General Information:

Id: 419
Diseases: Diabetes mellitus, type II - [OMIM]
Insulin resistance
Mus musculus
female
GPAT1-/- mouse
BTO:0000759 liver
article
Reference: Hammond LE et al.(2007) Increased oxidative stress is associated with balanced increases in hepatocyte apoptosis and proliferation in glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase-1 deficient mice Exp. Mol. Pathol. 82: 210-219 [PMID: 17258706]

Interaction Information:

Comment Liver mitochondria from GPAT1-/- mice have 20% higher rates of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and peroxidation.
Formal Description
Interaction-ID: 1831

gene/protein

GPAM

affects_quantity of

drug/chemical compound

Reactive oxygen species

in liver mitochondria
Comment The fatty acid composition of liver mitochondrial phospholipids is altered in GPAT1-/- mice.
Formal Description
Interaction-ID: 1838

gene/protein

GPAM

affects_activity of

Comment Despite the alterations in mitochondrial phospholipid fatty acid composition, liver mitochondrial morphology was not affected in the GPAT1-/- mice, there was no infiltration by inflammatory cells, the mitochondrial quantity did not differ, and the glycogen content was similar, the lipid droplets were less prominent, reflecting the lower hepatic triacylglycerol content.
Formal Description
Interaction-ID: 1839

gene/protein

GPAM

NOT affects_activity of

in liver
Comment Despite the alterations in mitochondrial phospholipid fatty acid composition, liver mitochondrial morphology was not affected in the GPAT1-/- mice, there was no infiltration by inflammatory cells, the mitochondrial quantity did not differ, and the glycogen content was similar, the lipid droplets were less prominent, reflecting the lower hepatic triacylglycerol content.
Formal Description
Interaction-ID: 1843

gene/protein

GPAM

NOT affects_activity of

phenotype

liver inflammation

Comment Despite the alterations in mitochondrial phospholipid fatty acid composition, liver mitochondrial morphology was not affected in the GPAT1-/- mice, there was no infiltration by inflammatory cells, the mitochondrial quantity did not differ, and the glycogen content was similar, the lipid droplets were less prominent, reflecting the lower hepatic triacylglycerol content.
Formal Description
Interaction-ID: 1844

gene/protein

GPAM

NOT affects_quantity of

drug/chemical compound

Glycogen

Comment Despite the alterations in mitochondrial phospholipid fatty acid composition, liver mitochondrial morphology was not affected in the GPAT1-/- mice, there was no infiltration by inflammatory cells, the mitochondrial quantity did not differ, and the glycogen content was similar, the lipid droplets were less prominent, reflecting the lower hepatic triacylglycerol content.
Formal Description
Interaction-ID: 1847

gene/protein

GPAM

NOT affects_quantity of

cellular component

mitochondrion

in liver
Comment Despite the alterations in mitochondrial phospholipid fatty acid composition, liver mitochondrial morphology was not affected in the GPAT1-/- mice, there was no infiltration by inflammatory cells, the mitochondrial quantity did not differ, and the glycogen content was similar, the lipid droplets were less prominent, reflecting the lower hepatic triacylglycerol content.
Formal Description
Interaction-ID: 1849

gene/protein

GPAM

affects_quantity of

drug/chemical compound

Triacylglycerol

in liver
Comment Liver mitochondria from GPAT1-/- mice are more sensitive to Ca2+-induced opening of the permeability transition pore.
Formal Description
Interaction-ID: 1852

gene/protein

GPAM

affects_activity of

complex/PPI

Mitochondrial permeability transition pore complex

Comment GPAT1-/- mice exhibit increased hepatocellular apoptosis and proliferation, but there was no difference in liver weight between wild-type and GPAT1-/- mice which suggested that the increase in apoptosis was balanced by hepatocellular proliferation.
Formal Description
Interaction-ID: 1853

gene/protein

GPAM

affects_activity of

in liver
Comment GPAT1-/- mice exhibit increased hepatocellular apoptosis and proliferation, but there was no difference in liver weight between wild-type and GPAT1-/- mice which suggested that the increase in apoptosis was balanced by hepatocellular proliferation.
Formal Description
Interaction-ID: 1855

gene/protein

GPAM

affects_activity of

in liver
Comment GPAT1-/- mice exhibit increased hepatocellular apoptosis and proliferation, but there was no difference in liver weight between wild-type and GPAT1-/- mice which suggested that the increase in apoptosis was balanced by hepatocellular proliferation.
Formal Description
Interaction-ID: 1856

gene/protein

GPAM

NOT affects_quantity of

tissue/cell line

liver