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Lipodystrophy, Diabetes and Normal Serum Insulin in PPAR?-Deficient Neonatal Mice.

ABSTRACT: Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPAR?) is a pleiotropic ligand activated transcription factor that acts in several tissues to regulate adipocyte differentiation, lipid metabolism, insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis. PPAR? also regulates cardiomyocyte homeostasis and by virtue of its obligate role in placental development is required for embryonic survival. To determine the postnatal functions of PPAR? in vivo we studied globally deficient neonatal mice produced by epiblast-restricted elimination of PPAR?. PPAR?-rescued placentas support development of PPAR?-deficient embryos that are viable and born in near normal numbers. However, PPAR?-deficient neonatal mice show severe lipodystrophy, lipemia, hepatic steatosis with focal hepatitis, relative insulin deficiency and diabetes beginning soon after birth and culminating in failure to thrive and neonatal lethality between 4 and 10 days of age. These abnormalities are not observed with selective PPAR?2 deficiency or with deficiency restricted to hepatocytes, skeletal muscle, adipocytes, cardiomyocytes, endothelium or pancreatic beta cells. These observations suggest important but previously unappreciated functions for PPAR?1 in the neonatal period either alone or in combination with PPAR?2 in lipid metabolism, glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity.

SUBMITTER: O'Donnell PE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4978460 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lipodystrophy, Diabetes and Normal Serum Insulin in PPARγ-Deficient Neonatal Mice.

O'Donnell Peter E PE Ye Xiu Zhen XZ DeChellis Melissa A MA Davis Vannessa M VM Duan Sheng Zhong SZ Mortensen Richard M RM Milstone David S DS

PloS one 20160809 8

Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) is a pleiotropic ligand activated transcription factor that acts in several tissues to regulate adipocyte differentiation, lipid metabolism, insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis. PPARγ also regulates cardiomyocyte homeostasis and by virtue of its obligate role in placental development is required for embryonic survival. To determine the postnatal functions of PPARγ in vivo we studied globally deficient neonatal mice produced by epib ...[more]

PMID: 27505464

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Lipodystrophy, Diabetes and Normal Serum Insulin in PPAR?-Deficient Neonatal Mice.

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Lipodystrophy, Diabetes and Normal Serum Insulin in PPARγ-Deficient Neonatal Mice.

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