Based on the gene expression profile, we demonstrated the up - regulation of hormone sensitive lipase and enhancement of the lipolytic activity by the treatment
of adipocytes with C3G or Cy.
A total of 633 or 427 genes was up - regulated (> 1.5-fold) by the treatment
of adipocytes with C3G or Cy, respectively.
Not exact matches
Differences in release
of insulin and other pancreatic and gut hormones have also been observed between breastfed and formula - fed infants,
with formula feeding leading to higher plasma levels
of insulin which in turn would stimulate fat deposition and early development
of adipocytes, the cells that store fat (18).
This process includes the removal
of the milk - producing epithelial cells, whereby the alveolar epithelium undergoes apoptosis and is replaced
with adipocytes.
After 2 years as a resident at the University
of Chicago Hospitals, Sargis went to work
with Matthew Brady, an endocrinologist in the University
of Chicago's Pritzker School
of Medicine, studying the development
of adipocytes, the cells that store fat.
The scientists started
with metabolically relevant cells — hepatocytes and
adipocytes — representing major functions
of the liver and adipose tissues, and thus important aspects
of the body's energy processing and storing system.
When macrophages are stimulated
with an endotoxin, they produce a factor or factors, termed cachectin, that inhibits the activity
of fat - producing (lipogenic) enzymes in cultured
adipocytes.
The research team from the Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology headed by Professor Susanne Mandrup are publishing a paper entitled «Browning
of human
adipocytes requires KLF11 and reprogramming
of PPAR super-enhancers» in the January 1 edition
of the scientific journal Genes & Development that describes their results from working
with «brite» fat cells.
It is considered that methods to convert white adipose tissues * 7 into the ones containing beige
adipocytes with increased expression
of UCP - 1 would lead to prevention and treatment
of obesity.
«The idea is that when fat cells (
adipocytes) interact
with environmental agents — in this case, bacterial toxins — they then trigger a chronic inflammatory process,» says Patrick Schlievert, Ph.D., UI professor and head
of microbiology and co-senior author
of a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE.
The expression rates
of three macrophage - specific genes (Emr1, Cd68, and Csf1) that correlated
with body mass in our microarray studies, an
adipocyte - specific gene (Acrp30), and proinflammatory genes (Tnfa, Nos2, Il6) were determined by quantitative RT - PCR.
The
adipocyte - enriched population (gray bars) expressed small amounts
of the macrophage markers (a), consistent
with residual macrophage contamination seen by immunofluorescent staining
of live cells (b).
These data demonstrate that variations in continuous quantitative traits such as body mass,
adipocyte size, and BMI are correlated
with quantitative variations in the expression
of genes.
Immunohistochemical analysis
of perigonadal, perirenal, mesenteric, and subcutaneous adipose tissue revealed that the percentage
of cells expressing the macrophage marker F4 / 80 (F4 / 80 +) was significantly and positively correlated
with both
adipocyte size and body mass.
In his study, Wang found that pups born to mother mice fed a triple dose
of Vitamin A were born
with more fat - burning brown fat cells, and had more small blood vessels in their adipose tissues, providing precursor cells for energy - burning beige
adipocytes
(3,18; cf. 19,20) Even in visceral fat, it has recently emerged that the obesity - driven rise in inflammation and insulin resistance is associated
with an abnormal accumulation
of senescent cells, albeit senescent endothelial cells rather than
adipocytes.
In individuals
with T2D, this function is frequently perturbed by an impaired response
of the
adipocytes to insulin resulting in elevated lipid levels in circulation and storage in alternative tissues such as liver, muscle, and pancreas (3).
Adipogenesis Dye Allows for Visual Confirmation
of Adipocyte Differentiation 3T3 - L1 cells were treated
with and without induction media.
They were crowded
with mitochondria that were much smaller than those
of brown
adipocytes.
Overgrown tissue was composed
of normal - sized, UCP1 - negative unilocular
adipocytes,
with mitochondrial network fragmentation, disorganised cristae, and increased autophagosomes.
The variants associated
with both outcomes implicate new pathways as well as targets
of existing drugs, including icosapent ethyl and
adipocyte fatty - acid - binding protein.
These findings suggest that specific MFN2 mutations cause tissue - selective mitochondrial dysfunction
with increased
adipocyte proliferation and survival, confirm a novel form
of excess adiposity
with paradoxical suppression
of leptin expression, and suggest potential targeted therapies.
Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that disruption
of Bscl2 specifically in developing
adipocytes is sufficient to cause the early - onset generalised lipodystrophy observed in patients
with mutations in BSCL2.
Conversely, when spexin levels are regulated, gut motility improves along
with food intake, energy metabolism, and regulation
of fat storage, particularly long chain fatty acid uptake in fat cells.6 Walewski, J. L., et al. «Spexin is a novel human peptide that reduces
adipocyte uptake
of long chain fatty acids and causes weight loss in rodents... continue
Walewski, J. L., et al. «Spexin is a novel human peptide that reduces
adipocyte uptake
of long chain fatty acids and causes weight loss in rodents
with diet ‐ induced obesity.»
Twelve - hour exposure
of 3T3 - L1
adipocytes to H (2) O (2) or TNF - alpha resulted in the increase
of c - Jun NH (2)- terminal kinase (JNK) activation and insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) serine 307 phosphorylation, concomitantly
with the decrease in insulin - stimulated IRS1 tyrosine phosphorylation and cellular glucose uptake.
Treated
adipocytes with anthocyanins enhanced adipocytokine (adiponectin and leptin) secretion and up - regulated the
adipocyte specific gene expression without activation
of PPARgamma in isolated rat
adipocytes.
METHODS: We treated 3T3 - L1
adipocytes with 2.5 mmol / l R (+) alpha - lipoic acid for 2 to 60 min, followed by assays
of: 2 - deoxyglucose uptake; glucose transporter 1 and 4 (GLUT1 and GLUT4) subcellular localization; tyrosine phosphorylation
of the insulin receptor or
of the insulin receptor substrate - 1 in cell lysates; association
of phosphatidylinositol 3 - kinase activity
with immunoprecipitates
of proteins containing phosphotyrosine or
of insulin receptor substrate - 1 using a in vitro kinase assay; association
of the p85 subunit
of phosphatidylinositol 3 - kinase
with phosphotyrosine proteins or
with insulin receptor substrate - 1; and in vitro activity
of immunoprecipitated Akt1.
Feeding the HF diet markedly induced hypertrophy
of the
adipocytes in the epididymal white adipose tissue compared
with the control group.
The mice without an
adipocyte clock and shifted feeding rhythms developed obesity, as well as changes in the relative amounts
of various TGs stored in
adipocytes, circulating in the plasma, and present in hypothalamic neurons associated
with energy balance (31).