New research has uncovered an enzyme inhibitor found to prevent and reverse the effects of
diabetes in obese mice.
Researchers have created engineered proteins that lowered body weight, bloodstream insulin, and cholesterol
levels in obese mice, rats, and primates.
They showed that
in obese mice who had been fed a high - fat diet, tumor progression and dissemination outside the prostate is greater than in mice with normal body weight.
The investigators observed that two common cancer - fighting drugs sparked significant weight
loss in the obese mice, even though the mice continued their excessive consumption of a high - fat diet.
They've also found that omega - 3s can help fight
diabetes in obese mice, pointing the way to potential therapies in humans.
Reduced adiposity and improved insulin sensitivity
in obese mice with antisense suppression of 4E — BP2 expression.
In the study, the authors identified a monoclonal antibody to aP2 that lowered fasting blood glucose, increased insulin sensitivity, and lowered both fat mass and incidence of fatty
liver in obese mouse models.
«We have shown that an endogenous peptide, catestatin, can directly suppress glucose production from hepatocytes and can indirectly suppress lipid accumulation in liver as well as macrophage - mediated
inflammation in obese mice,» said Sushil K. Mahata, PhD, professor of medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
Meanwhile, Granier became interested in adiponectin receptors after a Japanese group showed that a small molecule could activate the receptors for to increase insulin sensitivity
in an obese mouse model.
Soluble dietary fiber improves energy
homeostasis in obese mice by remodeling the gut microbiota — Haiyuan Wang — Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Handa, T., Yamaguchi, K., Sono, Y., and Yazawa, K. Effects of fenugreek seed
extract in obese mice fed a high - fat diet.
Friedman's group was able to track down the
mutation in the obese mice and found that it blocked production of a particular protein hormone, which they named leptin.
When tumor cells that no longer express CCR3 are implanted in the prostates of mice, tumor progression and dissemination are significantly reduced,
especially in obese mice.
Carrying excess fat does not contribute to a warmer
body in obese mice, a new study on the insulating effects of fat finds.
«Vaccines fail to protect obese mice from severe influenza infections: Fu vaccines with adjuvants don't work as
well in obese mice.»
In the new study, HSPH researchers first increased the levels of aP2 in normal, healthy mice to match the high blood aP2 levels
seen in obese mice and humans.
CK2 activity is also
heightened in obese mice, the team discovered, suggesting a link between obesity and the loss of brown fat.
«Understanding how the drug also enables crosstalk between fat cells and the liver
in obese mice allows us to see more of the amlexanox picture — and also sheds light on communication between different tissues in the body.»
By comparing the behavior of XBP -
1s in the obese mice with that in lean, healthy ones, he discovered an inflammatory protein that modifies XBP - 1s in healthy animals so it can be shuttled into the nucleus.
Armed with two proven methods for activating targeted neurons at will — one optical, one chemical — the researchers were able to turn on the glutamate - releasing
cells in obese mice.
The weight reduction
observed in the obese mice was not attributable to trivial explanations, such as a decrease in dietary intake, increased energy expenditure or malabsorption.
This difference may be explained by the reduced levels of normal
CST in obese mice compared to the lean control animals.
Compared to lean mice, osteoarthritis progressed much more
quickly in the obese mice, with nearly all of their cartilage disappearing within 12 weeks of the tear.
Lean and diet - induced obese mice were used to characterize single - dose in vivo pharmacological effects of IRAB - A; multiple - dose IRAB - A effects were
tested in obese mice.
CD36 - and GPR120 - mediated Ca2 + signaling in human taste bud cells mediates differential responses to fatty acids and is
altered in obese mice.
there is a 5-fold increase in number of insulin - secreting cells per
islet in obese mice with high insulin secretion
The tests also revealed that exercise improved the thickness of bone, and that this effect was particularly
pronounced in obese mice.
Because obesity is known to increase a woman's risk of endometrial cancer by 200 percent, a team of researchers led by oncologist Leena Hilakivi - Clarke of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, D.C., decided to examine the development of endometrial
cancer in obese mice to that in non-obese mice.
Izumiya Y, Hopkins T, Morris C, Sato K, Zeng L, Viereck J, Hamilton JA, Ouchi N, LeBrasseur NK, Walsh K. Fast / Glycolytic muscle fiber growth reduces fat mass and improves metabolic
parameters in obese mice.
Investigators in the lab of Alan Saltiel, the Mary Sue Coleman Director of U-M's Life Sciences Institute, had previously discovered that this drug, which had been used in the treatment of asthma, also has the ability to cause weight loss and improve
diabetes in obese mice.
Pini M, Rhodes DH, Castellanos KJ, Cabay RJ, Grady EF, Fantuzzi G. Rosiglitazone improves survival and hastens recovery from pancreatic
inflammation in obese mice.
Source: Shang H, Sun J, Chen YQ (2016) Clostridium Butyricum CGMCC0313.1 Modulates Lipid Profile, Insulin Resistance and Colon
Homeostasis in Obese Mice.
However,
in obese mice with kidney disease, autophagy was suppressed and kidney cells became damaged.
The inhibitor we discovered successfully relieved the symptoms of type II diabetes
in obese mice and not only elevated their insulin levels but promoted healthy insulin signaling within the blood.»
In obese mice, activation of this receptor stimulates orexin A release.
New study shows that
in obese mice a hormone secreted by fat cells goes undetected and the regulation of appetite is thrown off; findings could trigger treatment
Now researchers have found that tissue surrounding breast cells is «stiffer»
in obese mice and women, and that this tissue difference in the rodents spurs the growth of cancer cells.
The investigators found that
in obese mice, physical inactivity results from altered dopamine receptors rather than excess body weight.
Research carried out at the University of California (UC), Davis and the University of Barcelona has uncovered an enzyme inhibitor found to prevent and reverse the effects of diabetes
in obese mice.