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Centola CL, Dasso ME, Soria JD, Riera MF, Meroni SB, Galardo MN. Glycolysis as key regulatory step in FSH-induced rat Sertoli cell proliferation: Role of the mTORC1 pathway. Biochimie 2023; 214:145-156. [PMID: 37442535 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2023.07.007] [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: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
Abstract
The definitive number of Sertoli cells (SCs), achieved during the proliferative periods, defines the spermatogenic capacity in adulthood. It is recognized that FSH is the main mitogen targeting SC and that it exerts its action, at least partly, through the activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTORC1 pathway. mTORC1 controls a large number of cellular functions, including glycolysis and cell proliferation. Interestingly, recent evidence revealed that the glycolytic flux might modulate mTORC1 activity and, consequently, cell cycle progression. Although mature SC metabolism has been thoroughly studied, several aspects of metabolism regulation in proliferating SC are still to be elucidated. The objective of this study was to explore whether aerobic glycolysis is regulated by FSH through mTORC1 pathway in proliferating SC, and to assess the involvement of glycolysis in the regulation of SC proliferation. The present study was carried out utilizing 8-day-old rat SC cultures. The results obtained show that FSH enhances glycolytic flux through the induction of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase 3 (PFKFB3) and lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) in an mTORC1 dependent manner. In addition, PFKFB3 and LDH inhibitors prevent FSH from activating mTORC1 and stimulating SC proliferation and glycolysis, presumably through mTORC1 pathway inhibition. In summary, FSH simultaneously regulates SC proliferation and glycolysis in an mTORC1 dependent manner, and glycolysis seems to cooperate with FSH in the stimulation of both cellular functions through the modulation of the same signalling pathway. Therefore, a positive feedback between the mTORC1 pathway and glycolysis triggered by FSH is hypothesized.
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- Cecilia Lucia Centola
- Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinológicas "Dr. César Bergadá" (CEDIE) CONICET - FEI - División de Endocrinología, Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EFD, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinológicas "Dr. César Bergadá" (CEDIE) CONICET - FEI - División de Endocrinología, Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EFD, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinológicas "Dr. César Bergadá" (CEDIE) CONICET - FEI - División de Endocrinología, Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EFD, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinológicas "Dr. César Bergadá" (CEDIE) CONICET - FEI - División de Endocrinología, Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EFD, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinológicas "Dr. César Bergadá" (CEDIE) CONICET - FEI - División de Endocrinología, Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EFD, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinológicas "Dr. César Bergadá" (CEDIE) CONICET - FEI - División de Endocrinología, Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EFD, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Mager CE, Mormol JM, Shelton ED, Murphy PR, Bowman BA, Barley TJ, Wang X, Linn SC, Liu K, Nelin LD, Hafner M, Liu Y. p38 MAPK and MKP-1 control the glycolytic program via the bifunctional glycolysis regulator PFKFB3 during sepsis. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:103043. [PMID: 36803959 PMCID: PMC10025163 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.103043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Hyperlactatemia often occurs in critically ill patients during severe sepsis/septic shock and is a powerful predictor of mortality. Lactate is the end product of glycolysis. While hypoxia due to inadequate oxygen delivery may result in anaerobic glycolysis, sepsis also enhances glycolysis under hyperdynamic circulation with adequate oxygen delivery. However, the molecular mechanisms involved are not fully understood. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) families regulate many aspects of the immune response during microbial infections. MAPK phosphatase (MKP)-1 serves as a feedback control mechanism for p38 and JNK MAPK activities via dephosphorylation. Here, we found that mice deficient in Mkp-1 exhibited substantially enhanced expression and phosphorylation of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase (PFKFB) 3, a key enzyme that regulates glycolysis following systemic Escherichia coli infection. Enhanced PFKFB3 expression was observed in a variety of tissues and cell types, including hepatocytes, macrophages, and epithelial cells. In bone marrow-derived macrophages, Pfkfb3 was robustly induced by both E. coli and lipopolysaccharide, and Mkp-1 deficiency enhanced PFKFB3 expression with no effect on Pfkfb3 mRNA stability. PFKFB3 induction was correlated with lactate production in both WT and Mkp-1-/- bone marrow-derived macrophage following lipopolysaccharide stimulation. Furthermore, we determined that a PFKFB3 inhibitor markedly attenuated lactate production, highlighting the critical role of PFKFB3 in the glycolysis program. Finally, pharmacological inhibition of p38 MAPK, but not JNK, substantially attenuated PFKFB3 expression and lactate production. Taken together, our studies suggest a critical role of p38 MAPK and MKP-1 in the regulation of glycolysis during sepsis.
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- Carli E Mager
- Center for Perinatal Research, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Center for Perinatal Research, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Center for Perinatal Research, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Center for Perinatal Research, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Center for Perinatal Research, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Center for Perinatal Research, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Laboratory of Muscle Stem Cells and Gene Regulation, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Combined Anatomic Pathology Residency/Graduate Program, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Kidney and Urinary Tract Center, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Center for Perinatal Research, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Laboratory of Muscle Stem Cells and Gene Regulation, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Perinatal Research, The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
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Jones BC, Pohlmann PR, Clarke R, Sengupta S. Treatment against glucose-dependent cancers through metabolic PFKFB3 targeting of glycolytic flux. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2022; 41:447-458. [PMID: 35419769 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-022-10027-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Reprogrammed metabolism and high energy demand are well-established properties of cancer cells that enable tumor growth. Glycolysis is a primary metabolic pathway that supplies this increased energy demand, leading to a high rate of glycolytic flux and a greater dependence on glucose in tumor cells. Finding safe and effective means to control glycolytic flux and curb cancer cell proliferation has gained increasing interest in recent years. A critical step in glycolysis is controlled by the enzyme 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase 3 (PFKFB3), which converts fructose 6-phosphate (F6P) to fructose 2,6-bisphosphate (F2,6BP). F2,6BP allosterically activates the rate-limiting step of glycolysis catalyzed by PFK1 enzyme. PFKFB3 is often overexpressed in many human cancers including pancreatic, colon, prostate, and breast cancer. Hence, PFKFB3 has gained increased interest as a compelling therapeutic target. In this review, we summarize and discuss the current knowledge of PFKFB3 functions, its role in cellular pathways and cancer development, its transcriptional and post-translational activity regulation, and the multiple pharmacologic inhibitors that have been used to block PFKFB3 activity in cancer cells. While much remains to be learned, PFKFB3 continues to hold great promise as an important therapeutic target either as a single agent or in combination with current interventions for breast and other cancers.
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- Brandon C Jones
- Department of Oncology, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, 3970 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC, 20057, USA
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- Department of Breast Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1354, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, 801 16th Ave NE, Austin, MN, 55912, USA
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- The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, 801 16th Ave NE, Austin, MN, 55912, USA.
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Recent Advances in Adipose Tissue Dysfunction and Its Role in the Pathogenesis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Cells 2021; 10:cells10123300. [PMID: 34943809 PMCID: PMC8699427 DOI: 10.3390/cells10123300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Obesity is a serious ongoing health problem that significantly increases the incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). During obesity, adipose tissue dysfunction is obvious and characterized by increased fat deposition (adiposity) and chronic low-grade inflammation. The latter has been implicated to critically promote the development and progression of NAFLD, whose advanced form non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is considered one of the most common causes of terminal liver diseases. This review summarizes the current knowledge on obesity-related adipose dysfunction and its roles in the pathogenesis of hepatic steatosis and inflammation, as well as liver fibrosis. A better understanding of the crosstalk between adipose tissue and liver under obesity is essential for the development of new and improved preventive and/or therapeutic approaches for managing NAFLD.
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Alvarez R, Mandal D, Chittiboina P. Canonical and Non-Canonical Roles of PFKFB3 in Brain Tumors. Cells 2021; 10:cells10112913. [PMID: 34831136 PMCID: PMC8616071 DOI: 10.3390/cells10112913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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PFKFB3 is a bifunctional enzyme that modulates and maintains the intracellular concentrations of fructose-2,6-bisphosphate (F2,6-P2), essentially controlling the rate of glycolysis. PFKFB3 is a known activator of glycolytic rewiring in neoplastic cells, including central nervous system (CNS) neoplastic cells. The pathologic regulation of PFKFB3 is invoked via various microenvironmental stimuli and oncogenic signals. Hypoxia is a primary inducer of PFKFB3 transcription via HIF-1alpha. In addition, translational modifications of PFKFB3 are driven by various intracellular signaling pathways that allow PFKFB3 to respond to varying stimuli. PFKFB3 synthesizes F2,6P2 through the phosphorylation of F6P with a donated PO4 group from ATP and has the highest kinase activity of all PFKFB isoenzymes. The intracellular concentration of F2,6P2 in cancers is maintained primarily by PFKFB3 allowing cancer cells to evade glycolytic suppression. PFKFB3 is a primary enzyme responsible for glycolytic tumor metabolic reprogramming. PFKFB3 protein levels are significantly higher in high-grade glioma than in non-pathologic brain tissue or lower grade gliomas, but without relative upregulation of transcript levels. High PFKFB3 expression is linked to poor survival in brain tumors. Solitary or concomitant PFKFB3 inhibition has additionally shown great potential in restoring chemosensitivity and radiosensitivity in treatment-resistant brain tumors. An improved understanding of canonical and non-canonical functions of PFKFB3 could allow for the development of effective combinatorial targeted therapies for brain tumors.
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- Reinier Alvarez
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA;
- Neurosurgery Unit for Pituitary and Inheritable Disorders, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20824, USA;
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- Neurosurgery Unit for Pituitary and Inheritable Disorders, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20824, USA;
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- Neurosurgery Unit for Pituitary and Inheritable Disorders, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20824, USA;
- Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20824, USA
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Chen W, Zhang J, Zhong W, Liu Y, Lu Y, Zeng Z, Huang H, Wan X, Meng X, Zou F, Cai S, Dong H. Anlotinib Inhibits PFKFB3-Driven Glycolysis in Myofibroblasts to Reverse Pulmonary Fibrosis. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:744826. [PMID: 34603058 PMCID: PMC8481786 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.744826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal disease in which the normal alveolar network is gradually replaced by fibrotic scars. Current evidence suggests that metabolic alterations correlate with myofibroblast activation in IPF. Anlotinib has been proposed to have antifibrotic effects, but the efficacy and mechanisms of anlotinib against lung fibrosis have not been systematically evaluated. The antifibrotic effects of anlotinib were evaluated in bleomycin-induced mouse models and transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1)-stimulated lung fibroblasts. We measured lactate levels, 2-NBDG glucose uptake and the extracellular acidification rate (ECAR) to assess glycolysis in fibroblasts. RNA-protein coimmunoprecipitation (RIP) and polysome analyses were performed to investigate novel mechanisms of glycolytic reprogramming in pulmonary fibrosis. We found that anlotinib diminished myofibroblast activation and inhibited the augmentation of glycolysis. Moreover, we show that PCBP3 posttranscriptionally increases PFKFB3 expression by promoting its translation during myofibroblast activation, thus promoting glycolysis in myofibroblasts. Regarding mechanism, anlotinib exerts potent antifibrotic effects by downregulating PCBP3, reducing PFKFB3 translation and inhibiting glycolysis in myofibroblasts. Furthermore, we observed that anlotinib had preventative and therapeutic antifibrotic effects on bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Therefore, we identify PCBP3 as a protein involved in the regulation of glycolysis reprogramming and lung fibrogenesis and propose it as a therapeutic target for pulmonary fibrosis. Our data suggest that anlotinib has antifibrotic effects on the lungs, and we provide a novel mechanism for this effect. Anlotinib may constitute a novel and potent candidate for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis.
