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Zhao Y, Guo DF, Morgan DA, Cho YE, Rahmouni K. Adipocyte-specific disruption of the BBSome causes metabolic and autonomic dysfunction. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2024; 327:R54-R65. [PMID: 38738295 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00039.2024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
Abstract
Obesity is a major public health issue due to its association with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and other cardiovascular risks. The BBSome, a complex of eight conserved Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) proteins, has emerged as a key regulator of energy and glucose homeostasis as well as cardiovascular function. However, the importance of adipocyte BBSome in controlling these physiological processes is not clear. Here, we show that adipocyte-specific constitutive disruption of the BBSome through selective deletion of the Bbs1 gene adiponectin (AdipoCre/Bbs1fl/fl mice) does not affect body weight under normal chow or high-fat and high-sucrose diet (HFHSD). However, constitutive BBSome deficiency caused impairment in glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity. Similar phenotypes were observed after inducible adipocyte-specific disruption of the BBSome (AdipoCreERT2/Bbs1fl/fl mice). Interestingly, a significant increase in renal sympathetic nerve activity, measured using multifiber recording in the conscious state, was observed in AdipoCre/Bbs1fl/fl mice on both chow and HFHSD. A significant increase in tail-cuff arterial pressure was also observed in chow-fed AdipoCre/Bbs1fl/fl mice, but this was not reproduced when arterial pressure was measured by radiotelemetry. Moreover, AdipoCre/Bbs1fl/fl mice had no significant alterations in vascular reactivity. On the other hand, AdipoCre/Bbs1fl/fl mice displayed impaired baroreceptor reflex sensitivity when fed HFHSD, but not on normal chow. Taken together, these data highlight the relevance of the adipocyte BBSome for the regulation of glucose homeostasis and sympathetic traffic. The BBSome also contributes to baroreflex sensitivity under HFHSD, but not normal chow.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The current study show how genetic manipulation of fat cells impacts various functions of the body including sensitivity to the hormone insulin.
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- Yuying Zhao
- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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- College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Obesity Research and Education Initiative, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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Tomlinson JW. Bardet-Biedl syndrome: A focus on genetics, mechanisms and metabolic dysfunction. Diabetes Obes Metab 2024; 26 Suppl 2:13-24. [PMID: 38302651 DOI: 10.1111/dom.15480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
Abstract
Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare, monogenic, multisystem disorder characterized by retinal dystrophy, renal abnormalities, polydactyly, learning disabilities, as well as metabolic dysfunction, including obesity and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. It is a primary ciliopathy, and causative mutations in more than 25 different genes have been described. Multiple cellular mechanisms contribute to the development of the metabolic phenotype associated with BBS, including hyperphagia as a consequence of altered hypothalamic appetite signalling as well as alterations in adipocyte biology promoting adipocyte proliferation and adipogenesis. Within this review, we describe in detail the metabolic phenotype associated with BBS and discuss the mechanisms that drive its evolution. In addition, we review current approaches to the metabolic management of patients with BBS, including the use of weight loss medications and bariatric surgery. Finally, we evaluate the potential of targeting hypothalamic appetite signalling to limit hyperphagia and induce clinically significant weight loss.
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- Jeremy W Tomlinson
- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Horwitz A, Levi-Carmel N, Shnaider O, Birk R. BBS genes are involved in accelerated proliferation and early differentiation of BBS-related tissues. Differentiation 2024; 135:100745. [PMID: 38215537 DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2024.100745] [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: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 01/01/2024] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
Abstract
Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an inherited disorder primarily ciliopathy with pleiotropic multi-systemic phenotypic involvement, including adipose, nerve, retinal, kidney, Etc. Consequently, it is characterized by obesity, cognitive impairment and retinal, kidney and cutaneous abnormalities. Initial studies, including ours have shown that BBS genes play a role in the early developmental stages of adipocytes and β-cells. However, this role in other BBS-related tissues is unknown. We investigated BBS genes involvement in the proliferation and early differentiation of different BBS cell types. The involvement of BBS genes in cellular proliferation were studied in seven in-vitro and transgenic cell models; keratinocytes (hHaCaT) and Ras-transfected keratinocytes (Ras-hHaCaT), neuronal cell lines (hSH-SY5Y and rPC-12), silenced BBS4 neural cell lines (siBbs4 hSH-SY5Y and siBbs4 rPC-12), adipocytes (m3T3L1), and ex-vivo transformed B-cells obtain from BBS4 patients, using molecular and biochemical methodologies. RashHaCaT cells showed an accelerated proliferation rate in parallel to significant reduction in the transcript levels of BBS1, 2, and 4. BBS1, 2, and 4 transcripts linked with hHaCaT cell cycle arrest (G1 phase) using both chemical (CDK4 inhibitor) and serum deprivation methodologies. Adipocyte (m3T3-L1) Bbs1, 2 and 4 transcript levels corresponded to the cell cycle phase (CDK4 inhibitor and serum deprivation). SiBBS4 hSH-SY5Y cells exhibited early cell proliferation and differentiation (wound healing assay) rates. SiBbs4 rPC-12 models exhibited significant proliferation and differentiation rate corresponding to Nestin expression levels. BBS4 patients-transformed B-cells exhibited an accelerated proliferation rate (LPS-induced methodology). In conclusions, the BBS4 gene plays a significant, similar and global role in the cellular proliferation of various BBS related tissues. These results highlight the universal role of the BBS gene in the cell cycle, and further deepen the knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the development of BBS.
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- Avital Horwitz
- Nutrition Department, Health Sciences Faculty, Ariel University, Israel
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- Nutrition Department, Health Sciences Faculty, Ariel University, Israel
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- Nutrition Department, Health Sciences Faculty, Ariel University, Israel.
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Adeva-Andany MM, Domínguez-Montero A, Adeva-Contreras L, Fernández-Fernández C, Carneiro-Freire N, González-Lucán M. Body Fat Distribution Contributes to Defining the Relationship between Insulin Resistance and Obesity in Human Diseases. Curr Diabetes Rev 2024; 20:e160823219824. [PMID: 37587805 DOI: 10.2174/1573399820666230816111624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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The risk for metabolic and cardiovascular complications of obesity is defined by body fat distribution rather than global adiposity. Unlike subcutaneous fat, visceral fat (including hepatic steatosis) reflects insulin resistance and predicts type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In humans, available evidence indicates that the ability to store triglycerides in the subcutaneous adipose tissue reflects enhanced insulin sensitivity. Prospective studies document an association between larger subcutaneous fat mass at baseline and reduced incidence of impaired glucose tolerance. Case-control studies reveal an association between genetic predisposition to insulin resistance and a lower amount of subcutaneous adipose tissue. Human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptorgamma (PPAR-γ) promotes subcutaneous adipocyte differentiation and subcutaneous fat deposition, improving insulin resistance and reducing visceral fat. Thiazolidinediones reproduce the effects of PPAR-γ activation and therefore increase the amount of subcutaneous fat while enhancing insulin sensitivity and reducing visceral fat. Partial or virtually complete lack of adipose tissue (lipodystrophy) is associated with insulin resistance and its clinical manifestations, including essential hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, reduced HDL-c, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease. Patients with Prader Willi syndrome manifest severe subcutaneous obesity without insulin resistance. The impaired ability to accumulate fat in the subcutaneous adipose tissue may be due to deficient triglyceride synthesis, inadequate formation of lipid droplets, or defective adipocyte differentiation. Lean and obese humans develop insulin resistance when the capacity to store fat in the subcutaneous adipose tissue is exhausted and deposition of triglycerides is no longer attainable at that location. Existing adipocytes become large and reflect the presence of insulin resistance.
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- María M Adeva-Andany
- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital General Juan Cardona, c/ Pardo Bazán s/n, 15406 Ferrol, Spain
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital General Juan Cardona, c/ Pardo Bazán s/n, 15406 Ferrol, Spain
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital General Juan Cardona, c/ Pardo Bazán s/n, 15406 Ferrol, Spain
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital General Juan Cardona, c/ Pardo Bazán s/n, 15406 Ferrol, Spain
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- Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital General Juan Cardona, c/ Pardo Bazán s/n, 15406 Ferrol, Spain
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Guo DF, Williams PA, Laule C, Seaby C, Zhang Q, Sheffield VC, Rahmouni K. POMC Neuron BBSome Regulation of Body Weight is Independent of its Ciliary Function. FUNCTION 2023; 5:zqad070. [PMID: 38223458 PMCID: PMC10787280 DOI: 10.1093/function/zqad070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024] Open
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The BBSome, a complex of several Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) proteins including BBS1, has emerged as a critical regulator of energy homeostasis. Although the BBSome is best known for its involvement in cilia trafficking, through a process that involve BBS3, it also regulates the localization of cell membrane receptors underlying metabolic regulation. Here, we show that inducible Bbs1 gene deletion selectively in proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons cause a gradual increase in body weight, which was associated with higher fat mass. In contrast, inducible deletion of Bbs3 gene in POMC neurons failed to affect body weight and adiposity. Interestingly, loss of BBS1 in POMC neurons led to glucose intolerance and insulin insensitivity, whereas BBS3 deficiency in these neurons is associated with slight impairment in glucose handling, but normal insulin sensitivity. BBS1 deficiency altered the plasma membrane localization of serotonin 5-HT2C receptor (5-HT2CR) and ciliary trafficking of neuropeptide Y2 receptor (NPY2R).In contrast, BBS3 deficiency, which disrupted the ciliary localization of the BBSome, did not interfere with plasma membrane expression of 5-HT2CR, but reduced the trafficking of NPY2R to cilia. We also show that deficiency in BBS1, but not BBS3, alters mitochondria dynamics and decreased total and phosphorylated levels of dynamin-like protein 1 (DRP1) protein. Importantly, rescuing DRP1 activity restored mitochondria dynamics and localization of 5-HT2CR and NPY2R in BBS1-deficient cells. The contrasting effects on energy and glucose homeostasis evoked by POMC neuron deletion of BBS1 versus BBS3 indicate that BBSome regulation of metabolism is not related to its ciliary function in these neurons.
