Project description:5 arrays from obese insulin-resistant and lean insulin-sensitive females adipose tissue at fasting and after 3h hyperinsulinemia 5 arrays from obese insulin-resistant and lean insulin-sensitive females adipose tissue at fasting and after 3h hyperinsulinemia FIR x 5, FIS x 5, HIR x 5, HIS x 5 F=fasting, H=hyperinsulinemia, IR=Insulin-resistant, IS=Insulin-sensitive (FIR, FIS, HIR, HIS)
Project description:We characterized the insulin sensitivity and multi-tissue gene expression profiles of lean and insulin resistant, obese Zucker rats untreated or treated with one of four PPARγ ligands (pioglitazone, rosiglitazone, troglitazone, and AG035029). We analyzed the transcriptional profiles of adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, and liver from the rats and determined whether ligand insulin-sensitizing potency was related to ligand-induced alteration of functional pathways. Ligand treatments improved insulin sensitivity in obese rats, albeit to varying degrees. Male Zucker fatty (fa/fa) and lean (fa/+) rats (Charles River, Wilmington, MA) were received at 6 weeks of age. Fatty rats were weight-matched upon arrival and randomly divided into one of five experimental groups. The fatty rat groups varied by the type of chow they were fed - normal chow alone or with a PPARγ ligand admixture: normal chow (fatty control, FC), rosiglitazone-treated (Rosi), pioglitazone-treated (Pio), troglitazone-treated (Tro), or AG035029-treated (AG). Lean control (LC) rats were all fed normal chow. Rats groups were maintained on the diets for 21 days. Adipose tissue (epididymal), skeletal muscle (gastrocnemius), and liver were harvested from lean (LC) and insulin resistant, obese Zucker rats untreated (FC) or treated with one of four PPARγ ligands (pioglitazone [Pio], rosiglitazone [Rosi], troglitazone [Tro], and AG035029 [AG]).
Project description:High blood levels of free fatty acids link obesity with type-2 diabetes, but this connection remains poorly understood. We have investigated lipolysis and glucose homeostasis in recently diagnosed obese type-2 diabetics; in obese insulin resistant non-diabetic subjects (obese-IR) matched for age, sex, body composition and fasting insulin levels; and in healthy lean individuals. Our results show that obese-IR dissociate lipolysis from glycemic control, revealing that the action of compensatory hyperinsulinemia on blood glucose is not mediated by reduced lipolysis. In the obese adipose tissue free fatty acids and glycerol levels were elevated in spite of high local levels of insulin or lactate; correlated with adipocyte size and metabolic inflammation, with reduced adipose tissue mRNA levels of genes implicated in beta-adrenergic signaling, de-novo lipogenesis, and increased expression of genes implicated in adipose tissue hyperplasia. These results shed light on the nature of the interaction between lipolysis and glucose homeostasis and indicate an possible adaptive response to fatness.
Project description:Extracellular vesicles are membranous nanoparticles that convey signaling between cells, tissues and organs. By applying fluorescence tracing and SILAC-labeling paired with (phospho)proteomics, we identified the transfer of functional insulinotropic protein cargo via adipocyte-derived extracellular vesicles (AdEVs) from adipose tissue to pancreatic ß-cells in vivo and in vitro. AdEV-derived proteins were targets for phosphorylation, increased the overall abundances and phosphosite dynamics of insulinotropic GPCR/cAMP/PKA pathways and amplified 1st-phase glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in murine islets. Notably, insulinotropic effects were restricted to AdEVs from obese and insulin resistant, but not lean mice, which was consistent with differential protein loads and AdEV luminal morphologies. Pre-treatment with AdEVs from obese mice amplified insulin secretion and glucose tolerance in mice independent from hyperglycemia. These data suggest that secreted AdEVs can inform pancreatic ß-cells about adipose tissue insulin resistance in order to amplify GSIS in times of increased insulin demand.
Project description:High-fat diet (HFD) decreases insulin sensitivity. How high-fat diet causes insulin resistance is largely unknown. Here, we show that lean mice become insulin resistant after being administered exosomes isolated from the feces of obese mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) or from human type II diabetic patients with diabetes. HFD altered the lipid composition of exosomes from predominantly PE in exosomes from lean animals (L-Exo) to PC in exosomes from obese animals (H-Exo). Mechanistically, we show that intestinal H-Exo is taken up by macrophages and hepatocytes, leading to inhibition of the insulin signaling pathway. Moreover, exosome-derived PC binds to and activates AhR, leading to inhibition of the expression of genes essential for activation of the insulin signaling pathway, including IRS-2, and its downstream genes PI3K and Akt. Together, our results reveal HFD-induced exosomes as potential contributors to the development of insulin resistance. Intestinal exosomes thus have potential as broad therapeutic targets.
Project description:In mammals, expansion of adipose tissue mass induces accumulation of adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs). We isolated CD11c- (FB) and CD11c+ (FBC) perigonadal ATMs from SVCs of lean (C57BL/6J Lep +/+) and obese leptin-deficient (C57BL/6J Lep ob/ob) mice. We used expression microarrays to generate transcription profiles of perigonadal ATMs from lean (C57BL/6J Lep +/+) and obese (C57BL/6J Lep ob/ob) mice. Profiling purified FBs and FBCs, we identified 521 transcripts whose expression was differentially (nominal p-value < 0.01) expressed between FBs from lean and obese mice and 1509 genes whose expression was differentially (nominal p-value <0.01) expressed between FBC from lean and obese mice
Project description:In mammals, expansion of adipose tissue mass induces accumulation of adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs). We isolated CD11c- (FB) and CD11c+ (FBC) perigonadal ATMs from SVCs of lean (C57BL/6J Lep +/+) and obese leptin-deficient (C57BL/6J Lep ob/ob) mice. We used expression microarrays to generate transcription profiles of perigonadal ATMs from lean (C57BL/6J Lep +/+) and obese (C57BL/6J Lep ob/ob) mice. Profiling purified FBs and FBCs, we identified 521 transcripts whose expression was differentially (nominal p-value < 0.01) expressed between FBs from lean and obese mice and 1509 genes whose expression was differentially (nominal p-value <0.01) expressed between FBC from lean and obese mice RNA was isolated from sorted FBC (F4/80+, CD11b+, CD11c+) cells and FB ( F4/80+, CD11b+, CD11c-) cells and using RNeasy micro-kits (Qiagen), using a PicoPure RNA isolation kit then amplified two-rounds. Labeled cRNA Mouse Genome 430 2.0 arrays (purified FB and FBC adipose tissue macrophages. There was a total of sixteen samples. FB and FBC populations were isolated from 4 lean and 4 obese mice.