| 2009 |
L-FABP directly binds PPARα protein with high affinity (Kd ~156 nM) and at close intermolecular distance (~52 Å), as demonstrated by co-immunoprecipitation of pure proteins, altered circular dichroic and fluorescence spectra, in vitro FRET between Cy3-labeled PPARα and Cy5-labeled L-FABP, co-IP from liver homogenates of wild-type mice, and double immunogold electron microscopy/FRET confocal microscopy in cultured primary hepatocytes. |
Co-IP of pure proteins, FRET (in vitro and confocal), circular dichroism, immunogold electron microscopy, co-IP from tissue |
Journal of lipid research |
High |
19289416
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| 2009 |
L-FABP gene ablation in primary hepatocytes reduces nuclear distribution of long-chain fatty acids, decreases PPARα co-immunoprecipitation with coactivator SRC-1 (with increased co-IP with co-inhibitor N-CoR), reduces palmitic acid-induced PPARα transcriptional activity, and decreases oxidation of palmitic acid, supporting a role for L-FABP in facilitating LCFA ligand delivery to nuclear PPARα. |
L-FABP knockout mouse primary hepatocytes, real-time laser scanning confocal imaging, co-immunoprecipitation, fatty acid oxidation assay |
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics |
High |
19285478
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| 2005 |
L-FABP gene ablation in male mice increases total bile acid pool size and alters expression of hepatic bile acid synthetic enzymes (CYP7A1, CYP27A1), bile acid transporters (BSEP, MRP2, OATP-1), cytosolic bile acid-binding proteins (GST, 3α-HSD), and nuclear receptors (LXRα, SHP), establishing L-FABP as a physiological regulator of hepatic bile acid and biliary cholesterol metabolism. |
L-FABP gene-ablated (knockout) mice, biochemical quantification of bile acid pools, Western blotting, gene expression analysis |
The Biochemical journal |
High |
15984932
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| 1998 |
Expression of L-FABP in L-cell fibroblasts increases fatty acid (NBD-stearate) uptake 1.7-fold, increases cytoplasmic diffusion rate of internalized fatty acid 1.9-fold, and increases lateral membrane mobility of NBD-stearate, demonstrating that L-FABP facilitates both cellular fatty acid uptake and intracellular trafficking. |
Stable transfection of L-cell fibroblasts with L-FABP cDNA, fluorescence digital imaging, single-cell fluorescence uptake assay |
The American journal of physiology |
Medium |
9688651
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| 1993 |
High-level expression of L-FABP in transfected L-cells stimulates both fatty acid (cis-parinaric acid) uptake and cholesterol uptake, and accelerates microsomal ACAT activity following sphingomyelinase-induced cholesterol redistribution, demonstrating that cytosolic L-FABP levels regulate both the extent and specificity of fatty acid and cholesterol absorption in intact cells. |
Stable transfection of L-cells with L-FABP cDNA, fluorescent fatty acid/cholesterol uptake assays, ACAT activity assay |
Molecular and cellular biochemistry |
Medium |
8232270
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| 2005 |
Circulating L-FABP is filtered by glomeruli and taken up by proximal tubule cells via megalin (LRP2)-mediated endocytosis. Quartz-crystal microbalance analysis showed Ca2+-dependent binding of L-FABP to megalin; degradation assays in megalin-expressing L2 cells confirmed megalin-mediated uptake and catabolism of 125I-L-FABP. |
In vivo 35S-L-FABP injection in rats with histoautoradiography, quartz-crystal microbalance binding assay, 125I-L-FABP degradation assay in megalin-expressing cells, immunohistochemistry |
Laboratory investigation |
High |
15696188
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| 2005 |
L-FABP expression in Chang liver cells reduces intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) under H2O2 and hypoxia/reoxygenation conditions, and decreases LDH release, demonstrating a direct antioxidative/cytoprotective function of L-FABP. |
Stable transfection of Chang liver cells with L-FABP cDNA, DCF fluorescence assay for ROS, LDH release assay |
