Project description:Despite a variety of seasoning ingredients in diets, little is known about their cooperative effect on animal metabolism. We fed rats a diet containing 30 wt.% instant noodle with a 26% fat-to-energy ratio for 30 days (N-group). Compared with rats that were fed the same diet without seasonings (C-group), the N-group showed lower liver triacylglycerol levels and higher fecal cholesterol levels. To assess the mechanisms underlying this phenotype, we conducted transcriptome analyses of the hypothalamic–pituitary axis (HP), liver and white adipose tissue (WAT). Our results suggest that these ingredients may affect lipid homeostasis via the HP axis.
Project description:Despite a variety of seasoning ingredients in diets, little is known about their cooperative effect on animal metabolism. We fed rats a diet containing 30 wt.% instant noodle with a 26% fat-to-energy ratio for 30 days (N-group). Compared with rats that were fed the same diet without seasonings (C-group), the N-group showed lower liver triacylglycerol levels and higher fecal cholesterol levels. To assess the mechanisms underlying this phenotype, we conducted transcriptome analyses of the hypothalamic–pituitary axis (HP), liver and white adipose tissue (WAT). Our results suggest that these ingredients may affect lipid homeostasis via the HP axis.
Project description:Despite a variety of seasoning ingredients in diets, little is known about their cooperative effect on animal metabolism. We fed rats a diet containing 30 wt.% instant noodle with a 26% fat-to-energy ratio for 30 days (N-group). Compared with rats that were fed the same diet without seasonings (C-group), the N-group showed lower liver triacylglycerol levels and higher fecal cholesterol levels. To assess the mechanisms underlying this phenotype, we conducted transcriptome analyses of the hypothalamic–pituitary axis (HP), liver and white adipose tissue (WAT). Our results suggest that these ingredients may affect lipid homeostasis via the HP axis.
Project description:To investigate the effect of miR-503 in aging associated type 2 diabetes, target genes of miR-503 need to be investigated. The global miR-322-503-351 deletion (KO) mouse was constructed, and RNA-seq was then performed on aged mouse liver and white adipose tissue (WAT).
Project description:CD44 expression has been shown to be enhanced in the liver and white adipose tissue (WAT) during obesity, suggesting a possible regulatory role for CD44 in metabolic syndrome. To study this hypothesis, we compared the gene expression profiles in liver and in WAT between WT and CD44 knockout (CD44KO) mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) for 21 weeks. This analysis demonstrated that several genes associated with triglyceride synthesis and accumulation, including Mogat2, Cidea, Cidea, Apoa4, and Elovl7, were decreased in the livers of CD44KO mice compared to WT mice. Many genes encoding pro-inflammatory chemokines and chemokine receptors also were decreased in the livers of CD44KO mice. Analysis with WAT showed that genes associated with triglyceride accumulation, including Fasn, Elovl6 and Mogat2, were increased in WAT of CD44KO(HFD) mice compared to WT(HFD) mice. Moreover, many genes associated with inflammation, including cytokines (Cxcl14, Cxcl12, Il33, and Il2), cytokine receptors (Ccr1, Il6ra, Il10rb), trypases (Tpsb2, Tpsab1, Tpsg1), and cellular matrix proteins (Integrin ?4 (Itga4), ItgaM, Itgb2), were decreased in WAT of CD44(HFD) compared to WT(HFD) mice. This study indicates that CD44 plays a critical role in regulating several aspects of metabolic syndrome. Liver and white adipose tissue (WAT) total RNAs were purified from 5 WT and 5 CD44 knockout mice fed with a high-fat diet for 21 weeks. Then, samples were applied on Agilent mouse genome chips.
Project description:Transcriptomic analysis on white adipose tissues (WAT), brown adipose tissues (BAT), skeletal muscles and liver from cold-exposed obese mice treated with KPT-330 or DMSO, and those from obese mice housed at ambient temperature indicated that KPT-330 profoundly modulates immune responses in these thermogenic tissues and organs.
Project description:In addition to the pathological processes in the vascular wall, atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) development is affected other tissues, including metabolic tissues such as liver and white adipose tissue (WAT). However, the transcriptional events occurring in metabolic tissues in response to pro-atherosclerotic conditions (hypercholesterolemia and obesogenic diet), remain incompletely understood. Here, we profile liver and WAT gene expression in mouse at increasing exposure levels of atherogenic factors.
Project description:Circulating trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) participates in the pathogenesis of cardio-metabolic diseases, with hepatic flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) originally regarded as the primary source of TMAO production. Here, we demonstrate that white adipose tissue (WAT) expressed FMO3 and its derived metabolic product TMAO causatively contribute to the systemic elevation of TMAO levels, WAT dysfunction, and metabolic diseases in ageing. We showed that FMO3 expression and TMAO levels are upregulated in WAT of naturally ageing animals and human subjects, as well as in a DNA damage-induced senescent adipocyte model, but not in the liver. This upregulation is due to p53 activation in mice and could be mitigated by calorie restriction in humans. Adipocyte-specific ablation of FMO3 attenuates TMAO accumulation in WAT and circulation, leading to enhanced glucose metabolism, energy homeostasis, and lipid regulation in aged and high-fat diet-induced obese mice. Transcriptomic and histological analysis link these metabolic improvements to reduced senescence, fibrosis, and inflammation in WAT as well as a decrease in adipose-resident macrophages. LiP-small molecule mapping (LiP-SMap) analysis identified numerous novel TMAO-interacting proteins implicated in inflammasome activation within white adipocytes and macrophages. Mechanistically, TMAO facilitates inflammasome activation by binding to the inflammasome adaptor protein apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing A CARD (ASC), thereby inducing its expression, caspase-1 activation, and subsequent interleukin-1β (IL-1β) production. Our findings uncover a pivotal role for adipocyte FMO3 in modulating TMAO production and WAT dysfunction by promoting inflammasome activation in ageing via an autocrine and paracrine manner.
Project description:We have modeled the Fnip2 rs2291007 genetic variant in the mouse genome. In this study we aimed to investigate the effect of this genetic variant in the transcriptome of two metabolically relevant tissues: liver and white adipose tissue (WAT)