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Kato A, Odamaki M, Ishida J, Hishida A. Association of High-Molecular-Weight to Total Adiponectin Ratio with Pulse Wave Velocity in Hemodialysis Patients. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 109:c18-24. [DOI: 10.1159/000134014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2007] [Accepted: 02/12/2008] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Bellocchio L, Vicennati V, Cervino C, Pasquali R, Pagotto U. The endocannabinoid system in the regulation of cardiometabolic risk factors. Am J Cardiol 2007; 100:7P-17P. [PMID: 18154746 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Obesity has increased at a striking rate over the last 3 decades in the Western world. This negative trend dramatically affects physical health and, ultimately, cardiovascular risks. In fact, particularly at the visceral level, obesity is strongly associated with an increased risk for life-threatening conditions, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular disease. Although nutritional changes and physical activity are commonly thought of as the core treatments for obesity, it is necessary to further support obese patients with a pharmacologic approach for 2 reasons: to reduce the metabolic risk profile, and to avoid the regaining of weight. Among the various pharmacologic targets explored in recent years, the endocannabinoid (EC) system now constitutes the most promising proposal so far. In this review, after focusing on the central and peripheral signaling pathways that preserve energy homeostasis, we review the role of the EC system in regulating food's rewarding properties, controlling caloric intake by acting in hypothalamic pathways, and in modulating metabolic functions of several peripheral organs. In addition, we provide evidence that supports the recently proposed hypothesis that a close association exists between obesity and overactivation of the EC system.
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Pestell RG, Li Z. Antisense to cyclin D1 inhibits VEGF-stimulated growth of vascular endothelial cells: implication of tumor vascularization. Clin Cancer Res 2007; 12:4459-62. [PMID: 16899588 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-06-0614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Richard G Pestell
- Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
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Takahashi T, Yu F, Saegusa S, Sumino H, Nakahashi T, Iwai K, Morimoto S, Kurabayashi M, Kanda T. Impaired expression of cardiac adiponectin in leptin-deficient mice with viral myocarditis. Int Heart J 2007; 47:107-23. [PMID: 16479046 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.47.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A mouse model of encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus-induced myocarditis was used to investigate the expression of adiponectin in damaged cardiomyocytes. We intraperitoneally injected EMC virus into leptin-deficient ob/ob (OB) mice and wild-type (WT) mice. OB mice were divided into two subgroups consisting of mice with no intervention and mice receiving leptin replacement starting simultaneously with viral inoculation. We determined differences in heart weight, cardiac histological score, numbers of infiltrating and apoptotic cells in the myocardium, expression levels of adiponectin and TNF-alpha mRNA in the heart, adiponectin immunoreactivity in myocytes, adiponectin and TNF-alpha concentrations in the heart, and immunoreactivity of adiponectin receptors in myocytes between OB mice and WT mice. There was significantly decreased adiponectin mRNA expression, immunoreactivity, and protein level in the heart, and reduced immunoreactivity of adiponectin receptor 1 in myocytes from OB mice on days 4 and 8 after viral inoculation as compared with those in WT mice, together with increased cardiac weight, severe inflammatory myocardial damage, and increased levels of cardiac TNF-alpha mRNA and protein. Replacement of leptin in OB mice inhibited the development of severe myocarditis through augmentation of adiponectin mRNA, immunoreactivity, and protein level, increased adiponectin receptor 1 immunoreactivity in myocytes, and suppressed levels of TNF-alpha mRNA and protein. These results suggest that impaired expression of cardiac adiponectin may contribute to the progression of viral myocarditis through enhanced expression of TNF-alpha under a leptin-deficient condition.
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- Takashi Takahashi
- Department of General Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan
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In fungal cells, transcriptional regulatory mechanisms play a central role in both the homeostatic regulation of the essential metals iron, copper and zinc and in the detoxification of heavy metal ions such as cadmium. Fungi detect changes in metal ion levels using unique metallo-regulatory factors whose activity is responsive to the cellular metal ion status. New studies have revealed that these factors not only regulate the expression of genes required for metal ion acquisition, storage or detoxification but also globally remodel metabolism to conserve metal ions or protect against metal toxicity. This review focuses on the mechanisms metallo-regulators use to up- and down-regulate gene expression.
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- Amanda J Bird
- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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Shinmura K, Tamaki K, Saito K, Nakano Y, Tobe T, Bolli R. Cardioprotective Effects of Short-Term Caloric Restriction Are Mediated by Adiponectin via Activation of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase. Circulation 2007; 116:2809-17. [DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.107.725697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background—
Overeating and obesity are major health problems in developed countries. Caloric restriction (CR) can counteract the deleterious aspects of obesity-related diseases and prolong lifespan. We have demonstrated that short-term CR improves myocardial ischemic tolerance and increases adiponectin levels. Here, we investigated the specific role of adiponectin in CR-induced cardioprotection.
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Adiponectin antisense transgenic (Ad-AS) mice and wild-type (WT) mice were randomly assigned to a group fed ad libitum and a CR group (90% of caloric intake of ad libitum for 3 weeks, then 65% for 2 weeks). Isolated perfused mouse hearts were subjected to 25 minutes of ischemia, followed by 60 minutes of reperfusion. CR increased serum adiponectin levels by 84% in WT mice. Gel filtration analysis of the oligomeric complex distribution showed that CR produced a marked increase in the high–molecular-weight complex of adiponectin in WT mice; in contrast, CR did not change serum adiponectin levels or their oligomeric pattern in Ad-AS mice. CR improved the recovery of left ventricular function after ischemia/reperfusion and limited infarct size in WT mice; these effects were completely abrogated in Ad-AS mice. CR also increased the phosphorylated form of AMP-activated protein kinase and acetyl-CoA carboxylase in WT but not in Ad-AS mice. Recombinant adiponectin restored CR-induced cardioprotection in Ad-AS mice, and inhibition of AMP-activated protein kinase phosphorylation completely abrogated CR-induced cardioprotection in WT mice.
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The cardioprotective effects of short-term CR are mediated by increased production of adiponectin and the associated activation of AMP-activated protein kinase.
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- Ken Shinmura
- From the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (K. Shinmura, K.T.); Department of Medicinal Information, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (K. Saito, Y.N., T.T.); and Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky (R.B.)
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- From the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (K. Shinmura, K.T.); Department of Medicinal Information, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (K. Saito, Y.N., T.T.); and Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky (R.B.)
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- From the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (K. Shinmura, K.T.); Department of Medicinal Information, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (K. Saito, Y.N., T.T.); and Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky (R.B.)
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- From the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (K. Shinmura, K.T.); Department of Medicinal Information, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (K. Saito, Y.N., T.T.); and Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky (R.B.)
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- From the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (K. Shinmura, K.T.); Department of Medicinal Information, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (K. Saito, Y.N., T.T.); and Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky (R.B.)
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- From the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (K. Shinmura, K.T.); Department of Medicinal Information, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (K. Saito, Y.N., T.T.); and Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky (R.B.)
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Lago F, Dieguez C, Gómez-Reino J, Gualillo O. Adipokines as emerging mediators of immune response and inflammation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 3:716-24. [PMID: 18037931 DOI: 10.1038/ncprheum0674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 367] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2007] [Accepted: 09/14/2007] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The scientific interest in the biology of white adipose tissue (WAT) has increased since the discovery of leptin in 1994. The description of the product of the gene obese (ob) demonstrated the role of adipose tissue in the physiopathology of obesity-related diseases, and helped to increase the identification of numerous other adipokines, many of a pro-inflammatory nature. It has become increasingly evident that WAT-derived adipokines can be considered as a hub between obesity-related exogenous factors, such as nutrition and lifestyle, and the molecular events that lead to metabolic syndrome, inflammatory and/or autoimmune conditions, and rheumatic diseases. In this Review, we will discuss the progress in adipokine research, focusing particular attention to the roles of leptin, adiponectin, resistin, visfatin, and other recently identified adipokines in inflammatory, autoimmune and rheumatic diseases.
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- Francisca Lago
- Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Research Laboratory, Santiago University Clinical Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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The physiological and pathophysiological role of adiponectin and adiponectin receptors in the peripheral tissues and CNS. FEBS Lett 2007; 582:74-80. [PMID: 18054335 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.11.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2007] [Revised: 11/23/2007] [Accepted: 11/23/2007] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Adiponectin is an abundantly expressed adipokine in adipose tissue and has direct insulin sensitizing activity. A decrease in the circulating levels of adiponectin by interactions between genetic factors and environmental factors causing obesity has been shown to contribute to the development of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis. In addition to its insulin sensitizing actions, adiponectin has central actions in the regulation of energy homeostasis. Adiponectin enhances AMP-activated protein kinase activity in the arcuate hypothalamus via its receptor AdipoR1 to stimulate food intake and decreases energy expenditure. We propose a hypothesis on the physiological role of adiponectin: a starvation gene in the course of evolution by promoting fat storage on facing the loss of adiposity.
