Diet Enriched with Korean Pine Nut Oil Improves Mitochondrial Oxidative Metabolism in Skeletal Muscle and Brown Adipose Tissue in Diet-Induced Obesity

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (48) ◽  
pp. 11935-11941 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngoc Hoan Le ◽  
Sunhye Shin ◽  
Thai Hien Tu ◽  
Chu-Sook Kim ◽  
Ji-Hye Kang ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (49) ◽  
pp. eabc6250
Author(s):  
Andréa Livia Rocha ◽  
Tanes Imamura de Lima ◽  
Gerson Profeta de Souza ◽  
Renan Oliveira Corrêa ◽  
Danilo Lopes Ferrucci ◽  
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in oxidative metabolism and brown/beige adipocyte identity. Here, we tested whether widespread changes in miRNA expression promoted by treatment with the small-molecule enoxacin cause browning and prevent obesity. Enoxacin mitigated diet-induced obesity in mice, and this was associated with increased energy expenditure. Consistently, subcutaneous white and brown adipose tissues and skeletal muscle of enoxacin-treated mice had higher levels of markers associated with thermogenesis and oxidative metabolism. These effects were cell autonomous since they were recapitulated in vitro in murine and human cell models. In preadipocytes, enoxacin led to a reduction of miR-34a-5p expression and up-regulation of its target genes (e.g., Fgfr1, Klb, and Sirt1), thus increasing FGF21 signaling and promoting beige adipogenesis. Our data demonstrate that enoxacin counteracts obesity by promoting thermogenic signaling and inducing oxidative metabolism in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle in a mechanism that involves, at least in part, miRNA-mediated regulation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Calvo ◽  
Noelia Keiran ◽  
Catalina Núñez-Roa ◽  
Elsa Maymó-Masip ◽  
Miriam Ejarque ◽  
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AbstractAdipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs) are a promising option for the treatment of obesity and its metabolic co-morbidities. Despite the recent identification of brown adipose tissue (BAT) as a potential target in the management of obesity, the use of ASCs isolated from BAT as a therapy for patients with obesity has not yet been explored. Metabolic activation of BAT has been shown to have not only thermogenic effects, but it also triggers the secretion of factors that confer protection against obesity. Herein, we isolated and characterized ASCs from the visceral adipose tissue surrounding a pheochromocytoma (IB-hASCs), a model of inducible BAT in humans. We then compared the anti-obesity properties of IB-hASCs and human ASCs isolated from visceral white adipose tissue (W-hASCs) in a murine model of diet-induced obesity. We found that both ASC therapies mitigated the metabolic abnormalities of obesity to a similar extent, including reducing weight gain and improving glucose tolerance. However, infusion of IB-hASCs was superior to W-hASCs in suppressing lipogenic and inflammatory markers, as well as preserving insulin secretion. Our findings provide evidence for the metabolic benefits of visceral ASC infusion and support further studies on IB-hASCs as a therapeutic option for obesity-related comorbidities.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheoljun Choi ◽  
Yeonho Son ◽  
Jinyoung Kim ◽  
Yoon Keun Cho ◽  
Abhirup Saha ◽  
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Transmembrane 4 L six family member 5 (TM4SF5) functions as a sensor for lysosomal arginine levels and activates the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1). While the mTORC1 signaling pathway plays a key role in adipose tissue metabolism, the regulatory function of TM4SF5 in adipocytes remains unclear. This study aimed to establish a TM4SF5 knockout (KO) mouse model and investigated the effects of TM4SF5 KO on mTORC1 signaling-mediated autophagy and mitochondrial metabolism in adipose tissue. TM4SF5 expression was higher in inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT) than in brown adipose tissue and significantly upregulated by a high-fat diet (HFD). TM4SF5 KO reduced mTORC1 activation and enhanced autophagy and lipolysis in adipocytes. RNA-seq analysis of TM4SF5 KO mouse iWAT showed that the expression of genes involved in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha signaling pathways and mitochondrial oxidative metabolism was upregulated. Consequently, TM4SF5 KO reduced adiposity and increased energy expenditure and mitochondrial oxidative metabolism. TM4SF5 KO prevented HFD-induced glucose intolerance and inflammation in adipose tissue. Collectively, our study demonstrated that TM4SF5 regulates autophagy and lipid catabolism in adipose tissue and suggested that TM4SF5 could be therapeutically targeted for the treatment of obesity-related metabolic diseases.


Author(s):  
Gabriela S. Perez ◽  
Gabriele D.S. Cordeiro ◽  
Lucimeire S. Santos ◽  
Djane D.A. Espírito-Santo ◽  
Gilson T. Boaventura ◽  
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1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 545-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Himms–Hagen

The aim of these experiments was to depress the increased metabolic activity of the brown adipose tissue in the intact rat during acclimation to cold in order to elucidate further the possible thermogenic and endocrine functions of this tissue. The antibiotic oxytetracycline was administered twice daily for 2 weeks to rats living at 4 °C in an attempt to inhibit the proliferation of mitochondria and of mitochondrial inner membrane known to occur in the brown adipose tissue in response to cold; control rats received saline during the same period. Total cytochrome oxidase activity served as an index of the amount of mitochondrial inner membrane in brown adipose tissue, liver, and skeletal muscle. The development of an enhanced calorigenic response to intravenously infused noradrenaline served as an index of the extent of acclimation to cold.Treatment with oxytetracycline inhibited both the cold-induced increase in cytochrome oxidase activity in brown adipose tissue and the cold-induced development of an enhanced calorigenic response to noradrenaline in the intact rats; a direct correlation was noted between the amount of cytochrome oxidase in brown adipose tissue and the size of the metabolic response to noradrenaline of the intact animals. However, the amount of oxygen that could be consumed by the total cytochrome oxidase in the brown adipose tissue was itself too small to account for the increase in oxygen consumption by the rat. Treatment of the rats with oxytetracycline did not alter the cold-induced growth of brown adipose tissue (as judged by the increase in wet weight and the increase in total protein); it also did not alter the cytochrome oxidase activities of liver or skeletal muscle. The effect of oxytetracycline seems, therefore, to be fairly specific for the mitochondria of the most rapidly dividing tissue, the brown adipose tissue. The conclusion is drawn that a protein synthesized in the mitochondria of the brown adipose tissue in response to cold is essential for adaptation to cold.


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