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Asmann YW, Stump CS, Short KR, Coenen-Schimke JM, Guo Z, Bigelow ML, Nair KS. Skeletal muscle mitochondrial functions, mitochondrial DNA copy numbers, and gene transcript profiles in type 2 diabetic and nondiabetic subjects at equal levels of low or high insulin and euglycemia. Diabetes 2006; 55:3309-19. [PMID: 17130474 DOI: 10.2337/db05-1230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We investigated whether previously reported muscle mitochondrial dysfunction and altered gene transcript levels in type 2 diabetes might be secondary to abnormal blood glucose and insulin levels rather than an intrinsic defect of type 2 diabetes. A total of 13 type 2 diabetic and 17 nondiabetic subjects were studied on two separate occasions while maintaining similar insulin and glucose levels in both groups by 7-h infusions of somatostatin, low- or high-dose insulin (0.25 and 1.5 mU/kg of fat-free mass per min, respectively), and glucose. Muscle mitochondrial DNA abundance was not different between type 2 diabetic and nondiabetic subjects at both insulin levels, but the majority of transcripts in muscle that are involved mitochondrial functions were expressed at lower levels in type 2 diabetes at low levels of insulin. However, several gene transcripts that are specifically involved in the electron transport chain were expressed at higher levels in type 2 diabetic patients. After the low-dose insulin infusion, which achieved postabsorptive insulin levels, the muscle mitochondrial ATP production rate (MAPR) was not different between type 2 diabetic and nondiabetic subjects. However, increasing insulin to postprandial levels increased the MAPR in nondiabetic subjects but not in type 2 diabetic patients. The lack of MAPR increment in response to high-dose insulin in type 2 diabetic patients occurred in association with reduced glucose disposal and expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1alpha, citrate synthase, and cytochrome c oxidase I. In conclusion, the current data supports that muscle mitochondrial dysfunction in type 2 diabetes is not an intrinsic defect, but instead a functional defect related to impaired response to insulin.
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- Yan W Asmann
- Endocrinology Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Joseph 5-194, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Shah VO, Dominic EA, Moseley P, Pickett G, Fleet M, Ness S, Raj DSC. Hemodialysis modulates gene expression profile in skeletal muscle. Am J Kidney Dis 2006; 48:616-28. [PMID: 16997058 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.05.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2006] [Accepted: 05/15/2006] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Uremia alters diverse metabolic pathways involving multiple organ systems, including skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle has an important role in nutrition, metabolism, oxidative stress, and inflammation. We hypothesized that hemodialysis (HD) will change the genomic fingerprinting associated with uremia and facilitate expression of a distinct set of genes. METHODS Five patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) were studied. Skeletal muscle biopsy specimens from the vastus lateralis were obtained before (pre-HD) and during the last 10 minutes of HD (post-HD). Oligonucleotide microarray (version 2, GeneChip arrays; Affymetrix U95A, Santa Clara, CA) was used to analyze global transcriptional modification in skeletal muscle by HD. Pre-HD data were compared with data from 3 subjects without renal failure. RESULTS In skeletal muscle of patients with ESRD, 83 genes were upregulated and 8 genes were downregulated pre-HD compared with controls. Pathway analysis linked 55 genes to 5 gene networks involved in the regulation of cell cycle, cell proliferation, cellular organization, apoptosis, and inflammation. During HD, expression of 22 genes increased and 1 (TOB1) decreased. Pathway analysis mapped 20 genes to 2 genetic networks involved in: (1) inflammation, cell proliferation, and cell signaling; and (2) apoptosis, cell function, protein synthesis, and tissue morphology. Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction confirmed increased expression of GADD45A, BTG2, PDE4B, and CEBPD and downregulation of TOB1 in skeletal muscle intradialysis. CONCLUSION In response to the uremic milieu, skeletal muscle goes through very active transcriptional and translational changes. HD activates a diverse, yet biologically linked, network of genes related to inflammation and apoptosis in skeletal muscle.
