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Chavanelle V, Langhi C, Michaux A, Ripoche D, Otero YF, Joubioux FL, Maugard T, Guigas B, Giera M, Peltier S, Sirvent P. A novel polyphenol-rich combination of 5 plant extracts prevents high-fat diet-induced body weight gain by regulating intestinal macronutrient absorption in mice. Nutr Res 2023; 118:70-84. [PMID: 37598559 DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2023.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
Abstract
Global prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes are rapidly increasing to pandemic proportions. A novel supplement composed of 5 plant extracts from olive leaf, bilberry, artichoke, chrysanthellum, and black pepper was designed to prevent type 2 diabetes development in people at risk. It was previously shown to improve body weight and glucose control in preclinical rodent models, with these effects being accompanied by increased fecal energy excretion and in vitro inhibition of several digestive enzymes. Thus, we hypothesized that, in mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD), a single dose of this botanical supplementation would decrease the responses to oral fat and carbohydrate tolerance tests, and that chronic supplementation would result in increased fecal triglyceride content. We showed that acute administration in HFD-fed mice (1.452 g/kg body weight) markedly reduced circulating triglycerides following an oral lipid gavage, whereas glycemic responses to various carbohydrate tests were only mildly affected. When incorporated into the food (2.5%) of HFD-fed mice, chronic supplementation prevented body weight gain and improved glucose homeostasis and lipid tolerance. Fecal free fatty acid content, but not triglyceride, was significantly increased in supplemented animals, suggesting reduced lipid absorption in the digestive tract. Congruently, this botanical supplementation downregulated several genes associated with fatty acid transport whose expression was increased by HFD, principally in the jejunum. This study provides novel insights as for the mode of action behind the antiobesity effect of this plant-based supplementation, in HFD-fed mice.
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- La Rochelle Université - LIENSs UMR CNRS 7266, La Rochelle, France
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- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Chavanelle V, Otero YF, Le Joubioux F, Ripoche D, Bargetto M, Vluggens A, Montaurier C, Pickering G, Ducheix G, Dubray C, Dualé C, Boulliau S, Macian N, Marceau G, Sapin V, Dutheil F, Guigas B, Maugard T, Boisseau N, Cazaubiel M, Peltier SL, Sirvent P. Effects of Totum-63 on glucose homeostasis and postprandial glycemia: a translational study. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2021; 320:E1119-E1137. [PMID: 33938234 PMCID: PMC8285600 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00629.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Global prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is rising and may affect 700 million people by 2045. Totum-63 is a polyphenol-rich natural composition developed to reduce the risk of T2D. We first investigated the effects of Totum-63 supplementation in high-fat diet (HFD)-fed mice for up to 16 wk and thereafter assessed its safety and efficacy (2.5 g or 5 g per day) in 14 overweight men [mean age 51.5 yr, body mass index (BMI) 27.6 kg·m-2] for 4 wk. In HFD-fed mice, Totum-63 reduced body weight and fat mass gain, whereas lean mass was unchanged. Moreover, fecal energy excretion was higher in Totum-63-supplemented mice, suggesting a reduction of calorie absorption in the digestive tract. In the gut, metagenomic analyses of fecal microbiota revealed a partial restoration of HFD-induced microbial imbalance, as shown by principal coordinate analysis of microbiota composition. HFD-induced increase in HOMA-IR score was delayed in supplemented mice, and insulin response to an oral glucose tolerance test was significantly reduced, suggesting that Totum-63 may prevent HFD-related impairments in glucose homeostasis. Interestingly, these improvements could be linked to restored insulin signaling in subcutaneous adipose tissue and soleus muscle. In the liver, HFD-induced steatosis was reduced by 40% (as shown by triglyceride content). In the subsequent study in men, Totum-63 (5 g·day-1) improved glucose and insulin responses to a high-carbohydrate breakfast test (84% kcal carbohydrates). It was well tolerated, with no clinically significant adverse events reported. Collectively, these data suggest that Totum-63 could improve glucose homeostasis in both HFD-fed mice and overweight individuals, presumably through a multitargeted action on different metabolic organs.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Totum-63 is a novel polyphenol-rich natural composition developed to reduce the risk of T2D. Totum-63 showed beneficial effects on glucose homeostasis in HFD-fed mice, presumably through a multitargeted action on different metabolic organs. Totum-63 was well tolerated in humans and improved postprandial glucose and insulin responses to a high-carbohydrate breakfast test.