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- Deng-Fu Guo
- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Obesity Research and Education Initiative, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Rouabhi Y, Guo DF, Zhao Y, Rahmouni K. Metabolic consequences of skeletal muscle- and liver-specific BBSome deficiency. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2023; 325:E711-E722. [PMID: 37909854 PMCID: PMC10864019 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00174.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
Abstract
The BBSome is a protein complex composed of eight Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) proteins including BBS1. Humans and mice lacking a functional BBSome display obesity and type 2 diabetes, highlighting the importance of this protein complex for metabolic regulation. However, the contribution of the BBSome in insulin-sensitive tissues such as skeletal muscle and liver to metabolic regulation is ill-defined. Here, we show that disruption of the BBSome through Bbs1 gene deletion in the skeletal muscle had no effect on body weight or glucose handling, but improved insulin sensitivity of female mice without changing insulin receptor signaling. Interestingly, when fed an obesogenic diet, male mice lacking the Bbs1 gene in skeletal muscle exhibited heightened insulin sensitivity despite the comparable weight gain and glucose tolerance relative to controls. On the other hand, normal chow-fed mice missing the Bbs1 gene in hepatocytes displayed increased body weight, as well as impaired glucose handling and insulin sensitivity. This was associated with attenuated insulin signaling in liver and hepatocytes, but not skeletal muscle and white adipose tissue. Moreover, hepatocytes lacking the Bbs1 gene displayed significant reduction in plasma membrane insulin receptor levels due to the mitochondrial dysfunction evoked by loss of the BBSome. Together, these findings demonstrate that myocyte BBSome is minimally involved in metabolic regulation, whereas the hepatic BBSome plays a critical role in the control of energy homeostasis and insulin sensitivity through its requirement for insulin receptor trafficking.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The ongoing epidemic of obesity and associated illnesses highlights the need to understand the biological processes that regulate energy balance. Here, we identified an important role for a protein complex called BBSome in the control of hepatic function. We show that the liver BBSome is necessary to maintain body weight and blood glucose levels due to its requirements to generate energy and detect insulin, a hormone that is essential for metabolic regulation.
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- Younes Rouabhi
- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Obesity Research and Education Initiative, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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Horwitz A, Birk R. Adipose Tissue Hyperplasia and Hypertrophy in Common and Syndromic Obesity-The Case of BBS Obesity. Nutrients 2023; 15:3445. [PMID: 37571382 PMCID: PMC10421039 DOI: 10.3390/nu15153445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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Obesity is a metabolic state generated by the expansion of adipose tissue. Adipose tissue expansion depends on the interplay between hyperplasia and hypertrophy, and is mainly regulated by a complex interaction between genetics and excess energy intake. However, the genetic regulation of adipose tissue expansion is yet to be fully understood. Obesity can be divided into common multifactorial/polygenic obesity and monogenic obesity, non-syndromic and syndromic. Several genes related to obesity were found through studies of monogenic non-syndromic obesity models. However, syndromic obesity, characterized by additional features other than obesity, suggesting a more global role of the mutant genes related to the syndrome and, thus, an additional peripheral influence on the development of obesity, were hardly studied to date in this regard. This review summarizes present knowledge regarding the hyperplasia and hypertrophy of adipocytes in common obesity. Additionally, we highlight the scarce research on syndromic obesity as a model for studying adipocyte hyperplasia and hypertrophy, focusing on Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS). BBS obesity involves central and peripheral mechanisms, with molecular and mechanistic alternation in adipocyte hyperplasia and hypertrophy. Thus, we argue that using syndromic obesity models, such as BBS, can further advance our knowledge regarding peripheral adipocyte regulation in obesity.
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- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel;
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DeMars KM, Ross MR, Starr A, McIntyre JC. Neuronal primary cilia integrate peripheral signals with metabolic drives. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1150232. [PMID: 37064917 PMCID: PMC10090425 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1150232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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Neuronal primary cilia have recently emerged as important contributors to the central regulation of energy homeostasis. As non-motile, microtubule-based organelles, primary cilia serve as signaling antennae for metabolic status. The impairment of ciliary structure or function can produce ciliopathies for which obesity is a hallmark phenotype and global ablation of cilia induces non-syndromic adiposity in mouse models. This organelle is not only a hub for metabolic signaling, but also for catecholamine neuromodulation that shapes neuronal circuitry in response to sensory input. The objective of this review is to highlight current research investigating the mechanisms of primary cilium-regulated metabolic drives for maintaining energy homeostasis.
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- Kelly M. DeMars
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
- Summer Neuroscience Internship Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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Wu Y, Zhou J, Yang Y. Peripheral and central control of obesity by primary cilia. J Genet Genomics 2023; 50:295-304. [PMID: 36632916 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2022.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Revised: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Primary cilia are hair-like structures that protrude from the cell surface. They are capable of sensing external cues and conveying a vast array of signals into cells to regulate a variety of physiological activities. Mutations in cilium-associated genes are linked to a group of diseases with overlapping clinical manifestations, collectively known as ciliopathies. A significant proportion of human ciliopathy cases are accompanied by metabolic disorders such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. Nevertheless, the mechanisms through which dysfunction of primary cilia contributes to obesity are complex. In this article, we present an overview of primary cilia and highlight obesity-related ciliopathies. We also discuss the potential role of primary cilia in peripheral organs, with a focus on adipose tissues. In addition, we emphasize the significance of primary cilia in the central regulation of obesity, especially the involvement of ciliary signaling in the hypothalamic control of feeding behavior. This article therefore proposes a framework of both peripheral and central regulation of obesity by primary cilia, which may benefit further exploration of the ciliary role in metabolic regulation.
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- Yue Wu
- Center for Cell Structure and Function, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cell Biology in Universities of Shandong, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China
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- Center for Cell Structure and Function, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cell Biology in Universities of Shandong, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China; State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
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- Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, China.
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A 5′ UTR Mutation Contributes to Down-Regulation of Bbs7 in the Berlin Fat Mouse. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232113018. [PMID: 36361806 PMCID: PMC9658298 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The Bardet–Biedl Syndrome 7 (Bbs7) gene was identified as the most likely candidate gene causing juvenile obesity in the Berlin Fat Mouse Inbred (BFMI) line. Bbs7 expression is significantly lower in the brain, adipose tissue, and liver of BFMI mice compared to lean C57BL/6NCrl (B6N) mice. A DNA sequence comparison between BFMI and B6N revealed 16 sequence variants in the Bbs7 promoter region. Here, we tested if these mutations contribute to the observed differential expression of Bbs7. In a cell-based dual-luciferase assay, we compared the effects of the BFMI and the B6N haplotypes of different regions of the Bbs7 promotor on the reporter gene expression. A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was identified causing a significant reduction in the reporter gene expression. This SNP (rs29947545) is located in the 5′ UTR of Bbs7 at Chr3:36.613.350. The SNP is not unique to BFMI mice but also occurs in several other mouse strains, where the BFMI allele is not associated with lower Bbs7 transcript amounts. Thus, we suggest a compensatory mutation in the other mouse strains that keeps Bbs7 expression at the normal level. This compensatory mechanism is missing in BFMI mice and the cell lines tested.
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Caba L, Florea L, Braha EE, Lupu VV, Gorduza EV. Monitoring and Management of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: What the Multi-Disciplinary Team Can Do. J Multidiscip Healthc 2022; 15:2153-2167. [PMID: 36193191 PMCID: PMC9526427 DOI: 10.2147/jmdh.s274739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Bardet – Biedl syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive multisystem non-motile ciliopathy. It has heterogeneous clinical manifestations. It is caused by mutations in 26 genes encoding BBSome proteins, chaperonines, and IFT complex. The main clinical features are: retinal cone-rod dystrophy, central obesity, postaxial polydactyly, cognitive impairment, hypogonadism and genitourinary anomalies, and kidney disease. The onset of clinical manifestations is variable which makes the diagnosis difficult in some patients. Because of the multiple system involvement, a multidisciplinary approach is necessary. The purpose of this review is to provide monitoring and management directions for a better approach to these patients.
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- Lavinia Caba
- Department of Mother and Child Medicine – Medical Genetics, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iaşi, Romania
- Correspondence: Lavinia Caba, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 16 University Street, Iasi, 700115, Romania, Email
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- Department of Nephrology - Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Mother and Child Medicine – Pediatrics, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iaşi, Romania
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- Department of Mother and Child Medicine – Medical Genetics, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iaşi, Romania
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Long F, Zhang Z, Chen J, Yang S, Tian Y, Mei C, Zhang W, Zan L, Tong B, Cheng G. The role of BBS2 in regulating adipogenesis and the association of its sequence variants with meat quality in Qinchuan cattle. Genomics 2022; 114:110416. [PMID: 35718089 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2022.110416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The BBS2 gene plays a vital role in human obesity and fat deposition. However, little is known about it in beef cattle. Therefore, this study investigates the function of BBS2 in the fat deposition of beef cattle and screens the effective SNPs marker for meat quality traits in cattle breeding. The expression of BBS2 is negatively correlated with marbling ratios of beef cattle. Moreover, the knockdown of BBS2 promoted adipogenesis and lipid accumulation of bovine preadipocytes by stimulating PPARγ, FABP4, and FASN expression (P < 0.01). Four novel SNPs in the exons of BBS2 in Chinese Qinchuan cattle were identified and of which the g.24226239C > T (Q527), g.24223562G > A (V441I), and g.24227851A > G (Q627R) were significantly associated with the meat quality of Qinchuan cattle (P < 0.01, P < 0.05). The findings suggested that BBS2 could be used as a candidate gene for meat quality improvement in Qinchuan cattle. Furthermore, these genotypes can be exploited as molecular markers in future beef breeding projects.
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- Feng Long
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; National Beef Cattle Improvement Centre, Yangling 712100, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010070, China.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; National Beef Cattle Improvement Centre, Yangling 712100, China.
