Project description:Male ferrets, aged 3 months, were divided into two group: one group remained at 22 degrees Celsius, while the other group was acclimatized to 4 degrees Celsius for one week. After sacrification, inguinal and periaortic white adipose tissues were dissected, and used for RNA isolation and subsequent global gene expression profiling using custom Agilent ferret-specific 2x400K microarrays. Data analysis indicated that while the cold exposure induces an increase on metabolism in inguinal white adopose tissue, in periaortic white adipose tissue this stimulus induces a reduction on expression of genes involved in cell cycle and in immune response.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE25323: Biological Aging and Circadian Mechanisms in Murine Brown Adipose Tissue, Inguinal White Adipose Tissue, and Liver (Nov 2009 dataset) GSE25324: Biological Aging and Circadian Mechanisms in Murine Brown Adipose Tissue, Inguinal White Adipose Tissue, and Liver (Jan 2010 dataset) Refer to individual Series
Project description:We analyzed coding transcript abundance in primary brown and white preadipocytes from murine, interscapular brown adipose tissue or inguinal white adipose tissue, respectively.
Project description:We applied a deep-sequencing based method – digital gene expression profiling (DGEP), to investigate gene expression in interscapular brown adipose tissue (iBAT), inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT) and epididymal white adipose tissue (eWAT) in acute cold exposure
Project description:In mammals, white adipose tissues are largely divided into visceral epididymal adipose tissue (EAT) and subcutaneous inguinal adipose tissue (IAT) with distinct metabolic properties. To investigate molecular mechanisms underlying depot-specific metabolic roles, we report the transcriptomes of adipocytes and SVCs derived from NCD-fed mouse epididymal adipose tissue (EAT) or inguinal adipose tissues (IAT).
Project description:Abstract
Brown and brite adipocytes are the key cells performing uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) dependent non-shivering thermogenesis (NST) induced by cold exposure. Several lipid species are associated to NST in brown and white adipose tissue. Studies investigating the association of the lipid profile with NST rely on the analysis of whole organ homogenates or on the differentiation of pre-adipocytes in vitro. These approaches have so far not addressed the heterogeneity of white adipose tissue. Aim of this study was to characterize the lipid composition of white adipose tissue on a region-specific level in an in vivo context.
We applied MALDI mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI) in combination with immunohistochemistry and high-resolution mass spectrometry on sections of inguinal white adipose tissue of 129S6/SvEvTac and C57BL6/N-UCP1 knockout and wildtype mice acclimatized to cold to identify lipids specific to areas of UCP1 expression.
Based on the analysis of cold exposed 129S6/SvEvTac mice we identified cardiolipins (CL) and diacylglycerols (DG) species to be specific for areas expressing UCP1 and triacylglycerols (TG) to be the main lipid class characteristic for UCP1 negative regions within inguinal white adipose tissue. Investigation of C57BL6/N-UCP1 knockout and wildtype mice housed at either room temperature or acclimatized to cold, demonstrated that CL content in white adipose tissue is increased upon cold stimulation, independent of UCP1.
We introduce a MALDI-MSI based approach to identify lipids associated to thermogenic adipocytes in adipose tissues demonstrating a clear regional cold dependent upregulation of CL independent of UCP1.
