Dissecting adipose tissue lipolysis: molecular regulation and implications for metabolic disease

TS Nielsen, N Jessen, JOL Jørgensen… - Journal of …, 2014 - jme.bioscientifica.com
Lipolysis is the process by which triglycerides (TGs) are hydrolyzed to free fatty acids (FFAs)
and glycerol. In adipocytes, this is achieved by sequential action of adipose TG lipase …

[HTML][HTML] Lipolysis–a highly regulated multi-enzyme complex mediates the catabolism of cellular fat stores

A Lass, R Zimmermann, M Oberer, R Zechner - Progress in lipid research, 2011 - Elsevier
Lipolysis is the biochemical pathway responsible for the catabolism of triacylglycerol (TAG)
stored in cellular lipid droplets. The hydrolytic cleavage of TAG generates non-esterified fatty …

Mammalian triacylglycerol metabolism: synthesis, lipolysis, and signaling

RA Coleman, DG Mashek - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Triacylglycerol (TAG) is the primary unit of energy storage in eukaryotic cells. TAG comprises
more than 90% of the content of white adipocytes, and TAG synthesis is essential in …

The role of lipid sensing nuclear receptors (PPARs and LXR) and metabolic lipases in obesity, diabetes and NAFLD

ED Dixon, AD Nardo, T Claudel, M Trauner - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are metabolic disorders characterized by
metabolic inflexibility with multiple pathological organ manifestations, including non …

Alcohol, White Adipose Tissue, and Brown Adipose Tissue: Mechanistic Links to Lipogenesis and Lipolysis

Q Li, O Wang, B Ji, L Zhao, L Zhao - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
According to data from the World Health Organization, there were about 3 million deaths
caused by alcohol consumption worldwide in 2016, of which about 50% were related to liver …

Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ by rosiglitazone improves lipid homeostasis at the adipose tissue-liver axis in ethanol-fed mice

X Sun, Y Tang, X Tan, Q Li, W Zhong… - American Journal …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
The development of alcohol-induced fatty liver is associated with a reduction of white
adipose tissue (WAT). Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-γ prominently …

Modulation of myocellular fat stores: lipid droplet dynamics in health and disease

RCR Meex, P Schrauwen… - American Journal of …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
Storage of fatty acids as triacylglycerol (TAG) occurs in almost all mammalian tissues.
Whereas adipose tissue is by far the largest storage site of fatty acids as TAG, subcellular …

Adipose triglyceride lipase affects triacylglycerol metabolism at brain barriers

K Etschmaier, T Becker, TO Eichmann… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
J. Neurochem.(2011) 119, 1016–1028. Abstract Currently, little is known about the role of
intracellular triacylglycerol (TAG) lipases in the brain. Adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) is …

Adipose triglyceride lipase expression in human adipose tissue and muscle. Role in insulin resistance and response to training and pioglitazone

A Yao-Borengasser, V Varma, RH Coker… - Metabolism, 2011 - Elsevier
Adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) catalyzes the first step in adipocyte and muscle
triglyceride hydrolysis, and comparative gene identification–58 (CGI-58) is an essential …

C1q/TNF-related protein 2 (CTRP2) deletion promotes adipose tissue lipolysis and hepatic triglyceride secretion

X Lei, GW Wong - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
The highly conserved C1q/TNF-related protein (CTRP) family of secreted hormones has
emerged as important regulators of insulin action and of sugar and fat metabolisms. Among …