Research Article Details
Article ID: | A22647 |
PMID: | 24384368 |
Source: | Semin Cell Dev Biol |
Title: | Nuclear envelope-related lipodystrophies. |
Abstract: | Several alterations in nuclear envelope proteins building up the lamina meshwork beneath the inner nuclear membrane (mutations in lamins A/C, alterations of prelamin-A maturation, lamin B mutations or deregulation) have been shown to be responsible for or associated to human lipodystrophic syndromes. Lipodystrophic syndromes are rare and heterogeneous diseases, either genetic or acquired, characterized by generalized or partial fat atrophy associated with metabolic complications comprising insulin-resistant diabetes, dyslipidemia, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Recent advances in the molecular genetics of different types of lipodystrophies generally pointed to primary adipocyte alterations leading to impaired adipogenesis and/or deregulation of the adipocyte lipid droplet. However, the precise mechanisms linking nuclear envelope abnormalities to lipodystrophies remain largely unknown. The phenotype of nuclear envelope-linked lipodystrophies ranges from the typical familial partial lipodystrophy of the Dunnigan type (FPLD2), due to heterozygous substitutions of the 482nd arginine of lamins A/C, to complex diseases that can combine lipodystrophy, metabolic complications, muscular or cardiac alterations and/or signs of accelerated aging. In this review we present the clinical, tissular and cellular characteristics of the nuclear envelope-linked lipodystrophies, as well as their hypothetical pathophysiological mechanisms. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.semcdb.2013.12.015 |

Strategy ID | Therapy Strategy | Synonyms | Therapy Targets | Therapy Drugs | |
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S01 | Improve insulin resistance | insulin sensitizer; insulin resistance; glucose tolerance | Biguanide: increases 5-AMP activated protein kinase signaling; SGLT-2 inhibitor; Thiazalidinedione: selective PPAR-γ agonists; GLP-1 agonist | Metformin; Empagliflozin; Canagliflozin; Rosiglitazone; Pioglitazone; Liraglutide | Details |
S02 | Enhance lipid metabolism | triglyceride-lowering; lipid tolerance; lipid metabolism | 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) inhibitor; Decreases intestinal cholesterol absorption; FXR agonist; ACC inhibitor; FAS inhibitor; DGAT2 inhibitor; SCD-1 inhibitor | Atorvastatin; Ezetimibe; Obeticholic Acid; GS-9674; GS-0976; TVB-2640; IONIS-DGAT2rx; Aramchol; | Details |
S07 | Anti-lipogenesis | de novo lipogenesis; de novo lipogenesis; DNL; anti-lipogenic mechanisms; adipogenesis; anti-obesity | stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD-1); Acetyl-coenzyme carboxylase; acyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitor (ACC inhibitor); stearoyl Coenzyme A desaturase inhibitor (SCD inhibitor); THR-beta selective agonist; DGAT2 inhibitor; FASN inhibitor | Aramchol; Firsocostat (GS-0976); VK-2809; ION 224 | Details |
Diseases ID | DO ID | Disease Name | Definition | Class | |
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I13 | 3146 | Lipid metabolism disorder | An inherited metabolic disorder that involves the creation and degradation of lipids. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipid_metabolism | disease of metabolism/ inherited metabolic disorder | Details |
I05 | 9352 | Type 2 diabetes mellitus | A diabetes that is characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia with disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. A diabetes mellitus that is characterized by high blood sugar, insulin resistance, and relative lack of insulin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes_mellitus_type_2 | disease of metabolism/inherited metabolic disorder/ carbohydrate metabolic disorder/glucose metabolism disease/diabetes/ diabetes mellitus | Details |
I06 | 811 | Lipodystrophy | A connective tissue disease that is characterized by marked reduction, absence, and/or the redistribution of adipose tissue. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25690482, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25833179 | disease of anatomical entity/ musculoskeletal system disease/ connective tissue disease | Details |