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- CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- INSERM, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- INSERM, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- INSERM, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- INSERM, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- INSERM, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- INSERM, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department, University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, LaPSCo, Physiological and Psychosocial Stress, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Preventive and Occupational Medicine, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- La Rochelle Université - LIENSs UMR CNRS 7266, La Rochelle, France
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Ceglarek VM, Bertasso IM, Pietrobon CB, Scomazzon SP, Leite NC, Bonfleur ML, Araújo ACF, Balbo SL, Grassiolli S. Maternal Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery reduces lipid deposition and increases UCP1 expression in the brown adipose tissue of male offspring. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1158. [PMID: 33441773 PMCID: PMC7806700 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80104-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Maternal obesity induced by cafeteria diet (CAF) predisposes offspring to obesity and metabolic diseases, events that could be avoided by maternal bariatric surgery (BS). Herein we evaluated whether maternal BS is able to modulate brown adipose tissue (BAT) morphology and function in adult male rats born from obese female rats submitted to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). For this, adult male rat offspring were obtained from female rats that consumed standard diet (CTL), or CAF diet, and were submitted to simulated operation or RYGB. Analysis of offspring showed that, at 120 days of life, the maternal CAF diet induced adiposity and decreased the expression of mitochondrial Complex I (CI) and Complex III (CIII) in the BAT, resulting in higher accumulation of lipids than in BAT from offspring of CTL dams. Moreover, maternal RYGB increased UCP1 expression and prevented excessive deposition of lipids in the BAT of adult male offspring rats. However, maternal RYGB failed to reverse the effects of maternal diet on CI and CIII expression. Thus, maternal CAF promotes higher lipid deposition in the BAT of offspring, contributing to elevated adiposity. Maternal RYGB prevented obesity in offspring, probably by increasing the expression of UCP1.
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- Vanessa Marieli Ceglarek
- Laboratory of Endocrine and Metabolic Physiology, Biosciences and Health, Postgraduate, University of West Parana, Cascavel, PR, Brazil. .,Institute of Basic Health Sciences. Biological Sciences: Physiology, postgraduate. Department of Physiology, Room 337-7, Laboratory of Neurophysiology of Cognition and Development of the Brain, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 500, Sarmento Leite - Farroupilha, Porto Alegre, RS, 90050-170, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Endocrine and Metabolic Physiology, Biosciences and Health, Postgraduate, University of West Parana, Cascavel, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endocrine and Metabolic Physiology, Biosciences and Health, Postgraduate, University of West Parana, Cascavel, PR, Brazil
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- Medical Sciences: Endocrinology Post Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Obesity Comorbidities and Research Center, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endocrine and Metabolic Physiology, Biosciences and Health, Postgraduate, University of West Parana, Cascavel, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endocrine and Metabolic Physiology, Biosciences and Health, Postgraduate, University of West Parana, Cascavel, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endocrine and Metabolic Physiology, Biosciences and Health, Postgraduate, University of West Parana, Cascavel, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endocrine and Metabolic Physiology, Biosciences and Health, Postgraduate, University of West Parana, Cascavel, PR, Brazil
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Jardim NS, Müller SG, Pase FM, Nogueira CW. Nuclear Factor [Erythroid-derived 2]-like 2 and Mitochondrial Transcription Factor A Contribute to Moderate-intensity Swimming Effectiveness against Memory Impairment in Young Mice Induced by Concomitant Exposure to a High-calorie Diet during the Early Life Period. Neuroscience 2020; 452:311-325. [PMID: 33246070 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Increased energy food consumption during early-life has been associated with memory impairment. Swimming training has been reported to improve memory processes in rodent models. This study aimed to evaluate whether moderate-intensity swimming training counteracts learning and memory impairment in young mice fed a high-calorie diet during the early-life period. The contribution of hippocampal oxidative stress, as well as nuclear factor [erythroid-derived 2]-like 2/Kelch-like ECH-associated protein (NRF2/Keap-1/HO-1) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma co-activator 1-alpha/mitochondrial transcription factor A (PCG-1α/mtTFA) signaling, in memory effects was also investigated. Three-week-old male Swiss mice received a high-calorie diet (20% fat; 20% carbohydrate enriched) or a standard diet from 21 to 49 postnatal days. Mice performed a moderate-intensity swimming protocol (5 days/week) and behavioral tests predictive of memory function. Mice fed a high-calorie diet and subjected to the swimming protocol performed better on short- and long-term spatial and object recognition memory tests than those fed a high-calorie diet. The swimming protocol modulated the hippocampal NRF2/Keap-1/HO-1 and mtTFA pathways in mice fed a high-calorie diet. Swimming training positively affected location and long-term memory, fat mass content, as well as NRF2/Keap-1/HO-1 and mtTFA proteins of control-diet-fed mice. In conclusion, a moderate-intensity swimming training evoked an adaptive response in mice fed a high-calorie diet by restoring different types of memory-impaired and hippocampal oxidative stress as well as upregulated the NRF2/Keap-1/HO-1 and mtTFA pathways.