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- Weimou Chen
- Chronic Airways Diseases Laboratory, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Chronic Airways Diseases Laboratory, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Chronic Airways Diseases Laboratory, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Chronic Airways Diseases Laboratory, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Chronic Airways Diseases Laboratory, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Chronic Airways Diseases Laboratory, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Chronic Airways Diseases Laboratory, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Chronic Airways Diseases Laboratory, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Department of Occupational Health and Medicine, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Department of Occupational Health and Medicine, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Chronic Airways Diseases Laboratory, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Chronic Airways Diseases Laboratory, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Kassa B, Kumar R, Mickael C, Sanders L, Vohwinkel CU, Lee M, Gu S, Poth JM, Stenmark KR, Zhao YY, Tuder RM, Graham BB. Endothelial Cell PHD2-HIF1α-PFKFB3 Contributes to Right Ventricle Vascular Adaptation in Pulmonary Hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2021; 321:L675-L685. [PMID: 34346780 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00351.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Humans and animals with pulmonary hypertension (PH) show right ventricular (RV) capillary growth, which positively correlates with overall RV hypertrophy. However, molecular drivers of RV vascular augmentation in PH are unknown. Prolyl hydroxylase (PHD2) is a regulator of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs), which transcriptionally activates several proangiogenic genes, including the glycolytic enzyme PFKFB3. We hypothesized that a signaling axis of PHD2-HIF1α-PFKFB3 contributes to adaptive coupling between the RV vasculature and tissue volume to maintain appropriate vascular density in PH. METHODS AND RESULTS We used design-based stereology to analyze endothelial cell (EC) proliferation and the absolute length of the vascular network in the RV free wall, relative to the tissue volume in mice challenged with hypoxic PH. We observed increased RV EC proliferation starting after 6 hours of hypoxia challenge. Using parabiotic mice, we found no evidence for a contribution of circulating EC precursors to the RV vascular network. Mice with transgenic deletion or pharmacologic inhibition of PHD2, HIF1α, or PFKFB3 all had evidence of impaired RV vascular adaptation following hypoxia PH challenge. CONCLUSIONS PHD2-HIF1α-PFKFB3 contributes to structural coupling between the RV vascular length and tissue volume in hypoxic mice, consistent with homeostatic mechanisms which maintain appropriate vascular density. Activating this pathway could help augment the RV vasculature and preserve RV substrate delivery in PH, as an approach to promote RV function.
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- Biruk Kassa
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Program for Lung and Vascular Biology, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann and Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.,Departments of Pediatrics, Pharmacology, and Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Griesel BA, Matsuzaki S, Batushansky A, Griffin TM, Humphries KM, Olson AL. PFKFB3-dependent glucose metabolism regulates 3T3-L1 adipocyte development. FASEB J 2021; 35:e21728. [PMID: 34110658 PMCID: PMC8205188 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202100381rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Proliferation and differentiation of preadipocytes, and other cell types, is accompanied by an increase in glucose uptake. Previous work showed that a pulse of high glucose was required during the first 3 days of differentiation in vitro, but was not required after that. The specific glucose metabolism pathways required for adipocyte differentiation are unknown. Herein, we used 3T3-L1 adipocytes as a model system to study glucose metabolism and expansion of the adipocyte metabolome during the first 3 days of differentiation. Our primary outcome measures were GLUT4 and adiponectin, key proteins associated with healthy adipocytes. Using complete media with 0 or 5 mM glucose, we distinguished between developmental features that were dependent on the differentiation cocktail of dexamethasone, insulin, and isobutylmethylxanthine alone or the cocktail plus glucose. Cocktail alone was sufficient to activate the capacity for 2-deoxglucose uptake and glycolysis, but was unable to support the expression of GLUT4 and adiponectin in mature adipocytes. In contrast, 5 mM glucose in the media promoted a transient increase in glucose uptake and glycolysis as well as a significant expansion of the adipocyte metabolome and proteome. Using genetic and pharmacologic approaches, we found that the positive effects of 5 mM glucose on adipocyte differentiation were specifically due to increased expression of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase 3 (PFKFB3), a key regulator of glycolysis and the ancillary glucose metabolic pathways. Our data reveal a critical role for PFKFB3 activity in regulating the cellular metabolic remodeling required for adipocyte differentiation and maturation.
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- Beth A Griesel
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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Effects of maternal gestational diet, with or without methionine, on muscle transcriptome of Bos indicus-influenced beef calves following a vaccine-induced immunological challenge. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0253810. [PMID: 34166453 PMCID: PMC8224847 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Maternal nutrition during gestation can cause epigenetic effects that translate to alterations in gene expression in offspring. This 2-year study employed RNA-sequencing technology to evaluate the pre- and post-vaccination muscle transcriptome of early-weaned Bos indicus-influenced beef calves born from dams offered different supplementation strategies from 57 ± 5 d prepartum until 17 ± 5 d postpartum. Seventy-two Brangus heifers (36 heifers/yr) were stratified by body weight and body condition score and assigned to bahiagrass pastures (3 heifers/pasture/yr). Treatments were randomly assigned to pastures and consisted of (i) no pre- or postpartum supplementation (NOSUP), (ii) pre- and postpartum supplementation of protein and energy using 7.2 kg of dry matter/heifer/wk of molasses + urea (MOL), or (iii) MOL fortified with 105 g/heifer/wk of methionine hydroxy analog (MOLMET). Calves were weaned on d 147 of the study. On d 154, 24 calves/yr (8 calves/treatment) were randomly selected and individually limit-fed a high-concentrate diet until d 201. Calves were vaccinated on d 160. Muscle biopsies were collected from the same calves (4 calves/treatment/day/yr) on d 154 (pre-vaccination) and 201 (post-vaccination) for gene expression analysis using RNA sequencing. Molasses maternal supplementation led to a downregulation of genes associated with muscle cell differentiation and development along with intracellular signaling pathways (e.g., Wnt and TGF-β signaling pathway) compared to no maternal supplementation. Maternal fortification with methionine altered functional gene-sets involved in amino acid transport and metabolism and the one-carbon cycle. In addition, muscle transcriptome was impacted by vaccination with a total of 2,396 differentially expressed genes (FDR ≤ 0.05) on d 201 vs. d 154. Genes involved in cell cycle progression, extracellular matrix, and collagen formation were upregulated after vaccination. This study demonstrated that maternal supplementation of energy and protein, with or without, methionine has long-term implications on the muscle transcriptome of offspring and potentially influence postnatal muscle development.
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Delcourt M, Delsinne V, Colet JM, Declèves AE, Tagliatti V. Investigation of Mitochondrial Adaptations to Modulation of Carbohydrate Supply during Adipogenesis of 3T3-L1 Cells by Targeted 1H-NMR Spectroscopy. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11050662. [PMID: 33947124 PMCID: PMC8146760 DOI: 10.3390/biom11050662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
(1) Background: White adipose tissue (WAT) is a dynamic and plastic tissue showing high sensitivity to carbohydrate supply. In such a context, the WAT may accordingly modulate its mitochondrial metabolic activity. We previously demonstrated that a partial replacement of glucose by galactose in a culture medium of 3T3-L1 cells leads to a poorer adipogenic yield and improved global mitochondrial health. In the present study, we investigate key mitochondrial metabolic actors reflecting mitochondrial adaptation in response to different carbohydrate supplies. (2) Methods: The metabolome of 3T3-L1 cells was investigated during the differentiation process using different glucose/galactose ratios and by a targeted approach using 1H-NMR (Proton nuclear magnetic resonance) spectroscopy; (3) Results: Our findings indicate a reduction of adipogenic and metabolic overload markers under the low glucose/galactose condition. In addition, a remodeling of the mitochondrial function triggers the secretion of metabolites with signaling and systemic energetical homeostasis functions. Finally, this study also sheds light on a new way to consider the mitochondrial metabolic function by considering noncarbohydrates related pathways reflecting both healthier cellular and mitochondrial adaptation mechanisms; (4) Conclusions: Different carbohydrates supplies induce deep mitochondrial metabolic and function adaptations leading to overall adipocytes function and profile remodeling during the adipogenesis.
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- Manon Delcourt
- Metabolic and Molecular Biochemistry Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, UMONS, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium;
- Human Biology and Toxicology Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, UMONS, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium; (V.D.); (J.-M.C.); (V.T.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +32-(0)65-373506
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- Human Biology and Toxicology Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, UMONS, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium; (V.D.); (J.-M.C.); (V.T.)
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- Human Biology and Toxicology Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, UMONS, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium; (V.D.); (J.-M.C.); (V.T.)
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- Metabolic and Molecular Biochemistry Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, UMONS, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium;
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- Human Biology and Toxicology Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, UMONS, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium; (V.D.); (J.-M.C.); (V.T.)
