H-rev107 Regulates Cytochrome P450 Reductase Activity and Increases Lipid Accumulation

PLoS One. 2015 Sep 18;10(9):e0138586. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138586. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

H-rev107 is a member of the HREV107 type II tumor suppressor gene family and acts as a phospholipase to catalyze the release of fatty acids from glycerophospholipid. H-rev107 has been shown to play an important role in fat metabolism in adipocytes through the PGE2/cAMP pathway, but the detailed molecular mechanism underlying H-rev107-mediated lipid degradation has not been studied. In this study, the interaction between H-rev107 and cytochrome P450 reductase (POR), which is involved in hepatic lipid content regulation, was determined by yeast two-hybrid screen and confirmed by using in vitro pull down assays and immunofluorescent staining. The expression of POR in H-rev107-expressing cells enhanced the H-rev107-mediated release of arachidonic acid. However, H-rev107 inhibited POR activity and relieved POR-mediated decreased triglyceride content in HtTA and HeLa cervical cells. The inhibitory effect of H-rev107 will be abolished when POR-expressing cells transfected with PLA2-lacking pH-rev107 or treated with PLA2 inhibitor. Silencing of H-rev107 using siRNA resulted in increased glycerol production and reversion of free fatty acid-mediated growth suppression in Huh7 hepatic cells. In summary, our results revealed that H-rev107 is also involved in lipid accumulation in liver cells through the POR pathway via its PLA2 activity.

MeSH terms

  • Arachidonic Acid / metabolism
  • Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / metabolism
  • Glycerol / metabolism
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Lipid Metabolism / genetics*
  • Liver / metabolism*
  • NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / metabolism*
  • Phospholipases A2 / metabolism
  • Phospholipases A2, Calcium-Independent / genetics
  • Phospholipases A2, Calcium-Independent / metabolism*
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins / genetics
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Fatty Acids, Nonesterified
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins
  • Arachidonic Acid
  • NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase
  • PLAAT3 protein, human
  • Phospholipases A2
  • Phospholipases A2, Calcium-Independent
  • Glycerol

Grants and funding

The authors have no support or funding to report.