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- Natália Silva Jardim
- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900 RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900 RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900 RS, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Síntese, Reatividade e Avaliação Farmacológica e Toxicológica de Organocalcogênios, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, CEP 97105-900 RS, Brazil.
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Bowman BM, Montgomery SA, Schrank TP, Simon JM, Ptacek TS, Tamir TY, Mulvaney KM, Weir SJ, Nguyen TT, Murphy RM, Makowski L, Hayes DN, Chen XL, Randell SH, Weissman BE, Major MB. A conditional mouse expressing an activating mutation in NRF2 displays hyperplasia of the upper gastrointestinal tract and decreased white adipose tissue. J Pathol 2020; 252:125-137. [PMID: 32619021 DOI: 10.1002/path.5504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Activation of the nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (NFE2L2 or NRF2) transcription factor is a critical and evolutionarily conserved cellular response to oxidative stress, metabolic stress, and xenobiotic insult. Deficiency of NRF2 results in hypersensitivity to a variety of stressors, whereas its aberrant activation contributes to several cancer types, most commonly squamous cell carcinomas of the esophagus, oral cavity, bladder, and lung. Between 10% and 35% of patients with squamous cell carcinomas display hyperactive NRF2 signaling, harboring activating mutations and copy number amplifications of the NFE2L2 oncogene or inactivating mutations or deletions of KEAP1 or CUL3, the proteins of which co-complex to ubiquitylate and degrade NRF2 protein. To better understand the role of NRF2 in tumorigenesis and more broadly in development, we engineered the endogenous Nfe2l2 genomic locus to create a conditional mutant LSL-Nrf2E79Q mouse model. The E79Q mutation, one of the most commonly observed NRF2-activating mutations in human squamous cancers, codes for a mutant protein that does not undergo KEAP1/CUL3-dependent degradation, resulting in its constitutive activity. Expression of NRF2 E79Q protein in keratin 14 (KRT14)-positive murine tissues resulted in hyperplasia of squamous cell tissues of the tongue, forestomach, and esophagus, a stunted body axis, decreased weight, and decreased visceral adipose depots. RNA-seq profiling and follow-up validation studies of cultured NRF2E79Q murine esophageal epithelial cells revealed known and novel NRF2-regulated transcriptional programs, including genes associated with squamous cell carcinoma (e.g. Myc), lipid and cellular metabolism (Hk2, Ppard), and growth factors (Areg, Bmp6, Vegfa). These data suggest that in addition to decreasing adipogenesis, KRT14-restricted NRF2 activation drives hyperplasia of the esophagus, forestomach, and tongue, but not formation of squamous cell carcinoma. © 2020 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Brittany M Bowman
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,UNC Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,UNC Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Marsico Lung Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- University of Tennessee Health Science Center for Cancer Research, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA
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- University of Tennessee Health Science Center for Cancer Research, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Cancer Research Program, Julius L Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, USA.,Center for Esophageal Disease and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,Cancer Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
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Muhsin NIA, Bentley L, Bai Y, Goldsworthy M, Cox RD. A novel mutation in the mouse Pcsk1 gene showing obesity and diabetes. Mamm Genome 2020; 31:17-29. [PMID: 31974728 PMCID: PMC7060156 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-020-09826-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
The proprotein convertase subtilisin/Kexin type 1 (PCSK1/PC1) protein processes inactive pro-hormone precursors into biologically active hormones in a number of neuroendocrine and endocrine cell types. Patients with recessive mutations in PCSK1 exhibit a complex spectrum of traits including obesity, diarrhoea and endocrine disorders. We describe here a new mouse model with a point mutation in the Pcsk1 gene that exhibits obesity, hyperphagia, transient diarrhoea and hyperproinsulinaemia, phenotypes consistent with human patient traits. The mutation results in a pV96L amino acid substitution and changes the first nucleotide of mouse exon 3 leading to skipping of that exon and in homozygotes very little full-length transcript. Overexpression of the exon 3 deleted protein or the 96L protein results in ER retention in Neuro2a cells. This is the second Pcsk1 mouse model to display obesity phenotypes, contrasting knockout mouse alleles. This model will be useful in investigating the basis of endocrine disease resulting from prohormone processing defects.