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Zhu B, Guo X, Xu H, Jiang B, Li H, Wang Y, Yin Q, Zhou T, Cai JJ, Glaser S, Meng F, Francis H, Alpini G, Wu C. Adipose tissue inflammation and systemic insulin resistance in mice with diet-induced obesity is possibly associated with disruption of PFKFB3 in hematopoietic cells. J Transl Med 2021; 101:328-340. [PMID: 33462362 PMCID: PMC7897240 DOI: 10.1038/s41374-020-00523-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Obesity-associated inflammation in white adipose tissue (WAT) is a causal factor of systemic insulin resistance; however, precisely how immune cells regulate WAT inflammation in relation to systemic insulin resistance remains to be elucidated. The present study examined a role for 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase 3 (PFKFB3) in hematopoietic cells in regulating WAT inflammation and systemic insulin sensitivity. Male C57BL/6J mice were fed a high-fat diet (HFD) or low-fat diet (LFD) for 12 weeks and examined for WAT inducible 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase (iPFK2) content, while additional HFD-fed mice were treated with rosiglitazone and examined for PFKFB3 mRNAs in WAT stromal vascular cells (SVC). Also, chimeric mice in which PFKFB3 was disrupted only in hematopoietic cells and control chimeric mice were also fed an HFD and examined for HFD-induced WAT inflammation and systemic insulin resistance. In vitro, adipocytes were co-cultured with bone marrow-derived macrophages and examined for adipocyte proinflammatory responses and insulin signaling. Compared with their respective levels in controls, WAT iPFK2 amount in HFD-fed mice and WAT SVC PFKFB3 mRNAs in rosiglitazone-treated mice were significantly increased. When the inflammatory responses were analyzed, peritoneal macrophages from PFKFB3-disrputed mice revealed increased proinflammatory activation and decreased anti-inflammatory activation compared with control macrophages. At the whole animal level, hematopoietic cell-specific PFKFB3 disruption enhanced the effects of HFD feeding on promoting WAT inflammation, impairing WAT insulin signaling, and increasing systemic insulin resistance. In vitro, adipocytes co-cultured with PFKFB3-disrupted macrophages revealed increased proinflammatory responses and decreased insulin signaling compared with adipocytes co-cultured with control macrophages. These results suggest that PFKFB3 disruption in hematopoietic cells only exacerbates HFD-induced WAT inflammation and systemic insulin resistance.
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- Bilian Zhu
- Department of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
- Department of VIP Medical Service Center, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Shandong, Jinan, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of VIP Medical Service Center, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of VIP Medical Service Center, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of VIP Medical Service Center, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA
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- Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
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Ghafouri-Fard S, Taheri M. The expression profile and role of non-coding RNAs in obesity. Eur J Pharmacol 2020; 892:173809. [PMID: 33345852 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Latest years have experienced a dramatic upsurge in the knowledge about the function of non-coding transcripts in the determination of diverse human phenotypes including obesity. Several miRNAs and lncRNAs participate in the regulation of metabolic pathways leading to obesity. Several lncRNAs such as Mist, lincIRS2, lncRNA-p5549, H19, GAS5 and SNHG9 have been shown to be down-regulated in adipose tissues or other biological samples in the obese human or animal subjects. On the other hand, Meg3, Plnc1, Blnc1, AC092834.1, TINCR and PVT1 are among up-regulated lncRNAs in the obese subjects. Tens of miRNAs have differential expression between obese and non-obese subjects or between mature adipocytes and pre-adipocytes. Understanding the molecular mechanism of involvement of non-coding RNAs in the pathobiology of obesity would simplify design of therapeutic choices for protecting against obesity and its related comorbidities. We explain the available literature on the function of these transcripts in the pathobiology of obesity.
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- Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard
- Urogenital Stem Cell Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Ren C, Han R, Hu J, Li H, Li S, Liu Y, Cheng Z, Ji X, Ding Y. Hypoxia post-conditioning promoted glycolysis in mice cerebral ischemic model. Brain Res 2020; 1748:147044. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.147044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Guo X, Zhu B, Xu H, Li H, Jiang B, Wang Y, Zheng B, Glaser S, Alpini G, Wu C. Adoptive transfer of Pfkfb3-disrupted hematopoietic cells to wild-type mice exacerbates diet-induced hepatic steatosis and inflammation. LIVER RESEARCH 2020; 4:136-144. [PMID: 34336366 PMCID: PMC8320599 DOI: 10.1016/j.livres.2020.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Hepatic steatosis and inflammation are key characteristics of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, whether and how hepatic steatosis and liver inflammation are differentially regulated remains to be elucidated. Considering that disruption of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase 3 (Pfkfb3/iPfk2) dissociates fat deposition and inflammation, the present study examined a role for Pfkfb3/iPfk2 in hematopoietic cells in regulating hepatic steatosis and inflammation in mice. METHODS Pfkfb3-disrupted (Pfkfb3 +/-) mice and wild-type (WT) littermates were fed a high-fat diet (HFD) and examined for NAFLD phenotype. Also, bone marrow cells isolated from Pfkfb3 +/- mice and WT mice were differentiated into macrophages for analysis of macrophage activation status and for bone marrow transplantation (BMT) to generate chimeric (WT/BMT- Pfkfb3 +/-) mice in which Pfkfb3 was disrupted only in hematopoietic cells and control chimeric (WT/BMT-WT) mice. The latter were also fed an HFD and examined for NAFLD phenotype. In vitro, hepatocytes were co-cultured with bone marrow-derived macrophages and examined for hepatocyte fat deposition and proinflammatory responses. RESULTS After the feeding period, HFD-fed Pfkfb3 +/- mice displayed increased severity of liver inflammation in the absence of hepatic steatosis compared with HFD-fed WT mice. When inflammatory activation was analyzed, Pfkfb3 +/- macrophages revealed increased proinflammatory activation and decreased anti-proinflammatory activation. When NAFLD phenotype was analyzed in the chimeric mice, WT/BMT-Pfkfb3 +/- mice displayed increases in the severity of HFD-induced hepatic steatosis and inflammation compared with WT/BMT-WT mice. At the cellular level, hepatocytes co-cultured with Pfkfb3 +/- macrophages revealed increased fat deposition and proinflammatory responses compared with hepatocytes co-cultured with WT macrophages. CONCLUSIONS Pfkfb3 disruption only in hematopoietic cells exacerbates HFD-induced hepatic steatosis and inflammation whereas the Pfkfb3/iPfk2 in nonhematopoietic cells appeared to be needed for HFD feeding to induce hepatic steatosis. As such, the Pfkfb3/iPfk2 plays a unique role in regulating NAFLD pathophysiology.
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- Xin Guo
- Department of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA,Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA,Department of VIP Medical Service Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of VIP Medical Service Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of VIP Medical Service Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of VIP Medical Service Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA
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- Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA,Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA,Corresponding author. Department of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. (C. Wu)
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Diabetes is a spectrum of clinical manifestations, including latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA). However, it has been questioned whether LADA exists or simply is a group of misclassified type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients. This review will provide an updated overview of the genetics of LADA, highlight what genetics tell us about LADA as a diabetes subtype, and point to future directions in the study of LADA. RECENT FINDINGS Recent studies have verified the genetic overlap between LADA and both T1D and T2D and have contributed identification of a novel LADA-specific locus, namely, PFKFB3, and subtype-specific signatures in the HLA region. Genetic risk scores comprising T1D-risk variants have been shown to be a promising tool for discriminating diabetes subtypes and identifying patients rapidly progressing to insulin dependence. Genetic data support the existence of LADA, but further studies are needed to fully determine the place of LADA in the diabetes spectrum.
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- Mette K Andersen
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark.
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Myocardium Metabolism in Physiological and Pathophysiological States: Implications of Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Potential Therapeutic Targets. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21072641. [PMID: 32290181 PMCID: PMC7177518 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21072641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 04/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The main energy substrate of adult cardiomyocytes for their contractility are the fatty acids. Its metabolism generates high ATP levels at the expense of high oxygen consumption in the mitochondria. Under low oxygen supply, they can get energy from other substrates, mainly glucose, lactate, ketone bodies, etc., but the mitochondrial dysfunction, in pathological conditions, reduces the oxidative metabolism. In consequence, fatty acids are stored into epicardial fat and its accumulation provokes inflammation, insulin resistance, and oxidative stress, which enhance the myocardium dysfunction. Some therapies focused on improvement the fatty acids entry into mitochondria have failed to demonstrate benefits on cardiovascular disorders. Oppositely, those therapies with effects on epicardial fat volume and inflammation might improve the oxidative metabolism of myocardium and might reduce the cardiovascular disease progression. This review aims at explain (a) the energy substrate adaptation of myocardium in physiological conditions, (b) the reduction of oxidative metabolism in pathological conditions and consequences on epicardial fat accumulation and insulin resistance, and (c) the reduction of cardiovascular outcomes after regulation by some therapies.
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Guan Y, Chen X, Wu M, Zhu W, Arslan A, Takeda S, Nguyen MH, Majeti R, Thomas D, Zheng M, Peltz G. The phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis pathway provides a new target for cancer chemotherapy. J Hepatol 2020; 72:746-760. [PMID: 31760071 PMCID: PMC7085447 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Since human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) develop into hepatic organoids through stages that resemble human embryonic liver development, they can be used to study developmental processes and disease pathology. Therefore, we examined the early stages of hepatic organoid formation to identify key pathways affecting early liver development. METHODS Single-cell RNA-sequencing and metabolomic analysis was performed on developing organoid cultures at the iPSC, hepatoblast (day 9) and mature organoid stage. The importance of the phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis pathway to early liver development was examined in developing organoid cultures using iPSC with a CRISPR-mediated gene knockout and an over the counter medication (meclizine) that inhibits the rate-limiting enzyme in this pathway. Meclizine's effect on the growth of a human hepatocarcinoma cell line in a xenotransplantation model and on the growth of acute myeloid leukemia cells in vitro was also examined. RESULTS Transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis of organoid development indicated that the phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis pathway is essential for early liver development. Unexpectedly, early hepatoblasts were selectively sensitive to the cytotoxic effect of meclizine. We demonstrate that meclizine could be repurposed for use in a new synergistic combination therapy for primary liver cancer: a glycolysis inhibitor reprograms cancer cell metabolism to make it susceptible to the cytotoxic effect of meclizine. This combination inhibited the growth of a human liver carcinoma cell line in vitro and in a xenotransplantation model, without causing significant side effects. This drug combination was also highly active against acute myeloid leukemia cells. CONCLUSION Our data indicate that phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis is a targetable pathway for cancer; meclizine may have clinical efficacy as a repurposed anti-cancer drug when used as part of a new combination therapy. LAY SUMMARY The early stages of human liver development were modeled using human hepatic organoids. We identified a pathway that was essential for early liver development. Based upon this finding, a novel combination drug therapy was identified that could be used to treat primary liver cancer and possibly other types of cancer.