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The BBSome is an octameric protein complex involved in Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), a human pleiotropic, autosomal recessive condition. Patients with BBS display various clinical features including obesity, hypertension, and renal abnormalities. Association studies have also linked the BBS genes to hypertension and other cardiovascular risks in the general population. The BBSome was originally associated with the function of cilia, a highly specialized organelle that extend from the cell membrane of most vertebrate cells. However, subsequent studies have implicated the BBSome in the control of a myriad of other cellular processes not related to cilia including cell membrane localization of receptors and gene expression. The development of animal models of BBS such as mouse lines lacking various components of the BBSome and associated proteins has facilitated studying their role in the control of cardiovascular function and deciphering the pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for the cardiovascular aberrations associated with BBS. These studies revealed the importance of the neuronal, renal, vascular, and cardiac BBSome in the regulation of blood pressure, renal function, vascular reactivity, and cardiac development. The BBSome has also emerged as a critical regulator of key systems involved in cardiovascular control including the renin-angiotensin system. Better understanding of the influence of the BBSome on the molecular and physiological processes relevant to cardiovascular health and disease has the potential of identifying novel mechanisms underlying hypertension and other cardiovascular risks.
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- Yuying Zhao
- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA,Human Toxicology Graduate Program, University of Iowa Graduate College, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA,Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA,Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA,Obesity Research and Educational Initiative, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA,Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA, USA,Corresponding author: Kamal Rahmouni, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA, , Tel: 319 353 5256, Fax: 319 353 5350
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Cho JH, Hughes JW. Cilia Action in Islets: Lessons From Mouse Models. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:922983. [PMID: 35813631 PMCID: PMC9260721 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.922983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Primary cilia as a signaling organelle have garnered recent attention as a regulator of pancreatic islet function. These rod-like sensors exist on all major islet endocrine cell types and transduce a variety of external cues, while dysregulation of cilia function contributes to the development of diabetes. The complex role of islet primary cilia has been examined using genetic deletion targeting various components of cilia. In this review, we summarize experimental models for the study of islet cilia and current understanding of mechanisms of cilia regulation of islet hormone secretion. Consensus from these studies shows that pancreatic cilia perturbation can cause both endocrine and exocrine defects that are relevant to human disease. We discuss future research directions that would further elucidate cilia action in distinct groups of islet cells, including paracrine and juxtacrine regulation, GPCR signaling, and endocrine-exocrine crosstalk.
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Gohlke S, Mancini C, Garcia-Carrizo F, Schulz TJ. Loss of the ciliary gene Bbs4 results in defective thermogenesis due to metabolic inefficiency and impaired lipid metabolism. FASEB J 2021; 35:e21966. [PMID: 34624148 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202100772rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Adipose tissue is central to the regulation of energy balance. While white adipose tissue (WAT) is responsible for triglyceride storage, brown adipose tissue specializes in energy expenditure. Deterioration of brown adipocyte function contributes to the development of metabolic complications like obesity and diabetes. These disorders are also leading symptoms of the Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), a hereditary disorder in humans which is caused by dysfunctions of the primary cilium and which therefore belongs to the group of ciliopathies. The cilium is a hair-like organelle involved in cellular signal transduction. The BBSome, a supercomplex of several Bbs gene products, localizes to the basal body of cilia and is thought to be involved in protein sorting to and from the ciliary membrane. The effects of a functional BBSome on energy metabolism and lipid mobilization in brown and white adipocytes were tested in whole-body Bbs4 knockout mice that were subjected to metabolic challenges. Chronic cold exposure reveals cold-intolerance of knockout mice but also ameliorates the markers of metabolic pathology detected in knockouts prior to cold. Hepatic triglyceride content is markedly reduced in knockout mice while circulating lipids are elevated, altogether suggesting that defective lipid metabolism in adipose tissue creates increased demand for systemic lipid mobilization to meet energetic demands of reduced body temperatures. These findings taken together suggest that Bbs4 is essential for the regulation of adipose tissue lipid metabolism, representing a potential target to treat metabolic disorders.
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- Sabrina Gohlke
- Department of Adipocyte Development and Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal, Germany
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- Department of Adipocyte Development and Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal, Germany
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- Department of Adipocyte Development and Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal, Germany
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- Department of Adipocyte Development and Nutrition, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany.,Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal, Germany
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Bardet-Biedl Syndrome-Multiple Kaleidoscope Images: Insight into Mechanisms of Genotype-Phenotype Correlations. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12091353. [PMID: 34573333 PMCID: PMC8465569 DOI: 10.3390/genes12091353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Bardet-Biedl Syndrome is a rare non-motile primary ciliopathy with multisystem involvement and autosomal recessive inheritance. The clinical picture is extremely polymorphic. The main clinical features are retinal cone-rod dystrophy, central obesity, postaxial polydactyly, cognitive impairment, hypogonadism and genitourinary abnormalities, and kidney disease. It is caused by various types of mutations, mainly in genes encoding BBSome proteins, chaperonins, and IFT complex. Variable expressivity and pleiotropy are correlated with the existence of multiple genes and variants modifiers. This review is focused on the phenomena of heterogeneity (locus, allelic, mutational, and clinical) in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome, its mechanisms, and importance in early diagnosis and proper management.
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Drivas TG, Lucas A, Zhang X, Ritchie MD. Mendelian pathway analysis of laboratory traits reveals distinct roles for ciliary subcompartments in common disease pathogenesis. Am J Hum Genet 2021; 108:482-501. [PMID: 33636100 PMCID: PMC8008498 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Rare monogenic disorders of the primary cilium, termed ciliopathies, are characterized by extreme presentations of otherwise common diseases, such as diabetes, hepatic fibrosis, and kidney failure. However, despite a recent revolution in our understanding of the cilium's role in rare disease pathogenesis, the organelle's contribution to common disease remains largely unknown. Hypothesizing that common genetic variants within Mendelian ciliopathy genes might contribute to common complex diseases pathogenesis, we performed association studies of 16,874 common genetic variants across 122 ciliary genes with 12 quantitative laboratory traits characteristic of ciliopathy syndromes in 452,593 individuals in the UK Biobank. We incorporated tissue-specific gene expression analysis, expression quantitative trait loci, and Mendelian disease phenotype information into our analysis and replicated our findings in meta-analysis. 101 statistically significant associations were identified across 42 of the 122 examined ciliary genes (including eight novel replicating associations). These ciliary genes were widely expressed in tissues relevant to the phenotypes being studied, and eQTL analysis revealed strong evidence for correlation between ciliary gene expression levels and laboratory traits. Perhaps most interestingly, our analysis identified different ciliary subcompartments as being specifically associated with distinct sets of phenotypes. Taken together, our data demonstrate the utility of a Mendelian pathway-based approach to genomic association studies, challenge the widely held belief that the cilium is an organelle important mainly in development and in rare syndromic disease pathogenesis, and provide a framework for the continued integration of common and rare disease genetics to provide insight into the pathophysiology of human diseases of immense public health burden.
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- Theodore George Drivas
- Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19194, USA; Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19194, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19194, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19194, USA; Institute for Biomedical Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19194, USA.
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Cook LB, Ophardt HD, Shen R, Pratt BH, Galbier LA. Transcriptome analysis of ciliary-dependent MCH signaling in differentiating 3T3-L1 pre-adipocytes. Sci Rep 2021; 11:4880. [PMID: 33649390 PMCID: PMC7921120 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84138-4] [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: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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An understanding of adipocyte responsiveness to G-protein-coupled receptor-(GPCR) derived signals must take into consideration the role of membrane microenvironments; that individual sub-populations of proteins may vary significantly across different regions of the cell, and that cell differentiation alters those microenvironments. 3T3-L1 pre-adipocytes undergo a dramatic phenotypic transformation during differentiation into adipocytes, requiring the development of a transient primary cilium. We demonstrate that melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) receptor 1, a GPCR that stimulates appetite, translocates to the transient primary cilium during early 3T3-L1 cell adipogenesis. Furthermore, we used RNA-Seq to investigate whether MCH signaling is influenced by its receptor localization and whether MCH can influence the transcriptome of early adipocyte development. We found that MCH signaling is sensitive to receptor localization to cilia, and this alters the adipogenic transcriptional program. Also, novel MCH signaling pathways in 3T3-L1 cells are identified, including those for circadian rhythm, the inflammatory response, and ciliary biogenesis. The presence of active MCH-signaling pathways in pre-adipocytes and the discovery that these pathways intersect with the early adipogenic program, among other newly-identified signaling pathways, suggests that the use of MCH receptor 1 antagonists for clinical interventions may have unintended consequences on adipose tissue development.
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- Laurie B Cook
- Department of Biology, 217 Lennon Hall, SUNY Brockport, 350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY, 14420, USA.
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- Department of Biology, 217 Lennon Hall, SUNY Brockport, 350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY, 14420, USA
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- Department of Biology, 217 Lennon Hall, SUNY Brockport, 350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY, 14420, USA
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- Department of Biology, 217 Lennon Hall, SUNY Brockport, 350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY, 14420, USA
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- Department of Biology, 217 Lennon Hall, SUNY Brockport, 350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY, 14420, USA
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Hughes JW, Cho JH, Conway HE, DiGruccio MR, Ng XW, Roseman HF, Abreu D, Urano F, Piston DW. Primary cilia control glucose homeostasis via islet paracrine interactions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:8912-8923. [PMID: 32253320 PMCID: PMC7184063 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2001936117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Pancreatic islets regulate glucose homeostasis through coordinated actions of hormone-secreting cells. What underlies the function of the islet as a unit is the close approximation and communication among heterogeneous cell populations, but the structural mediators of islet cellular cross talk remain incompletely characterized. We generated mice specifically lacking β-cell primary cilia, a cellular organelle that has been implicated in regulating insulin secretion, and found that the β-cell cilia are required for glucose sensing, calcium influx, insulin secretion, and cross regulation of α- and δ-cells. Protein expression profiling in islets confirms perturbation in these cellular processes and reveals additional targets of cilia-dependent signaling. At the organism level, the deletion of β-cell cilia disrupts circulating hormone levels, impairs glucose homeostasis and fuel usage, and leads to the development of diabetes. Together, these findings demonstrate that primary cilia not only orchestrate β-cell-intrinsic activity but also mediate cross talk both within the islet and from islets to other metabolic tissues, thus providing a unique role of cilia in nutrient metabolism and insight into the pathophysiology of diabetes.
