Paracrine Signaling in Visceral Fat

ABSTRACT: Accumulation of visceral (VIS) as opposed to subcutaneous (SUB) fat is a predictor of metabolic disorders, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular disease. This is due in part to the limited capacity of VIS fat to buffer lipids allowing them to deposit in insulin-sensitive tissues, thus impairing insulin action. In addition, VIS adipose tissue is more prone to fibrosis and inflammation, which in turn contributes to the pathogenesis of metabolic disease. Mechanisms underlying selective hypertrophic growth and tissue remodeling properties of VIS fat are not well understood. We and others identified subsets of adipose progenitors (APs) unique to VIS fat with differential adipogenic capacity. We named these CD34+ APs VIS low and VIS high based on low or high CD34 expression respectively. Despite sharing the same developmental origin, VIS low APs are adipogenic whereas VIS high APs are not. Furthermore, VIS high APs inhibit adipogenic differentiation of SUB and VIS low APs in vitro through the secretion of soluble inhibitory factor(s) including insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2 (Igfbp2). The number of VIS high APs increased with VIS adipose tissue expansion and their abundance in vivo causes hypertrophic growth, fibrosis, inflammation and impaired glucose and insulin tolerance. This study unveil the presence of APs unique to VIS fat involved in the paracrine regulation of adipogenesis and tissue remodeling.

INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Velos

ORGANISM(S): Mus Musculus (mouse)

TISSUE(S): Blood Serum

SUBMITTER: Anna Bakhtina  

LAB HEAD: Sarah Franklin

PROVIDER: PXD014672 | Pride | 2024-05-21

REPOSITORIES: Pride