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- Yuan Guan
- Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of
Medicine, Stanford CA 94305
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- Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of
Medicine, Stanford CA 94305
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- Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of
Medicine, Stanford CA 94305
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- Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of
Medicine, Stanford CA 94305
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- Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of
Medicine, Stanford CA 94305
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- Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of
Medicine, Stanford CA 94305
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and
Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford CA 94305
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Cancer
Institute, and Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford
University School of Medicine
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Cancer
Institute, and Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford
University School of Medicine
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- Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of
Medicine, Stanford CA 94305
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- Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
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Hu W, Ding Y, Wang S, Xu L, Yu H. The Construction and Analysis of the Aberrant lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA Network in Adipose Tissue from Type 2 Diabetes Individuals with Obesity. J Diabetes Res 2020; 2020:3980742. [PMID: 32337289 PMCID: PMC7168724 DOI: 10.1155/2020/3980742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has become the most serious global public health issue. In recent years, there has been increasing attention to the role of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the occurrence and development of obesity and T2DM. The aim of this work was to find new lncRNAs as potential predictive biomarkers or therapeutic targets for obesity and T2DM. METHODS In this study, we identified significant differentially expressed mRNAs (DEmRNAs) and differentially expressed lncRNAs (DElncRNAs) between adipose tissue of individuals with obesity and T2DM and normal adipose tissue (absolute log2FC ≥ 1 and FDR < 0.05). Then, the lncRNA-miRNA interactions predicted by miRcode were further screened with a threshold of MIC > 0.2. Simultaneously, the mRNA-miRNA interactions were explored by miRWalk 2.0. Finally, a ceRNA network consisting of lncRNAs, miRNAs, and mRNAs was established by integrating lncRNA-miRNA interactions and mRNA-miRNA interactions. RESULTS Upon comparing adipose tissue from individuals with obesity and T2DM and normal adipose tissues, 364 significant DEmRNAs, including 140 upregulated and 224 downregulated mRNAs, were identified in GSE104674; in addition, 231 significant DEmRNAs, including 146 upregulated and 85 downregulated mRNAs, were identified in GSE133099. GO and KEGG analyses have shown that downregulated DEmRNAs in GSE104674 and GSE133099 were associated with obesity- and T2DM-related biological pathways, such as lipid metabolism, AMPK signaling, and insulin resistance. Furthermore, 28 significant DElncRNAs, including 14 upregulated and 14 downregulated lncRNAs, were found. Based on the predicted lncRNA-miRNA and mRNA-miRNA relationships, we constructed a competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network, including five lncRNAs, ten miRNAs, and 15 mRNAs. KEGG-GSEA analysis revealed that four lncRNAs (FLG-AS1, SNAI3-AS1, AC008147.0, and LINC02015) in the ceRNA network were related to the biological pathways of metabolic diseases. CONCLUSIONS Through ceRNA network analysis, our study identified four new lncRNAs that may be used as potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets of obesity and T2DM, thus laying a foundation for future clinical studies.
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- Wei Hu
- Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
- Key Laboratory of Prevention and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease of Zhanjiang City, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
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Shi H, Yao R, Lian S, Liu P, Liu Y, Yang YY, Yang H, Li S. Regulating glycolysis, the TLR4 signal pathway and expression of RBM3 in mouse liver in response to acute cold exposure. Stress 2019; 22:366-376. [PMID: 30821572 DOI: 10.1080/10253890.2019.1568987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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At low temperatures, the liver increases glucose utilization and expresses RNA-binding motif 3 (RBM3) to cope with cold exposure. In this study, the expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70), Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), bone marrow differentiation factor 88 (MYD88), and phosphorylated nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) was consistent with fluctuations in insulin in fasted cold-exposed mice. We also found up-regulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α) in acute cold exposure with a decrease in core body temperature. RBM3 transcription and translation were activated 2 h after cold exposure. The anti-apoptotic factor Bcl-2/Bax ratio also increased, while expression of apoptosis factors: cleaved caspase-3, cleaved poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase 1 (PARP-1) and cytochrome-c (Cyt-c) was unchanged. Liver glycogen was depleted after 2 h of cold exposure, and blood glucose decreased after 4 h. Glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) phosphorylation continued to increase to promote hepatic glycogen synthesis. We found a high level of protein kinase B (AKT) phosphorylation after 6 h of cold exposure. In addition, we demonstrated that after cold exposure for 2 h, in the liver, continued phosphorylation of fructose-2,6-diphosphate (PFKFB2) and decreased accumulation of glycogen intermediates fructose-1,6-diphosphate (FDP) and pyruvic acid (PA). In summary, the liver responds to cold exposure through a number of different pathways, including activation of HSP70/TLR4 signaling pathways, up-regulation of RBM3 expression, and increased glycolysis and glycogen synthesis. We propose a possible signaling pathway in which regulation of RBM3 expression by the liver affects the AKT metabolic signaling pathway. Lay summary In response to changes in ambient temperature, mice regulate global metabolism and gene expression through hormones. This study focused on the effects of environmental hypothermia on molecular pathways of glucose metabolism in the liver, which is the important metabolic organ in mice. This provides a basis for further study of mice against cold exposure damage.
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- Hongzhao Shi
- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University , Daqing , PR China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University , Daqing , PR China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University , Daqing , PR China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University , Daqing , PR China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University , Daqing , PR China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University , Daqing , PR China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University , Daqing , PR China
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- a College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine , Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University , Daqing , PR China
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Bao Y, Zhou L, Dai D, Zhu X, Hu Y, Qiu Y. Discover potential inhibitors for PFKFB3 using 3D-QSAR, virtual screening, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2019; 38:413-431. [PMID: 30822195 DOI: 10.1080/10799893.2018.1564150] [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: 01/18/2023]
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The 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase-3 (PFKFB3) is a master regulator of glycolysis in cancer cells by synthesizing fructose-2,6-bisphosphate (F-2,6-BP), a potent allosteric activator of phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK-1), which is a rate-limiting enzyme of glycolysis. PFKFB3 is an attractive target for cancer treatment. It is valuable to discover promising inhibitors by using 3D-QSAR pharmacophore modeling, virtual screening, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation. Twenty molecules with known activity were used to build 3D-QSAR pharmacophore models. The best pharmacophore model was ADHR called Hypo1, which had the highest correlation value of 0.98 and the lowest RMSD of 0.82. Then, the Hypo1 was validated by cost value method, test set method and decoy set validation method. Next, the Hypo1 combined with Lipinski's rule of five and ADMET properties were employed to screen databases including Asinex and Specs, total of 1,048,159 molecules. The hits retrieved from screening were docked into protein by different procedures including HTVS, SP and XP. Finally, nine molecules were picked out as potential PFKFB3 inhibitors. The stability of PFKFB3-lead complexes was verified by 40 ns molecular dynamics simulation. The binding free energy and the energy contribution of per residue to the binding energy were calculated by MM-PBSA based on molecular dynamics simulation.
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- Yinfeng Bao
- a College of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu , China
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- a College of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu , China
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- a College of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu , China
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- a College of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu , China
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- a College of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu , China
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- a College of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu , China
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Zhang R, Wang X, Zhang X, Zhang J, Zhang X, Shi X, Crump D, Letcher RJ, Giesy JP, Liu C. Down-Regulation of hspb9 and hspb11 Contributes to Wavy Notochord in Zebrafish Embryos Following Exposure to Polychlorinated Diphenylsulfides. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:12829-12840. [PMID: 30335980 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b04487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
It is hypothesized that key genes, other than ahr2, are present and associated with the development of a unique type of notochord malformation known as wavy notochord in early life stages of zebrafish following exposure to polychlorinated diphenylsulfides (PCDPSs). To investigate the potential mechanism(s), time-dependent developmental morphologies of zebrafish embryos following exposure to 2500 nM 2,4,4',5-tetra-CDPS, 2,2',4-tri-CDPS or 4,4'-di-CDPS were observed to determine the developmental time point when notochord twists began to occur (i.e., 21 h-postfertilization (hpf)). Simultaneously, morphometric measurements suggested that PCDPS exposure did not affect notochord growth at 21 or 120 hpf; however, elongation of the body axis was significantly inhibited at 120 hpf. Transcriptome analysis revealed that the retardation of body growth was potentially related with dysregulation of transcripts predominantly associated with the insulin-associated Irs-Akt-FoxO cascade. Moreover, knockdown and gain-of-function experiments in vivo on codifferentially expressed genes demonstrated that reduced expression of hspb9 and hspb11 contributed to the occurrence of wavy notochord. The results of this study strongly support the hypothesis that the notochord kinks and twists are triggered by the down-regulation of hspb9 and hspb11, and intensified by body growth retardation along with normal notochord length in PCDPS-exposed zebrafish embryos.
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- Rui Zhang
- School of Resources and Environment , University of Jinan , Jinan 250022 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse , School of the Environment, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
- Association of Chinese Chemists and Chemical Engineers in Germany , Limburgerhof 67117 , Germany
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering , Anhui University , Hefei 230601 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse , School of the Environment, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse , School of the Environment, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nanfang Hospital , Southern Medical University , Guangzhou 510515 , P. R. China
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- Ecotoxicology and Wildlife Health Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre , Carleton University , 1125 Colonel By Drive , Ottawa , K1A 0H3 , Canada
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- Ecotoxicology and Wildlife Health Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre , Carleton University , 1125 Colonel By Drive , Ottawa , K1A 0H3 , Canada
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Centre , University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , Saskatchewan S7N 5B3 , Canada
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- College of Fisheries , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan 430070 , P. R. China
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Lu CY, Qiu JT, Hsu CY. Cellular energy metabolism maintains young status in old queen honey bees (Apis mellifera). ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 98:e21468. [PMID: 29722061 DOI: 10.1002/arch.21468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Trophocytes and oenocytes of queen honey bees are used in studies of cellular longevity, but their cellular energy metabolism with age is poorly understood. In this study, the molecules involved in cellular energy metabolism were evaluated in the trophocytes and oenocytes of young and old queen bees. The findings indicated that there were no significant differences between young and old queen bees in β-oxidation, glycolysis, and protein synthesis. These results indicate that the cellular energy metabolism of trophocytes and oenocytes in old queen bees is similar to young queen bees and suggests that maintaining cellular energy metabolism in a young status may be associated with the longevity of queen bees. Fat and glycogen accumulation increased with age indicating that old queen bees are older than young queen bees.
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- Cheng-Yen Lu
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
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Bartrons R, Rodríguez-García A, Simon-Molas H, Castaño E, Manzano A, Navarro-Sabaté À. The potential utility of PFKFB3 as a therapeutic target. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2018; 22:659-674. [PMID: 29985086 DOI: 10.1080/14728222.2018.1498082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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INTRODUCTION It has been known for over half a century that tumors exhibit an increased demand for nutrients to fuel their rapid proliferation. Interest in targeting cancer metabolism to treat the disease has been renewed in recent years with the discovery that many cancer-related pathways have a profound effect on metabolism. Considering the recent increase in our understanding of cancer metabolism and the enzymes and pathways involved, the question arises as to whether metabolism is cancer's Achilles heel. Areas covered: This review summarizes the role of 6-Phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase 3 (PFKFB3) in glycolysis, cell proliferation, and tumor growth, discussing PFKFB3 gene and isoenzyme regulation and the changes that occur in cancer and inflammatory diseases. Pharmacological options currently available for selective PFKFB3 inhibition are also reviewed. Expert opinion: PFKFB3 plays an important role in sustaining the development and progression of cancer and might represent an attractive target for therapeutic strategies. Nevertheless, clinical trials are needed to follow up on the promising results from preclinical studies with PFKFB3 inhibitors. Combination therapies with PFKFB3 inhibitors, chemotherapeutic drugs, or radiotherapy might improve the efficacy of cancer treatments targeting PFKFB3.
