Project description:Exercise training improves whole body glucose homeostasis through effects largely attributed to adaptations in skeletal muscle; however, training also affects other tissues including adipose tissue. To determine if exercise-induced adaptations to adipose tissue contribute to training-induced improvements in glucose homeostasis, subcutaneous white adipose tissue (scWAT) from trained or sedentary donor mice was transplanted into the visceral cavity of sedentary recipients. Remarkably, nine days post-transplantation, mice receiving trained scWAT had improved glucose tolerance and enhanced insulin sensitivity compared to mice transplanted with sedentary scWAT or sham-treated mice. Mice transplanted with trained scWAT had increased insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in tibialis anterior and soleus muscles and brown adipose tissue, suggesting that the transplanted scWAT exerted endocrine effects. Furthermore, the deleterious effects of high-fat feeding on glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity were completely reversed if high-fat fed recipient mice were transplanted with trained scWAT. In additional experiments, voluntary exercise training by wheel running for only 11 days resulted in profound changes in scWAT including increased expression of ∼1550 genes involved in numerous cellular functions, including metabolism. Exercise training causes adaptations to scWAT that elicit metabolic improvements in other tissues, demonstrating a previously unrecognized role for adipose tissue in the beneficial effects of exercise on systemic glucose homeostasis.
Project description:Exercise training improves whole body glucose homeostasis through effects largely attributed to adaptations in skeletal muscle; however, training also affects other tissues including adipose tissue. To determine if exercise-induced adaptations to adipose tissue contribute to training-induced improvements in glucose homeostasis, subcutaneous white adipose tissue (scWAT) from trained or sedentary donor mice was transplanted into the visceral cavity of sedentary recipients. Remarkably, nine days post-transplantation, mice receiving trained scWAT had improved glucose tolerance and enhanced insulin sensitivity compared to mice transplanted with sedentary scWAT or sham-treated mice. Mice transplanted with trained scWAT had increased insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in tibialis anterior and soleus muscles and brown adipose tissue, suggesting that the transplanted scWAT exerted endocrine effects. Furthermore, the deleterious effects of high-fat feeding on glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity were completely reversed if high-fat fed recipient mice were transplanted with trained scWAT. In additional experiments, voluntary exercise training by wheel running for only 11 days resulted in profound changes in scWAT including increased expression of ∼1550 genes involved in numerous cellular functions, including metabolism. Exercise training causes adaptations to scWAT that elicit metabolic improvements in other tissues, demonstrating a previously unrecognized role for adipose tissue in the beneficial effects of exercise on systemic glucose homeostasis. Microarray analysis of scWAT obtained from a cohort of mice that were housed in wheel cages for 11 days compared to sedentary control mice.
Project description:White adipose tissue is a central place to energy storage and a major endocrine organ. However, adipose molecular mechanisms have been poorly studied during prolonged fasting. To fill this gap, the aim of this study was to decipher proteomic regulations in rat adipose tissue during phase 2 (lipid mobilization) and phase 3 (protein catabolism) of prolonged fasting compared to the fed state. Specific responses reflecting adipose tissue inflammation, increased fibrinolysis and a possible protein catabolism-related energy saving mechanism were recorded during phase 3. Differences between internal and subcutaneous adipose tissues were essentially related to lipid metabolism, the response to oxidative stress and energy production. These data thus provide a molecular basis of adipose tissue responses according to the fasting stage.