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- Jing W Hughes
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110;
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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The BBSome, a complex of 8 BBS (Bardet-Biedl syndrome) proteins known for its role in the control of cilia function and other cellular processes, has been implicated in blood pressure control, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Here, we show that neuronal BBSome plays an important role in blood pressure regulation. Targeted inactivation of the BBSome in the nervous system through Bbs1 gene deletion causes sympathetically mediated increase in blood pressure in mice. This phenotype is reproduced by selective ablation of the Bbs1 gene from the LRb (leptin receptor)-expressing neurons. Strikingly, the well-known role of the BBSome in the regulation of cilia formation and function is unlikely to account for the prohypertensive effect of BBSome inactivation as disruption of the IFT (intraflagellar transport) machinery required for ciliogenesis by deleting the Ift88 gene in LRb neurons had no effect on arterial pressure and sympathetic nerve activity. Furthermore, we found that Bbs1 gene deletion from AgRP (agouti-related protein) neurons or POMC (proopiomelanocortin) neurons increased renal and splanchnic sympathetic nerve activity without altering blood pressure. This lack of blood pressure increase despite the sympathetic overdrive may be explained by vascular adrenergic desensitization as indicated by the reduced vascular contractile response evoked by phenylephrine and the decreased expression of adrenergic receptors. Our results identify the neuronal BBSome as a new player in hemodynamic, sympathetic, and vascular regulation, in a manner independent of cilia.
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- Deng-Fu Guo
- From the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology (D.-F.G., J.J.R., D.A.M., K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City
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- From the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology (D.-F.G., J.J.R., D.A.M., K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City
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- From the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology (D.-F.G., J.J.R., D.A.M., K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City
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- From the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology (D.-F.G., J.J.R., D.A.M., K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City.,Department of Internal Medicine (K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City.,Obesity Research and Education Initiative (K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City.,Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center (K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City.,Iowa Neuroscience Institute (K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City.,Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City (K.R.)
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Pottorf TS, Fagan MP, Burkey BF, Cho DJ, Vath JE, Tran PV. MetAP2 inhibition reduces food intake and body weight in a ciliopathy mouse model of obesity. JCI Insight 2020; 5:134278. [PMID: 31877115 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.134278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The ciliopathies Bardet-Biedl syndrome and Alström syndrome are genetically inherited pleiotropic disorders with hyperphagia and obesity as primary clinical features. Methionine aminopeptidase 2 inhibitors (MetAP2i) have been shown in preclinical and clinical studies to reduce food intake, body weight, and adiposity. Here, we investigated the effects of MetAP2i administration in a mouse model of ciliopathy produced by conditional deletion of the Thm1 gene in adulthood. Thm1 conditional knockout (cko) mice showed decreased hypothalamic proopiomelanocortin expression as well as hyperphagia, obesity, metabolic disease, and hepatic steatosis. In obese Thm1-cko mice, 2-week administration of MetAP2i reduced daily food intake and reduced body weight 17.1% from baseline (vs. 5% reduction for vehicle). This was accompanied by decreased levels of blood glucose, insulin, and leptin. Further, MetAP2i reduced gonadal adipose depots and adipocyte size and improved liver morphology. This is the first report to our knowledge of MetAP2i reducing hyperphagia and body weight and ameliorating metabolic indices in a mouse model of ciliopathy. These results support further investigation of MetAP2 inhibition as a potential therapeutic strategy for ciliary-mediated forms of obesity.
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- Tana S Pottorf
- Jared Grantham Kidney Institute and.,Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Jared Grantham Kidney Institute and.,Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Jared Grantham Kidney Institute and.,Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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Jacobs DT, Allard BA, Pottorf TS, Silva LM, Wang W, Al-Naamani A, Agborbesong E, Wang T, Carr DA, Tran PV. Intraflagellar-transport A dysfunction causes hyperphagia-induced systemic insulin resistance in a pre-obese state. FASEB J 2019; 34:148-160. [PMID: 31914634 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201900751r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2019] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Deletion of murine Thm1, an intraflagellar transport A (IFT-A) component that mediates ciliary protein trafficking, causes hyperphagia, obesity, and metabolic syndrome. The role of Thm1 or IFT-A in adipogenesis and insulin sensitivity is unknown. Here, we report that Thm1 knockdown in 3T3-L1 pre-adipocytes promotes adipogenesis and enhances insulin sensitivity in vitro. Yet, pre-obese Thm1 conditional knockout mice show systemic insulin resistance. While insulin-induced AKT activation in Thm1 mutant adipose depots and skeletal muscle are similar to those of control littermates, an attenuated insulin response arises in the mutant liver. Insulin treatment of control and Thm1 mutant primary hepatocytes results in similar AKT activation. Moreover, pair-feeding Thm1 conditional knockout mice produces a normal insulin response, both in the liver and systemically. Thus, hyperphagia caused by a cilia defect, induces hepatic insulin resistance via a non-cell autonomous mechanism. In turn, hepatic insulin resistance drives systemic insulin resistance prior to an obese phenotype. These data demonstrate that insulin signaling across cell types is regulated differentially, and that the liver is particularly susceptible to hyperphagia-induced insulin resistance and a critical determinant of systemic insulin resistance.
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- Damon T Jacobs
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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Reho JJ, Guo DF, Morgan DA, Rahmouni K. Smooth Muscle Cell-Specific Disruption of the BBSome Causes Vascular Dysfunction. Hypertension 2019; 74:817-825. [PMID: 31422694 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.119.13382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The BBSome-a complex consisting of 8 Bardet-Biedl syndrome proteins-is involved in the regulation of various cellular processes. Recently, the BBSome complex has emerged as an important regulator of cardiovascular function with implications for disease. In this study, we examined the role of the BBSome in vascular smooth muscle and its effects on the regulation of cardiovascular function. Smooth muscle-specific disruption of the BBSome through tamoxifen-inducible deletion of Bbs1 gene-a critical component of the BBSome complex-reduces relaxation and enhances contractility of vascular rings and increases aortic stiffness independent of changes in arterial blood pressure. Mechanistically, we demonstrate that smooth muscle Bbs1 gene deletion increases vascular angiotensinogen gene expression implicating the renin-angiotensin system in these altered cardiovascular responses. Additionally, we report that smooth muscle-specific Bbs1 knockout mice demonstrate enhanced ET-1 (endothelin-1)-induced contractility of mesenteric arteries-an effect reversed by blockade of the AT1 (angiotensin type 1 receptor) with losartan. These findings highlight the importance of the smooth muscle BBSome in the control of vascular function and arterial stiffness through modulation of renin-angiotensin system signaling.
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- John J Reho
- From the Department of Pharmacology (J.J.R., D.-F.G., D.A.M., K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
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- From the Department of Pharmacology (J.J.R., D.-F.G., D.A.M., K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
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- From the Department of Pharmacology (J.J.R., D.-F.G., D.A.M., K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
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- From the Department of Pharmacology (J.J.R., D.-F.G., D.A.M., K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.,Department of Internal Medicine (K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.,Obesity Education and Research Initiative (K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.,Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center (K.R.), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.,Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, IA (K.R.)
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Guo DF, Lin Z, Wu Y, Searby C, Thedens DR, Richerson GB, Usachev YM, Grobe JL, Sheffield VC, Rahmouni K. The BBSome in POMC and AgRP Neurons Is Necessary for Body Weight Regulation and Sorting of Metabolic Receptors. Diabetes 2019; 68:1591-1603. [PMID: 31127052 PMCID: PMC6692817 DOI: 10.2337/db18-1088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
The BBSome, a complex of eight Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) proteins involved in cilia function, has emerged as an important regulator of energy balance, but the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms are not fully understood. Here, we show that the control of energy homeostasis by the anorexigenic proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons and orexigenic agouti-related peptide (AgRP) neurons require intact BBSome. Targeted disruption of the BBSome by Bbs1 gene deletion in POMC or AgRP neurons increases body weight and adiposity. We demonstrate that obesity in mice lacking the Bbs1 gene in POMC neurons is associated with hyperphagia. Mechanistically, we present evidence implicating the BBSome in the trafficking of G protein-coupled neuropeptide Y Y2 receptor (NPY2R) and serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine (HT)2C receptor (5-HT2CR) to cilia and plasma membrane, respectively. Consistent with this, loss of the BBSome reduced cell surface expression of the 5-HT2CR, interfered with serotonin-evoked increase in intracellular calcium and membrane potential, and blunted the anorectic and weight-reducing responses evoked by the 5-HT2cR agonist, lorcaserin. Finally, we show that disruption of the BBSome causes the 5-HT2CR to be stalled in the late endosome. Our results demonstrate the significance of the hypothalamic BBSome for the control of energy balance through regulation of trafficking of important metabolic receptors.
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- Deng-Fu Guo
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Obesity Education and Research Initiative, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Obesity Education and Research Initiative, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Obesity Education and Research Initiative, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Vasanth Rao VRB, Candasamy M, Bhattamisra SK. Obesity an overview: Genetic conditions and recent developments in therapeutic interventions. Diabetes Metab Syndr 2019; 13:2112-2120. [PMID: 31235145 DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2019.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Obesity is a complex disorder that is linked to many coexisting disorders. Recent epidemiological data have suggested that the prevalence of obesity is at an all-time high, growing to be one of the world's biggest problems. There are several mechanisms on how individuals develop obesity which includes genetic and environmental factors. Not only does obesity contribute to other health issues but it also greatly affects the quality of life, physical ability, mental strength and imposes a huge burden in terms of healthcare costs. Along with that, obesity is associated with the risk of mortality and has been shown to reduce the median survival rate. Obesity is basically when the body is not able to balance energy intake and output. When energy intake exceeds energy expenditure, excess calories will be stored as fat leading to weight gain and eventually obesity. The therapeutic market for treating obesity is composed of many different interventions from lifestyle intervention, surgical procedures to pharmacotherapeutic approaches. All of these interventions have their respective benefits and disadvantages and are specifically prescribed to a patient based on the severity of their obesity as well as the existence of other health conditions. This review discusses the genetic and environmental causes of obesity along with the recent developments in anti-obesity therapies.
