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SUBMITTER: Lorenzo DN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5715754 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lorenzo Damaris N DN Bennett Vann V
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20171113 48
Obesity typically is linked to caloric imbalance as a result of overnutrition. Here we propose a cell-autonomous mechanism for adiposity as a result of persistent cell surface glucose transporter type 4 (GLUT4) in adipocytes resulting from impaired function of ankyrin-B (AnkB) in coupling GLUT4 to clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Adipose tissue-specific AnkB-KO mice develop obesity and progressive pancreatic islet dysfunction with age or high-fat diet (HFD). AnkB-deficient adipocytes exhibit incre ...[more]