Phosphatidylcholine/siphingomyelin metabolism crosstalk inside the nucleus
Phosphatidylcholine/siphingomyelin metabolism crosstalk inside the nucleus
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DOI:
10.1042/bj20070758
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发表时间:
2008-03-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Magni, Mariapia Viola
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作者:
Albi, Elisabetta;Lazzarini, Remo;Magni, Mariapia Viola
It is known that phospholipids represent a minor component of chromatin. It has been highlighted recently that these lipids are metabolized directly inside the nucleus, thanks to the presence of enzymes related to their metabolism, Such as neutral sphingomyelinase, sphingomyelin synthase, reverse sphingomyelin synthase and phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C. The chromatin enzymatic activities change during cell proliferation, differentiation and/or apoptosis, independently from the enzyme activities present in nuclear membrane, microsomes or cell membranes. This present study aimed to investigate crosstalk in lipid metabolism in nuclear membrane and chromatin isolated from rat liver in vitro and in vivo. The effect of neutral sphingomyelinase activity on phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C and sphingomyelin synthase, which enrich the intranuclear diacylglycerol pool, and the effect of phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C activity on neutral sphingomyelinase and reverse sphingomyelin synthase, which enrich the intranuclear ceramide pool, was investigated. The results show that in chromatin, there exists a phosphatidyicholine/sphingomyelin metabolism crosstalk which regulates the intranuclear ceramide/diacylglycerol pool. The enzyme activities were inhibited by D609, which demonstrated the specificity of this crosstalk. Chromatin lipid metabolism is activated in vivo during cell proliferation, indicating that it could play a role in cell function. The possible mechanism of crosstalk is discussed here, with consideration to recent advances in the field.