PMID- 32916992 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210406 LR - 20210503 IS - 1420-3049 (Electronic) IS - 1420-3049 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 18 DP - 2020 Sep 9 TI - LRRK2 Regulates CPT1A to Promote beta-Oxidation in HepG2 Cells. LID - 10.3390/molecules25184122 [doi] LID - 4122 AB - Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) is involved in lipid metabolism; however, the role of LRRK2 in lipid metabolism to affect non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is still unclear. In the mouse model of NAFLD induced by a high-fat diet, we observed that LRRK2 was decreased in livers. In HepG2 cells, exposure to palmitic acid (PA) down-regulated LRRK2. Overexpression and knockdown of LRRK2 in HepG2 cells were performed to further investigate the roles of LRRK2 in lipid metabolism. Our results showed that beta-oxidation in HepG2 cells was promoted by LRRK2 overexpression, whereas LRRK2 knockdown inhibited beta-oxidation. The critical enzyme of beta-oxidation, carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A (CPT1A), was positively regulated by LRRK2. Our data suggested that the regulation of CPT1A by LRRK2 may be via the activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha). The overexpression of LRRK2 reduced the concentration of a pro-inflammatory cytokine, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), induced by PA. The increase in beta-oxidation may promote lipid catabolism to suppress inflammation induced by PA. These results indicated that LRRK2 participated in the regulation of beta-oxidation and suggested that the decreased LRRK2 may promote inflammation by suppressing beta-oxidation in the liver. FAU - Lin, Chiao-Wei AU - Lin CW AD - Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. AD - Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. FAU - Peng, Yu-Ju AU - Peng YJ AD - Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. FAU - Lin, Yuan-Yu AU - Lin YY AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3397-3218 AD - Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. FAU - Mersmann, Harry John AU - Mersmann HJ AD - Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. FAU - Ding, Shih-Torng AU - Ding ST AD - Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. AD - Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200909 PL - Switzerland TA - Molecules JT - Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 100964009 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (PPAR alpha) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 2V16EO95H1 (Palmitic Acid) RN - EC 2.3.1.21 (CPT1A protein, human) RN - EC 2.3.1.21 (CPT1B protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.3.1.21 (Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (LRRK2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Lrrk2 protein, mouse) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase/*physiology MH - Cell Nucleus/metabolism MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Diet, High-Fat MH - Hep G2 Cells MH - Humans MH - Inflammation MH - Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2/*physiology MH - Lipid Metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/metabolism MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Oxygen/*metabolism MH - PPAR alpha/metabolism MH - Palmitic Acid/pharmacology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism PMC - PMC7570678 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CPT1A OT - LRRK2 OT - NAFLD OT - beta-oxidation COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/09/13 06:00 MHDA- 2021/04/07 06:00 PMCR- 2020/09/09 CRDT- 2020/09/12 01:02 PHST- 2020/08/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/09/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/09/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/09/12 01:02 [entrez] PHST- 2020/09/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/04/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/09/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - molecules25184122 [pii] AID - molecules-25-04122 [pii] AID - 10.3390/molecules25184122 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Molecules. 2020 Sep 9;25(18):4122. doi: 10.3390/molecules25184122.