Caenorhabditis elegans Lipin 1 moderates the lifespan-shortening effects of dietary glucose by maintaining w-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Author: Jung, Yoonji; Kwon, Sujeong; Ham, Seokjin; Lee, Dongyeop; Park, Hae-Eun H.; Yamaoka, Yasuyo; Jeong, Dae-Eun; Artan, Murat; Altintas, Ozlem; Park, Sangsoon; Hwang, Wooseon; Lee, Yujin; Son, Heehwa G.; An, Seon Woo A.; Kim, Eun Ji E.; Seo, Mihwa; Lee, Seung-Jae V.

Description: Excessive glucose causes various diseases and decreases lifespan by altering metabolic processes, but underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Here, we show that Lipin 1/LPIN-1, a phosphatidic acid phosphatase and a putative transcriptional coregulator, prevents life-shortening effects of dietary glucose on Caenorhabditis elegans. We found that depletion of lpin-1 decreased overall lipid levels, despite increasing the expression of genes that promote fat synthesis and desaturation, and downregulation of lipolysis. We then showed that knockdown of lpin-1 altered the composition of various fatty acids in the opposite direction of dietary glucose. In particular, the levels of two w-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), linoleic acid and arachidonic acid, were increased by knockdown of lpin-1 but decreased by glucose feeding. Importantly, these w-6 PUFAs attenuated the short lifespan of glucose-fed lpin-1-inhibited animals. Thus, the production of w-6 PUFAs is crucial for protecting animals from living very short under glucose-rich conditions.

Subject headings: Animals; Caenorhabditis elegans; Diet; Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; Glucose; Humans; Phosphatidate Phosphatase; C. elegans; LPIN-1; Aging; Metabolism; w-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Publication year: 2020

Journal or book title: Aging Cell

Volume: 19

Issue: 6

Pages: e13150

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