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Transgenic Angiopoietin-Like (Angptl)4 Overexpression and Targeted Disruption of Angptl4 and Angptl3: Regulation of Triglyceride Metabolism

Lilly Research Laboratories (A.K., Y.B.C., M.M., A.F., P.A.G.-D., J.E.H., D.L., D.D.Y., J.G.H., S.R.J., P.E.), Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285; and Millennium Pharmaceutical Inc. (Y.Q., C.C.F.), Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Anja Köster, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225. E-mail: koester_anja{at}lilly.com.

Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is a key regulator of triglyceride clearance. Its coordinated regulation during feeding and fasting is critical for maintaining lipid homeostasis and energy supply. Angiopoietin-like (Angptl)3 and Angptl4 are secreted proteins that have been demonstrated to regulate triglyceride metabolism by inhibiting LPL. We have taken a targeted genetic approach to generate Angptl4- and Angptl3-deficient mice as well as transgenic mice overexpressing human Angptl4 in the liver. The Angptl4 transgenic mice displayed elevated plasma triglycerides and reduced postheparin plasma (PHP) LPL activity. A purified recombinant Angptl4 protein inhibited mouse LPL and recombinant human LPL activity in vitro. In contrast to the transgenic mice, Angptl4-deficient mice displayed hypotriglyceridemia and increased PHP LPL activity, with greater effects in the fasted compared with the fed state. Angptl3-deficient mice also displayed hypotriglyceridemia with elevated PHP LPL activity, but these mice showed a greater effect in the fed state. Mice deficient in both Angptl proteins showed an additive effect on plasma triglycerides and did not survive past 2 months of age. Our results show that Angptl3 and Angptl4 function to regulate circulating triglyceride levels during different nutritional states and therefore play a role in lipid metabolism during feeding/fasting through differential inhibition of LPL.

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