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Event: 1060
Key Event Title
Alteration, lipid metabolism
Short name
Biological Context
Level of Biological Organization |
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Cellular |
Cell term
Cell term |
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eukaryotic cell |
Organ term
Key Event Components
Process | Object | Action |
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lipid metabolic process | abnormal |
Key Event Overview
AOPs Including This Key Event
AOP Name | Role of event in AOP | Point of Contact | Author Status | OECD Status |
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PPARα activation and pancreatic acinar tumors | KeyEvent | Charles Wood (send email) | Under Development: Contributions and Comments Welcome | |
ROS formation leads to cancer via PPAR pathway | KeyEvent | John Frisch (send email) | Under development: Not open for comment. Do not cite |
Taxonomic Applicability
Life Stages
Life stage | Evidence |
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All life stages | Not Specified |
Sex Applicability
Term | Evidence |
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Unspecific | Not Specified |
Key Event Description
Lipids are important molecules for efficient energy storage, in addition to roles as signaling molecules and basic building blocks in organisms. In addition to energy release, lipid metabolism affects the amount of stored fat. Alteration of lipid metabolism reflects a disruption of normal function, as evidenced by changes in gene expression, enzyme levels, break-down products, or fat content. Peroxisome proliferation-activated receptors pathways (and associated genes and proteins) are commonly monitored for downstream effects on lipid metabolism (Luquet et al. 2005; Den Broeder et al. 2015; Chamorro-Garcia et al. 2018; Venezia et al. 2021).
How It Is Measured or Detected
Changes in lipid metabolism can be detected by examining organism fat content, or by examination of organs (ex. stomach, liver, intestines) for break-down products (ex. proteins) or changes in gene expression.
Domain of Applicability
Life Stage: All life stages.
Sex: Applies to both males and females.
Taxonomic: Appears to be present broadly, with representative studies in mammals.
References
Chamorro-Garcia, R., Shoucri, B.M., Willner, S., Kach, H., Janesick, A., and Blumberg, B. 2018. Effect of perinatal exposure to dibutyltin chloride on fat and glucose metabolism in mice, and molecular mechanisms, in vitro. Environmental Health Perspectives 126: 057006.
Den Broeder, M.J., Kopylova, V.A., Kamminga, L.M. Legler, J. 2015. Zebrafish as a model to study the role of peroxisome proliferating-activated receptors in adipogenesis and obesity. PPAR Research 2015: 358029.
Luquet, S., Gaudel, C., Holst, D., Lopez-Soriano, J., Jehl-Pietri, C., Fredenrich, A., and Grimaldi, P.A. 2005. Roles of PPAR delta in lipid absorption and metabolism: A new target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Biochimica and Biophysica Acta 1740: 313-317.
Venezia, O., Islam, S., Cho, C., Timme-Laragy, A.R., and Sant, K.E. 2021. Modulation of PPAR signaling disrupts pancreas development in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 426: 115653.