Fatty Acid Binding Protein-1 (FABP1) and the Human FABP1 T94A Variant: Roles in the Endocannabinoid System and Dyslipidemias

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• 作者：Friedhelm Schroeder ; Avery L. McIntosh ; Gregory G. Martin ; Huan Huang…
• 刊名：Lipids
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：51
• 期：6
• 页码：655-676
• 全文大小：1,289 KB
• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Biochemistry
  Medicinal Chemistry
  Microbial Genetics and Genomics
  Nutrition
  Bioorganic Chemistry
  Medical Biochemistry
  
• 出版者：Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
• ISSN：1558-9307
• 卷排序：51

文摘

The first discovered member of the mammalian FABP family, liver fatty acid binding protein (FABP1, L-FABP), occurs at high cytosolic concentration in liver, intestine, and in the case of humans also in kidney. While the rat FABP1 is well studied, the extent these findings translate to human FABP1 is not clear—especially in view of recent studies showing that endocannabinoids and cannabinoids represent novel rat FABP1 ligands and FABP1 gene ablation impacts the hepatic endocannabinoid system, known to be involved in non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFLD) development. Although not detectable in brain, FABP1 ablation nevertheless also impacts brain endocannabinoids. Despite overall tertiary structure similarity, human FABP1 differs significantly from rat FABP1 in secondary structure, much larger ligand binding cavity, and affinities/specificities for some ligands. Moreover, while both mouse and human FABP1 mediate ligand induction of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-α (PPARα), they differ markedly in pattern of genes induced. This is critically important because a highly prevalent human single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (26–38 % minor allele frequency and 8.3 ± 1.9 % homozygous) results in a FABP1 T94A substitution that further accentuates these species differences. The human FABP1 T94A variant is associated with altered body mass index (BMI), clinical dyslipidemias (elevated plasma triglycerides and LDL cholesterol), atherothrombotic cerebral infarction, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Resolving human FABP1 and the T94A variant’s impact on the endocannabinoid and cannabinoid system is an exciting challenge due to the importance of this system in hepatic lipid accumulation as well as behavior, pain, inflammation, and satiety.KeywordsLiverFatty acid binding protein (FABP1)Triglyceride