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Decreased fatty acid synthesis due to mitochondrial uncoupling in adipose tissue

MARTIN ROSSMEISL, IVO SYROV, FILIP BAUMRUK, PAVEL FLACHS, PETRA JANOVSKÁ and JAN KOPECK¹

Department of Adipose Tissue Biology, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

¹Correspondence: Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videská 1083, CZ - 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic. E-mail: kopecky{at}biomed.cas.cz

Synthesis of fatty acid (FA) in adipose tissue requires cooperation of mitochondrial and cytoplasmic enzymes. Mitochondria are required for the production of ATP and they also support the formation of acetyl-CoA and NADPH in cytoplasm. Since cellular levels of all these metabolites depend on the efficiency of mitochondrial energy conversion, mitochondrial proton leak via uncoupling proteins (UCPs) could modulate FA synthesis. In 3T3-L1 adipocytes, 2,4-dinitrophenol depressed the synthesis of FA 4-fold while increasing FA oxidation 1.5-fold and the production of lactate 14-fold. Inhibition of FA synthesis in 3T3-L1 adipocytes was proportional to the decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential. FA synthesis from D-[U-¹⁴C] glucose was reduced up to fourfold by ectopic UCP1 in the white fat of transgenic aP2-Ucp1 mice, reflecting the magnitude of UCP1 expression in different fat depots and the reduction of adiposity. Transcript levels for lipogenic enzymes were lower in the white fat of the transgenic mice than in the control animals. Our results show that uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation depresses FA synthesis in white fat. Reduction of adiposity via mitochondrial uncoupling in white fat not only reflects increased energy expenditure, but also decreased in situ lipogenesis.—Rossmeisl, M., Syrov, I., Baumruk, F., Flachs, P., Janovská, P., Kopeck, J. Decreased fatty acid synthesis due to mitochondrial uncoupling in adipose tissue.

Key Words: UCP • lipogenesis • C57BL/6J mice • 3T3-L1 • obesity

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