Hepatology |
Medium |
16175609
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| 2006 |
A significant portion of cellular L-FABP localizes to the matrix of peroxisomes as a soluble protein, as demonstrated by analytical subcellular fractionation, 2D gel electrophoresis/MS of peroxisomal matrix proteins, and immunoelectron microscopy. Intraperoxisomal L-FABP was induced by clofibrate, and stimulated peroxisomal β-oxidation of palmitoyl-CoA and acyl-CoA thioesterase activity. |
Analytical subcellular fractionation, 2D gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, immunoelectron microscopy, in vitro peroxisomal β-oxidation assay |
The Biochemical journal |
High |
16262600
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| 2007 |
L-FABP directly interacts with the malaria parasite liver-stage protein UIS3, as identified by yeast two-hybrid screen and confirmed by yeast overexpression. Knockdown of L-FABP in hepatocytes severely impairs Plasmodium parasite growth; overexpression promotes growth, establishing L-FABP as a critical host factor for malaria liver stage development. |
Yeast two-hybrid screen, yeast overexpression, L-FABP knockdown in hepatocytes with parasite growth assay |
International journal for parasitology |
Medium |
17303141
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| 2012 |
4-Hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) modifies L-FABP at specific residues (Lys6, Lys31, His43, Lys46, Lys57, Cys69 in holo form; Lys57 and Cys69 in apo form) as mapped by MALDI-TOF/TOF MS. 4-HNE adduction reduces L-FABP ligand binding affinity and capacity (~50% reduction), decreases thermal stability (ΔTm=5.44°C), and alters the internal binding pocket geometry in molecular modeling. |
MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometry, fluorescent ligand binding assay, thermal stability assay, computational molecular modeling |
PloS one |
Medium |
22701647
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| 2016 |
FABP1 binds endocannabinoids (AEA, 2-AG) and phytocannabinoids with high affinity as shown by fluorescent ligand displacement and intrinsic tyrosine fluorescence quenching assays. FABP1 gene ablation in mice significantly increases hepatic levels of AEA, 2-AG, and 2-OG, without changes in EC synthetic enzyme levels, identifying FABP1 as the major hepatic endocannabinoid binding and transport protein. |
Fluorescent ligand displacement assay, intrinsic fluorescence quenching, LC-MS quantification of endocannabinoids in FABP1-KO vs WT liver |
Biochemistry |
High |
27552286
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| 2019 |
FABP1 accommodates one molecule of Δ9-THC within its ligand binding pocket (determined by X-ray crystallography and molecular modeling). FABP1-knockout primary hepatocytes show reduced biotransformation of THC, and FABP1-KO mice exhibit reduced rates of THC biotransformation and potentiated pharmacodynamic/behavioral effects of THC, establishing FABP1 as a hepatic THC transport protein required for cannabinoid inactivation. |
X-ray crystallography, molecular modeling, in vitro binding assays, primary hepatocyte THC metabolism assay (FABP1-KO vs WT), pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analysis in KO mice |
Scientific reports |
High |
31110286
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| 2018 |
FABP1 binds Δ9-THC and its metabolites (Δ9-THC-OH, Δ9-THC-COOH, Δ9-THC-CO-glucuronide) and differentially alters FABP1 secondary structure upon binding (circular dichroism). Fabp1 gene ablation dramatically increases hepatocyte accumulation of Δ9-THC and its metabolites and increases Δ9-THC-induced transcription of genes in endocannabinoid and lipid metabolism pathways. |
NBD-AEA fluorescence displacement assay, circular dichroism, primary hepatocyte culture with Fabp1 KO, LC-MS for metabolite quantification, rtPCR and Western blotting |
Biochemistry |
High |
30232874
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| 2012 |