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- Ramon Bartrons
- a Unitat de Bioquímica, Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques , Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBELL , Catalunya , Spain
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- a Unitat de Bioquímica, Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques , Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBELL , Catalunya , Spain
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- a Unitat de Bioquímica, Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques , Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBELL , Catalunya , Spain
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- a Unitat de Bioquímica, Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques , Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBELL , Catalunya , Spain
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- a Unitat de Bioquímica, Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques , Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBELL , Catalunya , Spain
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- a Unitat de Bioquímica, Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques , Universitat de Barcelona, IDIBELL , Catalunya , Spain
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Lazzarotto V, Médale F, Larroquet L, Corraze G. Long-term dietary replacement of fishmeal and fish oil in diets for rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Effects on growth, whole body fatty acids and intestinal and hepatic gene expression. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0190730. [PMID: 29364933 PMCID: PMC5783356 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The effects of replacing fishmeal and fish oil with a plant-based diet were studied in juvenile (10g) and ongrowing (250-350g) rainbow trout from first-feeding. Feed-related differences in the intestinal and hepatic transcriptome were examined in juveniles after 7 months of feeding at 7°C. Based on microarray results obtained for juveniles, the expression of selected genes related to lipid, cholesterol and energy metabolisms, was assessed by RT-qPCR in ongrowing trout after 6 additional months of feeding at 17°C. Plasma glucose and cholesterol, lipid content and fatty acid profile of whole body were analyzed at both stages. After 7 months at 7°C, all juveniles reached the same body weight (10g), while at 13 months ongrowing fish fed the totally plant-based diet exhibited lower body weight (234 vs 330-337g). Body lipid content was higher in juveniles fed the totally plant-based diet (13.2 vs 9.4–9.9%), and plasma cholesterol was about 2-times lower in trout fed the plant-based diets at both stages. Fatty acid profile mirrored that of the respective diet, with low proportions of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in fish fed plant-based diets. Genes involved in protein catabolism, carbohydrate metabolism and trafficking were down-regulated in the intestines of juveniles fed the plant-based diets. This was not true for ongrowing fish. Genes involved in lipid and cholesterol metabolisms were up-regulated in the livers of fish fed plant-based diets for both stages. In this study, feeding trout a totally plant-based diet from first-feeding affect a relatively low proportion of metabolism-related genes. In the longer term, when fish were reared at a higher temperature, only some of these changes were maintained (i.e. up-regulation of lipid/cholesterol metabolism). Although the plant-based diets tested in this study had no major deficiencies, small adjustments in the feed-formula are needed to further optimize growth performance while sparing marine resources.
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- Viviana Lazzarotto
- INRA - UMR 1419 “Nutrition Métabolisme Aquaculture”, Aquapôle, Saint Pée-sur-Nivelle, France
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- INRA - UMR 1419 “Nutrition Métabolisme Aquaculture”, Aquapôle, Saint Pée-sur-Nivelle, France
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- INRA - UMR 1419 “Nutrition Métabolisme Aquaculture”, Aquapôle, Saint Pée-sur-Nivelle, France
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- INRA - UMR 1419 “Nutrition Métabolisme Aquaculture”, Aquapôle, Saint Pée-sur-Nivelle, France
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Yan S, Wei X, Xu S, Sun H, Wang W, Liu L, Jiang X, Zhang Y, Che Y. 6-Phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase isoform 3 spatially mediates autophagy through the AMPK signaling pathway. Oncotarget 2017; 8:80909-80922. [PMID: 29113354 PMCID: PMC5655249 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.20757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Accepted: 08/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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6-Phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase isoform 3 (PFKFB3), is a critical enzyme for glycolysis and highly expressed in cancer cells. It plays an essential role in regulating metabolism, angiogenesis, and inflammation. Although PFKFB3 is involved in modulating autophagy, its regulatory role appears to be either positive or negative, which remains to be clarified. Unlike other PFK-2/FBPase isoforms, PFKFB3 can localize in both nucleus and cytoplasm, leading to the speculation that subcellular localization of PFKFB3 may play a regulatory role in autophagy. Here, we found that either a PFKFB3 inhibitor or PFKFB3 silencing by siRNA, suppressed the basal and the H2O2-induced autophagy concomitantly with the inhibition of AMPK activity. While overexpression of the wild type PFKFB3 promoted the H2O2-induced autophagy, the K472/473A mutated PFKFB3, which lost nuclear localizing property, inhibited the autophagic process. Although the K472/473A mutated PFKFB3 stimulated more lactate production, it decreased the activity of AMPK compared to the wild type PFKFB3. Moreover, PFKFB3 similarly regulates the autophagy induced by rasfonin, a fungal secondary metabolite that downregulates the activity of AMPK. Compound C, a widely used AMPK inhibitor, induced the autophagic process but reduced the H2O2-dependent autophagy. Collectively, the data demonstrated that PFKFB3 localizing in nucleus is essential for its regulatory role in autophagy, and PFKFB3 at least positively regulated the H2O2-induced autophagy through the AMPK signaling pathway, which likely played dual roles in the process.
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- Siyuan Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology & Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology & Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology & Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
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Salabei JK, Lorkiewicz PK, Mehra P, Gibb AA, Haberzettl P, Hong KU, Wei X, Zhang X, Li Q, Wysoczynski M, Bolli R, Bhatnagar A, Hill BG. Type 2 Diabetes Dysregulates Glucose Metabolism in Cardiac Progenitor Cells. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:13634-48. [PMID: 27151219 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.722496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Type 2 diabetes is associated with increased mortality and progression to heart failure. Recent studies suggest that diabetes also impairs reparative responses after cell therapy. In this study, we examined potential mechanisms by which diabetes affects cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs). CPCs isolated from the diabetic heart showed diminished proliferation, a propensity for cell death, and a pro-adipogenic phenotype. The diabetic CPCs were insulin-resistant, and they showed higher energetic reliance on glycolysis, which was associated with up-regulation of the pro-glycolytic enzyme 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase 3 (PFKFB3). In WT CPCs, expression of a mutant form of PFKFB, which mimics PFKFB3 activity and increases glycolytic rate, was sufficient to phenocopy the mitochondrial and proliferative deficiencies found in diabetic cells. Consistent with activation of phosphofructokinase in diabetic cells, stable isotope carbon tracing in diabetic CPCs showed dysregulation of the pentose phosphate and glycero(phospho)lipid synthesis pathways. We describe diabetes-induced dysregulation of carbon partitioning using stable isotope metabolomics-based coupling quotients, which relate relative flux values between metabolic pathways. These findings suggest that diabetes causes an imbalance in glucose carbon allocation by uncoupling biosynthetic pathway activity, which could diminish the efficacy of CPCs for myocardial repair.
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- Joshua K Salabei
- From the Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Diabetes and Obesity Center
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- From the Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Diabetes and Obesity Center
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- From the Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Diabetes and Obesity Center, Physiology
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- From the Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Diabetes and Obesity Center
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- From the Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Diabetes and Obesity Center
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- Chemistry, the Center for Regulatory and Environmental Analytical Metabolomics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202
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- Chemistry, the Center for Regulatory and Environmental Analytical Metabolomics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202 Pharmacology and Toxicology, and
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- From the Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Diabetes and Obesity Center, Physiology
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- From the Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Diabetes and Obesity Center, Physiology, the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
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- From the Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Diabetes and Obesity Center, Physiology, the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics,
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PFKFB3 Control of Cancer Growth by Responding to Circadian Clock Outputs. Sci Rep 2016; 6:24324. [PMID: 27079271 PMCID: PMC4832144 DOI: 10.1038/srep24324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Circadian clock dysregulation promotes cancer growth. Here we show that PFKFB3, the gene that encodes for inducible 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase as an essential supporting enzyme of cancer cell survival through stimulating glycolysis, mediates circadian control of carcinogenesis. In patients with tongue cancers, PFKFB3 expression in both cancers and its surrounding tissues was increased significantly compared with that in the control, and was accompanied with dys-regulated expression of core circadian genes. In the in vitro systems, SCC9 tongue cancer cells displayed rhythmic expression of PFKFB3 and CLOCK that was distinct from control KC cells. Furthermore, PFKFB3 expression in SCC9 cells was stimulated by CLOCK through binding and enhancing the transcription activity of PFKFB3 promoter. Inhibition of PFKFB3 at zeitgeber time 7 (ZT7), but not at ZT19 caused significant decreases in lactate production and in cell proliferation. Consistently, PFKFB3 inhibition in mice at circadian time (CT) 7, but not CT19 significantly reduced the growth of implanted neoplasms. Taken together, these findings demonstrate PFKFB3 as a mediator of circadian control of cancer growth, thereby highlighting the importance of time-based PFKFB3 inhibition in cancer treatment.
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Iglesias J, Morales L, Barreto GE. Metabolic and Inflammatory Adaptation of Reactive Astrocytes: Role of PPARs. Mol Neurobiol 2016; 54:2518-2538. [PMID: 26984740 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-016-9833-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Astrocyte-mediated inflammation is associated with degenerative pathologies such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and multiple sclerosis. The acute inflammation and morphological and metabolic changes that astrocytes develop after the insult are known as reactive astroglia or astrogliosis that is an important response to protect and repair the lesion. Astrocytes optimize their metabolism to produce lactate, glutamate, and ketone bodies in order to provide energy to the neurons that are deprived of nutrients upon insult. Firstly, we review the basis of inflammation and morphological changes of the different cell population implicated in reactive gliosis. Next, we discuss the more active metabolic pathways in healthy astrocytes and explain the metabolic response of astrocytes to the insult in different pathologies and which metabolic alterations generate complications in these diseases. We emphasize the role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors isotypes in the inflammatory and metabolic adaptation of astrogliosis developed in ischemia or neurodegenerative diseases. Based on results reported in astrocytes and other cells, we resume and hypothesize the effect of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) activation with ligands on different metabolic pathways in order to supply energy to the neurons. The activation of selective PPAR isotype activity may serve as an input to better understand the role played by these receptors on the metabolic and inflammatory compensation of astrogliosis and might represent an opportunity to develop new therapeutic strategies against traumatic brain injuries and neurodegenerative diseases.
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- José Iglesias
- Departamento de Nutrición y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, DC, Colombia.
