RER1 regulates lipid metabolism in monocytes and macrophages
Yanxia Liu, Sandra Theil, Mohamed H. Yaghmour, Anja Kerksiek, Peng Chen, Ingo G.H. Schmidt-Wolf, Rebecca Barker, Eva Bartok, Dieter Lütjohann, Christoph Thiele, Jochen Walter
TL;DR
This study shows that RER1, a protein involved in cellular transport, plays a key role in regulating lipid metabolism in monocytes and macrophages.
Contribution
The novel finding is that RER1 regulates lipid metabolism in monocytic and macrophage-like cells, influencing lipid droplet accumulation and related gene expression.
Findings
RER1 deficiency leads to lipid droplet accumulation in monocytes and macrophage-like cells.
RER1 regulates genes and proteins involved in lipid metabolism.
Mass spectrometry reveals changes in cellular lipid metabolism and lipid droplet composition.
Abstract
Retention in endoplasmic reticulum sorting receptor 1 (RER1) mediates the retention and retrieval of select cargo proteins, and thereby regulates protein transport in the secretory pathway and assembly of distinct protein complexes. Recently, RER1 was implicated in the assembly and subcellular transport of the TREM2-DAP12 immune receptor complex, and its function in intracellular signaling and phagocytosis. However, the role of RER1 in the regulation of immune cell metabolism remained unknown. Here, we demonstrate an important role of RER1 in the lipid metabolism of monocytic and macrophage-like differentiated THP-1 cells. The deficiency of RER1 resulted in the accumulation of lipid droplets (LDs) in both monocytes and macrophage-like cells. Comprehensive mass spectrometry analyses revealed complex changes in the cellular lipid metabolism and the composition of LDs. RNA sequencing…
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Taxonomy
TopicsLipid metabolism and biosynthesis · Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling · Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease