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Reduced heart size and increased myocardial fuel substrate oxidation in ACC2 mutant mice

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Essop, M. Faadiel, Camp, Heidi S., Choi, Cheol Soo, Sharma, Saumya, Fryer, Ryan M., Reinhart, Glenn A., Guthrie, Patrick H., Bentebibel, Assia +5 more·2008·American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Abstract

The cardiac-enriched isoform of acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC2) is a key regulator of mitochondrial fatty acid (FA) uptake via carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (CPT1). To test the hypothesis that oxidative metabolism is upregulated in hearts from animals lacking ACC2 (employing a transgenic Acc2-mutant mouse), we assessed cardiac function in vivo and determined rates of myocardial substrate oxidation ex vivo. When examined by echocardiography, there was no difference in systolic function, but left ventricular mass of the Acc2-mutant (MUT) mouse was significantly reduced (∼25%) compared with wild-types (WT). Reduced activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and its downstream target p70S6K was found in MUT hearts. Exogenous oxidation rates of oleate were increased ∼22%, and, unexpectedly, exogenous glucose oxidation rates were also increased in MUT hearts. Using a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp, we found that glucose uptake in MUT hearts was increased by ∼83%. Myocardial triglyceride levels were significantly reduced in MUT vs. WT while glycogen content was the same. In parallel, transcript levels of PPARα and its target genes, pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase-4 (PDK-4), malonyl-CoA decarboxylase (MCD), and mCPT1, were downregulated in MUT mice. In summary, we report that 1) Acc2-mutant hearts exhibit a marked preference for the oxidation of both glucose and FAs coupled with greater utilization of endogenous fuel substrates (triglycerides), 2) attenuated mTOR signaling may result in reduced heart sizes observed in Acc2-mutant mice, and 3) Acc2-mutant hearts displayed normal functional parameters despite a significant decrease in size.

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Essop, M. F., Camp, H. S., Choi, C. S., Sharma, S., Fryer, R. M., Reinhart, G. A., Guthrie, P. H., Bentebibel, A., Gu, Z., Shulman, G. I., Taegtmeyer, H., Wakil, S. J., & Abu-Elheiga, L.
Affiliations
  • Stellenbosch University (ZA)
  • Abbott (United States) (US)
  • Yale University (US)
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
  • Baylor College of Medicine (US)
Venue
American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Published
2008-07
Volume
295
Issue
1
Pages
H256-H265
ISSN
  • 0363-6135 (ISSN-L)
  • 1522-1539
OpenAlex
W2131194003
Cited by
40
References
44
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2026: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 4
FWCI
3.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Warwick Medical School
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL007591, R01-HL-073162-01, R01HL073162, T32-HL 07591)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM 63115, R01GM063115)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01-DK40936, U24DK76169, R01DK040936, U24DK059635, U24DK076169)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
Keywords
acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2, cardiac fatty acid oxidation, glucose oxidation, mTOR signaling, p70S6K, left ventricular mass, cardiac hypertrophy, carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1, PPARα, PDK4, malonyl-CoA decarboxylase, myocardial triglycerides, myocardial glucose uptake
MeSH terms
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Acetyl-Transferring Kinase, Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase, Animals, Carboxy-Lyases, Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase, Energy Metabolism, Glucose, Glycogen, Heart Ventricles, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Mutation, Myocardium, Organ Size, Oxidation-Reduction, Protein Kinases, Time Factors, Triglycerides, Ultrasonography, Glucose Clamp Technique, Down-Regulation, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Oleic Acid, Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa, PPAR gamma, Mice, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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