eprintid: 10068746 rev_number: 39 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/06/87/46 datestamp: 2019-02-26 16:06:16 lastmod: 2021-09-26 22:38:02 status_changed: 2019-02-28 17:22:13 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Li, Y creators_name: Yang, P creators_name: Zhao, L creators_name: Chen, Y creators_name: Zhang, X creators_name: Zeng, S creators_name: Wei, L creators_name: Varghese, Z creators_name: Moorhead, JF creators_name: Chen, Y creators_name: Ruan, XZ title: CD36 plays a negative role in the regulation of lipophagy in hepatocytes through an AMPK-dependent pathway ispublished: inpress divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C10 divisions: D17 divisions: G93 keywords: Beta-oxidation, CD36, Fatty acid/Oxidation, Hepatic steatosis, Lipid droplets, Liver, lipophagy note: This version is the author accepted manuscript version. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Fatty acid translocase CD36 (CD36) is a multifunctional membrane protein that facilitates the uptake of long-chain fatty acid (LCFA). Lipophagy is autophagic degradation of lipid droplets. Accumulating evidence suggests that CD36 is involved in the regulation of intracellular signal transduction that modulates fatty acid storage or usage. However, little is known about the relationship between CD36 and lipophagy. In this study, we found that increasedCD36 expression was coupled with decreasedautophagy in the livers of mice treated with a high-fat diet. Overexpressing CD36 in HepG2 and Huh7 cells inhibited autophagy, while knocking down CD36 expression induced autophagy due to the increased autophagosome formation in autophagic flux. Meanwhile, knockout of CD36 in mice increased autophagy while reconstruction of CD36 expression in CD36-knockout mice reduced autophagy. CD36 knockdown in HepG2 cells increased lipophagy and β-oxidation, which contributed to improving lipid accumulation. In addition, CD36 expression regulated autophagy through the AMPK pathway with phosphorylation of ULK1/Beclin1 also involved in the process. These findings suggest that CD36 is a negative regulator of autophagy and induction of lipophagy by ameliorating CD36 expression can be a potential therapeutic strategy for the treatment of fatty liver diseases through attenuating lipid over-accumulation. date: 2019 date_type: published official_url: https://doi.org/10.1194/jlr.M090969 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1622010 doi: 10.1194/jlr.M090969 pii: jlr.M090969 lyricists_name: Ruan, Xiong-Zhong lyricists_id: XZRUA13 actors_name: Nonhebel, Lucinda actors_id: LNONH33 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Journal of Lipid Research issn: 0022-2275 citation: Li, Y; Yang, P; Zhao, L; Chen, Y; Zhang, X; Zeng, S; Wei, L; ... Ruan, XZ; + view all <#> Li, Y; Yang, P; Zhao, L; Chen, Y; Zhang, X; Zeng, S; Wei, L; Varghese, Z; Moorhead, JF; Chen, Y; Ruan, XZ; - view fewer <#> (2019) CD36 plays a negative role in the regulation of lipophagy in hepatocytes through an AMPK-dependent pathway. Journal of Lipid Research 10.1194/jlr.M090969 <https://doi.org/10.1194/jlr.M090969>. (In press). Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10068746/8/Ruan%20accepted%20version.pdf