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- Vallabh O Shah
- Division of Nephrology and Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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Coll T, Jové M, Rodríguez-Calvo R, Eyre E, Palomer X, Sánchez RM, Merlos M, Laguna JC, Vázquez-Carrera M. Palmitate-mediated downregulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1alpha in skeletal muscle cells involves MEK1/2 and nuclear factor-kappaB activation. Diabetes 2006; 55:2779-87. [PMID: 17003343 DOI: 10.2337/db05-1494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The mechanisms by which elevated levels of free fatty acids cause insulin resistance are not well understood. Previous studies have reported that insulin-resistant states are characterized by a reduction in the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator (PGC)-1, a transcriptional activator that promotes oxidative capacity in skeletal muscle cells. However, little is known about the factors responsible for reduced PGC-1 expression. The expression of PGC-1 mRNA levels was assessed in C2C12 skeletal muscle cells exposed to palmitate either in the presence or in the absence of several inhibitors to study the biochemical pathways involved. We report that exposure of C2C12 skeletal muscle cells to 0.75 mmol/l palmitate, but not oleate, reduced PGC-1alpha mRNA levels (66%; P < 0.001), whereas PGC-1beta expression was not affected. Palmitate led to mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK) 1/2 (MEK1/2) activation. In addition, pharmacological inhibition of this pathway by coincubation of the palmitate-exposed cells with the MEK1/2 inhibitors PD98059 and U0126 prevented the downregulation of PGC-1alpha. Furthermore, nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation was also involved in palmitate-mediated PGC-1alpha downregulation, since the NF-kappaB inhibitor parthenolide prevented a decrease in PGC-1alpha expression. These findings indicate that palmitate reduces PGC-1alpha expression in skeletal muscle cells through a mechanism involving MAPK-ERK and NF-kappaB activation.
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- Teresa Coll
- Pharmacology Unit, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Spain
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Novak JP, Kim SY, Xu J, Modlich O, Volsky DJ, Honys D, Slonczewski JL, Bell DA, Blattner FR, Blumwald E, Boerma M, Cosio M, Gatalica Z, Hajduch M, Hidalgo J, McInnes RR, Miller III MC, Penkowa M, Rolph MS, Sottosanto J, St-Arnaud R, Szego MJ, Twell D, Wang C. Generalization of DNA microarray dispersion properties: microarray equivalent of t-distribution. Biol Direct 2006; 1:27. [PMID: 16959036 PMCID: PMC1586001 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-1-27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2006] [Accepted: 09/07/2006] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Background DNA microarrays are a powerful technology that can provide a wealth of gene expression data for disease studies, drug development, and a wide scope of other investigations. Because of the large volume and inherent variability of DNA microarray data, many new statistical methods have been developed for evaluating the significance of the observed differences in gene expression. However, until now little attention has been given to the characterization of dispersion of DNA microarray data. Results Here we examine the expression data obtained from 682 Affymetrix GeneChips® with 22 different types and we demonstrate that the Gaussian (normal) frequency distribution is characteristic for the variability of gene expression values. However, typically 5 to 15% of the samples deviate from normality. Furthermore, it is shown that the frequency distributions of the difference of expression in subsets of ordered, consecutive pairs of genes (consecutive samples) in pair-wise comparisons of replicate experiments are also normal. We describe a consecutive sampling method, which is employed to calculate the characteristic function approximating standard deviation and show that the standard deviation derived from the consecutive samples is equivalent to the standard deviation obtained from individual genes. Finally, we determine the boundaries of probability intervals and demonstrate that the coefficients defining the intervals are independent of sample characteristics, variability of data, laboratory conditions and type of chips. These coefficients are very closely correlated with Student's t-distribution. Conclusion In this study we ascertained that the non-systematic variations possess Gaussian distribution, determined the probability intervals and demonstrated that the Kα coefficients defining these intervals are invariant; these coefficients offer a convenient universal measure of dispersion of data. The fact that the Kα distributions are so close to t-distribution and independent of conditions and type of arrays suggests that the quantitative data provided by Affymetrix technology give "true" representation of physical processes, involved in measurement of RNA abundance. Reviewers This article was reviewed by Yoav Gilad (nominated by Doron Lancet), Sach Mukherjee (nominated by Sandrine Dudoit) and Amir Niknejad and Shmuel Friedland (nominated by Neil Smalheiser).
