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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
35
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
Phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins (PITPs) regulate the interface between lipid metabolism and cellular functions. We now report that ablation of PITP alpha function leads to aponecrotic spinocerebellar disease, hypoglycemia, and intestinal and hepatic steatosis in mice. The data indicate that hypoglycemia is in part associated with reduced proglucagon gene expression and glycogenolysis that result from pancreatic islet cell defects. The intestinal and hepatic steatosis results from the intracellular accumulation of neutral lipid and free fatty acid mass in these organs and suggests defective trafficking of triglycerides and diacylglycerols from the endoplasmic reticulum. We propose that deranged intestinal and hepatic lipid metabolism and defective proglucagon gene expression contribute to hypoglycemia in PITP alpha-/- mice, and that hypoglycemia is a significant contributing factor in the onset of spinocerebellar disease. Taken together, the data suggest an unanticipated role for PITP alpha in with glucose homeostasis and in mammalian endoplasmic reticulum functions that interface with transport of specific luminal lipid cargoes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
33501-18
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Adenosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Cerebellum, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Endoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Fatty Acids, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Glucagon, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Glycogen, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Hypoglycemia, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-In Situ Nick-End Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Intestinal Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Liver Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Phospholipid Transfer Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Proglucagon, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Protein Precursors, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Spinocerebellar Degenerations, pubmed-meshheading:12788952-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Mice lacking phosphatidylinositol transfer protein-alpha exhibit spinocerebellar degeneration, intestinal and hepatic steatosis, and hypoglycemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7090, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.