Journal
NUTRIENTS
Volume 14, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu14102084
Keywords
adipose tissue; circadian rhythms; adipose progenitor cells
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- NIHNIDDK [R01DK114037, R01DK125922]
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White adipose tissue is a metabolic organ that can retract and expand based on energy needs. It is made up of mature adipocytes and cells from the stromal vascular cell fraction. The circadian clock in adipose tissue plays a crucial role in maintaining the health and function of fat.
White adipose tissue (WAT) is a metabolic organ with flexibility to retract and expand based on energy storage and utilization needs, processes that are driven via the coordination of different cells within adipose tissue. WAT is comprised of mature adipocytes (MA) and cells of the stromal vascular cell fraction (SVF), which include adipose progenitor cells (APCs), adipose endothelial cells (AEC) and infiltrating immune cells. APCs have the ability to proliferate and undergo adipogenesis to form MA, the main constituents of WAT being predominantly composed of white, triglyceride-storing adipocytes with unilocular lipid droplets. While adiposity and adipose tissue health are controlled by diet and aging, the endogenous circadian (24-h) biological clock of the body is highly active in adipose tissue, from adipocyte progenitor cells to mature adipocytes, and may play a unique role in adipose tissue health and function. To some extent, 24-h rhythms in adipose tissue rely on rhythmic energy intake, but individual circadian clock proteins are also thought to be important for healthy fat. Here we discuss how and why the clock might be so important in this metabolic depot, and how temporal and qualitative aspects of energy intake play important roles in maintaining healthy fat throughout aging.
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