FABP1 gene ablation increases LCFA β-oxidative enzyme expression and activity in a PPARα- and L-FABP-dependent manner: PUFA-mediated induction of PPARα-regulated β-oxidative enzymes (CPT1A, CPT2, ACOX1) is abolished in L-FABP-null or PPARα-null hepatocytes, and L-FABP redistributes to nuclei upon PUFA stimulation, augmented by high glucose. This establishes L-FABP as required for PUFA-mediated nuclear PPARα activation. |
Primary hepatocytes from WT, L-FABP-null, and PPARα-null mice, PPARα transcription assays, real-time confocal imaging, L-FABP/PPARα co-IP, β-oxidation assays |
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology |
High |
23238934
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| 2013 |
Fibrate-mediated PPARα transcriptional activation of LCFA β-oxidative genes requires L-FABP: L-FABP binds fibrates (bezafibrate, fenofibrate) and redistributes to nuclei upon fibrate treatment; this redistribution and PPARα activation are abolished in L-FABP-null, PPARα-null, or PPARα-inhibitor-treated hepatocytes. High glucose potentiates this fibrate-L-FABP-PPARα signaling. |
Primary hepatocytes from WT, L-FABP-null, PPARα-null mice, PPARα transcription assays, confocal nuclear redistribution imaging |
Biochimica et biophysica acta |
High |
23747828
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| 2014 |
FABP1 T94A variant protein has markedly altered secondary structural response to long-chain fatty acid binding (without significant change in fatty acid binding affinity), and markedly decreases PPARα-regulated β-oxidative enzyme induction by PUFAs (EPA, DHA) in primary human hepatocytes, establishing the T94A substitution as an altered/reduced function mutation affecting FABP1-PPARα signaling. |
In vitro fluorescence binding assays with recombinant human WT and T94A FABP1, circular dichroism, primary human hepatocyte cultures (TT, TC, CC genotypes), mRNA/protein expression |
The FEBS journal |
High |
24628888
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| 2010 |
The L-FABP T94A variant decreases free fatty acid uptake and alters intracellular lipid partitioning (decreased triglyceride, increased cholesterol) in stably transfected Chang liver cells, demonstrating the functional consequence of this SNP on hepatic fatty acid metabolism. |
Site-directed mutagenesis, stable transfection of Chang liver cells, radiotracer FFA uptake/efflux assays, lipid quantification |
Molecular and cellular biochemistry |
Medium |
20721681
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| 2015 |
Human FABP1 T94A variant protein has ~3-fold higher cholesterol-binding affinity than WT FABP1 T94T (by NBD-cholesterol fluorescence assay and isothermal titration calorimetry), and primary human hepatocytes expressing T94A show faster HDL- and LDL-mediated cholesterol uptake, identifying enhanced cholesterol binding as a functional consequence of this variant. |
Fluorescence NBD-cholesterol binding assay, isothermal titration calorimetry, primary human hepatocyte cholesterol uptake assays (TT vs CC genotyped donors) |
Biochimica et biophysica acta |
High |
25732850
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| 2014 |
In primary hepatocytes from FABP1 T94A variant (CC genotype) female donors, TG accumulation occurs via increased lipogenesis pathway gene expression (GPAM, LPIN2), decreased LCFA β-oxidation, and impaired fenofibrate-mediated FABP1 nuclear redistribution and PPARα transcriptional activity, despite increased total FABP1 protein levels. |
Primary human hepatocyte cultures from genotyped donors (TT vs TC vs CC), lipid quantification, mRNA/protein expression, β-oxidation assay, confocal imaging |
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology |
High |
24875102
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| 2018 |
FABP1 considerably enhances monoacylglycerol lipase-mediated hydrolysis of 2-AG in vitro; Fabp1 gene ablation markedly diminishes 2-AG hydrolysis in hepatocytes. FABP1 binds ARA (2:1 stoichiometry) but 2-AG and AEA (1:1 stoichiometry, apparently at different sites). Loss of FABP1 enhances AEA uptake but has little effect on 2-AG uptake, revealing differential roles in endocannabinoid intracellular targeting and degradation. |
