RGD Reference Report - Molecular mechanisms of hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance in the AGPAT2-deficient mouse model of congenital generalized lipodystrophy. - Rat Genome Database

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Molecular mechanisms of hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance in the AGPAT2-deficient mouse model of congenital generalized lipodystrophy.

Authors: Cortes, VA  Curtis, DE  Sukumaran, S  Shao, X  Parameswara, V  Rashid, S  Smith, AR  Ren, J  Esser, V  Hammer, RE  Agarwal, AK  Horton, JD  Garg, A 
Citation: Cortes VA, etal., Cell Metab. 2009 Feb;9(2):165-76. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2009.01.002.
RGD ID: 10047097
Pubmed: PMID:19187773   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC2673980   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.cmet.2009.01.002   (Journal Full-text)

Mutations in 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate-O-acyltransferase 2 (AGPAT2) cause congenital generalized lipodystrophy. To understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the metabolic complications associated with AGPAT2 deficiency, Agpat2 null mice were generated. Agpat2(-/-) mice develop severe lipodystrophy affecting both white and brown adipose tissue, extreme insulin resistance, diabetes, and hepatic steatosis. The expression of lipogenic genes and rates of de novo fatty acid biosynthesis were increased approximately 4-fold in Agpat2(-/-) mouse livers. The mRNA and protein levels of monoacylglycerol acyltransferase isoform 1 were markedly increased in the livers of Agpat2(-/-) mice, suggesting that the alternative monoacylglycerol pathway for triglyceride biosynthesis is activated in the absence of AGPAT2. Feeding a fat-free diet reduced liver triglycerides by approximately 50% in Agpat2(-/-) mice. These observations suggest that both dietary fat and hepatic triglyceride biosynthesis via a monoacylglycerol pathway may contribute to hepatic steatosis in Agpat2(-/-) mice.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
congenital generalized lipodystrophy  ISOAgpat2 (Mus musculus)10047097; 10047097 RGD 
congenital generalized lipodystrophy  IMP 10047097 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Agpat2  (1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 2)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Agpat2  (1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 2)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
AGPAT2  (1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 2)


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