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- Departamento de Nutrición y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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- Departamento de Nutrición y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
- Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru
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Mahesan AM, Ogunyemi D, Kim E, Paul ABM, Chen YDI. Insulin Resistance in Pregnancy Is Correlated with Decreased Insulin Receptor Gene Expression in Omental Adipose: Insulin Sensitivity and Adipose Tissue Gene Expression in Normal Pregnancy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.4236/jdm.2016.61011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Trefely S, Khoo PS, Krycer JR, Chaudhuri R, Fazakerley DJ, Parker BL, Sultani G, Lee J, Stephan JP, Torres E, Jung K, Kuijl C, James DE, Junutula JR, Stöckli J. Kinome Screen Identifies PFKFB3 and Glucose Metabolism as Important Regulators of the Insulin/Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF)-1 Signaling Pathway. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:25834-46. [PMID: 26342081 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.658815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 signaling pathway (ISP) plays a fundamental role in long term health in a range of organisms. Protein kinases including Akt and ERK are intimately involved in the ISP. To identify other kinases that may participate in this pathway or intersect with it in a regulatory manner, we performed a whole kinome (779 kinases) siRNA screen for positive or negative regulators of the ISP, using GLUT4 translocation to the cell surface as an output for pathway activity. We identified PFKFB3, a positive regulator of glycolysis that is highly expressed in cancer cells and adipocytes, as a positive ISP regulator. Pharmacological inhibition of PFKFB3 suppressed insulin-stimulated glucose uptake, GLUT4 translocation, and Akt signaling in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. In contrast, overexpression of PFKFB3 in HEK293 cells potentiated insulin-dependent phosphorylation of Akt and Akt substrates. Furthermore, pharmacological modulation of glycolysis in 3T3-L1 adipocytes affected Akt phosphorylation. These data add to an emerging body of evidence that metabolism plays a central role in regulating numerous biological processes including the ISP. Our findings have important implications for diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cancer that are characterized by marked disruption of both metabolism and growth factor signaling.
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- Sophie Trefely
- From the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney 2010 NSW, Australia
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- From the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney 2010 NSW, Australia, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080
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- the Charles Perkins Centre, School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006 NSW, Australia, and
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- the Charles Perkins Centre, School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006 NSW, Australia, and
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- the Charles Perkins Centre, School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006 NSW, Australia, and
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- the Charles Perkins Centre, School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006 NSW, Australia, and
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- From the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney 2010 NSW, Australia
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- Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080
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- Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080
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- Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080
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- the Charles Perkins Centre, School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006 NSW, Australia, and the Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006 NSW, Australia
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- the Charles Perkins Centre, School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006 NSW, Australia, and
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Regueira M, Artagaveytia SL, Galardo MN, Pellizzari EH, Cigorraga SB, Meroni SB, Riera MF. Novel molecular mechanisms involved in hormonal regulation of lactate production in Sertoli cells. Reproduction 2015. [PMID: 26224098 DOI: 10.1530/rep-15-0093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The aim of the study was to analyze molecular mechanisms involved in FSH and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) regulation of lactate production in rat Sertoli cells. The regulation of the availability of pyruvate, which is converted to lactate, could be a mechanism utilized by hormones to ensure lactate supply to germ cells. On one hand, the regulation of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase (PFKFB) expression could result in increased glycolysis, while an increase in pyruvate availability may also result from a lower conversion to acetyl-CoA by negative regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) activity by phosphorylation. Sertoli cell cultures obtained from 20-day-old rats were used. Stimulation of the cultures with FSH or bFGF showed that FSH increases Pfkfb1 and Pfkfb3 expression while bFGF increases Pfkfb1 mRNA levels. Additionally, we observed that FSH-stimulated lactate production was inhibited in the presence of a PFKFB3 inhibitor, revealing the physiological relevance of this mechanism. As for the regulation of PDC, analysis of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (Pdk) expression showed that FSH increases Pdk3 and decreases Pdk4 mRNA levels while bFGF increases the expression of all Pdks. In addition, we showed that bFGF increases phosphorylated PDC levels and that bFGF-stimulated lactate production is partially inhibited in the presence of a PDK inhibitor. Altogether, these results add new information regarding novel molecular mechanisms involved in hormonal regulation of lactate production in Sertoli cells. Considering that lactate is essential for the production of energy in spermatocytes and spermatids, these mechanisms might be relevant in maintaining spermatogenesis and male fertility.
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- Mariana Regueira
- Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinológicas 'Dr César Bergadá' (CEDIE/CONICET-FEI-GCBA)Hospital de Niños R Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EDF Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinológicas 'Dr César Bergadá' (CEDIE/CONICET-FEI-GCBA)Hospital de Niños R Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EDF Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinológicas 'Dr César Bergadá' (CEDIE/CONICET-FEI-GCBA)Hospital de Niños R Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EDF Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinológicas 'Dr César Bergadá' (CEDIE/CONICET-FEI-GCBA)Hospital de Niños R Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EDF Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinológicas 'Dr César Bergadá' (CEDIE/CONICET-FEI-GCBA)Hospital de Niños R Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EDF Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinológicas 'Dr César Bergadá' (CEDIE/CONICET-FEI-GCBA)Hospital de Niños R Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EDF Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinológicas 'Dr César Bergadá' (CEDIE/CONICET-FEI-GCBA)Hospital de Niños R Gutiérrez, Gallo 1330, C1425EDF Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Grolmusz VI. Identifying diabetes-related important protein targets with few interacting partners with the PageRank algorithm. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2015; 2:140252. [PMID: 26064627 PMCID: PMC4448867 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Diabetes is a growing concern for the developed nations worldwide. New genomic, metagenomic and gene-technologic approaches may yield considerable results in the next several years in its early diagnosis, or in advances in therapy and management. In this work, we highlight some human proteins that may serve as new targets in the early diagnosis and therapy. With the help of a very successful mathematical tool for network analysis that formed the basis of the early successes of Google(TM), Inc., we analyse the human protein-protein interaction network gained from the IntAct database with a mathematical algorithm. The novelty of our approach is that the new protein targets suggested do not have many interacting partners (so, they are not hubs or super-hubs), so their inhibition or promotion probably will not have serious side effects. We have identified numerous possible protein targets for diabetes therapy and/or management; some of these have been well known for a long time (these validate our method), some of them appeared in the literature in the last 12 months (these show the cutting edge of the algorithm), and the remainder are still unknown to be connected with diabetes, witnessing completely new hits of the method.
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- Xinghui Sun
- From the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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Minchenko OH, Tsuchihara K, Minchenko DO, Bikfalvi A, Esumi H. Mechanisms of regulation of PFKFB expression in pancreatic and gastric cancer cells. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20:13705-13717. [PMID: 25320508 PMCID: PMC4194554 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i38.13705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2014] [Revised: 03/22/2014] [Accepted: 05/19/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Enzymes 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase-3 and -4 (PFKFB-3 and PFKFB-4) play a significant role in the regulation of glycolysis in cancer cells as well as its proliferation and survival. The expression of these mRNAs is increased in malignant tumors and strongly induced in different cancer cell lines by hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) through active HIF binding sites in promoter region of PFKFB-4 and PFKFB-3 genes. Moreover, the expression and hypoxia responsibility of PFKFB-4 and PFKFB-3 was also shown for pancreatic (Panc1, PSN-1, and MIA PaCa-2) as well as gastric (MKN45 and NUGC3) cancer cells. At the same time, their basal expression level and hypoxia responsiveness vary in the different cells studied: the highest level of PFKFB-4 protein expression was found in NUGC3 gastric cancer cell line and lowest in Panc1 cells, with a stronger response to hypoxia in the pancreatic cancer cell line. Overexpression of different PFKFB in pancreatic and gastric cancer cells under hypoxic condition is correlated with enhanced expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and Glut1 mRNA as well as with increased level of HIF-1α protein. Increased expression of different PFKFB genes was also demonstrated in gastric, lung, breast, and colon cancers as compared to corresponding non-malignant tissue counterparts from the same patients, being more robust in the breast and lung tumors. Moreover, induction of PFKFB-4 mRNA expression in the breast and lung cancers is stronger than PFKFB-3 mRNA. The levels of both PFKFB-4 and PFKFB-3 proteins in non-malignant gastric and colon tissues were more pronounced than in the non-malignant breast and lung tissues. It is interesting to note that Panc1 and PSN-1 cells transfected with dominant/negative PFKFB-3 (dnPFKFB-3) showed a lower level of endogenous PFKFB-3, PFKFB-4, and VEGF mRNA expressions as well as a decreased proliferation rate of these cells. Moreover, a similar effect had dnPFKFB-4. In conclusion, there is strong evidence that PFKFB-4 and PFKFB-3 isoenzymes are induced under hypoxia in pancreatic and other cancer cell lines, are overexpressed in gastric, colon, lung, and breast malignant tumors and undergo changes in their metabolism that contribute to the proliferation and survival of cancer cells. Thus, targeting these PFKFB may therefore present new therapeutic opportunities.
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Yugi K, Kubota H, Toyoshima Y, Noguchi R, Kawata K, Komori Y, Uda S, Kunida K, Tomizawa Y, Funato Y, Miki H, Matsumoto M, Nakayama KI, Kashikura K, Endo K, Ikeda K, Soga T, Kuroda S. Reconstruction of insulin signal flow from phosphoproteome and metabolome data. Cell Rep 2014; 8:1171-83. [PMID: 25131207 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Revised: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cellular homeostasis is regulated by signals through multiple molecular networks that include protein phosphorylation and metabolites. However, where and when the signal flows through a network and regulates homeostasis has not been explored. We have developed a reconstruction method for the signal flow based on time-course phosphoproteome and metabolome data, using multiple databases, and have applied it to acute action of insulin, an important hormone for metabolic homeostasis. An insulin signal flows through a network, through signaling pathways that involve 13 protein kinases, 26 phosphorylated metabolic enzymes, and 35 allosteric effectors, resulting in quantitative changes in 44 metabolites. Analysis of the network reveals that insulin induces phosphorylation and activation of liver-type phosphofructokinase 1, thereby controlling a key reaction in glycolysis. We thus provide a versatile method of reconstruction of signal flow through the network using phosphoproteome and metabolome data.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; Division of integrated Omics, Research Center for Transomics Medicine, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; Division of integrated Omics, Research Center for Transomics Medicine, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Regulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Regulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; Department of Computational Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Sabater D, Arriarán S, Romero MDM, Agnelli S, Remesar X, Fernández-López JA, Alemany M. Cultured 3T3L1 adipocytes dispose of excess medium glucose as lactate under abundant oxygen availability. Sci Rep 2014; 4:3663. [PMID: 24413028 PMCID: PMC5379156 DOI: 10.1038/srep03663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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White adipose tissue (WAT) produces lactate in significant amount from circulating glucose, especially in obesity;Under normoxia, 3T3L1 cells secrete large quantities of lactate to the medium, again at the expense of glucose and proportionally to its levels. Most of the glucose was converted to lactate with only part of it being used to synthesize fat. Cultured adipocytes were largely anaerobic, but this was not a Warburg-like process. It is speculated that the massive production of lactate, is a process of defense of the adipocyte, used to dispose of excess glucose. This way, the adipocyte exports glucose carbon (and reduces the problem of excess substrate availability) to the liver, but the process may be also a mechanism of short-term control of hyperglycemia. The in vivo data obtained from adipose tissue of male rats agree with this interpretation.