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Kuroyanagi K, Kang MS, Goto T, Hirai S, Ohyama K, Kusudo T, Yu R, Yano M, Sasaki T, Takahashi N, Kawada T. Citrus auraptene acts as an agonist for PPARs and enhances adiponectin production and MCP-1 reduction in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 366:219-25. [PMID: 18060855 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.11.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2007] [Accepted: 11/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Citrus fruit compounds have many health-enhancing effects. In this study, using a luciferase ligand assay system, we showed that citrus auraptene activates peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-alpha and PPARgamma. Auraptene induced up-regulation of adiponectin expression and increased the ratio of the amount of high-molecular-weight multimers of adiponectin to the total adiponectin. In contrast, auraptene suppressed monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Experiments using PPARgamma antagonist demonstrated that these effects on regulation of adiponectin and MCP-1 expression were caused by PPARgamma activations. The results indicate that auraptene activates PPARgamma in adipocytes to control adipocytekines such as adiponectin and MCP-1 and suggest that the consumption of citrus fruits, which contain auraptene can lead to a partial prevention of lipid and glucose metabolism abnormalities.
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- Kayo Kuroyanagi
- Laboratory of Molecular Function of Food, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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Since adipose tissue was shown to be more than a storage organ, the many cytokines it produces have been identified, along with their roles in energy homeostasis, appetite, and insulin resistance. Concurrently, numerous gut hormones with a diversity of effects have been discovered. They include, amongst many others, peptide YY, ghrelin and oxyntomodulin. As these peptides have been investigated, the potential for their use as novel anti-obesity and antidiabetic therapies has been realized. In this chapter we describe the actions of four of the peptides that have been proposed as the basis for promising new therapies for diabetes: leptin, adiponectin, obestatin and peptide YY. They each have an effect on appetite and, directly or indirectly, on glucose metabolism. We synthesize available data for these peptides and consider the therapeutic potential of each.
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- Tom Billyard
- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Clifford Bridge Road, University Hospital, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK
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Blüher M, Williams CJ, Klöting N, Hsi A, Ruschke K, Oberbach A, Fasshauer M, Berndt J, Schön MR, Wolk A, Stumvoll M, Mantzoros CS. Gene expression of adiponectin receptors in human visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue is related to insulin resistance and metabolic parameters and is altered in response to physical training. Diabetes Care 2007; 30:3110-5. [PMID: 17878241 PMCID: PMC2732345 DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Adiponectin receptors 1 and 2 (AdipoR1 and AdipoR2, respectively) mediate the effects of adiponectin on glucose and lipid metabolism in vivo. We examined whether AdipoR1 and/or AdipoR2 mRNA expression in human adipose tissue is fat-depot specific. We also studied whether their expression in visceral and subcutaneous fat depots is associated with metabolic parameters and whether their expression is regulated by intensive physical exercise. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We determined metabolic parameters and assessed AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 mRNA expression using quantitative real-time PCR in adipose tissue in an observational study of 153 subjects and an interventional study of 60 subjects (20 each with normal glucose tolerance, impaired glucose tolerance, and type 2 diabetes) before and after intensive physical training for 4 weeks. RESULTS AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 mRNA expression is not significantly different between omental and subcutaneous fat, but their expression is several-fold lower in adipose tissue than in muscle. AdipoR2 mRNA expression in visceral fat is highly correlated with its expression in subcutaneous fat. AdipoR2 mRNA expression in both visceral and subcutaneous fat is positively associated with circulating adiponectin and HDL levels but negatively associated with obesity as well as parameters of insulin resistance, glycemia, and other lipid levels before and after adjustment for fat mass. Physical training for 4 weeks resulted in increased AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 mRNA expression in subcutaneous fat. CONCLUSIONS AdipoR2 mRNA expression in fat is negatively associated with insulin resistance and metabolic parameters independently of obesity and may mediate the improvement of insulin resistance in response to exercise.
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- Matthias Blüher
- Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, The National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Kaput J, Perlina A, Hatipoglu B, Bartholomew A, Nikolsky Y. Nutrigenomics: concepts and applications to pharmacogenomics and clinical medicine. Pharmacogenomics 2007; 8:369-90. [PMID: 17391074 DOI: 10.2217/14622416.8.4.369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases are influenced by naturally occurring chemicals in foods. In addition to supplying the substrates for producing energy, a large number of dietary chemicals are bioactive--that is, they alter the regulation of biological processes and, either directly or indirectly, the expression of genetic information. Nutrients and bioactives may produce different physiological phenotypes among individuals because of genetic variability and not only alter health, but also disease initiation, progression and severity. The study and application of gene-nutrient interactions is called nutritional genomics or nutrigenomics. Nutrigenomic concepts, research strategies and clinical implementation are similar to and overlap those of pharmacogenomics, and both are fundamental to the treatment of disease and maintenance of optimal health.
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- Jim Kaput
- Department of Surgery, University of Illinois Chicago, 909 South Wolcott Street MC 958, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Kanazawa I, Yamaguchi T, Yano S, Yamauchi M, Yamamoto M, Sugimoto T. Adiponectin and AMP kinase activator stimulate proliferation, differentiation, and mineralization of osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells. BMC Cell Biol 2007; 8:51. [PMID: 18047638 PMCID: PMC2214728 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-8-51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2007] [Accepted: 11/29/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background Adiponectin is a key mediator of the metabolic syndrome that is caused by visceral fat accumulation. Adiponectin and its receptors are known to be expressed in osteoblasts, but their actions with regard to bone metabolism are still unclear. In this study, we investigated the effects of adiponectin on the proliferation, differentiation, and mineralization of osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells. Results Adiponectin receptor type 1 (AdipoR1) mRNA was detected in the cells by RT-PCR. The adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMP kinase) was phosphorylated by both adiponectin and a pharmacological AMP kinase activator, 5-amino-imidazole-4-carboxamide-riboside (AICAR), in the cells. AdipoR1 small interfering RNA (siRNA) transfection potently knocked down the receptor mRNA, and the effect of this knockdown persisted for as long as 10 days after the transfection. The transfected cells showed decreased expressions of type I collagen and osteocalcin mRNA, as determined by real-time PCR, and reduced ALP activity and mineralization, as determined by von Kossa and Alizarin red stainings. In contrast, AMP kinase activation by AICAR (0.01–0.5 mM) in wild-type MC3T3-E1 cells augmented their proliferation, differentiation, and mineralization. BrdU assay showed that the addition of adiponectin (0.01–1.0 μg/ml) also promoted their proliferation. Osterix, but not Runx-2, appeared to be involved in these processes because AdipoR1 siRNA transfection and AICAR treatments suppressed and enhanced osterix mRNA expression, respectively. Conclusion Taken together, this study suggests that adiponectin stimulates the proliferation, differentiation, and mineralization of osteoblasts via the AdipoR1 and AMP kinase signaling pathways in autocrine and/or paracrine fashions.
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- Ippei Kanazawa
- Department of Internal Medicine 1, Shimane University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Lu M, Tang Q, Olefsky JM, Mellon PL, Webster NJG. Adiponectin activates adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase and decreases luteinizing hormone secretion in LbetaT2 gonadotropes. Mol Endocrinol 2007; 22:760-71. [PMID: 18006641 DOI: 10.1210/me.2007-0330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Metabolic dysregulation is associated with reproductive disorders, but the underlying mechanisms are not clearly understood. Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived secretory factor that improves insulin sensitivity. Results from animal models indicate that overexpression of adiponectin impairs female fertility. We hypothesized that adiponectin regulates reproduction by altering the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. Mouse LbetaT2 immortalized gonadotrope cells express both adiponectin receptors 1 and 2. Adiponectin increases phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), a downstream target of adiponectin receptors, and reduces basal and GnRH-stimulated LH secretion, acutely. The repression of LH secretion can be mimicked by 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-beta-riboside, an AMP analog, suggesting the involvement of AMPK. A dominant-negative AMPK mutant or compound C, a selective AMPK inhibitor, potentiates basal LH secretion and abolishes the inhibitory effect of adiponectin. Chronic activation of AMPK by 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-beta-riboside decreases cellular LH levels, and expression of dominant-negative AMPK increases cellular LH levels, suggesting a second effect of AMPK to regulate LH synthesis. Lastly, intravenous injection of an adenovirus expressing adiponectin into male mice reduces serum LH levels without changing FSH levels. In conclusion, our results suggest that adiponectin decreases LH secretion in pituitary gonadotropes in an AMPK-dependent manner.
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- Min Lu
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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Antuna-Puente B, Feve B, Fellahi S, Bastard JP. [Obesity, inflammation and insulin resistance: which role for adipokines]. Therapie 2007; 62:285-92. [PMID: 17983554 DOI: 10.2515/therapie:2007055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Adipose tissue is now recognized as an endocrine organ involved in regulating physiologic and pathologic processes including inflammation. It synthesizes and secretes hormones such as leptin and adiponectin. It can secrete other products namely adipokines including cytokines and chemokines. The release of adipokines by either adipocytes or adipose tissue-infiltrated macrophages leads to a chronic sub-inflammatory state that likely plays a major role in cardiovascular complications linked to obesity and insulin resistance.
