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- Title
Triglyceride regulate ACE2 level through MTHFD1.
- Authors
Ma, Xiaohua; Li, Xiaojing; Wan, Bo; Miao, Zhigang
- Abstract
Obesity has been followed with interest as a risk factor for COVID-19, with triglycerides as one of four common criteria used to define obesity, which have been used to study the mechanism of obesity. In this study, we showed that angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) is widely expressed in the mouse body, including the kidney, spleen, brain, heart, lung, liver, and testis, and that ACE2 levels increased after a high-fat diet. The ACE2 levels were recorded at 0 days, 3 days, 7 days, and 14 days after a high-fat diet, and they increased at 14 days after high-fat diet initiation. In addition, triglyceride levels were also significantly increased at 14 days after high-fat diet initiation, but body weight was not changed. Furthermore, we examined the ACE2 levels in Calu3 cells (a lung cancer cell line) after triglyceride treatment, and the results indicated that ACE2 levels were increased at 25 μM and reached their peak at 200 μM. Finally, we found that the mRNA level of mthfd1 was significantly increased in the high-fat diet group. Given these findings, we hypothesize that triglycerides can regulate the expression of ACE2 and Mthfd1.
- Subjects
ANGIOTENSIN converting enzyme; HIGH-fat diet; TRIGLYCERIDES; COVID-19; SPLEEN; ORGANS (Anatomy)
- Publication
Journal of Biosciences, 2021, Vol 46, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0250-5991
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12038-021-00178-y