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- Jaroslav P Novak
- McGill University and Genome Québec Innovation Centre, 740 Docteur Penfield Avenue, Montreal, Québec, H3A 1A4, Canada
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- Human Genomics Laboratory, Genome Research Center, 52 Eoeun-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejon, 305-333, Korea
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- Transcriptional Genomics Core, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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- Institut fur Onkologische Chemie, Heinrich Heine Universitat Dusseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
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- St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University, Molecular Virology Division, 432 West 58th Street, Antenucci Building, Room 709, New York, NY 10019, USA
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- Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, Rozvojová 135, CZ-165 02, Praha 6, Czech Republic and Charles University in Prague, Department of Plant Physiology, Viničná 5, 12844, Praha 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Higley Hall, 202 N. College Dr., Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022, USA
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- Environmental Genomics Section, C3-03, PO Box 12233, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Department of Genetics, 425 Henry Mall, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham, Slot 522-3, Little Rock AR 72205, USA
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- Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Creighton University School of Medicine, 601 North 30th Street, Omaha, NE, 68131-2197, USA
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- Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University in Olomouc, Puskinova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Neurosciences and Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Animal Physiology unit, Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Programs in Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada M5G 1X8; Departments of Molecular and Medical Genetics and Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Environmental Genomics Section, C3-03, PO Box 12233, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Section of Neuroprotection, Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200, Copenhagen Denmark
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- Arthritis and Inflammation Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Genetics Unit, Shriners Hospital for Children and Departments of Surgery and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montréal H3A 2T5, Québec, Canada
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- Programs in Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada M5G 1X8; Departments of Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH Leicester, UK
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- Transcriptional Genomics Core, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
- Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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Kussmann M, Raymond F, Affolter M. OMICS-driven biomarker discovery in nutrition and health. J Biotechnol 2006; 124:758-87. [PMID: 16600411 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2006.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2005] [Revised: 12/22/2005] [Accepted: 02/17/2006] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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While traditional nutrition research has dealt with providing nutrients to nourish populations, it nowadays focuses on improving health of individuals through diet. Modern nutritional research is aiming at health promotion and disease prevention and on performance improvement. As a consequence of these ambitious objectives, the disciplines "nutrigenetics" and "nutrigenomics" have evolved. Nutrigenetics asks the question how individual genetic disposition, manifesting as single nucleotide polymorphisms, copy-number polymorphisms and epigenetic phenomena, affects susceptibility to diet. Nutrigenomics addresses the inverse relationship, that is how diet influences gene transcription, protein expression and metabolism. A major methodological challenge and first pre-requisite of nutrigenomics is integrating genomics (gene analysis), transcriptomics (gene expression analysis), proteomics (protein expression analysis) and metabonomics (metabolite profiling) to define a "healthy" phenotype. The long-term deliverable of nutrigenomics is personalised nutrition for maintenance of individual health and prevention of disease. Transcriptomics serves to put proteomic and metabolomic markers into a larger biological perspective and is suitable for a first "round of discovery" in regulatory networks. Metabonomics is a diagnostic tool for metabolic classification of individuals. The great asset of this platform is the quantitative, non-invasive analysis of easily accessible human body fluids like urine, blood and saliva. This feature also holds true to some extent for proteomics, with the constraint that proteomics is more complex in terms of absolute number, chemical properties and dynamic range of compounds present. Apart from addressing the most complex "-ome", proteomics represents the only platform that delivers not only markers for disposition and efficacy but also targets of intervention. The Omics disciplines applied in the context of nutrition and health have the potential to deliver biomarkers for health and comfort, reveal early indicators for disease disposition, assist in differentiating dietary responders from non-responders, and, last but not least, discover bioactive, beneficial food components. This paper reviews the state-of-the-art of the three Omics platforms, discusses their implication in nutrigenomics and elaborates on applications in nutrition and health such as digestive health, allergy, diabetes and obesity, nutritional intervention and nutrient bioavailability. Proteomic developments, applications and potential in the field of nutrition have been specifically addressed in another review issued by our group.
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- Martin Kussmann
- Bioanalytical Science Department, Nestlé Research Center, Vers-chez-les-Blanc, CH-1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland.
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Nguyen LL, Kriketos AD, Hancock DP, Caterson ID, Denyer GS. Insulin Resistance Does Not Influence Gene Expression in Skeletal Muscle. BMB Rep 2006; 39:457-63. [PMID: 16889692 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2006.39.4.457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Insulin resistance is commonly observed in patients prior to the development of type 2 diabetes and may predict the onset of the disease. We tested the hypothesis that impairment in insulin stimulated glucose-disposal in insulin resistant patients would be reflected in the gene expression profile of skeletal muscle. We performed gene expression profiling on skeletal muscle of insulin resistant and insulin sensitive subjects using microarrays. Microarray analysis of 19,000 genes in skeletal muscle did not display a significant difference between insulin resistant and insulin sensitive muscle. This was confirmed with real-time PCR. Our results suggest that insulin resistance is not reflected by changes in the gene expression profile in skeletal muscle.
