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Reduced skin lipid content in obese Japanese women mediated by decreased expression of rate-limiting lipogenic enzymes.

ABSTRACT: Skin barrier function is often deficient in obese individuals, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. This study investigated how skin structure and lipid metabolism, factors strongly associated with barrier function, differed among 50 Japanese women of greatly varying body mass index (BMI). Subjects receiving breast reconstruction surgery were chosen for analysis to obtain skin samples from the same site. The subjects were classified into two groups, control (BMI < 25 kg/m2) and obese (25 kg/m2 ? BMI < 35 kg/m2), according to standards in Japan. Hematoxylin and eosin staining was used to assess skin thickness, Ki-67 immunostaining to examine keratinocyte proliferation, and real-time polymerase chain reaction to measure skin expression levels of genes associated with lipid metabolism. Total lipids, cholesterol, and fatty acids were also measured from these same skin samples. In the obese group, structural changes included epidermal thickening and an increase in the number of Ki-67-positive (proliferating) cells. Both skin cholesterol and fatty acid levels exhibited an "inverted-U" relationship with BMI, suggesting that there is an optimal BMI for peak lipid content and barrier function. Decreased lipid levels at higher BMI were accompanied by downregulated expression of PPAR? and other genes related to lipid metabolism, including those encoding acetyl-CoA carboxylase and HMG-CoA reductase, the rate-limiting enzymes for fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis, respectively. Thus, elevated BMI may lead to deficient skin barrier function by suppressing local lipid synthesis.

SUBMITTER: Horie Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5843255 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Reduced skin lipid content in obese Japanese women mediated by decreased expression of rate-limiting lipogenic enzymes.

Horie Yoshiko Y Makihara Hiroko H Horikawa Kazumasa K Takeshige Fumika F Ibuki Ai A Satake Toshihiko T Yasumura Kazunori K Maegawa Jiro J Mitsui Hideaki H Ohashi Kenichi K Akase Tomoko T

PloS one 20180308 3

Skin barrier function is often deficient in obese individuals, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. This study investigated how skin structure and lipid metabolism, factors strongly associated with barrier function, differed among 50 Japanese women of greatly varying body mass index (BMI). Subjects receiving breast reconstruction surgery were chosen for analysis to obtain skin samples from the same site. The subjects were classified into two groups, control (BMI < 25 kg/m2) an ...[more]

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Reduced skin lipid content in obese Japanese women mediated by decreased expression of rate-limiting lipogenic enzymes.

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Reduced skin lipid content in obese Japanese women mediated by decreased expression of rate-limiting lipogenic enzymes.

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