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- Barbara Antuna-Puente
- INSERM U680, Faculté de Médecine Saint-Antoine, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6, Paris, France
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Preshaw PM, Foster N, Taylor JJ. Cross-susceptibility between periodontal disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus: an immunobiological perspective. Periodontol 2000 2007; 45:138-57. [PMID: 17850454 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0757.2007.00221.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Philip M Preshaw
- Periodontology, School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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Shimizu A, Takamura T, Matsuzawa N, Nakamura S, Nabemoto S, Takeshita Y, Misu H, Kurita S, Sakurai M, Yokoyama M, Zen Y, Sasaki M, Nakanuma Y, Kaneko S. Regulation of adiponectin receptor expression in human liver and a hepatocyte cell line. Metabolism 2007; 56:1478-85. [PMID: 17950097 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2007.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2006] [Accepted: 06/12/2007] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is closely associated with obesity. An adipocyte-derived hormone, adiponectin, may play a role in the pathophysiology of NAFLD through insulin-sensitizing and antifibrotic effects. We found that hepatic expression of adiponectin receptor AdipoR2, but not AdipoR1, was down-regulated in 14 patients with NAFLD compared with 7 patients with a normal liver (P < .05). To investigate the significance of the adiponectin system in obesity and NAFLD, we examined the regulation of AdipoR2 expression in a nonmalignant human hepatocyte cell line, the THLE-5b cells. Insulin down-regulated the levels of AdipoR2 messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein, whereas an adipocytokine, tumor necrosis factor alpha, up-regulated them. A thiazolidinedione, pioglitazone, up-regulated the expression of AdipoR2 mRNA and protein in THLE-5b cells. The AdipoR2 mRNA level was decreased in fatty THLE-5b cells induced by coincubating with fatty acids. These findings suggest that down-regulation of AdipoR2 in the liver caused by hyperinsulinemia and steatosis may play a role in the development of NAFLD.
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- Akiko Shimizu
- Department of Disease Control and Homeostasis, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8641, Japan
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Chabrolle C, Tosca L, Crochet S, Tesseraud S, Dupont J. Expression of adiponectin and its receptors (AdipoR1 and AdipoR2) in chicken ovary: potential role in ovarian steroidogenesis. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2007; 33:480-7. [PMID: 17010558 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2006.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2006] [Revised: 08/17/2006] [Accepted: 08/28/2006] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Adiponectin and its receptors (AdipoR1 and AdipoR2) mRNAs are expressed in various chicken tissues including ovary. However, the cellular expression and the role of adiponectin system have never been investigated in chicken ovary. Here, we have shown that the level of adiponectin mRNA is about 10- to 30-fold higher (p<0.001) in theca cells than in granulosa cells from each hierarchical yellow follicle studied (F4-F1). In contrast, the level of AdipoR1 mRNA expression was about two-fold lower in theca cells than in granulosa cells (p<0.05) whereas those of AdipoR2 was similar in both ovarian cells. Whereas expression of adiponectin mRNA increased with follicular differentiation in theca cells, it decreased in granulosa cells. In contrast, mRNA expression of AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 in both theca and granulosa cells remained stable during yellow follicle development. To determine whether adiponectin is involved in the ovarian steroidogenesis, LH (100 ng/ml)-, FSH (100 ng/ml)- and IGF-1 (100 ng/ml)-induced progesterone production was measured in absence or presence of human recombinant adiponectin (10 microg/ml) for 36 h in cultured granulosa cells from F1, F2 and mixed F3 and F4 follicles. In absence of LH, FSH and IGF-1, adiponectin treatment had no effects on progesterone production whatever vitollegenic follicle studied. However, it increased by about two-fold IGF-1-induced progesterone secretion in F2 and F3/4 follicles whereas it halved progesterone production in response to gonadotropins (LH and FSH) in F3/4 follicles. Thus, in chicken, adiponectin, mainly expressed in theca cells, could exert paracrine or autocrine effect on the ovarian steroidogenesis.
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- Christine Chabrolle
- Unité de Physiologie de Reproduction et des Comportements, Institut National de Recherche Agronomique, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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Vu V, Riddell MC, Sweeney G. Circulating adiponectin and adiponectin receptor expression in skeletal muscle: effects of exercise. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2007; 23:600-11. [PMID: 17966120 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Excess visceral fat can regulate insulin sensitivity and energy metabolism by releasing adipokines into the circulation which then bind with their cognate receptors in various tissues and alter glucose and lipid metabolism. Circulating levels of adiponectin, which promotes glucose uptake into skeletal muscle and increases fat oxidation rates, are decreased in obesity. Strategies to enhance the insulin-like and insulin-sensitizing actions of adiponectin have been shown to be effective in improving metabolic abnormalities associated with obesity and diabetes. Interestingly, the insulin-sensitizing effects of exercise have similar metabolic effects as adiponectin in that exercise also promotes glucose uptake into muscle and increases rates of fatty acid oxidation. Recent studies have begun to examine the potential role of adiponectin in mediating the insulin-sensitizing action of exercise by investigating changes in plasma adiponectin levels and tissue-specific adiponectin receptor (AdipoR) expression. In this review, we have summarized the key findings to date which suggest that changes in expression of AdipoR isoforms in skeletal muscle, rather than circulating total adiponectin levels, may be of physiological importance.
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- Vivian Vu
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Canada
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Irigaray P, Newby JA, Lacomme S, Belpomme D. Overweight/obesity and cancer genesis: more than a biological link. Biomed Pharmacother 2007; 61:665-78. [PMID: 18035514 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2007.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2007] [Accepted: 10/23/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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The classical view according to which overweight/obesity is related to cancer considers adipose tissue as an active and metabolic "organ", acting through endocrine, autocrine and paracrine processes. Consequently, it has been hypothesized, that genesis and progression of cancer may be caused by different biological factors acting through diverse mechanisms including changes in the synthesis and bioavailability of sex hormones, insulin resistance, release of growth factors and/or proinflammatory cytokines and abnormal energetic disposal and expenditure. We have shown that overweight/obesity can be experimentally induced by benzo[a]pyrene, a universal well characterized chemical pollutant and that overweight/obesity may in fact be caused by several types of chemical pollutants. In this paper we propose that in addition to the above hypothetical biological mechanisms, adipose tissue acts as a reservoir for lipophilic, liposoluble environmental carcinogens, so that chemical pollution may in fact generate both overweight/obesity and cancer. More precisely, we propose that many carcinogens, be they mutagens or promotors can be stored in the adipose tissue, be released at convenient dose in the blood circulation and therefore target peripheral tissues to induce carcinogenesis. Such carcinogens mainly include organochlorine pesticides and PCBs. Their association with an increased risk of cancer seems to be demonstrated for breast and prostate carcinoma, as well as for lymphoma, not only in obese patients, but also in normal weight or even leaner patients suggesting that the adipose tissue may act as a reservoir for environmental carcinogens in obese as well as in non-obese patients.
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- P Irigaray
- Cancer Research Center, Association for Research and Treatments Against Cancer (ARTAC), 57-59 rue de la Convention, F-75015 Paris, France.
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Changes in body mass, serum leptin, and mRNA levels of leptin receptor isoforms during the premigratory period in Myotis lucifugus. J Comp Physiol B 2007; 178:217-23. [DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0215-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2007] [Revised: 10/03/2007] [Accepted: 10/06/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Barb D, Pazaitou-Panayiotou K, Mantzoros CS. Adiponectin: a link between obesity and cancer. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2007; 15:917-31. [PMID: 16859394 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.15.8.917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Adiponectin, an insulin-sensitising hormone produced by adipocytes, has direct antidiabetic, antiatherogenic, anti-inflammatory and antiangiogenic properties. Circulating adiponectin levels are lower in obesity, a disease state that is associated with certain malignancies. Recently, accumulating evidence suggests that adiponectin may have an important protective role in carcinogenesis. There is also evidence that at least some, if not most, cancer cell types express adiponectin receptors; thus adiponectin may act on tumour cells directly by binding and activating adiponectin receptors and downstream signalling pathways. Through its antiangiogenic properties, and also possibly through other mechanisms regulating cell proliferation discussed in this review, adiponectin may prove to be an effective novel anticancer agent. Large association and prospective studies to assess adiponectin levels in relation to risk from cancer, as well as mechanistic studies to prove adiponectin's role in the development of malignancies, and interventional trials to address potential roles of adiponectin in cancer pathogenesis and therapeutics are needed.
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- Diana Barb
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Stoneman 816, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Potter JJ, Mezey E. Acetaldehyde increases endogenous adiponectin and fibrogenesis in hepatic stellate cells but exogenous adiponectin inhibits fibrogenesis. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2007; 31:2092-100. [PMID: 17949463 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00529.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adiponectin has antifibrogenic properties. Acetaldehyde, the principal metabolite of ethanol, is known to stimulate the expression of type I collagen genes and the production of type I collagen by wild-type (wt) but not by obese gene (ob/ob) stellate cells. The aim of this study was to determine the expression of adiponectin in activated stellate cells obtained from wt and ob/ob mice and to determine the effects of acetaldehyde on adiponectin in relation to the expression of type I collagen. METHODS Stellate cells were isolated from wt and ob/ob mice by perfusion of the portal vein and cultured. Cell adiponectin was visualized by immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy and determined by radioimmunoassay and by western blot. Adiponectin mRNA and alpha(1)(I) collagen mRNA were determined by quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS Adiponectin levels were similar in wt and ob/ob stellate cells. Adiponectin receptor 2 mRNA (AdipoR2 mRNA) and AdipoR2 immunoprotein were higher in ob/ob than in wt stellate cells (p < 0.01). Acetaldehyde (200 microM) increased adiponectin both in wt and in ob/ob stellate cells (p < 0.05), but increased AdipoR2 immunoprotein only in ob/ob stellate cells (p < 0.01). However, in the presence of leptin, acetaldehyde decreased adiponectin in ob/ob stellate cells (p < 0.01). Acetaldehyde enhanced alpha(1)(I) collagen mRNA in wt (p < 0.05), but decreased it in ob/ob stellate cells (p < 0.01). Leptin abrogated the effect of acetaldehyde in decreasing alpha(1)(I) collagen mRNA in ob/ob stellate cells (p < 0.01). Adiponectin inhibited alpha(1)(I) collagen mRNA in the basal state in wt stellate cells or when enhanced by acetaldehyde. CONCLUSIONS Adiponectin and adiponectin receptor are present in activated stellate cells. Adiponectin has a negative regulatory role on the enhancing effect of acetaldehyde on fibrogenesis in alcoholic liver disease.
