIAF transgenic mice fed a high fat diet. Remarkably, in mice the full-length form of FIAF was physically associated with HDL, whereas truncated FIAF was associated with low density lipoprotein. In human both full-length and truncated FIAF were associated with HDL. The composite data suggest that via physical association with plasma lipoproteins, FIAF acts as a powerful signal from fat and other tissues to prevent fat storage and stimulate fat mobilization. Our data indicate that disturbances in FIAF signaling might be involved in dyslipidemia.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	adipose tissue,angiopoietins,animals,blood proteins,body weight,cholesterol,fats,gene expression,glucose,glucose tolerance test,humans,hypercholesterolemia,immunoblotting,insulin,lipase,lipids,lipoproteins,lipoproteins, hdl,lipoproteins, ldl,lipoproteins, vldl,liver,male,mice,mice, transgenic,models, genetic,oligonucleotide array sequence analysis,protein binding,rna, messenger,signal transduction,time factors,triglycerides,up-regulation
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Nutrition and Preventive Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Gastroenterology and Gut Biology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Metabolic Health
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	07 Jul 2014 12:04
Last Modified:	06 Jun 2024 14:48
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/47734
DOI:	10.1074/jbc.M506519200

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