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Lim JS, Jeon EJ, Go HS, Kim HJ, Kim KY, Nguyen TQT, Lee DY, Kim KS, Pietrocola F, Hong SH, Lee SE, Kim KS, Park TS, Choi DH, Jeong YJ, Park JH, Kim HS, Min JJ, Kim YS, Park JT, Cho JH, Lee GW, Lee JH, Choy HE, Park SC, Lee CH, Rhee JH, Serrano M, Cho KA. Mucosal TLR5 activation controls healthspan and longevity. Nat Commun 2024; 15:46. [PMID: 38167804 PMCID: PMC10761998 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44263-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Addressing age-related immunological defects through therapeutic interventions is essential for healthy aging, as the immune system plays a crucial role in controlling infections, malignancies, and in supporting tissue homeostasis and repair. In our study, we show that stimulating toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) via mucosal delivery of a flagellin-containing fusion protein effectively extends the lifespan and enhances the healthspan of mice of both sexes. This enhancement in healthspan is evidenced by diminished hair loss and ocular lens opacity, increased bone mineral density, improved stem cell activity, delayed thymic involution, heightened cognitive capacity, and the prevention of pulmonary lung fibrosis. Additionally, this fusion protein boosts intestinal mucosal integrity by augmenting the surface expression of TLR5 in a certain subset of dendritic cells and increasing interleukin-22 (IL-22) secretion. In this work, we present observations that underscore the benefits of TLR5-dependent stimulation in the mucosal compartment, suggesting a viable strategy for enhancing longevity and healthspan.
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- Jae Sung Lim
- Department of Biochemistry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea
- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- MediSpan, Inc, Bundang-gu, Gyeonggi-do, 13486, Republic of Korea
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- MediSpan, Inc, Bundang-gu, Gyeonggi-do, 13486, Republic of Korea
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- MediSpan, Inc, Bundang-gu, Gyeonggi-do, 13486, Republic of Korea
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- MediSpan, Inc, Bundang-gu, Gyeonggi-do, 13486, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea
- Center for Creative Biomedical Scientists, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea
- Center for Creative Biomedical Scientists, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Dental Therapeutics, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and Dental Therapeutics, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory Animal Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory Animal Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory Animal Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Photonic Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute, Gwangju, 61007, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Research Institute, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, 61469, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea
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- Combinatorial Tumor Immunotherapy Medical Research Center, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea
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- Combinatorial Tumor Immunotherapy Medical Research Center, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, 264 Seoyang-ro, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea
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- Future Life and Society Research Center, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory Animal Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea.
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- Center for Creative Biomedical Scientists, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea.
- Combinatorial Tumor Immunotherapy Medical Research Center, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Microbiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, 264 Seoyang-ro, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea.
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.
- Altos Labs, Cambridge Institute of Science, Cambridge, UK.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea.
- MediSpan, Inc, Bundang-gu, Gyeonggi-do, 13486, Republic of Korea.
- Center for Creative Biomedical Scientists, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea.
- Future Life and Society Research Center, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea.
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Kim JK, Go HS, Kim SP, Kim IY, Lee YH, Oh SH, Lee H, Seong JK. Erratum to: Exercise-induced beige adipogenesis of iWAT in Cidea reporter mice. BMB Rep 2022; 55:360. [PMID: 35892132 PMCID: PMC9340084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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[Erratum to: BMB Reports 2022; 55(4): 187-191, PMID: 35000670, PMCID: PMC9058471] The BMB Reports would like to correct in BMB Rep. 55(4):187-191, titled "Exercise-induced beige adipogenesis of iWAT in Cidea reporter mice". This research was supported by the Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University. Since grant name and number are incorrect, this information has now been corrected as follows: This research was supported by Korea Mouse Phenotyping Project (2013M3A9D5072550) of the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT and partially supported by the Brain Korea 21 Plus Program and the Research Institute for Veterinary Science of Seoul National University. The authors apologize for any inconvenience or confusion that may be caused by this error. The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Original PDF version have been corrected.
