Ceramides are necessary and sufficient for diet-induced impairment of thermogenic adipocytes.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:Aging and weight gain lead to a decline in brown and beige adipocyte functionality that exacerbates obesity and insulin resistance. We sought to determine whether sphingolipids, such as ceramides, a class of lipid metabolites that accumulate in aging and overnutrition, are sufficient or necessary for the metabolic impairment of these thermogenic adipocytes. METHODS:We generated new mouse models allowing for the conditional ablation of genes required for ceramide synthesis (i.e., serine palmitoyltransferase subunit 2, Sptlc2) or degradation (i.e., acid ceramidase 1, Asah1) from mature, thermogenic adipocytes (i.e., from cells expressing uncoupling protein-1). Mice underwent a comprehensive suite of phenotyping protocols to assess energy expenditure and glucose and lipid homeostasis. Complementary studies were conducted in primary brown adipocytes to dissect the mechanisms controlling ceramide synthesis or action. RESULTS:Depletion of Sptlc2 increased energy expenditure, improved glucose homeostasis, and prevented diet-induced obesity. Conversely, depletion of Asah1 led to ceramide accumulation, diminution of energy expenditure, and exacerbation of insulin resistance and obesity. Mechanistically, ceramides slowed lipolysis, inhibited glucose uptake, and decreased mitochondrial respiration. Moreover, β-adrenergic receptor agonists, which activate thermogenesis in brown adipocytes, decreased transcription of enzymes required for ceramide synthesis. CONCLUSIONS:These studies support our hypothesis that ceramides are necessary and sufficient for the impairment in thermogenic adipocyte function that accompanies obesity. Moreover, they suggest that implementation of therapeutic strategies to block ceramide synthesis in thermogenic adipocytes may serve as a means of improving adipose health and combating obesity and cardiometabolic disease.

journal_name

Mol Metab

journal_title

Molecular metabolism

authors

Chaurasia B,Ying L,Talbot CL,Maschek JA,Cox J,Schuchman EH,Hirabayashi Y,Holland WL,Summers SA

doi

10.1016/j.molmet.2020.101145

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-12-19 00:00:00

pages

101145

issn

2212-8778

pii

S2212-8778(20)30219-2

journal_volume

45

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