High glucose, insulin and free fatty acid concentrations synergistically enhance perilipin 3 expression and lipid accumulation in macrophages

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B Fan，Gu, Jian-Qiu，R Yan，H Zhang，J Feng，S Ikuyama

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Objective. Perilipin (PLIN) 3, an intracellular lipid droplet (LD)-associated protein, is implicated in foam cell formation. Since metabolic derangements found in metabolic syndrome, such as high serum levels of glucose, insulin and free fatty acids (FFAs), are major risk factors promoting atherosclerosis, we investigated whether PLIN3 expression is affected by glucose, insulin and oleic acid (OA) using RAW264.7 cells.Methods. Real-time PCR and Western blotting were performed to detect PLIN3 or PLIN2 expression. Oil-red 0 staining and Lipid Analysis were employed to measure cellular content of triacylglycerides (TAG) and cholesterol.Results. PLIN3 mRNA was stimulated by high glucose or insulin concentrations individually, but not by OA. A combination of any two factors did not enhance PLIN3 expression any more than that evoked by glucose alone at 24 h. Interestingly, however, simultaneous addition of all three factors synergistically enhanced the PLIN3 expression. This synergistic effect was not apparent for PLIN2 mRNA expression. Inhibitors of Src family tyrosine kinase and/or phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, both of which are activated by insulin and FFA signaling, partially suppressed PLIN3 expression induced by the combination of the three factors. While simultaneous addition of glucose, insulin and OA remarkably increased the cellular content of TAG and cholesterol, knocking-down of PLIN3 predominantly reduced TAG content.Conclusions. These results indicate that PLIN3 expression is synergistically stimulated by high glucose, insulin and FFA concentrations, in parallel with TAG accumulation in macrophages. This finding raises new evidence of PLIN3 involvement in conversion of macrophages into foam cells (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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PLIN, perilipin LDs, lipid droplets FFAs, free fatty acids OA, oleic acid PPAR, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor TAGs, triacylglycerides ADRP, adipose differentiation-related protein TIP47, tail interacting protein of 47 kDa OXPAT, oxidative tissue-enriched PAT protein GPR, G protein-coupled receptor PI3K, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.