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  • Title: UCP3 expression in liver modulates gene expression and oxidative metabolism in response to fatty acids, and sensitizes mitochondria to permeability transition.
    Author: Camara Y, Mampel T, Armengol J, Villarroya F, Dejean L.
    Journal: Cell Physiol Biochem; 2009; 24(3-4):243-52. PubMed ID: 19710539.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND/AIMS: Uncoupling protein-3 (UCP3) is expressed in liver only under conditions of high fatty acid catabolism. However, the specific role of UCP3 in liver mitochondria and overall hepatic function is still poorly known. METHODS: A model of "in vivo" induction of UCP3 expression in mouse liver mitochondria via a tail-vein injection of a recombinant adenoviral vector was developed. The effects on liver mitochondrial bioenergetics and permeability transition, liver gene expression, and systemic metabolism were then determined. RESULTS: UCP3 expression in liver did not cause basal, non-specific, uncoupling but led to a stimulation of palmitate-induced state 4 respiration. UCP3 expression in liver also caused an increase in the expression of certain genes involved in lipid catabolism and metabolic response to starvation (e.g. medium chain acyl-CoA-dehydrogenase or peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma co-activator-1alpha). UCP3 also conferred to liver mitochondria an enhanced sensitivity to classical inducers of permeability transition, such as calcium and carboxyatractylate. CONCLUSION: UCP3 expression in liver exerts direct actions on mitochondrial activity, favoring fatty acid-induced uncoupling and sensitizing mitochondria to permeability transition, as well as causing retrograde signaling to nuclear gene expression consistent with favoring lipid catabolism and oxidative metabolism.
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