期刊
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
卷 305, 期 2, 页码 E205-E212出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00032.2013
关键词
carnitine palmitoyltransferase I; de novo fatty acid synthesis; esterification of fatty acids; fatty acid oxidation; gestational diabetes mellitus; hyperglycemia; placenta; triglycerides
资金
- Carlos III Health Institute [CP08/00106, PI11/00676]
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [SAF2009-11282]
- FP7-PEOPLE-RG [PIRG06-GA-2009-25369]
- Consejeria de Salud, Junta de Andalucia [0269/05.2005]
Placentas of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) exhibit an altered lipid metabolism. The mechanism by which GDM is linked to alterations in placental lipid metabolism remains obscure. We hypothesized that high glucose levels reduce mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation (FAO) and increase triglyceride accumulation in human placenta. To test this hypothesis, we measured FAO, fatty acid esterification, de novo fatty acid synthesis, triglyceride levels, and carnitine palmitoyltransferase activities (CPT) in placental explants of women with GDM or no pregnancy complication. In women with GDM, FAO was reduced by similar to 30% without change in mitochondrial content, and triglyceride content was threefold higher than in the control group. Likewise, in placental explants of women with no complications, high glucose levels reduced FAO by similar to 20%, and esterification increased linearly with increasing fatty acid concentrations. However, de novo fatty acid synthesis remained unchanged between high and low glucose levels. In addition, high glucose levels increased triglyceride content approximately twofold compared with low glucose levels. Furthermore, etomoxir-mediated inhibition of FAO enhanced esterification capacity by similar to 40% and elevated triglyceride content 1.5-fold in placental explants of women, with no complications. Finally, high glucose levels reduced CPT I activity by similar to 70% and phosphorylation levels of acetyl-CoA carboxylase by similar to 25% in placental explants of women, with no complications. We reveal an unrecognized regulatory mechanism on placental fatty acid metabolism by which high glucose levels reduce mitochondrial FAO through inhibition of CPT I, shifting flux of fatty acids away from oxidation toward the esterification pathway, leading to accumulation of placental triglycerides.
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