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The lysosome is a pivotal organelle responsible for a diverse spectrum of cellular functions including protein and lipid catabolism, vesicular transport and sorting [ 1 ] . Abnormal lysosomal physiology may result in cellular dysfunction, and eventually lead to a variety of diseases.
In glioblastoma cells (and apparently in human fibroblasts) kynurenine is an endpoint of tryptophan catabolism [ 33].
This suggests that a considerable amount of tocopherol is lost during incubation by catabolism/oxidation.
PPREs are direct repeats (DR) of a hexanucleotide sequence AGGTCA separated by one nucleotide and are therefore referred to as a DR-1 response element [ 30 ] . PPARα and PPARγ play critical roles in the catabolism and storage of FA, whereas the function of PPARδ is less certain.
Duplication of genes belonging to these functional groups is thought to be adaptive because increase in the production of the corresponding proteins may either increase the efficiency of transport of a nutrient into the cell or of toxins out of the cell, increase the rate of catabolism of toxic substances, or allow a greater rate of synthesis of metabolites, for example amino acids, that are required in increased amounts under the given conditions [ 32, 33, 34, 46, 48, 51].