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  • Title: Desensitization of cyclic GMP-mediated regulation of fatty acid metabolism in hepatocytes from ethanol-fed rats.
    Author: García-Villafranca J, Guillén A, Castro J.
    Journal: Int J Biochem Cell Biol; 2005 Mar; 37(3):655-64. PubMed ID: 15618022.
    Abstract:
    The mechanisms by which ethanol causes accumulation of hepatic triacylglycerols are complex. It has been proposed that nitric oxide/cyclic GMP signaling pathway may be involved in regulation of fatty acid metabolism in the liver. Here, we investigated if this mechanism may have a role in adaptation to ethanol consumption. Hepatocytes were isolated from rats fed with an ethanol-containing liquid diet and pair-fed control rats, and incubated with a range of concentrations of 8-bromo-cyclic GMP. In both types of cells, this cyclic GMP analog inhibited in parallel fatty acid synthesis de novo and acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity. Addition of 8-bromo-cyclic GMP also decreased the rate of palmitate esterification to triacylglycerols and phospholipids, whereas palmitate oxidation was increased. However, in all these metabolic effects, hepatocytes from ethanol-fed rats were significantly less sensitive to the addition of 8-bromo-cyclic GMP. In order to know if this may be a more general mechanism of adaptation to ethanol, we also studied the effects on glucose metabolism. Similarly, hepatocytes from ethanol-fed rats showed a decreased sensitivity in the inhibition by 8-bromo-cyclic GMP of glycogen synthesis, fatty acid synthesis and the synthesis of glycerol backbone of hepatic triacylglycerols. These data suggest that ethanol consumption induces a desensitization of the regulatory effects mediated by cyclic GMP in fatty acid metabolism, contributing to triacylglycerol accumulation in the liver.
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