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- Vikram Rao B Vasanth Rao
- School of Postgraduate Studies, International Medical University, No 126, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19, Bukit Jalil, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Department of Life Sciences, School of Pharmacy, International Medical University, Bukit Jalil, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Life Sciences, School of Pharmacy, International Medical University, Bukit Jalil, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Trafficking of ciliary membrane proteins by the intraflagellar transport/BBSome machinery. Essays Biochem 2018; 62:753-763. [PMID: 30287585 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20180030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare inherited disease caused by defects in the BBSome, an octameric complex of BBS proteins. The BBSome is conserved in most organisms with cilia, which are microtubule (MT)-based cell organelles that protrude from the cell surface and function in motility and sensing. Cilia assembly, maintenance, and function require intraflagellar transport (IFT), a bidirectional motility of multi-megadalton IFT trains propelled by molecular motors along the ciliary MTs. IFT has been shown to transport structural proteins, including tubulin, into growing cilia. The BBSome is an adapter for the transport of ciliary membrane proteins and cycles through cilia via IFT. While both the loss and the abnormal accumulation of ciliary membrane proteins have been observed in bbs mutants, recent data converge on a model where the BBSome mainly functions as a cargo adapter for the removal of certain transmembrane and peripheral membrane proteins from cilia. Here, we review recent data on the ultrastructure of the BBSome and how the BBSome recognizes its cargoes and mediates their removal from cilia.
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Barba M, Di Pietro L, Massimi L, Geloso MC, Frassanito P, Caldarelli M, Michetti F, Della Longa S, Romitti PA, Di Rocco C, Arcovito A, Parolini O, Tamburrini G, Bernardini C, Boyadjiev SA, Lattanzi W. BBS9 gene in nonsyndromic craniosynostosis: Role of the primary cilium in the aberrant ossification of the suture osteogenic niche. Bone 2018; 112:58-70. [PMID: 29674126 PMCID: PMC5970090 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2018.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Revised: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 04/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Nonsyndromic craniosynostosis (NCS) is the premature ossification of skull sutures, without associated clinical features. Mutations in several genes account for a small number of NCS patients; thus, the molecular etiopathogenesis of NCS remains largely unclear. Our study aimed at characterizing the molecular signaling implicated in the aberrant ossification of sutures in NCS patients. Comparative gene expression profiling of NCS patient sutures identified a fused suture-specific signature, including 17 genes involved in primary cilium signaling and assembly. Cells from fused sutures displayed a reduced potential to form primary cilia compared to cells from control patent sutures of the same patient. We identified specific upregulated splice variants of the Bardet Biedl syndrome-associated gene 9 (BBS9), which encodes a structural component of the ciliary BBSome complex. BBS9 expression increased during in vitro osteogenic differentiation of suture-derived mesenchymal cells of NCS patients. Also, Bbs9 expression increased during in vivo ossification of rat sutures. BBS9 functional knockdown affected the expression of primary cilia on patient suture cells and their osteogenic potential. Computational modeling of the upregulated protein isoforms (observed in patients) predicted that their binding affinity within the BBSome may be affected, providing a possible explanation for the aberrant suture ossification in NCS.
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- Marta Barba
- Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Biologia Cellulare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Biologia Cellulare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy; Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Biologia Cellulare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy; Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Biologia Cellulare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242, IA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, International Neuroscience Institute, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy; Istituto di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Biologia Cellulare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy; Centro di Ricerca E. Menni, Fondazione Poliambulanza-Istituto Ospedaliero, 25124 Brescia, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy; Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Biologia Cellulare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Section of Genomics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, 95817 Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Biologia Cellulare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy.
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Mujahid S, Hunt KF, Cheah YS, Forsythe E, Hazlehurst JM, Sparks K, Mohammed S, Tomlinson JW, Amiel SA, Carroll PV, Beales PL, Huda MSB, McGowan BM. The Endocrine and Metabolic Characteristics of a Large Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Clinic Population. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2018; 103:1834-1841. [PMID: 29409041 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2017-01459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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CONTEXT Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which previous reports have described obesity and a metabolic syndrome. OBJECTIVE We describe the endocrine and metabolic characteristics of a large BBS population compared with matched control subjects. DESIGN We performed a case-control study. SETTING This study was performed at a hospital clinic. PATIENTS Study patients had a clinical or genetic diagnosis of BBS. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS Our study determined the prevalence of a metabolic syndrome in our cohort. RESULTS A total of 152 subjects were studied. Eighty-four (55.3%) were male. Mean (± standard deviation) age was 33.2 ± 1.0 years. Compared with age-, sex-, and body mass index-matched control subjects, fasting glucose and insulin levels were significantly higher in subjects with BBS (glucose: BBS, 5.2 ± 1.2 mmol/L vs control, 4.9 ± 0.9 mmol/L, P = 0.04; insulin: BBS, 24.2 ± 17.0 pmol/L vs control, 14.2 ± 14.8 pmol/L, P < 0.001). Serum triglycerides were significantly higher in subjects with BBS (2.0 ± 1.2 mmol/L) compared with control subjects (1.3 ± 0.8 mmol/L; P < 0.001), but total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and low-density lipoprotein were similar in both groups. Systolic blood pressure was higher in the BBS group (BBS, 135 ± 18 mm Hg vs control subjects, 129 ± 16 mm Hg; P = 0.02). Alanine transaminase was raised in 34 (26.8%) subjects with BBS, compared with five (8.9%) control subjects (P = 0.01). The rate of metabolic syndrome, determined using International Diabetes Federation criteria, was significantly higher in the BBS group (54.3%) compared with control subjects (26% P < 0.001). Twenty-six (19.5%) of male subjects with BBS were hypogonadal (serum testosterone, 9.9 ± 5.3 mmol/L), but significant pituitary abnormalities were uncommon. Subclinical hypothyroidism was present in 24 of 125 (19.4%) patients with BBS, compared with 3 of 65 (4.6%) control subjects (P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome are increased in adult patients with BBS compared with matched control subjects. Increased subclinical hypothyroidism in the BBS cohort needs further investigation.
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- Safa Mujahid
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- King's Diabetes Research Group, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- King's Diabetes Research Group, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
- University Hospitals, Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
- University Hospitals, Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- King's Diabetes Research Group, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- King's Diabetes Research Group, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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Huynh MT, Lambert AS, Tosca L, Petit F, Philippe C, Parisot F, Benoît V, Linglart A, Brisset S, Tran CT, Tachdjian G, Receveur A. 15q24.1 BP4-BP1 microdeletion unmasking paternally inherited functional polymorphisms combined with distal 15q24.2q24.3 duplication in a patient with epilepsy, psychomotor delay, overweight, ventricular arrhythmia. Eur J Med Genet 2018; 61:459-464. [PMID: 29549028 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2018.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 03/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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15q24 microdeletion and microduplication syndromes are genetic disorders caused by non-allelic homologous recombination between low-copy repeats (LCRs) in the 15q24 chromosome region. Individuals with 15q24 microdeletion and microduplication syndromes share a common 1.2 Mb critical interval, spanning from LCR15q24B to LCR15q24C. Patients with 15q24 microdeletion syndrome exhibit distinct dysmorphic features, microcephaly, variable developmental delay, multiples congenital anomalies while individuals with reciprocal 15q24 microduplication syndrome show mild developmental delay, facial dysmorphism associated with skeletal and genital abnormalities. We report the first case of a 10 year-old girl presenting mild developmental delay, psychomotor retardation, epilepsy, ventricular arrhythmia, overweight and idiopathic central precocious puberty. 180K array-CGH analysis identified a 1.38 Mb heterozygous interstitial 15q24.1 BP4-BP1 microdeletion including HCN4 combined with a concomitant 2.6 Mb heterozygous distal 15q24.2q24.3 microduplication. FISH analysis showed that both deletion and duplication occurred de novo in the proband. Of note, both copy number imbalances did not involve the 1.2 Mb minimal deletion/duplication critical interval of the 15q24.1q24.2 chromosome region (74.3-75.5 Mb). Sequencing of candidate genes for epilepsy and obesity showed that the proband was hemizygous for paternal A-at risk allele of BBS4 rs7178130 and NPTN rs7171755 predisposing to obesity, epilepsy and intellectual deficits. Our study highlights the complex interaction of functional polymorphisms and/or genetic variants leading to variable clinical manifestations in patients with submicroscopic chromosomal aberrations.
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- Minh-Tuan Huynh
- APHP, Service d'Histologie, Embryologie et Cytogénétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92140 Clamart, France; Faculté de Médecine Paris Sud, Université Paris-Sud, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre cedex, France; Pham Ngoc Thach Medical University, Ho Chi Minh city, Viet Nam.