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- Lisa L Nguyen
- School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Teran-Garcia M, Rankinen T, Koza RA, Rao DC, Bouchard C. Endurance training-induced changes in insulin sensitivity and gene expression. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2005; 288:E1168-78. [PMID: 15687108 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00467.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The beneficial effects of regular physical activity on insulin sensitivity (SI) and glucose tolerance are well documented, with considerable heterogeneity in responsiveness to exercise training (ET). To find novel candidate genes for ET-induced improvement in SI, we used microarray technology. Total RNA was isolated from vastus lateralis muscle before and after 20 wk of exercise from individuals participating in the HERITAGE Family Study. SI index was derived from a frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test using MINMOD Millennium software. Sixteen subjects were selected: eight showing no changes in SI (low responders, LSIR) and eight displaying marked improvement in SI (high responders, HSIR) with ET. The SI increase was about four times greater in HSIR compared with LSIR (+3.6 +/- 0.5 vs. -1.2 +/- 0.5 microU.ml(-1).min(-1), mean +/- SE), whereas age, body mass index, percent body fat, and baseline SI were similar between the groups. Triplicate microarrays were performed, comparing pooled RNA with HSIR and LSIR individuals for differences in gene expression before and after ET using in situ-generated microarrays (18, 861 genes). Array data were validated by quantitative RT-PCR. Almost twice as many genes showed at least twofold differences between HSIR and LSIR after training compared with pretraining. We identified differentially expressed genes involved in energy metabolism and signaling, novel structural genes, and transcripts of unknown function. Genes of interest upregulated in HSIR include V-Ski oncogene, four-and-a-half LIM domain 1, and titin. Further study of these novel candidate genes should provide a better understanding of molecular mechanisms involved in the improvement in insulin sensitivity in response to regular exercise.
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Walder K, Kerr-Bayles L, Civitarese A, Jowett J, Curran J, Elliott K, Trevaskis J, Bishara N, Zimmet P, Mandarino L, Ravussin E, Blangero J, Kissebah A, Collier GR. The mitochondrial rhomboid protease PSARL is a new candidate gene for type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia 2005; 48:459-68. [PMID: 15729572 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-005-1675-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2004] [Accepted: 10/04/2004] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS This study aimed to identify genes that are expressed in skeletal muscle, encode proteins with functional significance in mitochondria, and are associated with type 2 diabetes. METHODS We screened for differentially expressed genes in skeletal muscle of Psammomys obesus (Israeli sand rats), and prioritised these on the basis of genomic localisation and bioinformatics analysis for proteins with likely mitochondrial functions. RESULTS We identified a mitochondrial intramembrane protease, known as presenilins-associated rhomboid-like protein (PSARL) that is associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Expression of PSARL was reduced in skeletal muscle of diabetic Psammomys obesus, and restored after exercise training to successfully treat the diabetes. PSARL gene expression in human skeletal muscle was correlated with insulin sensitivity as assessed by glucose disposal during a hyperinsulinaemic-euglycaemic clamp. In 1,031 human subjects, an amino acid substitution (Leu262Val) in PSARL was associated with increased plasma insulin concentration, a key risk factor for diabetes. Furthermore, this variant interacted strongly with age to affect insulin levels, accounting for 5% of the variation in plasma insulin in elderly subjects. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Variation in PSARL sequence and/or expression may be an important new risk factor for type 2 diabetes and other components of the metabolic syndrome.
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- K Walder
- Metabolic Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, 3217, Australia
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Boden G, Homko C, Mozzoli M, Showe LC, Nichols C, Cheung P. Thiazolidinediones upregulate fatty acid uptake and oxidation in adipose tissue of diabetic patients. Diabetes 2005; 54:880-5. [PMID: 15734868 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.54.3.880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are a new class of insulin-sensitizing drugs. To explore how and in which tissues they improve insulin action, we obtained fat and muscle biopsies from eight patients with type 2 diabetes before and 2 months after treatment with rosiglitazone (n = 5) or troglitazone (n = 3). TZD treatment was associated with a coordinated upregulation in the expression of genes and synthesis of proteins involved in fatty acid uptake, binding, beta-oxidation and electron transport, and oxidative phosphorylation in subcutaneous fat but not in skeletal muscle. These changes were accompanied by a 13% increase in total body fat oxidation, a 20% decrease in plasma free fatty acid levels, and a 46% increase in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake. We conclude that TZDs induced a coordinated stimulation of fatty acid uptake, oxidation, and oxidative phosphorylation in fat of diabetic patients and thus may have corrected, at least partially, a recently recognized defect in patients with type 2 diabetes consisting of reduced expression of genes related to oxidative metabolism and mitochondrial function.
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- Guenther Boden
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Type 2 diabetes is a complex disorder with diminished insulin secretion and insulin action contributing to the hyperglycemia and wide range of metabolic defects that underlie the disease. The contribution of glucose metabolic pathways per se in the pathogenesis of the disease remains unclear. The cellular fate of glucose begins with glucose transport and phosphorylation. Subsequent pathways of glucose utilization include aerobic and anaerobic glycolysis, glycogen formation, and conversion to other intermediates in the hexose phosphate or hexosamine biosynthesis pathways. Abnormalities in each pathway may occur in diabetic subjects; however, it is unclear whether perturbations in these may lead to diabetes or are a consequence of the multiple metabolic abnormalities found in the disease. This review is focused on the cellular fate of glucose and relevance to human type 2 diabetes.