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- James J Potter
- Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Zeng Q, Fu L, Takekoshi K, Kawakami Y, Isobe K. Effects of short-term exercise on adiponectin and adiponectin receptor levels in rats. J Atheroscler Thromb 2007; 14:261-5. [PMID: 17938541 DOI: 10.5551/jat.e498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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AIM Adiponectin reportedly reduces insulin resistance. Exercise has also been shown to lessen insulin resistance, although it is not well known whether exercise increases levels of adiponectin and/or its receptors nor whether it effects are dependent on exercise intensity and/or period. We previously reported that blood adiponectin levels increased by 150% in animals that exercised at a rate of 30 m/min for 60 minutes, 2 days per week, and adiponectin receptor 1 (AdipoR1) mRNA levels in muscle increased up to 4 times in response to exercise at a rate of 25 m/min for 30 min, 5 days per week for 12 weeks. METHODS In light of this information, we examined the effects of short-term exercise on adiponectin, and adiponectin receptor levels in rats, using ELISA and real-time PCR. RESULTS Our data showed that adiponectin mRNA levels in adipose tissue increased by 280% in rats exercised at a rate of 30 m/min for 60 minutes for 2 weeks and correlated with the exercise time periods. No effects of short-term exercise on adiponectin receptor 1 mRNA in muscle were observed. CONCLUSION Thus, long-term exercise may be required to regulate adiponectin receptor 1 mRNA expression in muscle and adiponectin mRNA expression in adipose tissue.
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- Qin Zeng
- Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Hajer GR, van der Graaf Y, Olijhoek JK, Edlinger M, Visseren FLJ. Low plasma levels of adiponectin are associated with low risk for future cardiovascular events in patients with clinical evident vascular disease. Am Heart J 2007; 154:750.e1-7. [PMID: 17893004 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2007] [Accepted: 07/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adiponectin is considered to have anti-inflammatory, insulin-sensitizing, and antiatherosclerotic properties. In the present prospective study, the relationship between metabolic syndrome (Adult Treatment Panel III) and adiponectin plasma levels and the relationship between plasma adiponectin levels and future cardiovascular events were investigated. METHODS A case-cohort study of 431 patients with clinical evident vascular disease from the Second Manifestations of ARTerial Disease study. The relationship between adiponectin plasma levels and new vascular events was investigated with Cox regression, adjusted for potential confounders and effect modifiers (age, sex, renal function [modification of diet in renal disease], body mass index, high sensitive C-reactive protein, use of angiotensin converting enzyme-inhibition and/or AII antagonists, and presence of metabolic syndrome or impaired renal function). RESULTS Plasma adiponectin levels were lower in patients with metabolic syndrome as compared with patients without (7.9 +/- 0.3 vs 5.2 +/- 0.3 microg/mL) and decreased with the number of components. During a mean follow-up of 2.3 years, 216 patients had a new cardiovascular event. Lower adiponectin plasma levels were associated with a lower risk for future cardiovascular events (hazard ratio 0.50, 95% confidence interval 0.25-0.99). This relationship was not influenced by renal function, body mass index, and renin-angiotensin system-blocking agents or modified by metabolic syndrome and impaired renal function. CONCLUSION In patients with clinical evident vascular disease, lower adiponectin levels were associated with a lower cardiovascular risk. Therefore, it may be hypothesized that the potential antiatherosclerotic properties of adiponectin do not apply for patients with already established vascular disease.
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- Gideon R Hajer
- Department of Vascular Medicine, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Teranishi T, Ohara T, Maeda K, Zenibayashi M, Kouyama K, Hirota Y, Kawamitsu H, Fujii M, Sugimura K, Kasuga M. Effects of pioglitazone and metformin on intracellular lipid content in liver and skeletal muscle of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Metabolism 2007; 56:1418-24. [PMID: 17884455 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2007.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2006] [Accepted: 06/05/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Both ectopic fat accumulation and changes of the amount of several adipocyte secreting proteins (adipokines) are thought to contribute to the development of insulin resistance associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. We have now investigated the effects of 2 insulin-sensitizing drugs, pioglitazone and metformin, on body fat composition and serum adipokine concentrations in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus. A total of 41 diabetic patients were treated with pioglitazone (n =21) or metformin (n =20) for 6 months. Intramyocellular lipid content (IMCL) and hepatic lipid content as well as the areas of subcutaneous and visceral fat deposits in the abdomen were determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy before and after drug treatment. The serum concentrations of adiponectin and retinol binding protein 4 were also determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Pioglitazone treatment reduced both hepatic lipid content (12.0 +/- 6.1 vs 8.4 +/- 3.7 arbitrary units [AU], P < .01) and IMCL (8.4 +/- 3.6 vs 6.3 +/- 2.4 AU/creatine, P < .01), whereas metformin reduced only IMCL (7.0 +/- 3.6 vs 5.8 +/- 2.0 AU/creatine, P < .05). Although the areas of visceral and subcutaneous fat were not significantly affected by treatment with either drug, pioglitazone induced a significant reduction in the ratio of visceral to subcutaneous fat area (0.92 +/- 0.41 vs 0.85 +/- 0.41, P < .05). Pioglitazone treatment also resulted in a marked increase in serum adiponectin concentration (5.6 +/- 4.1 vs 16.2 +/- 9.9 microg/mL, P < .0001) and a small but significant decrease in serum retinol binding protein 4 concentration (73.4 +/- 25.1 vs 65.1 +/- 23.7 microg/mL, P < .05). These results suggest that pioglitazone may improve insulin sensitivity both by affecting serum adipokine concentrations and by reducing the intracellular triglyceride content of liver and skeletal muscle in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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- Tetsuya Teranishi
- Department of Clinical Molecular Medicine, Division of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
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Ye J, Gao Z, Yin J, He Q. Hypoxia is a potential risk factor for chronic inflammation and adiponectin reduction in adipose tissue of ob/ob and dietary obese mice. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2007; 293:E1118-28. [PMID: 17666485 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00435.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 612] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Chronic inflammation and reduced adiponectin are widely observed in the white adipose tissue in obesity. However, the cause of the changes remains to be identified. In this study, we provide experimental evidence that hypoxia occurs in adipose tissue in obese mice and that adipose hypoxia may contribute to the endocrine alterations. The adipose hypoxia was demonstrated by a reduction in the interstitial partial oxygen pressure (Po(2)), an increase in the hypoxia probe signal, and an elevation in expression of the hypoxia response genes in ob/ob mice. The adipose hypoxia was confirmed in dietary obese mice by expression of hypoxia response genes. In the adipose tissue, hypoxia was associated with an increased expression of inflammatory genes and decreased expression of adiponectin. In dietary obese mice, reduction in body weight by calorie restriction was associated with an improvement of oxygenation and a reduction in inflammation. In cell culture, inflammatory cytokines were induced by hypoxia in primary adipocytes and primary macrophages of lean mice. The transcription factor NF-kappaB and the TNF-alpha gene promoter were activated by hypoxia in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and NIH3T3 fibroblasts. In addition, adiponectin expression was reduced by hypoxia, and the reduction was observed in the gene promoter in adipocytes. These data suggest a potential role of hypoxia in the induction of chronic inflammation and inhibition of adiponectin in the adipose tissue in obesity.
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- Jianping Ye
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.
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Yano Y, Hoshide S, Ishikawa J, Hashimoto T, Eguchi K, Shimada K, Kario K. Differential impacts of adiponectin on low-grade albuminuria between obese and nonobese persons without diabetes. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2007; 9:775-82. [PMID: 17917505 PMCID: PMC8110132 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2007.07321.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2007] [Accepted: 07/18/2007] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The goal of this study was to examine the association between adiponectin and low-grade albuminuria in nondiabetic persons and whether it differed between obese and nonobese individuals. Urinary albumin excretion (UAE) was assessed by overnight collection in 157 participants. Overall, as anticipated, 24-hour systolic blood pressure and fasting glucose levels were independent determinants of UAE (beta=0.254 and 0.176, respectively, P<.05). In obese persons (body mass index [BMI] >/=25 kg/m(2); n=63), adiponectin value was a significant negative determinant of UAE (beta=-0.256, P<.05) independent of blood pressure and glucose levels, whereas in nonobese participants (n=94) it was not. In an analysis of BMI and the median value of adiponectin (9.9 microg/mL), UAE was found to be significantly higher in obese persons with low adiponectin levels than in obese persons with high adiponectin levels (9.20 vs 5.11 microg/min; P<.05), even after adjustment for age, sex, blood pressure level, and glucose level. There was an inverse association between adiponectin and low-grade albuminuria in obese nondiabetic persons.