In vitro MAGL/FAAH hydrolysis assays with recombinant FABP1, LC-MS for hepatocyte EC levels in LKO vs WT, real-time imaging with fluorescent NBD-labeled EC probes, fluorescence binding assays |
Lipids |
High |
30203570
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| 2013 |
L-Fabp deletion in hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) reduces lipid droplet abundance and promotes activation-related gene expression. Adenoviral L-Fabp transduction inhibits activation of passaged HSCs and increases prolipogenic gene expression and intracellular lipid (TG and palmitate) accumulation, establishing L-FABP as a modulator of HSC activation and lipid storage in the fibrogenic program. |
L-FABP KO primary HSC isolation, adenoviral transduction, gene expression analysis, lipid/FA quantification, in vivo high-fat diet feeding model |
Hepatology |
Medium |
23401290
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| 2014 |
Hepatic ATGL-mediated fatty acid channeling to β-oxidation and PPARα activation does not require L-FABP: L-FABP deletion did not impair ATGL overexpression effects on hydrolyzed FA oxidation in primary hepatocytes or on PPARα target gene expression in vivo, establishing that ATGL signals through an L-FABP-independent mechanism. |
Adenovirus-mediated ATGL knockdown/overexpression in WT and L-FABP KO mice, primary hepatocyte oxidation assays, serum β-hydroxybutyrate measurement, PPARα target gene expression |
Journal of lipid research |
Medium |
24610891
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| 2012 |
L-FABP knockout mice exhibit higher sustained oxidative stress (elevated glutathione depletion, TBARS, 8-isoprostanes, protein carbonyl content, HNE/MDA adducts) during ethanol feeding compared to WT, establishing that L-FABP functions as an indirect antioxidant protein essential for sequestering free fatty acids and limiting lipid peroxidation. |
L-FABP KO mice fed ethanol (Lieber-DeCarli diet), biochemical oxidative stress markers, lipidomics, immunohistochemistry |
Journal of lipid research |
Medium |
23359610
|
| 2016 |
L-FABP is exclusively expressed within the myeloid lineage in murine alveolar macrophages (not in other macrophage subtypes or dendritic cells), confirmed by real-time PCR and double immunofluorescence. L-FABP expression in alveolar macrophages is independent of PPARα (PPARα mRNA is absent in these cells despite L-FABP expression), suggesting an alternative transcriptional mechanism. |
Real-time PCR, immunofluorescence/double fluorescence analysis of myeloid lineage cells |
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology |
Medium |
15203117
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| 2013 |
FOXA1 and PPARα are major transcriptional activators of human FABP1, while C/EBPα is a dominant repressor. Reporter assays localized the major basal FABP1 promoter activity to -96 to -229 bp with a DR1-C/EBP composite element at -123 bp; C/EBPα binds this element to displace HNF4α. HNF4α gene silencing reduces FABP1 mRNA. PPARα operates through a conserved proximal element at -59 bp. |
Adenovirus-mediated TF expression in HepG2 cells and primary human hepatocytes, reporter assays, site-directed mutagenesis of promoter elements, shRNA gene silencing |
Biochimica et biophysica acta |
High |
23318274
|
| 2016 |
L-FABP associates with VEGFR2 on membrane rafts in HCC cells and subsequently activates Akt/mTOR/P70S6K/4EBP1 and Src/FAK/cdc42 signaling pathways, upregulates VEGF-A, and increases angiogenic potential and cell migration. |
Co-immunoprecipitation of L-FABP with VEGFR2, pathway inhibitor assays, xenograft mouse model, VEGF-A expression analysis |
Oncotarget |
Medium |
26919097
|
| 2023 |
FABP1 interacts with PPARG/CD36 in tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) to increase fatty acid oxidation, as demonstrated by Western blot and co-immunoprecipitation. FABP1 deficiency in TAMs inhibits HCC progression in vitro, and FABP1-KO mice show attenuated tumor growth with altered immune cell composition. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, Western blot, in vitro FABP1 KO TAM assays, in vivo FABP1-/- mouse HCC model, mass cytometry |