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- Jin Kyung Kim
- Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Genomics, College of Veterinary Medicine, BK21 Plus Program for Advanced Veterinary Science, Research Institute for Veterinary Science Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea,Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Genomics, College of Veterinary Medicine, BK21 Plus Program for Advanced Veterinary Science, Research Institute for Veterinary Science Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea,Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea,College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea,College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon 21936, Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea,National Cancer Center, Goyang 10408, Korea
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Genomics, College of Veterinary Medicine, BK21 Plus Program for Advanced Veterinary Science, Research Institute for Veterinary Science Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea,Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea
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Kim YJ, Kim HJ, Lee SG, Kim DH, In Jang S, Go HS, Lee WJ, Seong JK. Aerobic exercise for eight weeks provides protective effects towards liver and cardiometabolic health and adipose tissue remodeling under metabolic stress for one week: A study in mice. Metabolism 2022; 130:155178. [PMID: 35227728 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2022.155178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The relationship between exercise training and health benefits is under thorough investigation. However, the effects of exercise training on the maintenance of metabolic health are unclear. METHODS Our experimental design involved initial exercise training followed by a high-fat diet (HFD) challenge. Eight-week-old male was trained under voluntary wheel running aerobic exercise for eight weeks to determine the systemic metabolic changes induced by exercise training and whether such changes persisted even after discontinuing exercise. The mice were given either a normal chow diet (NCD) or HFD ad libitum for one week after discontinuation of exercise (CON-NCD, n = 29; EX-NCD, n = 29; CON-HFD, n = 30; EX-HFD, n = 31). RESULTS Our study revealed that metabolic stress following the transition to an HFD in mice that discontinued training failed to reverse the aerobic exercise training-induced improvement in metabolism. We report that the mice subjected to exercise training could better counteract weight gain, adipose tissue hypertrophy, insulin resistance, fatty liver, and mitochondrial dysfunction in response to an HFD compared with untrained mice. This observation could be attributed to the fact that exercise enhances the browning of white fat, whole-body oxygen uptake, and heat generation. Furthermore, we suggest that the effects of exercise persist due to PPARα-FGF21-FGFR1 mechanisms, although additional pathways cannot be excluded and require further research. Although our study suggests the preventive potential of exercise, appropriate human trials are needed to demonstrate the efficacy in subjects who cannot perform sustained exercise; this may provide an important basis regarding human health.
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- Youn Ju Kim
- Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Genomics, BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; The Research Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul National University, 08826 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- The Research Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul National University, 08826 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul National University, 08826 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Genomics, BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; The Research Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul National University, 08826 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul National University, 08826 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul National University, 08826 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul National University, 08826 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Genomics, BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; The Research Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul National University, 08826 Seoul, Republic of Korea; Interdisciplinary Program for Bioinformatics, Program for Cancer Biology, BIO-MAX/N-Bio Institute, Seoul National University, 08826 Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Kim JK, Go HS, Kim SP, Kim IY, Lee YH, Oh SH, Lee H, Seong JK. Exercise-induced beige adipogenesis of iWAT in Cidea reporter mice. BMB Rep 2022. [PMID: 35000670 PMCID: PMC9058471 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2022.55.4.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Obesity is caused by an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. Exercise is attracting attention as one of the ways to treat obesity. Exercise induces ‘beige adipogenesis’ in white adipose tissue, increasing total energy expenditure via energy dissipation in the form of heat. Also, beige adipogenesis can be induced by treatment with a beta-adrenergic receptor agonist. We developed a Cidea-dual reporter mouse (Cidea-P2A-Luc2-T2A-tdTomato, Luciferase/tdTomato) model to trace and measure beige adipogenesis in vivo. As a result, both exercise and injection of beta-adrenergic receptor agonist induced beige adipogenesis and was detected through fluorescence and luminescence. We confirmed that exercise and beta-adrenergic receptor agonist induce beige adipogenesis in Cidea-dual reporter mouse, which will be widely used for detecting beige adipogenesis in vivo.
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- Jin Kyung Kim
- Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Genomics, College of Veterinary Medicine, BK21 Plus Program for Advanced Veterinary Science, Research Institute for Veterinary Science Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Genomics, College of Veterinary Medicine, BK21 Plus Program for Advanced Veterinary Science, Research Institute for Veterinary Science Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea
- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea
- College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon 21936, 5National Cancer Center, Goyang 10408, Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Genomics, College of Veterinary Medicine, BK21 Plus Program for Advanced Veterinary Science, Research Institute for Veterinary Science Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul 08826, Korea
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Kim HS, Park MY, Yun NJ, Go HS, Kim MY, Seong JK, Lee M, Kang ES, Ghim J, Ryu SH, Zabel BA, Koh A, Bae YS. Targeting PLD2 in adipocytes augments adaptive thermogenesis by improving mitochondrial quality and quantity in mice. J Exp Med 2022; 219:212939. [PMID: 34940790 PMCID: PMC8711045 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20211523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Phospholipase D (PLD)2 via its enzymatic activity regulates cell proliferation and migration and thus is implicated in cancer. However, the role of PLD2 in obesity and type 2 diabetes has not previously been investigated. Here, we show that during diet-induced thermogenesis and obesity, levels of PLD2 but not PLD1 in adipose tissue are inversely related with uncoupling protein 1, a key thermogenic protein. We demonstrate that the thermogenic program in adipose tissue is significantly augmented in mice with adipocyte-specific Pld2 deletion or treated with a PLD2-specific inhibitor and that these mice are resistant to high fat diet–induced obesity, glucose intolerance, and insulin resistance. Mechanistically, we show that Pld2 deletion in adipose tissue or PLD2 pharmacoinhibition acts via p62 to improve mitochondrial quality and quantity in adipocytes. Thus, PLD2 inhibition is an attractive therapeutic approach for obesity and type 2 diabetes by resolving defects in diet-induced thermogenesis.