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- Yuichiro Yano
- From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
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- From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan
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Xu J, Shao W, Chi H, Tan Y, Zhao R. Tissue-specific effect of dietary cysteamine on expression of adiponectin receptors in rats. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2007; 55:7968-73. [PMID: 17696487 DOI: 10.1021/jf0718695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Adiponectin is synthesized by adipocytes and affects glucose and lipid metabolism by binding to its receptors, AdipoR1 and AdipoR2. Cysteamine, a naturally existing intermediate metabolite of sulfur amino acid, has been reported to modulate metabolism and growth in various species of animals; however, whether the action of cysteamine involves adiponectin and its receptors is unknown. The objective of the present study was therefore to investigate the effect of dietary cysteamine on the expression of AdipoR1/R2 in different tissues, in association with the alterations in endocrine and metabolic status. Rats were fed either of the diets supplemented with 0 or 700 mg/kg cysteamine feed additive (containing 30% of cysteamine hydrochloride) for 4 weeks, and the expression of adiponectin and its receptors in adipose tissue, AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 in liver, gastrocnemius, and soleus muscle was determined, in association with the growth performance and serum concentrations of hormones and metabolites. A temporal trend of increase in growth rate and the ratio of feed consumption relative to body weight gain was observed in the second week of cysteamine supplementation. Serum concentrations of insulin and TNF-alpha increased, while serum levels of triglycerides, FFA, and total cholesterol decreased significantly 4 weeks after cysteamine treatment. Leptin and GH remained unaffected. Cysteamine supplementation increased mRNA expression of AdipoR1 in adipose tissue, gastrocnemius, and soleus muscle as well as that of AdipoR2 in soleus muscle and adipose tissue. Nevertheless, hepatic expression of AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 was not influenced. Despite a numeric increase, no significant alteration in adiponectin mRNA expression in adipose tissue was observed. In conclusion, dietary supplementation of cysteamine modulates the endocrine and metabolic status of rats, which may involve the tissue-specific responses of adiponectin receptors at the level of mRNA transcription.
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- Jinxian Xu
- Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology & Biochemistry, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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Lee NK, Sowa H, Hinoi E, Ferron M, Ahn JD, Confavreux C, Dacquin R, Mee PJ, McKee MD, Jung DY, Zhang Z, Kim JK, Mauvais-Jarvis F, Ducy P, Karsenty G. Endocrine regulation of energy metabolism by the skeleton. Cell 2007; 130:456-69. [PMID: 17693256 PMCID: PMC2013746 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.05.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1734] [Impact Index Per Article: 102.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2006] [Revised: 03/17/2007] [Accepted: 05/21/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The regulation of bone remodeling by an adipocyte-derived hormone implies that bone may exert a feedback control of energy homeostasis. To test this hypothesis we looked for genes expressed in osteoblasts, encoding signaling molecules and affecting energy metabolism. We show here that mice lacking the protein tyrosine phosphatase OST-PTP are hypoglycemic and are protected from obesity and glucose intolerance because of an increase in beta-cell proliferation, insulin secretion, and insulin sensitivity. In contrast, mice lacking the osteoblast-secreted molecule osteocalcin display decreased beta-cell proliferation, glucose intolerance, and insulin resistance. Removing one Osteocalcin allele from OST-PTP-deficient mice corrects their metabolic phenotype. Ex vivo, osteocalcin can stimulate CyclinD1 and Insulin expression in beta-cells and Adiponectin, an insulin-sensitizing adipokine, in adipocytes; in vivo osteocalcin can improve glucose tolerance. By revealing that the skeleton exerts an endocrine regulation of sugar homeostasis this study expands the biological importance of this organ and our understanding of energy metabolism.
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- Na Kyung Lee
- Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- CHO-A Biotechnology Research Institute, CHO-A Pharm. Co., Seoul 143-701, Korea
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- Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, UMR5161, Laboratoire d’Endocrinologie Moléculaire et Différenciation Hématopoïétique et Osseuse, 69364 Lyon, France
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- Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Dentistry, and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 2B2
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Penn State Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Penn State Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033
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- Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Penn State Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033
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- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
- *Contact: ; Tel: (212) 305 4011; Fax: (212) 923 2090
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Morris MJ, Chen H, Watts R, Shulkes A, Cameron-Smith D. Brain neuropeptide Y and CCK and peripheral adipokine receptors: temporal response in obesity induced by palatable diet. Int J Obes (Lond) 2007; 32:249-58. [PMID: 17768423 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Palatable food disrupts normal appetite regulation, which may contribute to the etiology of obesity. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and cholecystokinin play critical roles in the regulation of food intake and energy homeostasis, while adiponectin and carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) are important for insulin sensitivity and fatty acid oxidation. This study examined the impact of short- and long-term consumption of palatable high-fat diet (HFD) on these critical metabolic regulators. METHODS Male C57BL/6 mice were exposed to laboratory chow (12% fat), or cafeteria-style palatable HFD (32% fat) for 2 or 10 weeks. Body weight and food intake were monitored throughout. Plasma leptin, hypothalamic NPY and cholecystokinin, and mRNA expression of leptin, adiponectin, their receptors and CPT-1, in fat and muscles were measured. RESULTS Caloric intake of the palatable HFD group was 2-3 times greater than control, resulting in a 37% higher body weight. Fat mass was already increased at 2 weeks; plasma leptin concentrations were 2.4 and 9 times higher than control at 2 and 10 weeks, respectively. Plasma adiponectin was increased at 10 weeks. Muscle adiponectin receptor 1 was increased at 2 weeks, while CPT-1 mRNA was markedly upregulated by HFD at both time points. Hypothalamic NPY and cholecystokinin content were significantly decreased at 10 weeks. CONCLUSION Palatable HFD induced hyperphagia, fat accumulation, increased adiponectin, leptin and muscle fatty acid oxidation, and reduced hypothalamic NPY and cholecystokinin. Our data suggest that the adaptive changes in hypothalamic NPY and muscle fatty acid oxidation are insufficient to reverse the progress of obesity and metabolic consequences induced by a palatable HFD.
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- M J Morris
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Matsumoto T, Kakami M, Noguchi E, Kobayashi T, Kamata K. Imbalance between endothelium-derived relaxing and contracting factors in mesenteric arteries from aged OLETF rats, a model of Type 2 diabetes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 293:H1480-90. [PMID: 17513496 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00229.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We investigated whether the balance between endothelium-derived relaxing factors (EDRFs) and endothelium-derived contracting factors (EDCFs) might be altered in mesenteric arteries from aged Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats (a Type 2 diabetic model) [vs. age-matched control Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO) rats]. ACh-induced relaxation was impaired in the OLETF group, and a tendency for the relaxation to reverse at high ACh concentrations was observed in both groups. This tendency was abolished by indomethacin. Nitric oxide- and/or endothelium-derived hypolarizing factor-mediated relaxation and the protein expressions of phospho-endothelial nitric oxide synthase (Ser1177) and extracellular superoxide dismutase were also reduced in OLETF. An ACh-induced contraction was observed at higher ACh concentrations in the presence of NG-nitro-l-arginine (l-NNA) but was greater in OLETF rats. This contraction in OLETF rats was reduced by cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors and by prostanoid-receptor antagonists. The ACh-induced productions of thromboxane A2 and PGE2 were greater in OLETF than LETO rats, as were the mesenteric artery COX-1 and COX-2 protein expressions. Moreover, tert-butyl hydroperoxide ( t-BOOH) (membrane-permeant oxidant) induced a concentration-dependent contraction that was greater in OLETF rats. The t-BOOH-mediated contraction was increased both by l-NNA and by endothelium removal in LETO but not OLETF rats, suggesting that a negative modulatory role of the endothelium was lost in OLETF rats. These results suggest that an imbalance between EDRFs and EDCFs may be implicated in the endothelial dysfunction seen in aged OLETF mesenteric arteries, and may be attributable to increased oxidative stress.
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- Takayuki Matsumoto
- Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan
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Zhou JR, Blackburn GL, Walker WA. Symposium introduction: metabolic syndrome and the onset of cancer. Am J Clin Nutr 2007; 86:s817-9. [PMID: 18265474 PMCID: PMC4144325 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.3.817s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Diabetes, obesity, and related metabolic disorders are among the most pressing of today's health care concerns. Recent evidence from epidemiologic and basic research studies, as well as translational, clinical, and intervention studies, supports the emerging hypothesis that metabolic syndrome may be an important etiologic factor for the onset of cancer. On March 15-16, 2006, The Harvard Medical School Division of Nutrition hosted the symposium "Metabolic Syndrome and the Onset of Cancer" as a platform to systematically evaluate the evidence in support of this hypothesis. This symposium, which gathered leaders in the fields of metabolism, nutrition, and cancer, will stimulate further research investigating the etiologic role of metabolic syndrome in cancer. Furthermore, it will help to guide the development of effective cancer prevention strategies via nutritional and lifestyle modifications to alleviate metabolic syndrome.
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- Jin-Rong Zhou
- Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Escobar-Morreale HF, San Millán JL. Abdominal adiposity and the polycystic ovary syndrome. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2007; 18:266-72. [PMID: 17693095 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2007.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2007] [Revised: 05/29/2007] [Accepted: 07/31/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Abdominal adiposity, overweightness and obesity are frequently present in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). A large body of evidence suggests that abdominal adiposity and the resulting insulin resistance contribute to ovarian and, possibly, adrenal hyperandrogenism. However, androgen excess itself might also contribute to abdominal fat deposition in hyperandrogenic women. Recent genomic and proteomic analyses of visceral fat from PCOS patients have detected differences in gene expression and protein content compared with those of non-hyperandrogenic women. Here we review the existing evidence for a vicious circle whereby androgen excess favoring the abdominal deposition of fat further facilitates androgen secretion by the ovaries and adrenals in PCOS patients.