Project description:Insulin action in adipocytes affects whole-body insulin sensitivity. Studies of adipose-specific Glut4 knockout mice have established that adipose Glut4 contributes to the control of systemic glucose homeostasis. Presumably, this reflects a role for Glut4-mediated glucose transport in the regulation of secreted adipokines. In cultured 3T3-L1 adipocytes, Rab10 GTPase is required for insulin-stimulated translocation of Glut4 (Sano et al., 2007). The physiological importance of adipose Rab10 and the significance of its role in the control of Glut4 vesicle trafficking in vivo are unknown. Here we report that adipocytes from adipose-specific Rab10 knockout mice have a ~50% reduction in glucose uptake and Glut4 translocation to the cell surface in response to insulin, demonstrating a role for Rab10 in Glut4 trafficking. Moreover, hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp shows decreased whole-body glucose uptake as well as impaired suppression of hepatic glucose production in adipose Rab10 knockout mice. Thus, fully functional Glut4 vesicle trafficking in adipocytes is critical for maintaining insulin sensitivity. Comparative transcriptome analysis of perigonadal adipose tissue demonstrates significant transcriptional similarities between adipose Rab10 knockout mice and adipose Glut4 knockout mice, consistent with the notion that the phenotypic similarities between the two models are mediated by reduced insulin-stimulated glucose transport into adipocytes. Transcriptome sequencing of perigonadal white adipose tissue
Project description:The popularity of high fat foods in modern society has been associated with epidemic of various metabolic diseases characterized by insulin resistance, the pathology of which involves complex interactions between multiple tissues such as liver, skeletal muscle and white adipose tissue (WAT). To uncover the mechanism by which excessive fat impairs insulin sensitivity, we conducted a multi- tissue study by using TMT-based quantitative proteomics. 3-week-old ICR mice were fed with high fat diet (HFD) for 19 weeks to induce insulin resistance. Liver, skeletal muscle and epididymal fat were collected for proteomics screening. Additionally, PRM was used for validating adipose differential proteins. By comparing tissue-specific protein profiles of HFD mice, multi-tissue regulation of glucose and lipid homeostasis and corresponding underlying mechanisms was systematically investigated and characterized.
Project description:The white adipose tissue represents 15% of healthy mammalian hosts and bridges body organs. In addition to serving as a scaffold for the lymphatic and blood vasculature, this compartment plays a fundamental role in the control of host metabolism. To which extent the adipose tissue also contributes to immune surveillance and long-term protective defense remains largely unknown. Here, we show that under steady state conditions, the white adipose tissue is home to abundant and diverse memory lymphocyte populations. Following infection, the adipose tissue accumulates large numbers of pathogen-specific memory T cells, including tissue-resident (TRM) cells. Memory T cells found in the adipose tissue express a distinct metabolic profile and are characterized by heightened proliferative and effector capacity. As such, adipose tissue from previously infected mice is sufficient to protect from lethal challenge. Local reactivation of adipose tissue memory T cells leads to rapid responses with local impacts on both immune and metabolic pathways, including direct responses by adipocytes. Notably, induction of recall responses within the adipose tissue is associated with the collapse of lipid metabolism in favor of antimicrobial responses. Thus, our results propose that the white adipose tissue, a compartment that interfaces with all body organs, may represent a unique immune compartment, able to provide early warning and potent effector memory responses. Together, these results uncover the adipose tissue as a dominant reservoir of memory T cells endowed with long-term protective functions, positioning this compartment as a potential major contributor of immunological memory.
Project description:Adipose Energy Homeostasis is the important guarantee to maintain the body's energy balance. Recently, it is reported that, in the adipose cell, Kisspeptins play important role in cell proliferation, differentiation, lipid metabolism and some adipocytokine secretion, so Kisspeptins maybe the novel targets of adipose energy homeostasis regulation. Adipose tissue is the core organs that regulates adipose energy homeostasis. Our early studies observed that there is organizational difference that exercise regulated adipose energy homeostasis, and the response of the Kisspeptins to exercise is closely related to the energy state of the body, so we speculated that Kisspeptins play some important role in the exercise regulated adipose energy homeostasis. Based on the cell experiments to clarify the role of Kisspeptins in regulating adipose energy homeostasis, the role of Kisspeptins in the regulation of adipose energy homeostasis were determined in the adipose tissue of conditioned Kiss1 gene knockout mice of CRISPR/Cas9, then we use the single cell transcriptome sequencing, untargeted proteome and targeted metabolome techniques to further explore and elucidate the possible pathways and mechanisms of Kisspeptins mediated adipose energy homeostasis regulated by exercise.