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- Hyung Sik Kim
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Genomics, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Genomics, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Genomics, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea
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- Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Palo Alto, CA
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- Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Kim SJ, Jeong YT, Jeong SR, Park M, Go HS, Kim MY, Seong JK, Kim KW, Seo JT, Kim CH, Lee JH, Moon SJ. Neural regulation of energy and bone homeostasis by the synaptic adhesion molecule Calsyntenin-3. Exp Mol Med 2020; 52:793-803. [PMID: 32382066 PMCID: PMC7272401 DOI: 10.1038/s12276-020-0419-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2019] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Neuronal regulation of energy and bone metabolism is important for body homeostasis. Many studies have emphasized the importance of synaptic adhesion molecules in the formation of synapses, but their roles in physiology still await further characterization. Here, we found that the synaptic adhesion molecule Calsyntenin-3 (CLSTN3) regulates energy and bone homeostasis. Clstn3 global knockout mice show reduced body mass with improved leptin sensitivity and increased energy expenditure compared to their wild-type littermates. In addition, Clstn3 knockout mice show reduced marrow volume and cortical bone mass without alteration of trabecular bone microarchitecture. This reduced bone mass is not bone cell-autonomous because neither osteoblast- nor osteoclast-specific Clstn3 knockout mice show bone defects; similarly, in vitro cultures of both Clstn3 knockout osteoblasts and osteoclasts do not show any defects. These reduced body and bone mass phenotypes can be attributed instead to neuronal CLSTN3 because they are recapitulated by pan-neuronal but not sympathetic neuron-specific deletion of Clstn3. This study reveals novel physiological functions of neuronal Clstn3 as a key regulator of energy and bone homeostasis. A protein that is highly expressed in brain cells plays a vital role in maintaining balanced energy expenditure and bone health. Recent research indicates that protein activity within brain cells can directly influence energy and bone metabolism. Disruption to these proteins may therefore be associated with obesity and osteoporosis. In experiments on mice, Seok Jun Moon at Yonsei University College of Dentistry in Seoul, South Korea and co-workers found that the protein calsyntenin-3 is expressed at high levels in brain cells. Mice lacking the protein had reduced body mass and growth rate, increased energy expenditure, and lower overall bone mass. This was true regardless of their diet, suggesting they were resistant to diet-induced obesity. The team believe calsyntenin-3 is one of several key brain-based regulators of energy and bone metabolism.
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- Sung-Jin Kim
- Department of Oral Biology, BK21 PLUS Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Yonsei-ro 50-1, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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- Department of Oral Biology, BK21 PLUS Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Yonsei-ro 50-1, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea.,Department of Pharmacology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Oral Biology, BK21 PLUS Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Yonsei-ro 50-1, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Korea
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- Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Korea
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- Department of Oral Biology, BK21 PLUS Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Yonsei-ro 50-1, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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- Department of Oral Biology, BK21 PLUS Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Yonsei-ro 50-1, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei-ro 50-1, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Oral Biology, BK21 PLUS Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Yonsei-ro 50-1, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Korea.
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Go HS, Hong HS, Kim JW, Woo JY. CT appearance of primary peritoneal serous borderline tumour: a rare epithelial tumour of the peritoneum. Br J Radiol 2011; 85:e22-5. [PMID: 22190758 DOI: 10.1259/bjr/26458228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Primary peritoneal serous borderline tumour (PPSBT) is a rare epithelial neoplasm which is histologically identical to serous borderline tumour of the ovary. PPSBT is distinguishable from primary peritoneal serous carcinoma because the tumour cells do not invade the underlying tissue and affected patients have a good prognosis. We report the CT findings of surgically proven PPSBT in which multiple peritoneal cysts were seen. Although rare, PPSBT should be considered in the differential diagnosis of primary peritoneal tumours. Since the prognosis of the disease is good, conservation of the uterus and ovaries should be a consideration in young female patients during surgery.
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- H S Go
- Department of Radiology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Boermans PAMM, Go HS, Wessels AMA, Uges DRA. Quantification by HPLC-MS/MS of Atropine in Human Serum and Clinical Presentation of Six Mild-to-Moderate Intoxicated Atropine-Adulterated-Cocaine Users. Ther Drug Monit 2006; 28:295-8. [PMID: 16778709 DOI: 10.1097/01.ftd.0000198537.41835.71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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An unexpectedly high number of initially suspected cocaine-intoxicated patients was presented to a general hospital in Lelystad, The Netherlands. Based on the unusual toxidram rate of not fitting cocaine intoxication, the suspicion of co-presence of an anticholinergic agent was raised. A newly developed HPLC-MS/MS analytical method revealed the presence of 10% atropine in a cocaine sample retrieved and subsequently in the sera of 6 intoxicated patients.
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- P A M M Boermans
- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, IJsselmeerziekenhuizen, Lelystad, The Netherlands.
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