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- APHP, Service d'Endocrinologie et de Diabétologie Pédiatrique, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- APHP, Service d'Histologie, Embryologie et Cytogénétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92140 Clamart, France; Faculté de Médecine Paris Sud, Université Paris-Sud, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre cedex, France
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- APHP, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92140 Clamart, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Chromosomique et Moléculaire, Plateau technique de Biologie, CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France
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- APHP, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92140 Clamart, France
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- APHP, Service d'Histologie, Embryologie et Cytogénétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92140 Clamart, France
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- APHP, Service d'Endocrinologie et de Diabétologie Pédiatrique, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- APHP, Service d'Histologie, Embryologie et Cytogénétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92140 Clamart, France; Faculté de Médecine Paris Sud, Université Paris-Sud, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre cedex, France
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- Pham Ngoc Thach Medical University, Ho Chi Minh city, Viet Nam
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- APHP, Service d'Histologie, Embryologie et Cytogénétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92140 Clamart, France; Faculté de Médecine Paris Sud, Université Paris-Sud, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre cedex, France
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- APHP, Service d'Histologie, Embryologie et Cytogénétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92140 Clamart, France
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Priya S, Nampoothiri S, Sen P, Sripriya S. Bardet-Biedl syndrome: Genetics, molecular pathophysiology, and disease management. Indian J Ophthalmol 2017; 64:620-627. [PMID: 27853007 PMCID: PMC5151149 DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.194328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Primary cilia play a key role in sensory perception and various signaling pathways. Any defect in them leads to group of disorders called ciliopathies, and Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS, OMIM 209900) is one among them. The disorder is clinically and genetically heterogeneous, with various primary and secondary clinical manifestations, and shows autosomal recessive inheritance and highly prevalent in inbred/consanguineous populations. The disease mapped to at least twenty different genes (BBS1-BBS20), follow oligogenic inheritance pattern. BBS proteins localizes to the centerosome and regulates the biogenesis and functions of the cilia. In BBS, the functioning of various systemic organs (with ciliated cells) gets deranged and results in systemic manifestations. Certain components of the disease (such as obesity, diabetes, and renal problems) when noticed earlier offer a disease management benefit to the patients. However, the awareness of the disease is comparatively low and most often noticed only after severe vision loss in patients, which is usually in the first decade of the patient's age. In the current review, we have provided the recent updates retrieved from various types of scientific literature through journals, on the genetics, its molecular relevance, and the clinical outcome in BBS. The review in nutshell would provide the basic awareness of the disease that will have an impact in disease management and counseling benefits to the patients and their families.
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- Sathya Priya
- SNONGC Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Kamal Nayan Institute for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Vision Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu; School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Pediatric Genetics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Cochin, Kerala, India
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- Department of Vitreoretina Clinic, Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- SNONGC Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Kamal Nayan Institute for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Vision Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Nahum N, Forti E, Aksanov O, Birk R. Insulin regulates Bbs4 during adipogenesis. IUBMB Life 2017; 69:489-499. [PMID: 28371235 DOI: 10.1002/iub.1626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a pleiotropic autosomal recessive disorder associated with marked obesity, increased susceptibility to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. However, it is unknown whether the link between BBS and diabetes is indirect or direct. Adipogenesis and adipocyte function are regulated by hormonal stimuli, with insulin and insulin growth factor (IGF) playing an important role both in normal and impaired conditions. We have previously shown augmented transcript levels of BBS genes upon induction of adipogenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of insulin in BBS. Through in vitro studies in adipocytes in which Bbs4 expression was either silenced (SiBbs4) or overexpressed (OEBbs4), we showed that insulin and IGF dose- and time-dependently decrease transcription and protein expression of BBS genes during adipogenesis. Silencing of Bbs4 expression in adipocytes significantly impaired and reduced glucose uptake. This effect was reversed by Bbs4 overexpression. Inhibition of PI 3-kinase resulted in upregulation of Bbs transcripts, suggesting that the PI3K pathway is involved in the regulation of these genes. In conclusion, we showed that insulin is a direct regulator of Bbs1, 2, 4 and 6. This hormonal regulation might indicate a metabolic link of these genes to obesity and metabolic syndrome. © 2017 IUBMB Life, 69(7):489-499, 2017.
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- Netta Nahum
- Department of Biotechnology and Epidemiology, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.,Department of Nutrition, School of Health Science, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology and Epidemiology, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology and Epidemiology, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Nutrition, School of Health Science, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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Volta F, Gerdes JM. The role of primary cilia in obesity and diabetes. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2016; 1391:71-84. [DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Revised: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Francesco Volta
- Institute for Diabetes and Regeneration Research; Helmholtz Zentrum München; Garching Germany
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- Institute for Diabetes and Regeneration Research; Helmholtz Zentrum München; Garching Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research; DZD; Munich Germany
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Primary cilia are organelles that are present on many different cell types, either transiently or permanently. They play a crucial role in receiving signals from the environment and passing these signals to other parts of the cell. In that way, they are involved in diverse processes such as adipocyte differentiation and olfactory sensation. Mutations in genes coding for ciliary proteins often have pleiotropic effects and lead to clinical conditions, ciliopathies, with multiple symptoms. In this study, we reviewed observations from ciliopathies with obesity as one of the symptoms. It shows that variation in cilia-related genes is itself not a major cause of obesity in the population but may be a part of the multifactorial aetiology of this complex condition. Both common polymorphisms and rare deleterious variants may contribute to the obesity risk. Genotype-phenotype relationships have been noticed. Among the ciliary genes, obesity differs with regard to severity and age of onset, which may relate to the influence of each gene on the balance between pro- and anti-adipogenic processes. Analysis of the function and location of the proteins encoded by these ciliary genes suggests that obesity is more linked to activities at the basal area of the cilium, including initiation of the intraflagellar transport, but less to the intraflagellar transport itself. Regarding the role of cilia, three possible mechanistic processes underlying obesity are described: adipogenesis, neuronal food intake regulation and food odour perception.
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Sung YJ, Pérusse L, Sarzynski MA, Fornage M, Sidney S, Sternfeld B, Rice T, Terry G, Jacobs DR, Katzmarzyk P, Curran JE, Carr JJ, Blangero J, Ghosh S, Després JP, Rankinen T, Rao D, Bouchard C. Genome-wide association studies suggest sex-specific loci associated with abdominal and visceral fat. Int J Obes (Lond) 2016; 40:662-74. [PMID: 26480920 PMCID: PMC4821694 DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2015.217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Revised: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND To identify loci associated with abdominal fat and replicate prior findings, we performed genome-wide association (GWA) studies of abdominal fat traits: subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT); visceral adipose tissue (VAT); total adipose tissue (TAT) and visceral to subcutaneous adipose tissue ratio (VSR). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Sex-combined and sex-stratified analyses were performed on each trait with (TRAIT-BMI) or without (TRAIT) adjustment for body mass index (BMI), and cohort-specific results were combined via a fixed effects meta-analysis. A total of 2513 subjects of European descent were available for the discovery phase. For replication, 2171 European Americans and 772 African Americans were available. RESULTS A total of 52 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) encompassing 7 loci showed suggestive evidence of association (P<1.0 × 10(-6)) with abdominal fat in the sex-combined analyses. The strongest evidence was found on chromosome 7p14.3 between a SNP near BBS9 gene and VAT (rs12374818; P=1.10 × 10(-7)), an association that was replicated (P=0.02). For the BMI-adjusted trait, the strongest evidence of association was found between a SNP near CYCSP30 and VAT-BMI (rs10506943; P=2.42 × 10(-7)). Our sex-specific analyses identified one genome-wide significant (P<5.0 × 10(-8)) locus for SAT in women with 11 SNPs encompassing the MLLT10, DNAJC1 and EBLN1 genes on chromosome 10p12.31 (P=3.97 × 10(-8) to 1.13 × 10(-8)). The THNSL2 gene previously associated with VAT in women was also replicated (P=0.006). The six gene/loci showing the strongest evidence of association with VAT or VAT-BMI were interrogated for their functional links with obesity and inflammation using the Biograph knowledge-mining software. Genes showing the closest functional links with obesity and inflammation were ADCY8 and KCNK9, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our results provide evidence for new loci influencing abdominal visceral (BBS9, ADCY8, KCNK9) and subcutaneous (MLLT10/DNAJC1/EBLN1) fat, and confirmed a locus (THNSL2) previously reported to be associated with abdominal fat in women.
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- Yun Ju Sung
- Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St-Louis, MO
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- Department of Kinesiology, School of Medicine and Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, Laval University, Québec, QC
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- Human Genomics Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Center for Human Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA
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- Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St-Louis, MO
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nahsville, TN
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Human Genomics Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, TX
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nahsville, TN
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- South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, TX
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- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders Program and Center for Computational Biology, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
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- Department of Kinesiology, School of Medicine and Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, Laval University, Québec, QC
- Centre de recherché de l’Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Québec, QC
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- Human Genomics Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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- Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St-Louis, MO
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- Human Genomics Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
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Khan S, Muhammad N, Khan M, Kamal A, Rehman Z, Khan S. Genetics of human Bardet-Biedl syndrome, an updates. Clin Genet 2016; 90:3-15. [DOI: 10.1111/cge.12737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2015] [Revised: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 01/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- S.A. Khan
- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering; Kohat University of Science and Technology; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering; Kohat University of Science and Technology; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
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- Gomal Centre of Biochemistry and Biotechnology; Gomal University; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
- Genomic Core Facility; Interim Translational Research Institute; Doha Qatar
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering; Kohat University of Science and Technology; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering; Kohat University of Science and Technology; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering; Kohat University of Science and Technology; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
- Genomic Core Facility; Interim Translational Research Institute; Doha Qatar
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Aksanov O, Green P, Birk RZ. BBS4 directly affects proliferation and differentiation of adipocytes. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:3381-92. [PMID: 24500759 PMCID: PMC11113930 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1571-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2013] [Revised: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BBS4 is one of several proteins whose defects cause Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), a multi-systemic disorder, manifesting with marked obesity. BBS4 polymorphisms have been associated with common non-syndromic morbid obesity. BBS4 obesity molecular mechanisms, and the role of the BBS4 gene in adipocyte differentiation and function are not entirely known. We now show that Bbs4 plays a direct and essential role in proliferation and adipogenesis: silencing of Bbs4 in 3T3F442A preadipocytes induced accelerated cell division and aberrant differentiation, evident through morphologic studies (light, scanning and transmission electron microscopy), metabolic analyses (fat accumulation, fatty acid profile and lipolysis) and adipogenic markers transcripts (Cebpα, Pparγ, aP2, ADRP, Perilipin). Throughout adipogenesis and when challenged with fat load, Bbs4 silenced cells accumulate significantly more triglycerides than control adipocytes, albeit in smaller (yet greater in number) droplets containing modified fatty acid profiles. Thus, greater fat accumulation in the silenced cells is a consequence of both a higher rate of adipocyte proliferation and of aberrant differentiation leading to augmented aberrant accumulation of fat per cell. Our findings suggest that the BBS obesity might be partly due to a direct role of BBS4 in physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie adipose tissue formation relevant to obesity.
