Aims: Morphine, a commonly used drug for anesthesia, affects lipid metabolism in different tissues, but the mechanism is currently unclear. Adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) is the rate-limiting enzyme responsible for the first step of triglyceride (TG) hydrolysis. Here we aim to investigate whether ATGL phosphorylation is involved in morphine-induced TG accumulation.
Main Methods: Oil red O staining and TG content analysis were used to detect the effect of morphine on lipid storage. A series of ATGL phosphoamino acid site mutant plasmids were constructed by gene synthesis and transfected to HL-1 cells to evaluate the phosphorylation levels of ATGL phosphoamino acid in morphine-treated HL-1 cells with immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting assay.
Key Findings: Morphine acute treatment induced excessive accumulation of TG and decreased the phosphorylation level of ATGL Ser406 in HL-1 cells. Of note, the phosphorylation positive mutation of ATGL Ser406 to aspartic acid effectively reversed morphine-induced excessive accumulation of TG in HL-1 cells.
Significance: This discovery will help to fully understand the lipid regulation function of morphine in a new scope. In addition, it will expand the phosphorylation research of ATGL more comprehensively and provide powerful clues for lipid metabolism regulation.
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