Murine diet-induced obesity remodels cardiac and liver mitochondrial phospholipid acyl chains with differential effects on respiratory enzyme activity
Cardiac phospholipids, notably cardiolipin, undergo acyl chain remodeling and/or loss of content in aging and cardiovascular diseases, which is postulated to mechanistically impair mitochondrial function. Less is known about how diet-induced obesity influences cardiac phospholipid acyl chain composition and thus mitochondrial responses. Here we first tested if a high fat diet remodeled murine cardiac mitochondrial phospholipid acyl chain composition and consequently disrupted membrane packing, supercomplex formation and respiratory enzyme activity.
Source: The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry - Category: Biochemistry Authors: E. Madison Sullivan, Amy Fix, Miranda J. Crouch, Genevieve C. Sparagna, Tonya N. Zeczycki, David A. Brown, Saame Raza Shaikh Source Type: research
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