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- David Sabater
- 1] Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain [2] Institute of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain [3] CIBER Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III, Spain
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- 1] Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain [2] Institute of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain [3] CIBER Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III, Spain
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- 1] Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain [2] Institute of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain [3] CIBER Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III, Spain
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- 1] Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain [2] Institute of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain [3] CIBER Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III, Spain
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- 1] Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain [2] Institute of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain [3] CIBER Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III, Spain
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- 1] Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain [2] Institute of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain [3] CIBER Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III, Spain
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- 1] Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain [2] Institute of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain [3] CIBER Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III, Spain
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Li H, Guo X, Xu H, Woo SL, Halim V, Morgan C, Wu C. A role for inducible 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase in the control of neuronal glycolysis. J Nutr Biochem 2012; 24:1153-8. [PMID: 23246158 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2012.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2011] [Revised: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/27/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Increased glycolysis is the result of the sensing of glucose by hypothalamic neurons. The biochemical mechanisms underlying the control of hypothalamic glycolysis, however, remain to be elucidated. Here we showed that PFKFB3, the gene that encodes for inducible 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase (iPFK2), was expressed at high abundance in both mouse hypothalami and clonal hypothalamic neurons. In response to re-feeding, PFKFB3 mRNA levels were increased by 10-fold in mouse hypothalami. In the hypothalamus, re-feeding also decreased the phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) (Thr172) and the mRNA levels of agouti-related protein (AgRP), and increased the mRNA levels of cocaine-amphetamine-related transcript (CART). Similar results were observed in N-43/5 clonal hypothalamic neurons upon treatment with glucose and/or insulin. In addition, knockdown of PFKFB3/iPFK2 in N-43/5 neurons caused a decrease in rates of glycolysis, which was accompanied by increased AMPK phosphorylation, increased AgRP mRNA levels and decreased CART mRNA levels. In contrast, overexpression of PFKFB3/iPFK2 in N-43/5 neurons caused an increase in glycolysis, which was accompanied by decreased AMPK phosphorylation and decreased AgRP mRNA levels and increased CART mRNA levels. Together, these results suggest that PFKFB3/iPFK2 responds to re-feeding, which in turn stimulates hypothalamic glycolysis and decreases hypothalamic AMPK phosphorylation and alters neuropeptide expression in a pattern that is associated with suppression of food intake.
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- Honggui Li
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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The activity of key metabolic enzymes is regulated by the ubiquitin ligases that control the function of the cyclins; therefore the activity of these ubiquitin ligases explains the coordination of cell-cycle progression with the supply of substrates necessary for cell duplication. APC/C (anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome)-Cdh1, the ubiquitin ligase that controls G(1)- to S-phase transition by targeting specific degradation motifs in cell-cycle proteins, also regulates the glycolysis-promoting enzyme PFKFB3 (6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase isoform 3) and GLS1 (glutaminase 1), a critical enzyme in glutaminolysis. A decrease in the activity of APC/C-Cdh1 in mid-to-late G(1) releases both proteins, thus explaining the simultaneous increase in the utilization of glucose and glutamine during cell proliferation. This occurs at a time consistent with the point in G(1) that has been described as the nutrient-sensitive restriction point and is responsible for the transition from G(1) to S. PFKFB3 is also a substrate at the onset of S-phase for the ubiquitin ligase SCF (Skp1/cullin/F-box)-β-TrCP (β-transducin repeat-containing protein), so that the activity of PFKFB3 is short-lasting, coinciding with a peak in glycolysis in mid-to-late G(1), whereas the activity of GLS1 remains high throughout S-phase. The differential regulation of the activity of these proteins indicates that a finely-tuned set of mechanisms is activated to fulfil specific metabolic demands at different stages of the cell cycle. These findings have implications for the understanding of cell proliferation in general and, in particular, of cancer, its prevention and treatment.
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Disruption of inducible 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase impairs the suppressive effect of PPARγ activation on diet-induced intestine inflammatory response. J Nutr Biochem 2012; 24:770-5. [PMID: 22841546 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2012.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2011] [Revised: 04/11/2012] [Accepted: 04/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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PFKFB3 is a target gene of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) and encodes for inducible 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase (iPFK2). As a key regulatory enzyme that stimulates glycolysis, PFKFB3/iPFK2 links adipocyte metabolic and inflammatory responses. Additionally, PFKFB3/iPFK2 is involved in the effect of active PPARγ on suppressing overnutrition-induced adipose tissue inflammatory response, which accounts for the insulin-sensitizing and antidiabetic effects of PPARγ activation. Using PFKFB3/iPFK2-disrupted mice, the present study investigated the role of PFKFB3/iPFK2 in regulating overnutrition-associated intestine inflammatory response and in mediating the effects of PPARγ activation. In wild-type mice, intestine PFKFB3/iPFK2 was increased in response to high-fat diet (HFD) feeding compared with that in mice fed a low-fat diet. However, intestine PFKFB3/iPFK2 was decreased in PFKFB3/iPFK2-disrupted mice and did not respond to HFD feeding. Furthermore, on an HFD, PFKFB3/iPFK2-disrupted mice displayed a significant increase in major intestine proinflammatory indicators such as toll-like receptor 4 expression, c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 and nuclear factor kappa B phosphorylation, and proinflammatory cytokine expression compared with wild-type littermates. Upon treatment with rosiglitazone, an agonist of PPARγ, intestine proinflammatory indicators were markedly decreased in wild-type mice, but to a much lesser degree in PFKFB3/iPFK2-disrupted mice. Overall, the status of HFD-induced intestine inflammatory response in all treated mice correlated inversely with systemic insulin sensitivity, indicated by the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance data. Together, these results suggest that PFKFB3/iPFK2 is critically involved in the effect of PPARγ activation on suppressing diet-induced intestine inflammatory response.
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Nagappan A, Karunanithi N, Sentrayaperumal S, Park KI, Park HS, Lee DH, Kang SR, Kim JA, Senthil K, Natesan S, Muthurajan R, Kim GS. Comparative root protein profiles of Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng) and Indian ginseng (Withania somnifera). THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE 2012; 40:203-18. [PMID: 22298459 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x12500164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Ginsenosides and withanolides are the secondary metabolites from Panax ginseng and Withania somnifera, respectively. These compounds have similar biological properties. Two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) analysis was utilized to reveal the protein profile in the roots of both plants, with the aim of clarifying similarly- and differentially-expressed proteins. Total proteins of Korea ginseng (P. ginseng) and Indian ginseng (W. somnifera) roots were separated by 2-DE using a pH 4-7 immobilized pH gradient strip in the first dimension and 12% sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the second dimension. The protein spots were visualized by silver staining. Twenty-one P. ginseng proteins and 35 W. somnifera proteins were chosen for identification by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry; of these, functions were ascribed to 14 and 22 of the P. ginseng and W. somnifera proteins, respectively. Functions mainly included general cell metabolism, defense and secondary metabolism. ATPase and alcohol dehydrogenase proteins were expressed in both plants. The results of this study, to our knowledge, are the first to provide a reference 2-DE map for the W. somnifera root proteome, and will aid in the understanding of the expression and functions of proteins in the roots of Korean ginseng and Indian ginseng.
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- Research Institute of Life Science and College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, 900 Gajwadong, Jinju, Gyeongnam, Korea
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Huo Y, Guo X, Li H, Xu H, Halim V, Zhang W, Wang H, Fan YY, Ong KT, Woo SL, Chapkin RS, Mashek DG, Chen Y, Dong H, Lu F, Wei L, Wu C. Targeted overexpression of inducible 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase in adipose tissue increases fat deposition but protects against diet-induced insulin resistance and inflammatory responses. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:21492-500. [PMID: 22556414 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.370379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Increasing evidence demonstrates the dissociation of fat deposition, the inflammatory response, and insulin resistance in the development of obesity-related metabolic diseases. As a regulatory enzyme of glycolysis, inducible 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase (iPFK2, encoded by PFKFB3) protects against diet-induced adipose tissue inflammatory response and systemic insulin resistance independently of adiposity. Using aP2-PFKFB3 transgenic (Tg) mice, we explored the ability of targeted adipocyte PFKFB3/iPFK2 overexpression to modulate diet-induced inflammatory responses and insulin resistance arising from fat deposition in both adipose and liver tissues. Compared with wild-type littermates (controls) on a high fat diet (HFD), Tg mice exhibited increased adiposity, decreased adipose inflammatory response, and improved insulin sensitivity. In a parallel pattern, HFD-fed Tg mice showed increased hepatic steatosis, decreased liver inflammatory response, and improved liver insulin sensitivity compared with controls. In both adipose and liver tissues, increased fat deposition was associated with lipid profile alterations characterized by an increase in palmitoleate. Additionally, plasma lipid profiles also displayed an increase in palmitoleate in HFD-Tg mice compared with controls. In cultured 3T3-L1 adipocytes, overexpression of PFKFB3/iPFK2 recapitulated metabolic and inflammatory changes observed in adipose tissue of Tg mice. Upon treatment with conditioned medium from iPFK2-overexpressing adipocytes, mouse primary hepatocytes displayed metabolic and inflammatory responses that were similar to those observed in livers of Tg mice. Together, these data demonstrate a unique role for PFKFB3/iPFK2 in adipocytes with regard to diet-induced inflammatory responses in both adipose and liver tissues.
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- Yuqing Huo
- Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA.