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- Héctor F Escobar-Morreale
- Department of Endocrinology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Universidad de Alcalá, Carretera de Colmenar km 9'1, E-28034 Madrid, Spain.
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Han R, Lai R, Ding Q, Wang Z, Luo X, Zhang Y, Cui G, He J, Liu W, Chen Y. Apolipoprotein A-I stimulates AMP-activated protein kinase and improves glucose metabolism. Diabetologia 2007; 50:1960-1968. [PMID: 17639303 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-007-0752-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2007] [Accepted: 05/31/2007] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS In humans, one of the hallmarks of type 2 diabetes is a reduced plasma concentration of HDL and its major protein component, apolipoprotein A-I (APOA-I). However, it is unknown whether APOA-I directly protects against diabetes. The aim of this study was to characterise the functional role of APOA-I in glucose homeostasis. METHODS The effects of APOA-I on phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACC), glucose uptake and endocytosis were analysed in C2C12 myocytes. Glucose metabolism was investigated in Apoa-I knockout (Apoa-I (-/-)) mice. RESULTS APOA-I was able to stimulate the phosphorylation of AMPK and ACC, and elevated glucose uptake in C2C12 myocytes. APOA-I could be endocytosed into C2C12 myotubes through a clathrin-dependent endocytotic process. Inhibition of endocytosis abrogated APOA-I-stimulated AMPK phosphorylation. In Apoa-I (-/-) mice, AMPK phosphorylation was reduced in skeletal muscle and liver, and expression of gluconeogenic enzymes was increased in liver. In addition, the Apoa-I (-/-) mice had increased fat content and compromised glucose tolerance. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Our data indicate that APOA-I has a protective effect against diabetes via activation of AMPK. ApoA-I deletion in the mouse led to increased fat mass and impaired glucose tolerance.
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- R Han
- Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Gannan Medical College, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, 341000, China
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- Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Adiponectin has potent antidiabetic and antiatherosclerotic actions. Recent studies in animals and humans suggest that the high-molecular weight adiponectin complex, consisting of many adiponectin monomers, is the biologically active form of the peptide. This article will present recent methodological approaches for analyzing adiponectin isoform distribution. RECENT FINDINGS A handful of methods have been used for the isolation and measurement of high-molecular weight adiponectin, based on velocity gradient centrifugation, gel filtration chromatography and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Recently, two novel sandwich enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assays have been developed. The first makes use of antibodies raised against human high-molecular weight adiponectin and thus allows for the specific determination of high-molecular weight adiponectin in plasma. The second and more versatile enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assay system enables the measurement of all adiponectin isoforms (i.e. low, middle and high-molecular weight) by means of selective digestion by proteases. SUMMARY The development and commercial availability of novel enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assay kits enables the easy and rapid measurement of high-molecular weight adiponectin in both research and clinical practice and will undoubtedly advance further our understanding of the role of adiponectin in health and disease.
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- Faidon Magkos
- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
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Shen YY, Charlesworth JA, Kelly JJ, Peake PW. The effect of renal transplantation on adiponectin and its isoforms and receptors. Metabolism 2007; 56:1201-8. [PMID: 17697862 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2007.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2006] [Accepted: 04/04/2007] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Insulin resistance (IR) and other proatherogenic risk factors associated with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) are improved by renal transplantation. Adiponectin is a protein with insulin-sensitizing, anti-inflammatory, and antiatherogenic properties. It exists in several isoforms, but the high molecular weight (HMW) isoform correlates best with insulin sensitivity. Paradoxically, the levels of this protein and its HMW isoform are increased in ESKD. We measured the homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), plasma adiponectin and its isoforms, and messenger RNA for adiponectin receptors (AdipoR1 and AdipoR2) on peripheral blood mononuclear cells in 54 stable transplant recipients, 50 patients established on hemodialysis, and 52 controls; groups were matched for body mass index and sex. HOMA-IR values were significantly higher in patients with ESKD compared with controls (P < .0005) and transplant patients (P < .05) but there was no difference between the latter 2 groups. Adiponectin levels were also higher in patients with ESKD compared with controls (P < .0005), and although levels were lower in the transplant group, they remained higher than in controls (P < .0001). However, although the absolute amount of HMW isoform in transplant patients remained higher than in controls (P < .0001), the proportion was similar, and less than in patients with ESKD (P < .005). The absolute amount of the HMW isoform correlated with superior metabolic indices in all 3 cohorts. AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 messenger RNA levels after transplantation were significantly lower than those of ESKD subjects (P < .0001, P < .01), but transplant patients had less AdipoR1 than controls, although their AdipoR2 levels were higher. AdipoR1 correlated with AdipoR2 in all 3 cohorts. We conclude that HOMA-IR was lower in the transplant group compared with the group on hemodialysis and this coincided with lower total adiponectin levels and absolute amount of the HMW isoform and AdipoR on peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Lower AdipoR after transplantation may be secondary to immunosuppression and/or an improvement in glomerular filtration rate and the uremic milieu.
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- Yvonne Y Shen
- Department of Nephrology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
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Nelson TL, Stevens JR, Hickey MS. Adiponectin levels are reduced, independent of polymorphisms in the adiponectin gene, after supplementation with alpha-linolenic acid among healthy adults. Metabolism 2007; 56:1209-15. [PMID: 17697863 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2007.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2006] [Accepted: 04/05/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Our first aim was to determine whether an isocaloric intervention using alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) in the form of flaxseed oil would alter adiponectin levels among overweight, otherwise healthy, males and females, and our second aim was to test for any potential modification of this intervention by 2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (276 and 45) in the adiponectin gene. Subjects included healthy adult males and females (approximately 81% female; average age, 38 years) with increased waist circumference (mean, 99 cm) and body mass index (mean, 30 kg/m(2)) who were free of chronic disease, not taking medications, and sedentary. Subjects met weekly with a registered dietician for 8 weeks. The control subjects (n = 27) were instructed not to alter their habitual diet and the ALA group (n = 30) was instructed to follow an enriched ALA diet by using flaxseed oil capsules (increasing ALA to 5% of total energy intake) and to lower their dietary fat consumption by a commensurate amount. Diets were analyzed using the Food Intake and Analysis System (v. 3.0, University of Texas School of Public Health, 1998). Fasting blood samples were obtained before and after the 8-week intervention. We found significant decreases (P = .02) in adiponectin (10.12 microg/mL pre, 9.23 microg/mL post) in the ALA group as compared with the control group (7.93 microg/mL pre, 8.10 microg/mL post) after the intervention. We also saw a decline in adiponectin in all genotype groups with the greatest decline among those carrying the rare T allele of single nucleotide polymorphism 276. There were no significant changes in fasting insulin, glucose, or quantitative insulin sensitivity check index values as a result of this intervention. In conclusion, this study suggests that supplementing with ALA for 8 weeks may lower adiponectin levels among healthy individuals, and this effect appears to be independent of polymorphisms in the adiponectin gene. Although the change in adiponectin in response to the omega-3 fatty acids was not accompanied by any change in glucose, insulin, or quantitative insulin sensitivity check index, long-term implications of such a decrease should be considered in future studies.
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- Tracy L Nelson
- Department of Health and Exercise Science, Human Performance Clinical/Research Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80525, USA.
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Barb D, Williams CJ, Neuwirth AK, Mantzoros CS. Adiponectin in relation to malignancies: a review of existing basic research and clinical evidence. Am J Clin Nutr 2007; 86:s858-66. [PMID: 18265479 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.3.858s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Adiponectin, an adipocyte-secreted hormone that plays an important role in diabetes and cardiovascular disease, may also be of importance in the development and progression of several malignancies. Circulating adiponectin concentrations, which are determined mainly by genetic factors, nutrition, and adiposity, are lower in patients with breast, endometrial, prostate, and colon cancer. It has thus been proposed that adiponectin may be a biological link between obesity (especially central obesity) and increased cancer risk. Adiponectin may influence cancer risk through its well-recognized effects on insulin resistance, but it is also plausible that adiponectin acts on tumor cells directly. Several cancer cell types express adiponectin receptors that may mediate the effects of adiponectin on cellular proliferation. Herein, we review recent evidence supporting a role of serum adiponectin concentrations as a novel risk factor and possible diagnostic marker for obesity-related malignancies, including cancers of the breast, endometrium, colon, and prostate. Further studies are needed to fully elucidate the potential role of adiponectin in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics.