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- Nor I A Muhsin
- Mammalian Genetics Unit, MRC Harwell Institute, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK
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- Mammalian Genetics Unit, MRC Harwell Institute, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK
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- Mammalian Genetics Unit, MRC Harwell Institute, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK
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- Mammalian Genetics Unit, MRC Harwell Institute, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK
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- Mammalian Genetics Unit, MRC Harwell Institute, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK.
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Alquier T, Poitout V. Considerations and guidelines for mouse metabolic phenotyping in diabetes research. Diabetologia 2018; 61:526-538. [PMID: 29143855 PMCID: PMC5805661 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-017-4495-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Mice are the most commonly used species in preclinical research on the pathophysiology of metabolic diseases. Although they are extremely useful for identifying pathways, mechanisms and genes regulating glucose and energy homeostasis, the specificities of the various mouse models and methodologies used to investigate a metabolic phenotype can have a profound impact on experimental results and their interpretation. This review aims to: (1) describe the most commonly used experimental tests to assess glucose and energy homeostasis in mice; (2) provide some guidelines regarding the design, analysis and interpretation of these tests, as well as for studies using genetic models; and (3) identify important caveats and confounding factors that must be taken into account in the interpretation of findings.
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- Thierry Alquier
- Montreal Diabetes Research Center and Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), 900 rue Saint-Denis, Office R08-418, Montreal, QC, H2X 0A9, Canada.
- Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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- Montreal Diabetes Research Center and Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), 900 rue Saint-Denis, Office R08-418, Montreal, QC, H2X 0A9, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Moir L, Bochukova EG, Dumbell R, Banks G, Bains RS, Nolan PM, Scudamore C, Simon M, Watson KA, Keogh J, Henning E, Hendricks A, O'Rahilly S, Barroso I, Sullivan AE, Bersten DC, Whitelaw ML, Kirsch S, Bentley E, Farooqi IS, Cox RD. Disruption of the homeodomain transcription factor orthopedia homeobox (Otp) is associated with obesity and anxiety. Mol Metab 2017; 6:1419-1428. [PMID: 29107289 PMCID: PMC5681237 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2017.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Revised: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Objective Genetic studies in obese rodents and humans can provide novel insights into the mechanisms involved in energy homeostasis. Methods In this study, we genetically mapped the chromosomal region underlying the development of severe obesity in a mouse line identified as part of a dominant N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) mutagenesis screen. We characterized the metabolic and behavioral phenotype of obese mutant mice and examined changes in hypothalamic gene expression. In humans, we examined genetic data from people with severe early onset obesity. Results We identified an obese mouse heterozygous for a missense mutation (pR108W) in orthopedia homeobox (Otp), a homeodomain containing transcription factor required for the development of neuroendocrine cell lineages in the hypothalamus, a region of the brain important in the regulation of energy homeostasis. OtpR108W/+ mice exhibit increased food intake, weight gain, and anxiety when in novel environments or singly housed, phenotypes that may be partially explained by reduced hypothalamic expression of oxytocin and arginine vasopressin. R108W affects the highly conserved homeodomain, impairs DNA binding, and alters transcriptional activity in cells. We sequenced OTP in 2548 people with severe early-onset obesity and found a rare heterozygous loss of function variant in the homeodomain (Q153R) in a patient who also had features of attention deficit disorder. Conclusions OTP is involved in mammalian energy homeostasis and behavior and appears to be necessary for the development of hypothalamic neural circuits. Further studies will be needed to investigate the contribution of rare variants in OTP to human energy homeostasis. A mouse Otp mutation alters hypothalamic neuropeptide expression leading to increased food intake, obesity and anxiety. In severe early onset obesity, we found a heterozygous LOF variant in a patient with attention deficit disorder features. These studies show for the first time that mutations in the Otp/OTP gene cause obesity.
