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标题：Niemann-Pick type C2 deficiency impairs autophagy-lysosomal activity, mitochondrial function, and TLR signaling in adipocytes
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作者：Hong Guo ; Ming Zhao ; Xiaoxue Qiu 等
期刊名称：JLR Papers In Press
印刷版ISSN：0022-2275
电子版ISSN：1539-7262
出版年度：2016
卷号：57
期号：9
页码：1644-1658
DOI：10.1194/jlr.M066522
语种：English
出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：In this study, we investigated the role and mechanism of Niemann-Pick type C (NPC)2 in regulating lysosomal activity, mitophagy, and mitochondrial function in adipocytes. We found that knocking down NPC2 impaired lysosomal activity, as evidenced by the reduced mature cathepsin B, the increased accumulation of light chain 3 (LC3) and p62, and the decreased autophagic flux. In NPC2-knockdown (kd) adipocytes, the starvation-induced conversion of LC3-I to LC3-II was abolished. More interestingly, the majority of NPC2 was found in the mitochondrial fraction, and NPC2 deficiency led to impaired autophagic flux and decreased induction of LC3-II in the mitochondrial fraction during mitochondrial stress. Moreover, cellular respiration profiling revealed that NPC2-kd adipocytes had significantly decreased basal/maximal respiration and mitochondrial gene expression compared with scrambled cells, suggesting mitochondrial dysfunction. Additionally, we found that the mitochondrial recruitment of LC3-II induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), but not TNFα, was blunted in NPC2-kd adipocytes. Most intriguingly, NPC2-kd selectively diminished LPS-induced NFκB and ERK1/2 phosphorylation and the expression of pro-inflammatory genes, indicating that toll-like receptor signaling activation is impaired in the absence of NPC2. Our results suggest that NPC2 is in a mitochondrially associated autophagosome and plays an important role in regulating mitophagy, mitochondrial quality control, and mitochondrial function.
关键词：toll-like receptor ; inflammation ; mitochondria ; Niemann-Pick disease ; obesity • lysosome