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- Clara Bouché
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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The prevalence of metabolic diseases is taking on epidemic proportions and poses a serious threat to human health. Current treatment options have proven insufficient to cope with obesity and diabetes because they rarely restore normal metabolism and thus leave patients exposed to life-threatening complications. Successful management of these diseases depends on novel, improved therapeutic strategies targeting early intervention in disease progression. Discovery of novel metabolic disease targets has been hampered by the complexity of contributing environmental and genetic factors, as well as the need for potent but safe treatments suitable for chronic diseases. Genomic approaches are excellent tools to manage genetic complexity and have been applied successfully to identify candidate target genes that will lead to the development of novel therapies for metabolic diseases.
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- Cord E Dohrmann
- DeveloGen AG, Rudolf-Wissell Strasse 28, 37079 Goettingen, Germany.
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Yang X, Enerbäck S, Smith U. Reduced expression of FOXC2 and brown adipogenic genes in human subjects with insulin resistance. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 11:1182-91. [PMID: 14569043 DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We investigated subcutaneous adipose tissue expression of FOXC2 and selected genes involved in brown adipogenesis in adult human subjects in whom we have previously identified a reduced potential of precursor cell commitment to adipose-lineage differentiation in relation to insulin resistance. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURE Gene expression was studied using quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction. The relation between the expression of brown adipogenic genes and the genes involved in progenitor cell commitment, adipose cell size, and insulin sensitivity in vivo was analyzed. RESULTS The expression of FOXC2, MASK, MAP3K5, retinoblastoma protein (pRb), peroxisome proliferator-activated protein gamma (PPARgamma), and retinoid X receptor gamma (RXRgamma) was decreased in the insulin-resistant compared with insulin-sensitive subjects, whereas PPARgamma-2 and CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha (C/EBPalpha) showed no differential expression. The FOXC2 expression correlated with that of Notch and Wnt signaling genes, as well as of the genes studied participating in brown adipogenesis, including MASK, MAP3K5, PPARgamma, pRb, RXRgamma, and PGC-1. A second-level correlation between PPARgamma and UCP-1 was also significant. In addition, the expression of MASK, MAP3K5, pRb, RXRgamma, and PGC-1 inversely correlated with adipose cell mass and also correlated with the glucose disposal rate in vivo. DISCUSSION Our results suggest that a reduced brown adipose phenotype is associated with insulin resistance and that a basal brown adipose phenotype may be important for maintaining normal insulin sensitivity.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Adipocytes/metabolism
- Adipose Tissue, Brown/metabolism
- Adipose Tissue, Brown/physiology
- Biopsy
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cytoskeletal Proteins/genetics
- Cytoskeletal Proteins/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Dishevelled Proteins
- Forkhead Transcription Factors
- Frizzled Receptors
- Gene Expression Regulation/physiology
- Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3/genetics
- Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3/metabolism
- Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta
- Humans
- Insulin Resistance/genetics
- Ion Channels
- Lymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1
- Male
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mitochondrial Proteins
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Phosphoproteins/genetics
- Phosphoproteins/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- RNA/chemistry
- RNA/genetics
- Receptor, Notch1
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Receptors, Neurotransmitter/genetics
- Receptors, Neurotransmitter/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Statistics, Nonparametric
- Trans-Activators/genetics
- Trans-Activators/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/biosynthesis
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Uncoupling Protein 1
- Wnt Proteins
- beta Catenin
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- Xiaolin Yang
- The Lundberg Laboratory for Diabetes Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Patti ME. Gene expression in humans with diabetes and prediabetes: what have we learned about diabetes pathophysiology? Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2004; 7:383-90. [PMID: 15192439 DOI: 10.1097/01.mco.0000134359.23288.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Type 2 diabetes mellitus is characterized by insulin resistance and pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction. In high-risk individuals, the earliest detectable abnormality is insulin resistance in skeletal muscle. Impaired insulin-mediated signaling, gene expression, and glycogen synthesis, and the accumulation of intramyocellular triglycerides have all been linked with insulin resistance, but no specific defect responsible for insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus has been identified in humans. However, recent analyses of gene expression patterns in muscle tissue from metabolically characterized humans have highlighted new genes and pathways potentially important in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus. This review will summarize these data and highlight the potential importance of oxidative metabolism in diabetes pathophysiology. RECENT FINDINGS Genomic analysis of skeletal muscle samples from patients with diabetes mellitus has revealed the reduced expression of genes encoding key enzymes in oxidative metabolism and mitochondrial function. Moreover, the same pattern of gene expression is also observed in insulin resistant 'prediabetic' individuals with normal glucose tolerance. Many of the genes dysregulated in both diabetes and 'prediabetes' are regulated by the transcription factor nuclear respiratory factor-1 and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma co-activator 1. These data suggest a potential role for both genetic and environmental factors to modify the risk of diabetes by modifying the expression or activity of these transcriptional regulators. SUMMARY Nuclear respiratory factor and peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma co-activator-1-dependent oxidative metabolic pathways may play a central, and potentially primary, role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. Additional studies will be required to identify upstream genetic and environmental determinants of this expression phenotype.
