Metrnl deficiency decreases blood HDL cholesterol and increases blood triglyceride

• 来源期刊: 中国药理学报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（12）
• 所属期刊栏目: Cardiovascular Pharmacology
• 页码范围: 1568-1575
• 页数: 8页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Dyslipidemia is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes.Several adipokines play important roles in modulation of blood lipids.Metrnl is a recently identified adipokine,and adipose Metrnl participates in regulation of blood triglyceride (TG).In this study,we generated Metrnl global,intestine-specific and liver-specific knockout mice,and explored the effects of Metrnl on serum lipid parameters.Global knockout of Metrnl had no effects on serum lipid parameters under normal chow diet,but increased blood TG by 14％,and decreased total cholesterol (TC) by 16％ and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) by 24％ under high fat diet.Nevertheless,intestine-specific knockout of Metml did not alter the serum lipids parameters under normal chow diet or high fat diet.Notably,liver-specific knockout of Metrnl decreased HDL-C by 24％,TC by 209％ and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) by 16％ without alterations of blood TG and nonesterlfied fatty acids (NEFA) under high fat diet.But deficiency of Metrnl in liver did not change VLDL secretion and expression of lipid synthetic and metabolic genes.We conclude that tissue-specific Metrnl controls different components of blood lipids.In addition to modulation of blood TG by adipose Metrnl,blood HDL-C is regulated by liver Metrnl.