Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

TLCD1 and TLCD2 regulate cellular phosphatidylethanolamine composition and promote the progression of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

  • Kasparas Petkevicius,
  • Henrik Palmgren,
  • Matthew S. Glover,
  • Andrea Ahnmark,
  • Anne-Christine Andréasson,
  • Katja Madeyski-Bengtson,
  • Hiroki Kawana,
  • Erik L. Allman,
  • Delaney Kaper,
  • Martin Uhrbom,
  • Liselotte Andersson,
  • Leif Aasehaug,
  • Johan Forsström,
  • Simonetta Wallin,
  • Ingela Ahlstedt,
  • Renata Leke,
  • Daniel Karlsson,
  • Hernán González-King,
  • Lars Löfgren,
  • Ralf Nilsson,
  • Giovanni Pellegrini,
  • Nozomu Kono,
  • Junken Aoki,
  • Sonja Hess,
  • Grzegorz Sienski,
  • Marc Pilon,
  • Mohammad Bohlooly-Y,
  • Marcello Maresca,
  • Xiao-Rong Peng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33735-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The regulation of cellular phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) acyl chain composition is poorly understood. Here, the authors show that TLCD1 and TLCD2 proteins mediate the formation of monounsaturated fatty acid-containing PE species and promote the progression of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.