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Diacylglycerol acyltransferase-1 inhibition enhances intestinal fatty acid oxidation and reduces energy intake in rats.

Authors: Schober, G  Arnold, M  Birtles, S  Buckett, LK  Pacheco-Lopez, G  Turnbull, AV  Langhans, W  Mansouri, A 
Citation: Schober G, etal., J Lipid Res. 2013 May;54(5):1369-84. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M035154. Epub 2013 Feb 28.
RGD ID: 10400846
Pubmed: PMID:23449193   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC3622331   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1194/jlr.M035154   (Journal Full-text)

Acyl CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase-1 (DGAT-1) catalyzes the final step in triacylglycerol (TAG) synthesis and is highly expressed in the small intestine. Because DGAT-1 knockout mice are resistant to diet-induced obesity, we investigated the acute effects of intragastric (IG) infusion of a small molecule diacylglycerol acyltransferase-1 inhibitor (DGAT-1i) on eating, circulating fat metabolites, indirect calorimetry, and hepatic and intestinal expression of key fat catabolism enzymes in male rats adapted to an 8 h feeding-16 h deprivation schedule. Also, the DGAT-1i effect on fatty acid oxidation (FAO) was investigated in enterocyte cell culture models. IG DGAT-1i infusions reduced energy intake compared with vehicle in high-fat diet (HFD)-fed rats, but scarcely in chow-fed rats. IG DGAT-1i also blunted the postprandial increase in serum TAG and increased beta-hydroxybutyrate levels only in HFD-fed rats, in which it lowered the respiratory quotient and increased intestinal, but not hepatic, protein levels of Complex III of the mitochondrial respiratory chain and of mitochondrial hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase. Finally, the DGAT-1i enhanced FAO in CaCo2 (EC50 = 0.3494) and HuTu80 (EC50 = 0.00762) cells. Thus, pharmacological DGAT-1 inhibition leads to an increase in intestinal FAO and ketogenesis when dietary fat is available. This may contribute to the observed eating-inhibitory effect.

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Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Dgat1  (diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1)


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