Differential Effects of Oleic and Palmitic Acids on Lipid Droplet-Mitochondria Interaction in the Hepatic Cell Line HepG2

Fatty acid overload, either of the saturated palmitic acid (PA) or the unsaturated oleic acid (OA), causes triglyceride accumulation into specialized organelles termed lipid droplets (LD). However, only PA overload leads to liver damage mediated by mitochondrial dysfunction. Whether these divergent...

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Autores principales: Andrea Eynaudi, Francisco Díaz-Castro, Juan Carlos Bórquez, Roberto Bravo-Sagua, Valentina Parra, Rodrigo Troncoso
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2bd959abe94c4e5cbbb90ed1d6c7ed4b2021-11-12T04:51:27ZDifferential Effects of Oleic and Palmitic Acids on Lipid Droplet-Mitochondria Interaction in the Hepatic Cell Line HepG22296-861X10.3389/fnut.2021.775382https://doaj.org/article/2bd959abe94c4e5cbbb90ed1d6c7ed4b2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.775382/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-861XFatty acid overload, either of the saturated palmitic acid (PA) or the unsaturated oleic acid (OA), causes triglyceride accumulation into specialized organelles termed lipid droplets (LD). However, only PA overload leads to liver damage mediated by mitochondrial dysfunction. Whether these divergent outcomes stem from differential effects of PA and OA on LD and mitochondria joint dynamics remains to be uncovered. Here, we contrast how both fatty acids impact the morphology and interaction between both organelles and mitochondrial bioenergetics in HepG2 cells. Using confocal microscopy, we showed that short-term (2–24 h) OA overload promotes more and bigger LD accumulation than PA. Oxygen polarography indicated that both treatments stimulated mitochondrial respiration; however, OA favored an overall build-up of the mitochondrial potential, and PA evoked mitochondrial fragmentation, concomitant with an ATP-oriented metabolism. Even though PA-induced a lesser increase in LD-mitochondria proximity than OA, those LD associated with highly active mitochondria suggest that they interact mainly to fuel fatty acid oxidation and ATP synthesis (that is, metabolically “active” LD). On the contrary, OA overload seemingly stimulated LD-mitochondria interaction mainly for LD growth (thus metabolically “passive” LDs). In sum, these differences point out that OA readily accumulates in LD, likely reducing their toxicity, while PA preferably stimulates mitochondrial oxidative metabolism, which may contribute to liver damage progression.Andrea EynaudiFrancisco Díaz-CastroJuan Carlos BórquezRoberto Bravo-SaguaRoberto Bravo-SaguaRoberto Bravo-SaguaValentina ParraValentina ParraRodrigo TroncosoRodrigo TroncosoFrontiers Media S.A.articlelipid dropletsmitochondriafatty acidshepatocytesoxygen consumptionNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641ENFrontiers in Nutrition, Vol 8 (2021)
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topic lipid droplets
mitochondria
fatty acids
hepatocytes
oxygen consumption
Nutrition. Foods and food supply
TX341-641
spellingShingle lipid droplets
mitochondria
fatty acids
hepatocytes
oxygen consumption
Nutrition. Foods and food supply
TX341-641
Andrea Eynaudi
Francisco Díaz-Castro
Juan Carlos Bórquez
Roberto Bravo-Sagua
Roberto Bravo-Sagua
Roberto Bravo-Sagua
Valentina Parra
Valentina Parra
Rodrigo Troncoso
Rodrigo Troncoso
Differential Effects of Oleic and Palmitic Acids on Lipid Droplet-Mitochondria Interaction in the Hepatic Cell Line HepG2
description Fatty acid overload, either of the saturated palmitic acid (PA) or the unsaturated oleic acid (OA), causes triglyceride accumulation into specialized organelles termed lipid droplets (LD). However, only PA overload leads to liver damage mediated by mitochondrial dysfunction. Whether these divergent outcomes stem from differential effects of PA and OA on LD and mitochondria joint dynamics remains to be uncovered. Here, we contrast how both fatty acids impact the morphology and interaction between both organelles and mitochondrial bioenergetics in HepG2 cells. Using confocal microscopy, we showed that short-term (2–24 h) OA overload promotes more and bigger LD accumulation than PA. Oxygen polarography indicated that both treatments stimulated mitochondrial respiration; however, OA favored an overall build-up of the mitochondrial potential, and PA evoked mitochondrial fragmentation, concomitant with an ATP-oriented metabolism. Even though PA-induced a lesser increase in LD-mitochondria proximity than OA, those LD associated with highly active mitochondria suggest that they interact mainly to fuel fatty acid oxidation and ATP synthesis (that is, metabolically “active” LD). On the contrary, OA overload seemingly stimulated LD-mitochondria interaction mainly for LD growth (thus metabolically “passive” LDs). In sum, these differences point out that OA readily accumulates in LD, likely reducing their toxicity, while PA preferably stimulates mitochondrial oxidative metabolism, which may contribute to liver damage progression.
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author Andrea Eynaudi
Francisco Díaz-Castro
Juan Carlos Bórquez
Roberto Bravo-Sagua
Roberto Bravo-Sagua
Roberto Bravo-Sagua
Valentina Parra
Valentina Parra
Rodrigo Troncoso
Rodrigo Troncoso
author_facet Andrea Eynaudi
Francisco Díaz-Castro
Juan Carlos Bórquez
Roberto Bravo-Sagua
Roberto Bravo-Sagua
Roberto Bravo-Sagua
Valentina Parra
Valentina Parra
Rodrigo Troncoso
Rodrigo Troncoso
author_sort Andrea Eynaudi
title Differential Effects of Oleic and Palmitic Acids on Lipid Droplet-Mitochondria Interaction in the Hepatic Cell Line HepG2
title_short Differential Effects of Oleic and Palmitic Acids on Lipid Droplet-Mitochondria Interaction in the Hepatic Cell Line HepG2
title_full Differential Effects of Oleic and Palmitic Acids on Lipid Droplet-Mitochondria Interaction in the Hepatic Cell Line HepG2
title_fullStr Differential Effects of Oleic and Palmitic Acids on Lipid Droplet-Mitochondria Interaction in the Hepatic Cell Line HepG2
title_full_unstemmed Differential Effects of Oleic and Palmitic Acids on Lipid Droplet-Mitochondria Interaction in the Hepatic Cell Line HepG2
title_sort differential effects of oleic and palmitic acids on lipid droplet-mitochondria interaction in the hepatic cell line hepg2
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/2bd959abe94c4e5cbbb90ed1d6c7ed4b
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