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SCIENCE SIGNALING
Volume 10, Issue 489, Pages -Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aam6870
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- NIH [R01 DK103056]
- China Scholarship Council program [201406100079]
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In addition to controlling blood pressure, cardiac natriuretic peptides (NPs) can stimulate lipolysis in adipocytes and promote the browning of white adipose tissue. NPs may also increase the oxidative capacity of skeletal muscle. To unravel the contribution of NP-stimulated metabolism in adipose tissue compared to that in muscle in vivo, we generated mice with tissue-specific deletion of the NP clearance receptor, NPRC, in adipose tissue (Nprc(AKO)) or in skeletal muscle (Nprc(MKO)). We showed that, similar to Nprc null mice, Nprc(AKO) mice, but not Nprc(MKO) mice, were resistant to obesity inducedby a high-fat diet. Nprc(AKO) mice exhibited increased energy expenditure, improved insulin sensitivity, and increased glucose uptake into brown fat. These mice were also protected from diet-induced hepatic steatosis and visceral fat inflammation. These findings support the conclusion that NPRC in adipose tissue is a critical regulator of energy metabolism and suggest that inhibiting this receptor may be an important avenue to explore for combating metabolic disease.
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