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SUBMITTER: Wagner C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8953624 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Wagner Carina C Hois Victoria V Eggeling Annalena A Pusch Lisa-Maria LM Pajed Laura L Starlinger Patrick P Claudel Thierry T Trauner Michael M Zimmermann Robert R Taschler Ulrike U Lass Achim A
Journal of lipid research 20220129 3
Large quantities of vitamin A are stored as retinyl esters (REs) in specialized liver cells, the hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). To date, the enzymes controlling RE degradation in HSCs are poorly understood. In this study, we identified KIAA1363 (also annotated as arylacetamide deacetylase 1 or neutral cholesterol ester hydrolase 1) as a novel RE hydrolase. We show that KIAA1363 is expressed in the liver, mainly in HSCs, and exhibits RE hydrolase activity at neutral pH. Accordingly, addition of t ...[more]