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- Olga Aksanov
- National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Laboratory for the Study of Fatty Acids, Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva, the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Science, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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Acs P, Bauer PO, Mayer B, Bera T, Macallister R, Mezey E, Pastan I. A novel form of ciliopathy underlies hyperphagia and obesity in Ankrd26 knockout mice. Brain Struct Funct 2014; 220:1511-28. [PMID: 24633808 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0741-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Human ciliopathies are genetic disorders caused by mutations in genes responsible for the formation and function of primary cilia. Some are associated with hyperphagia and obesity (e.g., Bardet-Biedl Syndrome, Alström Syndrome), but the mechanisms underlying these problems are not fully understood. The human gene ANKRD26 is located on 10p12, a locus that is associated with some forms of hereditary obesity. Previously, we reported that disruption of this gene causes hyperphagia, obesity and gigantism in mice. In the present study, we looked for the mechanisms that induce hyperphagia in the Ankrd26-/- mice and found defects in primary cilia in regions of the central nervous system that control appetite and energy homeostasis.
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- Peter Acs
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA
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Birk RZ, Ermakov S, Livshits G. Common FSNP variants of fourteen Bardet-Biedl syndrome genes and adult body mass. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2013; 21:1684-9. [PMID: 23404957 DOI: 10.1002/oby.20056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2011] [Accepted: 08/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare monogenic multi-systemic disorder manifesting with marked obesity. Fourteen BBS genes have been identified to date and additional loci are expected. Mutations of several BBS genes were shown to affect fat cell differentiation. The purpose was to Investigate the association between common polymorphisms in all 14 genes as a group and body weight. DESIGN AND METHODS We investigated association between tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (tSNPs) located between 10 kb upstream and downstream from the transcribed sequences of each of 14 BBS genes, and body weight and fat in 2462 adult women from the UK Twins study. Significant results were further tested in a confirmation sample of 2003 women from the same cohort and additionally in the GIANT consortium population (n = 123,865). RESULTS 105 SNPs in 14 BBS genes were selected and tested in the first cohort of women for association with the body weight and fat related phenotypes, i.e. weight, body mass index (BMI), total body fat (assessed by DEXA), total fat/height(2), and total fat/weight. We used principal component (PC) derived using the latter five traits as a primary phenotype for this study. Of the 105 SNPs, 3 variants in BBS9 and BBS11 showed evidence of nominally significant association with elevated body weight and fat. However, none of the associations survived multiple-testing correction. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that common variation in 14 BBS genes (within or adjacent to the genes) are unlikely to have a substantial effect on body weight and fat in the European population.
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- Ruth Z Birk
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University Center, Israel
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Carter TC, Kay DM, Browne ML, Liu A, Romitti PA, Kuehn D, Conley MR, Caggana M, Druschel CM, Brody LC, Mills JL. Anorectal atresia and variants at predicted regulatory sites in candidate genes. Ann Hum Genet 2013; 77:31-46. [PMID: 23127126 PMCID: PMC3535506 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2012.00734.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2012] [Accepted: 09/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Anorectal atresia is a serious birth defect of largely unknown etiology but candidate genes have been identified in animal studies and human syndromes. Because alterations in the activity of these genes might lead to anorectal atresia, we selected 71 common variants predicted to be in transcription factor binding sites, CpG windows, splice sites, and miRNA target sites of 25 candidate genes, and tested for their association with anorectal atresia. The study population comprised 150 anorectal atresia cases and 623 control infants without major malformations. Variants predicted to affect transcription factor binding, splicing, and DNA methylation in WNT3A, PCSK5, TCF4, MKKS, GLI2, HOXD12, and BMP4 were associated with anorectal atresia based on a nominal P value < 0.05. The GLI2 and BMP4 variants are reported to be moderately associated with gene expression changes (Spearman's rank correlation coefficients between -0.260 and 0.226). We did not find evidence for interaction between maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and variants in MKKS, a gene previously associated with obesity, on the risk of anorectal atresia. Our results for MKKS support previously suggested associations with anorectal malformations. Our findings suggest that more research is needed to determine whether altered GLI2 and BMP4 expression is important in anorectal atresia in humans.
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- Tonia C. Carter
- Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Genetics, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
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- Congenital Malformations Registry, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University at Albany – State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, The University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Genetics, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
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- Congenital Malformations Registry, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University at Albany – State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA
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- Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Tao YX, Yuan ZH, Xie J. G Protein-Coupled Receptors as Regulators of Energy Homeostasis. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2013; 114:1-43. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-386933-3.00001-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Huhn S, Bevier M, Rudolph A, Pardini B, Naccarati A, Hein R, Hoffmeister M, Vodickova L, Novotny J, Brenner H, Chang-Claude J, Hemminki K, Vodicka P, Försti A. Shared ancestral susceptibility to colorectal cancer and other nutrition related diseases. BMC MEDICAL GENETICS 2012; 13:94. [PMID: 23036011 PMCID: PMC3522999 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-13-94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2012] [Accepted: 09/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Background The majority of non-syndromic colorectal cancers (CRCs) can be described as a complex disease. A two-stage case–control study on CRC susceptibility was conducted to assess the influence of the ancestral alleles in the polymorphisms previously associated with nutrition-related complex diseases. Methods In stage I, 28 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped in a hospital-based Czech population (1025 CRC cases, 787 controls) using an allele-specific PCR-based genotyping system (KASPar®). In stage II, replication was carried out for the five SNPs with the lowest p values. The replication set consisted of 1798 CRC cases and 1810 controls from a population-based German study (DACHS). Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations between genotypes and CRC risk were estimated using logistic regression. To identify signatures of selection, Fay-Wu’s H and Integrated Haplotype Score (iHS) were estimated. Results In the Czech population, carriers of the ancestral alleles of AGT rs699 and CYP3A7 rs10211 showed an increased risk of CRC (OR 1.26 and 1.38, respectively; two-sided p≤0.05), whereas carriers of the ancestral allele of ENPP1 rs1044498 had a decreased risk (OR 0.79; p≤0.05). For rs1044498, the strongest association was detected in the Czech male subpopulation (OR 0.61; p=0.0015). The associations were not replicated in the German population. Signatures of selection were found for all three analyzed genes. Conclusions Our study showed evidence of association for the ancestral alleles of polymorphisms in AGT and CYP3A7 and for the derived allele of a polymorphism in ENPP1 with an increased risk of CRC in Czechs, but not in Germans. The ancestral alleles of these SNPs have previously been associated with nutrition-related diseases hypertension (AGT and CYP3A7) and insulin resistance (ENPP1). Future studies may shed light on the complex genetic and environmental interactions between different types of nutrition-related diseases.
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- Stefanie Huhn
- Department of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare autosomal recessive ciliopathy characterised by retinal dystrophy, obesity, post-axial polydactyly, renal dysfunction, learning difficulties and hypogonadism. Many associated minor features can be helpful in making a diagnosis and are important in the clinical management of BBS. The diagnosis is based on clinical findings and can be confirmed by sequencing of known disease-causing genes in 80% of patients. BBS genes encode proteins that localise to the cilia and basal body and are involved in cilia biogenesis and function. Mutations lead to defective cilia accounting in part for the pleiotropic effects observed in BBS. We provide an overview of BBS including the clinical findings, current understanding of cilia biology, and a practical approach to diagnosis, genetic counselling and up-to-date management.
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- Elizabeth Forsythe
- Molecular Medicine Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
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Huhn S, Pardini B, Naccarati A, Vodicka P, Hemminki K, Försti A. Ancestral susceptibility to colorectal cancer. Mutagenesis 2012; 27:197-204. [PMID: 22294767 DOI: 10.1093/mutage/ger061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Every year, approximately 1 million new colorectal cancer (CRC) cases are diagnosed and about half a million people worldwide die due to this cancer. Known differences in CRC incidence rates are mainly attributed to differences in diet and other environmental factors represented, among others, by nutrition-related complex diseases (e.g. obesity and diabetes mellitus type II). Within the last years, it has become evident that environmental risk factors can be complemented by a genetic component when considering the risk of CRC. For example, a number of polymorphisms are known to be associated with an increased risk of obesity and obesity is a risk factor for CRC. Several studies have shown that the 'ancestral-susceptibility model' can be reasonably applied to nutrition-related complex diseases such as obesity. The work in hand shortly discusses whether the ancestral-susceptibility model can also be applied to CRC as a nutrition-related complex disease.
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- Stefanie Huhn
- Department of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
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Zhang Q, Yu D, Seo S, Stone EM, Sheffield VC. Intrinsic protein-protein interaction-mediated and chaperonin-assisted sequential assembly of stable bardet-biedl syndrome protein complex, the BBSome. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:20625-35. [PMID: 22500027 PMCID: PMC3370246 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.341487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The pleiotropic features of obesity, retinal degeneration, polydactyly, kidney abnormalities, cognitive impairment, hypertension, and diabetes found in Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) make this disorder an important model disorder for identifying molecular mechanisms involved in common human diseases. To date, 16 BBS genes have been reported, seven of which (BBS1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9) code for proteins that form a complex known as the BBSome. The function of the BBSome involves ciliary membrane biogenesis. Three additional BBS genes (BBS6, BBS10, and BBS12) have homology to type II chaperonins and interact with CCT/TRiC proteins and BBS7 to form a complex termed the BBS-chaperonin complex. This complex is required for BBSome assembly. Little is known about the process and the regulation of BBSome formation. We utilized point mutations and null alleles of BBS proteins to disrupt assembly of the BBSome leading to the accumulation of BBSome assembly intermediates. By characterizing BBSome assembly intermediates, we show that the BBS-chaperonin complex plays a role in BBS7 stability. BBS7 interacts with BBS2 and becomes part of a BBS7-BBS2-BBS9 assembly intermediate referred to as the BBSome core complex because it forms the core of the BBSome. BBS1, BBS5, BBS8, and finally BBS4 are added to the BBSome core to form the complete BBSome.
