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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Volume 290, Issue 5, Pages E814-E823Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00465.2005
Keywords
fatty acids; adipocytes; adipokines
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK040936, DK-59635, DK-40936, DK-053189] Funding Source: Medline
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Fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) facilitate the diffusion of fatty acids within cellular cytoplasm. Compared with C57B1/6J mice maintained on a high-fat diet, adipose-FABP (A-FABP) null mice exhibit increased fat mass, decreased lipolysis, increased muscle glucose oxidation, and attenuated insulin resistance, whereas overexpression of epithelial-FABP (EFABP) in adipose tissue results in decreased fat mass, increased lipolysis, and potentiated insulin resistance. To identify the mechanisms that underlie these processes, real-time PCR analyses indicate that the expression of hormone-sensitive lipase is reduced, while perilipin A is increased in A-FABP/aP2 null mice relative to E-FABP overexpressing mice. In contrast, de novo lipogenesis and expression of genes encoding lipoprotein lipase, CD36, long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 5, and diacylglycerol acyltransferase are increased in A-FABP/aP2 null mice relative to E-FABP transgenic animals. Consistent with an increase in de novo lipogenesis, there was an increase in adipose C16:0 and C16:1 acyl-CoA pools. There were no changes in serum free fatty acids between genotypes. Serum levels of resistin were decreased in the E-FABP transgenic mice, whereas serum and tissue adiponectin were increased in A-FABP/ aP2 null mice and decreased in E-FABP transgenic animals; leptin expression was unaffected. These results suggest that the balance between lipolysis and lipogenesis in adipocytes is remodeled in the FABP null and transgenic mice and is accompanied by the reprogramming adipokine expression in fat cells and overall changes in plasma adipokines.
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