Journal for immunotherapy of cancer |
Medium |
38007237
|
| 2017 |
FABP1 knockdown in Caco-2 enterocytes reduces initial oleate uptake rate, long-term oleate incorporation, basolateral oleate secretion, and enterocyte proliferation rate, demonstrating that FABP1 is required for proper intestinal fatty acid uptake, transcellular transport, and cell proliferation. |
Stable antisense cDNA transfection (FABP1as) in Caco-2 cells, radiotracer oleate uptake assays, lipid quantification, proliferation assay |
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids |
Medium |
28919479
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| 2014 |
L-FABP ablation in bile acid/cholesterol studies: LKO markedly decreases hepatic bile acid concentration and alters biliary bile acid composition toward higher hydrophobicity; LKO also decreases hepatic uptake and biliary secretion of HDL-derived cholesterol, while SCP-2/SCP-x ablation alone does not affect hepatic bile acid concentration, suggesting distinct and complementary roles for the two proteins. |
L-FABP KO, SCP-2/SCP-x KO, and triple-KO male mice; hepatic and biliary bile acid/cholesterol quantification; NBD-cholesterol uptake assay |
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology |
Medium |
25277800
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| 2019 |
FABP1 overexpression in the mouse liver inhibits autophagic flux by blocking lysosomal function (lysosomal proteolysis and acidification), and this inhibition of autophagy-lysosomal machinery contributes to hepatic steatosis; exercise-induced reduction of FABP1 restores autophagic flux and alleviates steatosis. |
Adenoviral liver-specific FABP1 overexpression in mice, autophagic flux assays, lysosomal function assays, quantitative proteomics |
FASEB journal |
Medium |
31366243
|
| 2023 |
Derlin-1 physically interacts with FABP1 and promotes its ubiquitylation and proteasomal degradation. The E3 ubiquitin ligase Trim25 is recruited to the complex to promote FABP1 polyubiquitylation. Derlin-1 overexpression reduces FABP1 levels and lipid deposition in a FABP1-dependent manner in HepG2 cells and mice. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (liver tissue and cell lines), mass spectrometry, adenovirus-mediated Derlin-1 overexpression in mice, FABP1 ubiquitination assays |
Free radical biology & medicine |
Medium |
37499886
|
| 2021 |
Anterior gradient 2 (AGR2) physically interacts with FABP1 via a PDI motif forming a disulfide bond, stabilizes FABP1 protein, and thereby facilitates long-chain fatty acid uptake and lipid accumulation; AGR2 overexpression without PDI activity fails to suppress lipid accumulation in FABP1-null cells, establishing the interaction as functionally required. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, proteomic analysis of AGR2-KO liver, mutagenesis of AGR2 PDI motif, FABP1 stability assay, KO and overexpression mouse models |
International journal of biological sciences |
Medium |
33767592
|
| 2020 |
The RNA-binding protein DDX5 binds Fabp1 mRNA and augments its expression post-transcriptionally. DDX5 knockout in intestinal epithelial cells reduces FABP1 protein and protects mice from intestinal tumorigenesis, placing DDX5 as an upstream post-transcriptional regulator of FABP1. |
RNA-binding protein pulldown (DDX5 binds Fabp1 mRNA), DDX5 KO in epithelial cells, intestinal tumorigenesis model |
Life science alliance |
Medium |
32817263
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| 2024 |
FABP1 alters CYP-mediated THC metabolism in an enzyme- and metabolite-specific manner: FABP1 binding to THC changes the fraction metabolized by CYP2C9, CYP2C19, and CYP3A4/5 in both recombinant CYP and human liver microsome assays, suggesting that FABP1 may interact with CYP enzymes and serve as a site of drug-drug interactions. |
In vitro metabolism assays with recombinant CYPs and human liver microsomes (HLMs), addition of purified FABP1 protein, metabolite quantification by LC-MS |
Biochemical pharmacology |
Medium |
38583809
|