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The lipotoxicity hypothesis posits that obesity predisposes individuals to metabolic diseases because the oversupply of lipids to tissues not suited for fat storage leads to the accumulation of fat-derived molecules that impair tissue function. Means of combating this have been to stimulate anabolic processes to promote lipid storage or to promote catabolic ones to drive fat degradation. Herein, we demonstrate that ablating dihydroceramide desaturase 1 (Des1), an enzyme that produces ceramides, leads to the simultaneous activation of both anabolic and catabolic signaling pathways. In cells lackingDes1 , the most common sphingolipids were replaced with dihydro forms lacking the double bond inserted by Des1. These cells exhibited a remarkably strong activation of the antiapoptotic and anabolic signaling pathway regulated by Akt/protein kinase B (PKB), were resistant to apoptosis, and were considerably larger than their wild-type counterparts. Paradoxically,Des1 −/− cells exhibited high levels of autophagy. Mechanistic studies revealed that this resulted from impaired ATP synthesis due in part to decreased expression and activity of several complexes of the electron transport chain, particularly complex IV, leading to activation of AMP-activated protein kinase and its induction of the autophagosome. Thus, Des1 ablation enhanced starvation responses but dissociated them from the anabolic, prosurvival, and antiautophagic Akt/PKB pathways.

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Ablation of Dihydroceramide Desaturase 1, a Therapeutic Target for the Treatment of Metabolic Diseases, Simultaneously Stimulates Anabolic and Catabolic Signaling