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- Diana Barb
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Disease, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Vu V, Kim W, Fang X, Liu YT, Xu A, Sweeney G. Coculture with primary visceral rat adipocytes from control but not streptozotocin-induced diabetic animals increases glucose uptake in rat skeletal muscle cells: role of adiponectin. Endocrinology 2007; 148:4411-9. [PMID: 17569760 DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We developed a coculture system comprising primary rat adipocytes and L6 rat skeletal muscle cells to allow investigation of the effects of physiologically relevant mixtures of adipokines. We observed that coculture, or adipocyte-conditioned media, increased glucose uptake in muscle cells. An adipokine that could potentially mediate this effect is adiponectin, and we demonstrated that small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of adiponectin receptor-2 in muscle cells reduced the uptake of glucose upon coculture with primary rat adipocytes. Analysis of coculture media by ELISA indicated total adiponectin concentration of up to 1 microg/ml, and Western blotting and gel filtration analysis demonstrated that the adipokine profile was hexamer greater than high molecular weight much greater than trimer. We used the streptozotocin-induced rat model of diabetes and found that high-molecular-weight adiponectin levels decreased in comparison with control animals and this correlated with the fact that diabetic rat-derived primary adipocytes in coculture did not stimulate glucose uptake to the same extent as control adipocytes. Coculture induced phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (T172) and interestingly also insulin receptor substrate-1 (Y612) and Akt (T308 & S473), which could be attenuated after adiponectin receptor-2-small interfering RNA treatment. In summary, we believe that this coculture system represents an excellent model to study the effects of primary adipocyte-derived adipokine mixtures on skeletal muscle metabolism, and here we have established that in the context of physiologically relevant mixtures of adipokines, adiponectin may be an important determinant of positive cross talk between adipocytes and skeletal muscle.
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- Vivian Vu
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto M3J 1P3, Ontario, Canada
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Komatsu M, Ohfusa H, Aizawa T, Hashizume K. Adiponectin inversely correlates with high sensitive C-reactive protein and triglycerides, but not with insulin sensitivity, in apparently healthy Japanese men. Endocr J 2007; 54:553-8. [PMID: 17575367 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.k07-032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Adiponectin, an antiatherogenic peptide, has diverse biological actions on insulin sensitivity, inflammation and lipid metabolism. To explore physiological and pathophysiological significance of adiponectin in the Japanese general population, we systematically analyzed the relationship between adiponectin and high sensitive CRP (hsCRP), lipids, insulin sensitivity, and anthropometric parameters in 166 consecutive adult male health examinees. By univariate analysis, serum adiponectin was positively correlated with age and HDL-cholesterol, and inversely correlated with fasting plasma glucose, fasting insulin, homeostasis model assessment insulin-resistance, waist, body mass index, triglycerides and hsCRP. However, multivariate analysis revealed that adiponectin independently correlated with triglycerides (r = -0.243, P = 0.0033) and hsCRP (r = -0.262, P = 0.0015) but not with all other variables. Adiponectin was lower and hsCRP higher in the subjects with metabolic syndrome (n = 22) than in those without it (n = 144) (adiponectin, 5.4 +/- 2.8 vs 7.5 +/- 4.2 microg/ml, p = 0.002; hsCRP, 832 +/- 605 vs 470 +/- 524 ng/ml, p = 0.0004). Current findings suggest that relative importance of hypertriglyceridemia and enhanced inflammation, rather than insulin resistance, as the downstream events of hypoadiponectinemia leading to atherosclerosis in the Japanese general population.
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- Mitsuhisa Komatsu
- Department of Aging Medicine and Geriatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu University, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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Choi JS, Koh IU, Jung MH, Song J. Effects of three different conjugated linoleic acid preparations on insulin signalling, fat oxidation and mitochondrial function in rats fed a high-fat diet. Br J Nutr 2007; 98:264-75. [PMID: 17408517 DOI: 10.1017/s000711450770497x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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To investigate the effects of three different conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) preparations containing different ratios of CLA isomers on insulin signalling, fatty acid oxidation and mitochondrial function, Sprague–Dawley rats were fed a high-fat diet either unsupplemented or supplemented with one of three CLA preparations at 1 % of the diet for 8 weeks. The first CLA preparation contained approximately 30 %cis-9,trans-11 (c9,t11)-CLA isomer and 40 %trans-10,cis-12 (t10,c12)-CLA isomer (CLA-mix). The other two preparations were an 80:20 mix (c9,t11-CLA-mix) or a 10:90 mix of two CLA isomers (t10,c12-CLA-mix). Insulin resistance was decreased in all three supplemented groups based on the results of homeostasis model assessment and the revised quantitative insulin-sensitivity check index. The phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate-1 on serine decreased in the livers of all three supplemented groups, while subsequent Akt phosphorylation increased only in thet10,c12-CLA-mix group. Both thec9,t11-CLA-mix and thet10,c12-CLA-mix increased the expression of hepatic adiponectin receptors R1 and 2, which are thought to enhance insulin sensitivity and fat oxidation. Thec9,t11-CLA-mix increased protein and mRNA levels of PPARα, acyl-CoA oxidase and uncoupling protein, which are involved in fatty acid oxidation and energy dissipation. Thec9,t11-CLA-mix enhanced mitochondrial function and protection against oxidative stress by increasing the activities of cytochromecoxidase, manganese-superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and glutathione reductase and the level of GSH. In conclusion, all three CLA preparations reduced insulin resistance. Among them, thec9,t11-CLA-mix was the most effective based on the parameters reflecting insulin resistance and fat oxidation, and mitochondrial antioxidative enzyme activity in the liver.
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- Joo Sun Choi
- Division of Metabolic Diseases, Center for Biomedical Sciences, National Institute of Health, 194 Tongillo, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, 122-701, Korea
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Insulin has important vascular actions to stimulate production of nitric oxide from endothelium. This leads to capillary recruitment, vasodilation, increased blood flow, and subsequent augmentation of glucose disposal in classical insulin target tissues (e.g., skeletal muscle). Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent insulin-signaling pathways regulating endothelial production of nitric oxide share striking parallels with metabolic insulin-signaling pathways. Distinct MAPK-dependent insulin-signaling pathways (largely unrelated to metabolic actions of insulin) regulate secretion of the vasoconstrictor endothelin-1 from endothelium. These and other cardiovascular actions of insulin contribute to coupling metabolic and hemodynamic homeostasis under healthy conditions. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in insulin-resistant individuals. Insulin resistance is typically defined as decreased sensitivity and/or responsiveness to metabolic actions of insulin. This cardinal feature of diabetes, obesity, and dyslipidemia is also a prominent component of hypertension, coronary heart disease, and atherosclerosis that are all characterized by endothelial dysfunction. Conversely, endothelial dysfunction is often present in metabolic diseases. Insulin resistance is characterized by pathway-specific impairment in phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent signaling that in vascular endothelium contributes to a reciprocal relationship between insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction. The clinical relevance of this coupling is highlighted by the findings that specific therapeutic interventions targeting insulin resistance often also ameliorate endothelial dysfunction (and vice versa). In this review, we discuss molecular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular actions of insulin, the reciprocal relationships between insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction, and implications for developing beneficial therapeutic strategies that simultaneously target metabolic and cardiovascular diseases.
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- Ranganath Muniyappa
- Diabetes Unit, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1632, USA
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Fu L, Isobe K, Zeng Q, Suzukawa K, Takekoshi K, Kawakami Y. β-adrenoceptor agonists downregulate adiponectin, but upregulate adiponectin receptor 2 and tumor necrosis factor-α expression in adipocytes. Eur J Pharmacol 2007; 569:155-62. [PMID: 17574233 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2007] [Revised: 04/26/2007] [Accepted: 05/03/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Recently, the insulin-sensitizing adipokine adiponectin and the insulin resistance-inducing adipokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were reported to inhibit each other's production in adipocytes. We investigated the effects of two beta(3)-adrenoceptor agonists, 5-[(2R)-2-[[(2R)-2-(3-chlorophenyl)-2-hydroxyethyl]amino]propyl]-1,3-benzodioxole-2,2-dicarboxylate (CL-316,243) and (+/-)-(R(*),R(*))-[4-[2-[[2-(3-chlorophenyl)-2-hydroxyethyl]amino]propyl]phenoxy]acetic acid (BRL37344), on the gene expression of adiponectin, two adiponectin receptors, and TNF-alpha in adipose tissues of C57BL/6J mice. CL-316,243 and BRL37344 downregulated adiponectin, but upregulated adiponectin receptor 2 (not receptor 1) in epididymal or/and subcutaneous white adipose tissues and in brown adipose tissue. TNF-alpha expression was upregulated only in epididymal adipose tissue. To further explore these effects, we treated differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes with the non-selective beta-adrenoceptor agonist isoproterenol. As a result, adiponectin receptor 2 (but not receptor 1) gene expression and TNF-alpha protein expression increased, but gene expression and secretion of adiponectin decreased. The upregulation of adiponectin receptor 2 by isoproterenol is most likely via beta(2),beta(3)-adrenoceptors, adenylyl cyclases, and protein kinase A (PKA). However, the accompanying activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) may inhibit this upregulation. Our results suggest that upregulation of TNF-alpha and downregulation of adiponectin by beta-adrenoceptor activation may contribute to the pathogenesis of catecholamine-induced insulin resistance, and that upregulation of adiponectin receptor 2 may be a feedback result of reduced adiponectin.