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Yang X, Jansson PA, Nagaev I, Jack MM, Carvalho E, Sunnerhagen KS, Cam MC, Cushman SW, Smith U. Evidence of impaired adipogenesis in insulin resistance. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 317:1045-51. [PMID: 15094374 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.03.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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To elucidate the roles of adipose tissue and skeletal muscle in the early development of insulin resistance, we characterized gene expression profiles of isolated adipose cells and skeletal muscle of non-diabetic insulin-resistant first-degree relatives of type 2 diabetic patients using oligonucleotide microarrays. About 600 genes and expressed sequence tags, which displayed a gene expression pattern of cell proliferation, were differentially expressed in the adipose cells. The differentially expressed genes in the skeletal muscle were mostly related to the cellular signal transduction and transcriptional regulation. To verify the microarray findings, we studied expression of genes participating in adipogenesis. The expression of Wnt signaling genes, WNT1, FZD1, DVL1, GSK3beta, beta-catenin, and TCF1, and adipogenic transcription factors, C/EBPalpha and beta and delta, PPARgamma, and SREBP-1, was reduced in the adipose tissue. The expression of adipose-specific proteins related to terminal differentiation, such as adiponectin and aP2, was reduced both in the adipose tissue and in the adipose cells isolated from portions of the biopsies. The adipose cells were enlarged in the insulin-resistant relatives and the cell size inversely correlated with the expression of the Wnt signaling genes, adiponectin, and aP2. Our findings suggest that insulin resistance is associated with an impaired adipogenesis.
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- Xiaolin Yang
- The Lundberg Laboratory for Diabetes Research, Department of Internal Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Göteborg SE-413 45, Sweden
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is characterized by insulin resistance and pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction. In high-risk subjects, the earliest detectable abnormality is insulin resistance in skeletal muscle. Impaired insulin-mediated signaling, gene expression, glycogen synthesis, and accumulation of intramyocellular triglycerides have all been linked with insulin resistance, but no specific defect responsible for insulin resistance and DM has been identified in humans. With recent advances in genomic techniques, it is now possible to assess gene expression patterns in small samples of muscle tissue from metabolically characterized humans. We have applied these techniques to identify genes and pathways potentially important in the pathogenesis of DM. Both DM and the insulin resistance characteristic of "prediabetes" are associated with reduced expression of genes encoding key enzymes in oxidative metabolism and mitochondrial function, and highlight the potential central role for oxidative metabolic pathways in the pathogenesis of type 2 DM.
