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Fatty acid desaturase 2 (FADS2) but not FADS1 desaturates branched chain and odd chain saturated fatty acids.
Wang, Zhen; Park, Hui Gyu; Wang, Dong Hao; Kitano, Riki; Kothapalli, Kumar S D; Brenna, J Thomas.
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  • Wang Z; Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Dept. of Pediatrics, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, 1400 Barbara Jordan Blvd, Austin, TX 78723, USA. Electronic address: zw224@cornell.edu.
  • Park HG; Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Dept. of Pediatrics, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, 1400 Barbara Jordan Blvd, Austin, TX 78723, USA. Electronic address: hi.park@austin.utexas.edu.
  • Wang DH; Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Dept. of Pediatrics, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, 1400 Barbara Jordan Blvd, Austin, TX 78723, USA. Electronic address: dw467@cornell.edu.
  • Kitano R; Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc., 7102 Riverwood Dr, Columbia, MD 21046, USA. Electronic address: rikitano@shimadzu.com.
  • Kothapalli KSD; Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Dept. of Pediatrics, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, 1400 Barbara Jordan Blvd, Austin, TX 78723, USA. Electronic address: kkothapalli@utexas.edu.
  • Brenna JT; Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Dept. of Pediatrics, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, 1400 Barbara Jordan Blvd, Austin, TX 78723, USA. Electronic address: tbrenna@utexas.edu.
Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids ; 1865(3): 158572, 2020 03.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31751799
Branched chain fatty acids (BCFA) and linear chain/normal odd chain fatty acids (n-OCFA) are major fatty acids in human skin lipids, especially sebaceous gland (SG) wax esters. Skin lipids contain variable amounts of monounsaturated BCFA and n-OCFA, in some reports exceeding over 20% of total fatty acids. Fatty acid desaturase 2 (FADS2) codes for a multifunctional enzyme that catalyzes Δ4-, Δ6- and Δ8-desaturation towards ten unsaturated fatty acids but only one saturate, palmitic acid, converting it to 16:1n-10; FADS2 is not active towards 14:0 or 18:0. Here we test the hypothesis that FADS2 also operates on BCFA and n-OCFA. MCF-7 cancer cells stably expressing FADS1 or FADS2 along with empty vector control cells were incubated with anteiso-15:0, iso-16:0, iso-17:0, anteiso-17:0, iso-18:0, or n-17:0. BCFA were Δ6-desaturated by FADS2 as follows: iso-16:0 → iso-6Z-16:1, iso-17:0 → iso-6Z-17:1, anteiso-17:0 → anteiso-6Z-17:1 and iso-18:0 → iso-6Z-18:1. anteiso-15:0 was not desaturated in either FADS1 or FADS2 cells. n-17:0 was converted to both n-6Z-17:1 by FADS2 Δ6-desaturation and n-9Z-17:1 by SCD Δ9-desaturation. We thus establish novel FADS2-coded enzymatic activity towards BCFA and n-OCFA, expanding the number of known FADS2 saturated fatty acid substrates from one to six. Because of the importance of FADS2 in human skin, our results imply that dysfunction in activity of sebaceous FADS2 may play a role in skin abnormalities associated with skin lipids.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Fatty Acid Desaturases / Fatty Acids Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids Year: 2020 Document type: Article Country of publication: Netherlands
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Fatty Acid Desaturases / Fatty Acids Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids Year: 2020 Document type: Article Country of publication: Netherlands