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- Qihong Zhang
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
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D'Angelo CS, Koiffmann CP. Copy number variants in obesity-related syndromes: review and perspectives on novel molecular approaches. J Obes 2012; 2012:845480. [PMID: 23316347 PMCID: PMC3534325 DOI: 10.1155/2012/845480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In recent decades, obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide and became a major concern in public health. Despite heritability estimates of 40 to 70% and the long-recognized genetic basis of obesity in a number of rare cases, the list of common obesity susceptibility variants by the currently published genome-wide association studies (GWASs) only explain a small proportion of the individual variation in risk of obesity. It was not until very recently that GWASs of copy number variants (CNVs) in individuals with extreme phenotypes reported a number of large and rare CNVs conferring high risk to obesity, and specifically deletions on chromosome 16p11.2. In this paper, we comment on the recent advances in the field of genetics of obesity with an emphasis on the genes and genomic regions implicated in highly penetrant forms of obesity associated with developmental disorders. Array genomic hybridization in this patient population has afforded discovery opportunities for CNVs that have not previously been detectable. This information can be used to generate new diagnostic arrays and sequencing platforms, which will likely enhance detection of known genetic conditions with the potential to elucidate new disease genes and ultimately help in developing a next-generation sequencing protocol relevant to clinical practice.
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- Carla Sustek D'Angelo
- Human Genome and Stem Cell Center, Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biosciences, University of Sao Paulo, 277 Rua do Matao, Rooms 204 and 209, 05508-090 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Putoux A, Attie-Bitach T, Martinovic J, Gubler MC. Phenotypic variability of Bardet-Biedl syndrome: focusing on the kidney. Pediatr Nephrol 2012; 27:7-15. [PMID: 21246219 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-010-1751-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2010] [Revised: 11/26/2010] [Accepted: 11/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a multisystemic developmental disorder diagnosed on the basis of the presence of obesity, retinal defects, polydactyly, hypogonadism, renal dysfunction, and learning disabilities. The syndrome is genetically heterogeneous with 14 BBS genes identified to date. Since the cloning of the first gene in 2000, a combination of genetic, in vitro, and in vivo studies have highlighted ciliary dysfunction as a primary cause of BBS pathology. Pleiotropy of ciliopathy phenotypes and complex genetic interactions between causal and modifying alleles of ciliary genes contribute to phenotypic variability. In particular, kidney disease in BBS is clinically heterogeneous, but is now recognized as a cardinal feature and a major cause of mortality in BBS.
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- Audrey Putoux
- INSERM U-781, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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Schaefer E, Zaloszyc A, Lauer J, Durand M, Stutzmann F, Perdomo-Trujillo Y, Redin C, Bennouna Greene V, Toutain A, Perrin L, Gérard M, Caillard S, Bei X, Lewis RA, Christmann D, Letsch J, Kribs M, Mutter C, Muller J, Stoetzel C, Fischbach M, Marion V, Katsanis N, Dollfus H. Mutations in SDCCAG8/NPHP10 Cause Bardet-Biedl Syndrome and Are Associated with Penetrant Renal Disease and Absent Polydactyly. Mol Syndromol 2011; 1:273-281. [PMID: 22190896 DOI: 10.1159/000331268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The ciliopathies are an expanding group of disorders caused by mutations in genes implicated in the biogenesis and function of primary cilia. Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a model ciliopathy characterized by progressive retinal degeneration, obesity, polydactyly, cognitive impairment, kidney anomalies and hypogonadism. Mutations in SDCCAG8(NPHP10) were described recently in patients with nephronophthisis and retinal degeneration (Senior-Loken syndrome; SLS). Given the phenotypic and genetic overlap between known ciliopathy genes, we hypothesized that mutations in SDCCAG8 might also contribute alleles to more severe, multisystemic ciliopathies. We performed genetic and phenotypic analyses of 2 independent BBS cohorts. Subsequent to mutation screening, we made a detailed phenotypic analysis of 5 families mutated for SDCCAG8 (3 homozygous and 2 compound heterozygous mutations) and conducted statistical analyses across both cohorts to examine possible phenotype-genotype correlations with mutations at this locus. All patients with mutations in SDCCAG8 fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for BBS (retinal degeneration, obesity, cognitive defects, renal failure, hypogonadism). Interestingly, none of the patients with primary SDCCAG8 mutations had polydactyly, a frequent but not obligatory BBS feature. In contrast, the same patients displayed early-onset renal failure, obesity, as well as recurrent pulmonary and ENT infections. Comparison of the phenotypes of these families with our entire BBS cohort indicated that renal impairment and absent polydactyly correlated significantly with causal SDCCAG8 mutations. Thus, SDCCAG8 mutations are sufficient to cause BBS in 1-2% of our combined cohorts, and define this gene as the sixteenth BBS locus (BBS16). The absence of polydactyly and the concomitant, apparently fully penetrant association with early kidney failure represents the first significant genotype-phenotype correlation in BBS that potentially represents an indicator for phenotype-driven priority screening and informs specific patient management.
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- E Schaefer
- Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale EA 3949, Equipe Avenir-Inserm, Faculté de Médecine de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg
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Guo DF, Rahmouni K. Molecular basis of the obesity associated with Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2011; 22:286-93. [PMID: 21514177 PMCID: PMC3130119 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2011.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Revised: 02/18/2011] [Accepted: 02/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) is a rare human hereditary disorder associated with several features including obesity, retinopathy, renal defects, polydactyly, learning disabilities and hypogenitalism. This article discusses the abnormalities accounting for energy imbalance leading to obesity in BBS, with emphasis on the recent evidence pointing to aberrations in hypothalamic action of leptin. Indeed, BBS proteins have emerged as important mediators of leptin receptor trafficking, and loss of BBS genes results in leptin resistance that could be due to abnormal leptin receptor handling in a subset of leptin-responsive neurons. These recent discoveries hold promise for improved clinical management of BBS patients. The relevance of these findings to non-syndromic common obesity is also discussed.
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- Deng-Fu Guo
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Odak L, Barisić I, Morozin Pohovski L, Riegel M, Schinzel A. Novel duplication on chromosome 16 (q12.1-q21) associated with behavioral disorder, mild cognitive impairment, speech delay, and dysmorphic features: case report. Croat Med J 2011; 52:415-22. [PMID: 21674840 PMCID: PMC3122958 DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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We report on the 10-year follow-up and clinical, cytogenetic, and molecular investigation of a girl admitted for evaluation because of speech delay, learning difficulties, aggressive behavior, and dysmorphic facial features that included high forehead, round face, epicanthic folds, low-set dysplastic ears, flat nasal bridge, long flat philtrum, thin upper lip, small mouth, and short neck. The analysis of high-resolution GTG- and CTG-banding chromosomes suggested a de novo direct duplication of 16q12-q21 region and fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis with whole-chromosome specific 16 probe confirmed that the duplicated genetic material originated from the chromosome 16. Subsequently, array-based comparative genomic hybridization analysis with a ≈ 75 kb resolution showed a 9.92 Mb gain on the long arm of chromosome 16 at bands q12.1 through q21. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of duplication 16q12.1q21 described in literature. Several genes within the duplicated region are possibly correlated with clinical features present in our patient. Clinical and cytogenetic findings were compared with the small number of reported patients with pure duplications 16q, partially overlapping the one in our patient. Clinical phenotype seems to be distinctive between the proximal-intermediate and intermediate-distal regions of the long arm of the chromosome 16. In particular, we observed a set of dysmorphic features that could present a characteristic dup 16q11.2-q13 phenotype. The present study illustrates the advantages of an integrative approach using both conventional and molecular techniques for the precise characterization and genotype-phenotype correlation in patients with dysmorphism, behavioral problems, and learning difficulties.
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- Ljubica Odak
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Clinical Hospital Center Sisters of Mercy, Zagreb.
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Guo DF, Beyer AM, Yang B, Nishimura DY, Sheffield VC, Rahmouni K. Inactivation of Bardet-Biedl syndrome genes causes kidney defects. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 300:F574-80. [PMID: 21106857 PMCID: PMC3043995 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00150.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2010] [Accepted: 11/17/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare hereditary autosomal recessive disease associated with several features including obesity, hypertension, and renal abnormalities. The underlying mechanisms of renal defects associated with BBS remain poorly defined. We examined the histological, molecular, and functional renal changes in BBS mouse models that have features of the human disorder. Interestingly, obese hypertensive Bbs4(-/-) mice exhibited inflammatory infiltration and renal cysts, whereas the obese normotensive Bbs2(-/-) mice had only minor inflammatory infiltration. Accordingly, the expression level of inducible nitric oxide synthase was elevated in the kidney of both BBS mice with a more marked increase in Bbs4(-/-) mice. In contrast, endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression was decreased in Bbs4(-/-), but not Bbs2(-/-), mice. Similarly, the expression levels of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 and 4 channels as well as β- and γ-subunits of epithelial Na channel were significantly reduced only in the kidney of Bbs4(-/-) mice. Metabolic studies revealed changes in urine output and urinary concentrations of creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, sodium, and potassium with a more pronounced effect in Bbs4(-/-) mice. Finally, we found that calorie restriction which prevented obesity in BBS mice reversed the morphological and molecular changes found in Bbs2(-/-) and Bbs4(-/-) mice, indicating the kidney abnormalities associated with BBS are obesity related. These findings extend our understanding of the function of BBS proteins and emphasize the importance of these proteins in renal physiology.
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Affiliation(s)
- Deng-Fu Guo
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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