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- Mary-Elizabeth Patti
- Harvard Medical School, Joslin Diabetes Center, 1 Joslin Place, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Takamura T, Sakurai M, Ota T, Ando H, Honda M, Kaneko S. Genes for systemic vascular complications are differentially expressed in the livers of type 2 diabetic patients. Diabetologia 2004; 47:638-47. [PMID: 15298340 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-004-1366-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Type 2 diabetes is characterised by excessive hepatic glucose production and frequently leads to systemic vascular complications. We therefore analysed the relationship between the gene expression profile in the liver and the pathophysiology of Type 2 diabetes. METHODS Liver biopsy samples were obtained from twelve patients with Type 2 diabetes and from nine non-diabetic patients. To assay gene expression globally in the livers of both groups, we made complementary DNA (cDNA) microarrays consisting of 1080 human cDNAs. Relative expression ratios of individual genes were obtained by comparing cyanine 5-labelled cDNA from the patients with cyanine 3-labelled cDNA from reference RNA from the liver of a non-diabetic patient. RESULTS On assessing the similarities of differentially expressed genes, the gene expression profiles of the twelve diabetic patients formed a separate cluster from those of the non-diabetic patients. Of the 1080 genes assayed, 105 (9.7%) were up-regulated and 134 (12%) were down-regulated in the diabetic livers (p<0.005). The genes up-regulated in the diabetic patients included those encoding angiogenic factors such as vascular endothelial growth factor, endothelin and platelet-derived growth factor. They also included TGF superfamily genes such as TGFA and TGFB1 as well as bone morphogenetic proteins. Among the down-regulated genes in the diabetic patients were molecules defending against stress, e.g. flavin-containing monooxygenase and superoxide dismutase. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION These findings suggest that livers of patients with Type 2 diabetes have gene expression profiles indicative of an increased risk of systemic vascular complications.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Cytokines/metabolism
- DNA, Complementary/biosynthesis
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/pathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/physiopathology
- Diabetic Angiopathies/genetics
- Diabetic Angiopathies/pathology
- Diabetic Angiopathies/physiopathology
- Female
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Gene Expression Regulation/physiology
- Humans
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
- Liver/metabolism
- Liver/pathology
- Liver Cirrhosis/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multigene Family/genetics
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- RNA, Antisense
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/isolation & purification
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Risk Assessment
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Stress, Physiological/physiopathology
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- T Takamura
- Department of Diabetes and Digestive Disease, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan
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Nisoli E, Clementi E, Moncada S, Carruba MO. Mitochondrial biogenesis as a cellular signaling framework. Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 67:1-15. [PMID: 14667924 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2003.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The identification, more than 50 years ago, of mitochondria as the site of oxidative energy metabolism has prompted studies that have unraveled the complexity of the numerous biosynthetic and degradative reactions, fundamental to cell function, carried out by these organelles. These activities depend on a distinctive mitochondrial structure, with different enzymes and reactions localized in discrete membranes and aqueous compartments. The characteristic mitochondrial structural organization is the product of both synthesis of macromolecules within the mitochondria and the import of proteins and lipids synthesized outside the organelle. Synthesis and import of mitochondrial components are required for mitochondrial proliferation, but rather than producing new organelles, these processes may facilitate the growth of pre-existing mitochondria. Recent evidence indicates that these events are regulated in a complex way by several agonists and environmental conditions, through activation of specific transcription factors and signaling pathways. Some of these are now being elucidated. Generation of nitric oxide (NO) appears to be a novel player in this scenario, possibly acting as a unifying molecular switch to trigger the whole mitochondriogenic process.
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- Enzo Nisoli
- Center for Study and Research on Obesity, Department of Preclinical Sciences, LITA Vialba, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, via G.B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milan, Italy.
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Permana PA, Del Parigi A, Tataranni PA. Microarray gene expression profiling in obesity and insulin resistance. Nutrition 2004; 20:134-8. [PMID: 14698028 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2003.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Paska A Permana
- Clinical Diabetes and Nutrition Section, Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
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Radaelli T, Varastehpour A, Catalano P, Hauguel-de Mouzon S. Gestational diabetes induces placental genes for chronic stress and inflammatory pathways. Diabetes 2003; 52:2951-8. [PMID: 14633856 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.52.12.2951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 255] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A physiological state of insulin resistance is required to preferentially direct maternal nutrients toward the feto-placental unit, allowing adequate growth of the fetus. When women develop gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), insulin resistance is more severe and disrupts the intrauterine milieu, resulting in accelerated fetal development with increased risk of macrosomia. As a natural interface between mother and fetus, the placenta is the obligatory target of such environmental changes. However, the molecular basis for the imbalance that leads to fetal, neonatal, and adult metabolic compromises is not well understood. We report that GDM elicits major changes in the expression profile of placental genes with a prominent increase in markers and mediators of inflammation. Within the 435 transcripts reproducibly modified, genes for stress-activated and inflammatory responses represented the largest functional cluster (18.5% of regulated genes). Upregulation of interleukins, leptin, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha receptors and their downstream molecular adaptors indicated an activation of pathways recruiting stress-activated protein/c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinases. Transcriptional activation of extracellular matrix components and angiogenic activators pointed to a major structural reorganization of the placenta. Thus, placental transcriptome emerges as a primary target of the altered environment of diabetic pregnancy. The genes identified provide the basis to elucidate links between inflammatory pathways and GDM-associated insulin resistance.