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- Ling Fu
- Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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Hui CK, Zhang HY, Lee NP, Chan W, Yueng YH, Leung KW, Lu L, Leung N, Lo CM, Fan ST, Luk JM, Xu A, Lam KS, Kwong YL, Lau GKK. Serum adiponectin is increased in advancing liver fibrosis and declines with reduction in fibrosis in chronic hepatitis B. J Hepatol 2007; 47:191-202. [PMID: 17462782 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2006] [Revised: 01/16/2007] [Accepted: 02/28/2007] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Despite the possible role of adiponectin in the pathogenesis of liver cirrhosis, few data have been collected from patients in different stages of liver fibrosis. We studied the role of adiponectin in 2 chronic hepatitis B (CHB)-patient cohorts. METHODS Serum adiponectin was quantified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. One-hundred liver biopsy specimens from CHB patients with different stages of fibrosis and 38 paired liver biopsies from hepatitis B e antigen-positive patients randomized to lamivudine (n=15), pegylated interferon alfa-2a (n=15) or pegylated interferon alfa-2a plus lamivudine (n=8) therapy for 48 weeks were assessed. RESULTS Serum adiponectin was detected at levels ranging over fourfold magnitude with advancing fibrosis stage and correlated positively with fibrosis stage [r=0.45, p<0.001]. CHB patients with stage 0-1 fibrosis had higher composition of high molecular weight (HMW) form of adiponectin when compared with CHB patients with liver cirrhosis [mean+/-SEM 51.2+/-2.1% vs. 40.9+/-1.7%, respectively, p=0.001]. After antiviral therapy, patients with fibrosis reduction had marked decline in serum adiponectin level and increase in HMW form of adiponectin [mean+/-SEM 43.5+/-1.2% vs. 37.0+/-3.0%, respectively, p=0.04]. CONCLUSIONS Serum adiponectin may have a role in fibrosis progression in CHB infection. A marked decline in serum adiponectin after antiviral therapy is associated with fibrosis reduction.
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- Chee-Kin Hui
- Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Abstract
Macrovascular disease is the number one killer in type 2 diabetes patients. The cluster of risk factors in the insulin resistance syndrome (IRS) partly explains this notion. Insulin action in muscle, liver or adipose tissue has been thoroughly described in the literature, whilst this has been less described for the endothelium. Insulin stimulates nitric oxide (NO) production in the endothelium and reduced bioavailability of NO is usually defined as endothelial dysfunction. This impairment might be related to defective insulin signalling in the endothelial cell. Therefore, insulin resistance mechanisms in the endothelial cell will be emphasized in this review. Imbalance between the vasodilating agent NO and the vasoconstrictor endothelin-1 (ET-1) contributes to endothelial dysfunction. Different methods and circulating markers to assess endothelial function will be outlined. Circulating markers of an activated endothelium appear long before type 2 diabetes develops suggesting a unique role of the endothelium in the pathophysiology of the disease. Hampered blood flow in nutritive capillaries due to endothelial dysfunction is coupled with decreased glucose uptake and hyperglycemia. The forearm model combined with muscle microdialysis enables us to measure interstitial glucose and an index for capillary recruitment, the permeability surface area (PS). Available data from this method suggest that capillary recruitment in response of insulin is impaired in insulin resistant human subjects.
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Affiliation(s)
- P-A Jansson
- Lundberg Laboratory for Diabetes Research, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine/Diabetes, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sahlgrenska S-413 45, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Sgambati E, Marini M, Vichi D, Zappoli Thyrion GD, Parretti E, Mello G, Gheri G. Distribution of the glycoconjugate oligosaccharides in the human placenta from pregnancies complicated by altered glycemia: lectin histochemistry. Histochem Cell Biol 2007; 128:263-73. [PMID: 17653755 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-007-0312-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2007] [Accepted: 06/25/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of the oligosaccharides of the glycoconjugates in placentas from pregnancies complicated by different degree of altered glycaemia. Placentas from women with physiological pregnancies (group 1), with pregnancies complicated by minor degree of glucose intolerance (group 2) and with pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) treated with insulin (group 3) were collected. Ten lectins were used (ConA, WGA, PNA, SBA, DBA, LTA, UEA I, GSL II, MAL II and SNA) in combination with chemical and enzymatic treatments. The data showed a decrease of sialic acid linked alpha(2-6) to galactose/N-acetyl-D-galactosamine and an increase of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine in the placentas of the pathological groups, in particular the group 3, comparing to the group 1. A decrease of L-fucose (LTA) and D-galactose-(beta1-3)-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, and an increase and/or appearance of L-fucose (UEA I) and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine were observed in both the pathological groups, particularly in the group 2, with respect to the group 1. In GDM, and even in pregnancies with a simple alteration of maternal glycaemia, the changes in the distribution of oligosaccharides could be related to alteration of the structure and functionality of the placenta.
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- Eleonora Sgambati
- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine, Policlinic of Careggi, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni, 85, 50134, Florence, Italy.
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Esfandiari F, You M, Villanueva JA, Wong DH, French SW, Halsted CH. S-adenosylmethionine attenuates hepatic lipid synthesis in micropigs fed ethanol with a folate-deficient diet. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2007; 31:1231-9. [PMID: 17577393 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00407.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND To demonstrate a causative role of abnormal methionine metabolism in the pathogenesis of alcoholic steatosis, we measured the effects on hepatic lipid synthesis of supplementing ethanol and folate-deficient diets with S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), a metabolite that regulates methionine metabolism. METHODS Yucatan micropigs were fed folate-deficient diets as control, with ethanol at 40% of kcal, and with ethanol supplemented with SAM at 0.4 g/1,000 kcal for 14 weeks. Histopathology, triglyceride levels and transcripts, and protein levels of the regulatory signals of hepatic lipid synthesis were measured in terminal omental adipose and liver samples. RESULTS Feeding ethanol at 40% of kcal with folate-deficient diets for 14 weeks increased and supplemental SAM maintained control levels of liver and plasma triglyceride. Serum adiponectin, liver transcripts of adiponectin receptor-1 (AdipoR1), and phosphorylated adenosine monophosphate kinase-beta (p-AMPKbeta) were each reduced by ethanol feeding and were sustained at normal levels by SAM supplementation of the ethanol diets. Ethanol feeding activated and SAM supplementation maintained control levels of ER stress-induced transcription factor sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) and its targeted transcripts of lipid synthesizing enzymes acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC), fatty acid synthase (FAS), and glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT). CONCLUSIONS Ethanol feeding with a folate-deficient diet stimulates hepatic lipid synthesis by down-regulating adiponectin-mediated pathways of p-AMPK to increase the expression of nSREBP-1c and its targeted lipogenic enzymes. Preventing abnormal hepatic methionine metabolism by supplementing ethanol diets with SAM reduces liver triglyceride levels by up-regulation of adiponectin-mediated pathways to decrease fatty acid and triglyceride synthesis. This study demonstrates that ethanol-induced hepatic lipid synthesis is mediated in part by abnormal methionine metabolism, and strengthens the concept that altered methionine metabolism plays an integral role in the pathogenesis of steatosis.
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- Farah Esfandiari
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Hassan M, El Yazidi C, Landrier JF, Lairon D, Margotat A, Amiot MJ. Phloretin enhances adipocyte differentiation and adiponectin expression in 3T3-L1 cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 361:208-13. [PMID: 17658475 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2007] [Accepted: 07/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Adipocyte dysfunction is strongly associated with the development of cardiovascular risk factors and diabetes. It is accepted that the regulation of adipogenesis or adipokines expression, notably adiponectin, is able to prevent these disorders. In this report, we show that phloretin, a dietary flavonoid, enhances 3T3-L1 adipocyte differentiation as evidenced by increased triglyceride accumulation and GPDH activity. At a molecular level, mRNA expression levels of both PPARgamma and C/EBPalpha, the master adipogenic transcription factors, are markedly increased by phloretin. Moreover, mRNA levels of PPARgamma target genes such as LPL, aP2, CD36 and LXRalpha are up-regulated by phloretin. We also show that phloretin enhances the expression and secretion of adiponectin. Co-transfection studies suggest the induction of PPARgamma transcriptional activity as a possible mechanism underlying the phloretin-mediated effects. Taken together, these results suggest that phloretin may be beneficial for reducing insulin resistance through its potency to regulate adipocyte differentiation and function.
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- Meryl Hassan
- INSERM, U476 Nutrition Humaine et Lipides, Marseille F-13385, France
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Ishikawa M, Kitayama J, Yamauchi T, Kadowaki T, Maki T, Miyato H, Yamashita H, Nagawa H. Adiponectin inhibits the growth and peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer through its specific membrane receptors AdipoR1 and AdipoR2. Cancer Sci 2007; 98:1120-7. [PMID: 17459059 PMCID: PMC11160031 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2007.00486.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Adiponectin, a circulating peptide hormone produced in adipose tissue, has been shown to be reduced in the plasma of patients with cancer, suggesting that this adipokine may be mechanically involved in the pathogenesis of adiposity-related carcinogenesis. In this study, we examined the expression of adiponectin receptors (AdipoR1 and AdipoR2) and assessed the function of adiponectin in gastric cancer. All of the six gastric cancer cell lines significantly expressed mRNA and protein of both receptors with variable levels. Addition of 30 microg/mL adiponectin potently induced apoptosis and inhibited the proliferation of AZ521 and HCG27. Down-regulation of either AdipoR1 or AdipoR2 by specific siRNA significantly suppressed the growth inhibitory effects of adiponectin in both cell lines. Moreover, a local injection of adiponectin markedly inhibited the growth of AZ521 inoculated subcutaneously in nude mice. Similarly, the continuous intraperitoneal infusion of adiponectin effectively suppressed the development of peritoneal metastasis of AZ521. Adiponectin negatively regulates the progression of gastric cancer cells possibly through both AdipoR1 and AdipoR2. Although adiponectin was already reported to have antiangiogenic effects, our results suggest that the antitumor effect of adiponectin was, at least partially, dependent on the direct effects on tumor cells.
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- Makoto Ishikawa
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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