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- Lee Moir
- MRC Harwell Institute, Mammalian Genetics Unit and Mary Lyon Centre, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 289, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; The Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK
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- MRC Harwell Institute, Mammalian Genetics Unit and Mary Lyon Centre, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK
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- MRC Harwell Institute, Mammalian Genetics Unit and Mary Lyon Centre, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK
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- MRC Harwell Institute, Mammalian Genetics Unit and Mary Lyon Centre, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK
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- MRC Harwell Institute, Mammalian Genetics Unit and Mary Lyon Centre, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK
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- MRC Harwell Institute, Mammalian Genetics Unit and Mary Lyon Centre, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK
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- MRC Harwell Institute, Mammalian Genetics Unit and Mary Lyon Centre, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, UK
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 289, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 289, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK; Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, CO 80204, USA
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 289, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 289, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; Department Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Endocrinology, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- MRC Harwell Institute, Mammalian Genetics Unit and Mary Lyon Centre, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK
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- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 289, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
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- MRC Harwell Institute, Mammalian Genetics Unit and Mary Lyon Centre, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK.
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Meyer CW, Ootsuka Y, Romanovsky AA. Body Temperature Measurements for Metabolic Phenotyping in Mice. Front Physiol 2017; 8:520. [PMID: 28824441 PMCID: PMC5534453 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Key Points Rectal probing is subject to procedural bias. This method is suitable for first-line phenotyping, provided probe depth and measurement duration are standardized. It is also useful for detecting individuals with out-of-range body temperatures (during hypothermia, torpor).The colonic temperature attained by inserting the probe >2 cm deep is a measure of deep (core) body temperature.IR imaging of the skin is useful for detecting heat leaks and autonomous thermoregulatory alterations, but it does not measure body temperature.Temperature of the hairy or shaved skin covering the inter-scapular brown adipose tissue can be used as a measure of BAT thermogenesis. However, obtaining such measurements of sufficient quality is very difficult, and interpreting them can be tricky. Temperature differences between the inter-scapular and lumbar areas can be a better measure of the thermogenic activity of inter-scapular brown adipose tissue.Implanted probes for precise determination of BAT temperature (changes) should be fixed close to the Sulzer's vein. For measurement of BAT thermogenesis, core body temperature and BAT temperature should be recorded simultaneously.Tail temperature is suitable to compare the presence or absence of vasoconstriction or vasodilation.Continuous, longitudinal monitoring of core body temperature is preferred over single probing, as the readings are taken in a non-invasive, physiological context.Combining core body temperature measurements with metabolic rate measurements yields insights into the interplay between heat production and heat loss (thermal conductance), potentially revealing novel thermoregulatory phenotypes. Endothermic organisms rely on tightly balanced energy budgets to maintain a regulated body temperature and body mass. Metabolic phenotyping of mice, therefore, often includes the recording of body temperature. Thermometry in mice is conducted at various sites, using various devices and measurement practices, ranging from single-time probing to continuous temperature imaging. Whilst there is broad agreement that body temperature data is of value, procedural considerations of body temperature measurements in the context of metabolic phenotyping are missing. Here, we provide an overview of the various methods currently available for gathering body temperature data from mice. We explore the scope and limitations of thermometry in mice, with the hope of assisting researchers in the selection of appropriate approaches, and conditions, for comprehensive mouse phenotypic analyses.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carola W Meyer
- Department of Pharmacology, Max-Planck Institute for Heart and Lung ResearchBad Nauheim, Germany
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- Centre for Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Flinders University of South AustraliaAdelaide, SA, Australia
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- FeverLab, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical CenterPhoenix, AZ, United States
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