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- Tatjana Radaelli
- Department of Reproductive Biology, Schwartz Center for Metabolism and Nutrition, University School of Medicine at MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Genome-wide studies of transcription in the skeletal muscle of type 2 diabetic patients have identified coordinated changes in the expression of genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation, and have underlined the central role of the oxidative-phosphorylation regulator, PCG1alpha. These findings help unravel the complex pathogenesis and inheritance of polygenic type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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- Ayo Toye
- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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Tan PK, Downey TJ, Spitznagel EL, Xu P, Fu D, Dimitrov DS, Lempicki RA, Raaka BM, Cam MC. Evaluation of gene expression measurements from commercial microarray platforms. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:5676-84. [PMID: 14500831 PMCID: PMC206463 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 549] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Multiple commercial microarrays for measuring genome-wide gene expression levels are currently available, including oligonucleotide and cDNA, single- and two-channel formats. This study reports on the results of gene expression measurements generated from identical RNA preparations that were obtained using three commercially available microarray platforms. RNA was collected from PANC-1 cells grown in serum-rich medium and at 24 h following the removal of serum. Three biological replicates were prepared for each condition, and three experimental replicates were produced for the first biological replicate. RNA was labeled and hybridized to microarrays from three major suppliers according to manufacturers' protocols, and gene expression measurements were obtained using each platform's standard software. For each platform, gene targets from a subset of 2009 common genes were compared. Correlations in gene expression levels and comparisons for significant gene expression changes in this subset were calculated, and showed considerable divergence across the different platforms, suggesting the need for establishing industrial manufacturing standards, and further independent and thorough validation of the technology.
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- Paul K Tan
- Microarray Core Laboratory, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders, National Institutes of Health, USA
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Patti ME, Butte AJ, Crunkhorn S, Cusi K, Berria R, Kashyap S, Miyazaki Y, Kohane I, Costello M, Saccone R, Landaker EJ, Goldfine AB, Mun E, DeFronzo R, Finlayson J, Kahn CR, Mandarino LJ. Coordinated reduction of genes of oxidative metabolism in humans with insulin resistance and diabetes: Potential role of PGC1 and NRF1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:8466-71. [PMID: 12832613 PMCID: PMC166252 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1032913100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1507] [Impact Index Per Article: 71.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is characterized by insulin resistance and pancreatic beta cell dysfunction. In high-risk subjects, the earliest detectable abnormality is insulin resistance in skeletal muscle. Impaired insulin-mediated signaling, gene expression, glycogen synthesis, and accumulation of intramyocellular triglycerides have all been linked with insulin resistance, but no specific defect responsible for insulin resistance and DM has been identified in humans. To identify genes potentially important in the pathogenesis of DM, we analyzed gene expression in skeletal muscle from healthy metabolically characterized nondiabetic (family history negative and positive for DM) and diabetic Mexican-American subjects. We demonstrate that insulin resistance and DM associate with reduced expression of multiple nuclear respiratory factor-1 (NRF-1)-dependent genes encoding key enzymes in oxidative metabolism and mitochondrial function. Although NRF-1 expression is decreased only in diabetic subjects, expression of both PPAR gamma coactivator 1-alpha and-beta (PGC1-alpha/PPARGC1 and PGC1-beta/PERC), coactivators of NRF-1 and PPAR gamma-dependent transcription, is decreased in both diabetic subjects and family history-positive nondiabetic subjects. Decreased PGC1 expression may be responsible for decreased expression of NRF-dependent genes, leading to the metabolic disturbances characteristic of insulin resistance and DM.
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Current literature in diabetes. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2003; 19:164-71. [PMID: 12673786 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Hammarstedt A, Jansson PA, Wesslau C, Yang X, Smith U. Reduced expression of PGC-1 and insulin-signaling molecules in adipose tissue is associated with insulin resistance. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 301:578-82. [PMID: 12565902 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00014-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR gamma) co-activator 1 (PGC-1) regulates glucose metabolism and energy expenditure and, thus, potentially insulin sensitivity. We examined the expression of PGC-1, PPAR gamma, insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1), glucose transporter isoform-4 (GLUT-4), and mitochondrial uncoupling protein-1 (UCP-1) in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle from non-obese, non-diabetic insulin-resistant, and insulin-sensitive individuals. PGC-1, both mRNA and protein, was expressed in human adipose tissue and the expression was significantly reduced in insulin-resistant subjects. The expression of PGC-1 correlated with the mRNA levels of IRS-1, GLUT-4, and UCP-1 in adipose tissue. Furthermore, the adipose tissue expression of PGC-1 and IRS-1 correlated with insulin action in vivo. In contrast, no differential expression of PGC-1, GLUT-4, or IRS-1 was found in the skeletal muscle of insulin-resistant vs insulin-sensitive subjects. The findings suggest that PGC-1 may be involved in the differential gene expression and regulation between adipose tissue and skeletal muscle. The combined reduction of PGC-1 and insulin signaling molecules in adipose tissue implicates adipose tissue dysfunction which, in turn, can impair the systemic insulin response in the insulin-resistant subjects.
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- A Hammarstedt
- The Lundberg Laboratory for Diabetes Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
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