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Guo X, Xu K, Zhang J, Li H, Zhang W, Wang H, Lange AJ, Chen YE, Huo Y, Wu C. Involvement of inducible 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase in the anti-diabetic effect of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma activation in mice. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:23711-20. [PMID: 20498376 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.123174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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PFKFB3 is the gene that codes for the inducible isoform of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase (iPFK2), a key regulatory enzyme of glycolysis. As one of the targets of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma), PFKFB3/iPFK2 is up-regulated by thiazolidinediones. In the present study, using PFKFB3/iPFK2-disrupted mice, the role of PFKFB3/iPFK2 in the anti-diabetic effect of PPARgamma activation was determined. In wild-type littermate mice, PPARgamma activation (i.e. treatment with rosiglitazone) restored euglycemia and reversed high fat diet-induced insulin resistance and glucose intolerance. In contrast, PPARgamma activation did not reduce high fat diet-induced hyperglycemia and failed to reverse insulin resistance and glucose intolerance in PFKFB3(+/-) mice. The lack of anti-diabetic effect in PFKFB3(+/-) mice was associated with the inability of PPARgamma activation to suppress adipose tissue lipolysis and proinflammatory cytokine production, stimulate visceral fat accumulation, enhance adipose tissue insulin signaling, and appropriately regulate adipokine expression. Similarly, in cultured 3T3-L1 adipocytes, knockdown of PFKFB3/iPFK2 lessened the effect of PPARgamma activation on stimulating lipid accumulation. Furthermore, PPARgamma activation did not suppress inflammatory signaling in PFKFB3/iPFK2-knockdown adipocytes as it did in control adipocytes. Upon inhibition of excessive fatty acid oxidation in PFKFB3/iPFK2-knockdown adipocytes, PPARgamma activation was able to significantly reverse inflammatory signaling and proinflammatory cytokine expression and restore insulin signaling. Together, these data demonstrate that PFKFB3/iPFK2 is critically involved in the anti-diabetic effect of PPARgamma activation.
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- Xin Guo
- Intercollegiate Faculty of Nutrition, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Kunjara S, Greenbaum AL, Rademacher TW, McLean P. Age-related changes in the response of rat adipocytes to insulin: evidence for a critical role for inositol phosphoglycans and cAMP. Biogerontology 2010; 11:483-93. [PMID: 20336370 DOI: 10.1007/s10522-010-9271-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2009] [Accepted: 03/08/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Adipose tissue plays a pivotal role in ageing and longevity; many studies, both human and animal, have focussed on the effects of food limitation. Here we present a new model based on striking differences between two 'normal' inbred strains of albino Wistar rats the Charles River (CR) and Harlan Olac (HO) that have marked differences in age-related accumulation of fat and insulin-stimulated rates of glucose incorporation into lipid in the epididymal fat pads (EFP). The incorporation [U-(14)C]glucose into lipid by adipocytes showed that the CR group had a twofold higher basal rate of lipogenesis and a greater response to insulin in vitro, exceptionally, adipocytes from CR group maintained the high response to insulin to late adulthood while retaining the lower EFP weight/100 g body weight. Inositol phosphoglycan A-type (IPG-A), a putative insulin second messenger, was 3.5-fold higher and cAMP significantly lower per EFP in the CR versus HO groups. Plasma insulin levels were similar and plasma leptin higher in CR versus HO groups. The anomaly of a higher rate of lipogenesis and response to insulin and lower EFP weight in the CR group is interpreted as the resultant effect of a faster turnover of lipid and stimulating effect of leptin in raising fatty acid oxidation by muscle, potentially key to the lower accumulation of visceral fat. The metabolic profile of the CR strain provides a template that could be central to therapies that may lead to the lowering of both adipose and non-adipocyte lipid accumulation in humans in ageing.
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- Department of Immunology and Molecular Pathology, University College London Medical School, UK
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Huo Y, Guo X, Li H, Wang H, Zhang W, Wang Y, Zhou H, Gao Z, Telang S, Chesney J, Chen YE, Ye J, Chapkin RS, Wu C. Disruption of inducible 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase ameliorates diet-induced adiposity but exacerbates systemic insulin resistance and adipose tissue inflammatory response. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:3713-3721. [PMID: 19948719 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.058446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Adiposity is commonly associated with adipose tissue dysfunction and many overnutrition-related metabolic diseases including type 2 diabetes. Much attention has been paid to reducing adiposity as a way to improve adipose tissue function and systemic insulin sensitivity. PFKFB3/iPFK2 is a master regulator of adipocyte nutrient metabolism. Using PFKFB3(+/-) mice, the present study investigated the role of PFKFB3/iPFK2 in regulating diet-induced adiposity and systemic insulin resistance. On a high-fat diet (HFD), PFKFB3(+/-) mice gained much less body weight than did wild-type littermates. This was attributed to a smaller increase in adiposity in PFKFB3(+/-) mice than in wild-type controls. However, HFD-induced systemic insulin resistance was more severe in PFKFB3(+/-) mice than in wild-type littermates. Compared with wild-type littermates, PFKFB3(+/-) mice exhibited increased severity of HFD-induced adipose tissue dysfunction, as evidenced by increased adipose tissue lipolysis, inappropriate adipokine expression, and decreased insulin signaling, as well as increased levels of proinflammatory cytokines in both isolated adipose tissue macrophages and adipocytes. In an in vitro system, knockdown of PFKFB3/iPFK2 in 3T3-L1 adipocytes caused a decrease in the rate of glucose incorporation into lipid but an increase in the production of reactive oxygen species. Furthermore, knockdown of PFKFB3/iPFK2 in 3T3-L1 adipocytes inappropriately altered the expression of adipokines, decreased insulin signaling, increased the phosphorylation states of JNK and NFkappaB p65, and enhanced the production of proinflammatory cytokines. Together, these data suggest that PFKFB3/iPFK2, although contributing to adiposity, protects against diet-induced insulin resistance and adipose tissue inflammatory response.
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- Yuqing Huo
- From the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.
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- the Intercollegiate Faculty of Nutrition, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- the Intercollegiate Faculty of Nutrition, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- From the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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- From the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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- the Intercollegiate Faculty of Genetics, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- the Intercollegiate Faculty of Genetics, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
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- the J. G. Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, and
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- the J. G. Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, and
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- the Cardiovascular Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
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- the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
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- the Intercollegiate Faculty of Nutrition, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- the Intercollegiate Faculty of Nutrition, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
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Sharov AA, Falco G, Piao Y, Poosala S, Becker KG, Zonderman AB, Longo DL, Schlessinger D, Ko MS. Effects of aging and calorie restriction on the global gene expression profiles of mouse testis and ovary. BMC Biol 2008; 6:24. [PMID: 18522719 PMCID: PMC2426674 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-6-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2008] [Accepted: 06/03/2008] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background The aging of reproductive organs is not only a major social issue, but of special interest in aging research. A long-standing view of 'immortal germ line versus mortal soma' poses an important question of whether the reproductive tissues age in similar ways to the somatic tissues. As a first step to understand this phenomenon, we examine global changes in gene expression patterns by DNA microarrays in ovaries and testes of C57BL/6 mice at 1, 6, 16, and 24 months of age. In addition, we compared a group of mice on ad libitum (AL) feeding with a group on lifespan-extending 40% calorie restriction (CR). Results We found that gene expression changes occurred in aging gonads, but were generally different from those in somatic organs during aging. For example, only two functional categories of genes previously associated with aging in muscle, kidney, and brain were confirmed in ovary: genes associated with complement activation were upregulated, and genes associated with mitochondrial electron transport were downregulated. The bulk of the changes in gonads were mostly related to gonad-specific functions. Ovaries showed extensive gene expression changes with age, especially in the period when ovulation ceases (from 6 to 16 months), whereas testes showed only limited age-related changes. The same trend was seen for the effects of CR: CR-mediated reversal of age-associated gene expression changes, reported in somatic organs previously, was limited to a small number of genes in gonads. Instead, in both ovary and testis, CR caused small and mostly gonad-specific effects: suppression of ovulation in ovary and activation of testis-specific genes in testis. Conclusion Overall, the results are consistent with unique modes of aging and its modification by CR in testis and ovary.
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- Alexei A Sharov
- Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Mykhalchenko VG, Tsuchihara K, Minchenko DO, Esumi H, Prystupiuk OM, Minchenko OH. 6-Phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase mRNA expression in streptozotocin-diabetic rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.7124/bc.0007a9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- V. G. Mykhalchenko
- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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- National Cancer Center Hospital East
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- Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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Jiao H, Kaaman M, Dungner E, Kere J, Arner P, Dahlman I. Association analysis of positional obesity candidate genes based on integrated data from transcriptomics and linkage analysis. Int J Obes (Lond) 2008; 32:816-25. [PMID: 18180783 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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CONTEXT Obesity is a typical complex disorder resulting from behaviors promoted in westernized societies in the presence of a genetic predisposition. We hypothesized that new genes predisposing to obesity can be detected at the mRNA level. OBJECTIVE To identify susceptibility genes for obesity. DESIGN Linkage and expression profile data from different cohorts were combined to select novel candidate genes that were analyzed for association with obesity. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS University Hospital in Stockholm. Adipose tissue mRNA levels were quantified in 96 women. Two large cohorts with a wide distribution in body mass index (BMI, n=1013 and 1423) were genotyped. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE mRNA levels and allelic association with obesity. RESULTS We confirmed association between candidate gene mRNA levels in adipose tissue and obesity. A total of 118 polymorphisms in 16 genes were analyzed for association with obesity. Single nucleotide polymorphism rs1064891, located in the 3' UTR of the 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase 3 (PFKFB3) gene, was nominally associated with obesity in combined analysis of cohorts 1 and 2 (P=0.007) and, in men that were lean or had severe obesity, with BMI (P=or<0.005). CONCLUSION To combine linkage and expression profile data is valuable in finding new obesity genes. PFKFB3, a potential regulator of glycolysis, displays decreased mRNA levels in adipose tissue of obese women, is associated with obesity and is a new promising candidate gene for obesity warranting further studies.
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- H Jiao
- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Clinical Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Anghel SI, Bedu E, Vivier CD, Descombes P, Desvergne B, Wahli W. Adipose tissue integrity as a prerequisite for systemic energy balance: a critical role for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:29946-57. [PMID: 17699161 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m702490200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) is an essential regulator of adipocyte differentiation, maintenance, and survival. Deregulations of its functions are associated with metabolic diseases. We show here that deletion of one PPARgamma allele not only affected lipid storage but, more surprisingly, also the expression of genes involved in glucose uptake and utilization, the pentose phosphate pathway, fatty acid synthesis, lipolysis, and glycerol export as well as in IR/IGF-1 signaling. These deregulations led to reduced circulating adiponectin levels and an energy crisis in the WAT, reflected in a decrease to nearly half of its intracellular ATP content. In addition, there was a decrease in the metabolic rate and physical activity of the PPARgamma(+/-) mice, which was abolished by thiazolidinedione treatment, thereby linking regulation of the metabolic rate and physical activity to PPARgamma. It is likely that the PPARgamma(+/-) phenotype was due to the observed WAT dysfunction, since the gene expression profiles associated with metabolic pathways were not affected either in the liver or the skeletal muscle. These findings highlight novel roles of PPARgamma in the adipose tissue and underscore the multifaceted action of this receptor in the functional fine tuning of a tissue that is crucial for maintaining the organism in good health.
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- Silvia I Anghel
- Center for Integrative Genomics, National Research Center Frontiers in Genetics, University of Lausanne, Génopode Bldg., CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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