Retinal lipid and glucose metabolism dictates angiogenesis through the lipid sensor Ffar1.
Retinal lipid and glucose metabolism dictates angiogenesis through the lipid sensor Ffar1.
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10.1038/nm.4059
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发表时间:
2016-04
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82.9
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Smith LE
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Joyal JS;Sun Y;Gantner ML;Shao Z;Evans LP;Saba N;Fredrick T;Burnim S;Kim JS;Patel G;Juan AM;Hurst CG;Hatton CJ;Cui Z;Pierce KA;Bherer P;Aguilar E;Powner MB;Vevis K;Boisvert M;Fu Z;Levy E;Fruttiger M;Packard A;Rezende FA;Maranda B;Sapieha P;Chen J;Friedlander M;Clish CB;Smith LE
Tissues with high metabolic rates often use lipid as well as glucose for energy, conferring a survival advantage during feast and famine. Current dogma suggests that high-energy consuming photoreceptors depend on glucose. Here we show that retina also uses fatty acids (FA) β-oxidation for energy. Moreover, we identify a lipid sensor Ffar1 that curbs glucose uptake when FA are available. Very low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR), expressed in tissues with a high metabolic rate, facilitates the uptake of triglyceride-derived FA. Vldlr is present in photoreceptors. In Vldlr−/− retinas, Ffar1, sensing high circulating lipid levels despite decreased FA uptake, suppresses glucose transporter Glut1. This impaired glucose entry into photoreceptors results in a dual lipid/glucose fuel shortage and reduction in the Krebs cycle intermediate α-ketoglutarate (KG). Low α-KG levels promote hypoxia-induced factor-1α (Hif1a) stabilization and vascular endothelial growth factor (Vegfa) secretion by starved Vldlr−/− photoreceptors, attracting neovessels to supply fuel. These aberrant vessels invading normally avascular photoreceptors in Vldlr−/− retinas are reminiscent of retinal angiomatous proliferation (RAP), a subset of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), associated with high vitreous VEGF levels in humans. Dysregulated lipid and glucose photoreceptor energy metabolism may therefore be a driving force in neovascular AMD and other retinal diseases.