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DIABETES
Volume 63, Issue 1, Pages 111-121Publisher
AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/db13-0621
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- Rigshospitalet
- Danish PhD Schools of Metabolism Endocrinology
- Danish Council for Independent Research
- Novo Nordisk Foundation
- Danish Strategic Research Council
- European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes
- Aase and Ejnar Danielsens Fond
- Danish National Research Foundation
- Danish Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation
- Novo Nordisk Fonden [NNF13OC0005835] Funding Source: researchfish
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Low birth weight (LBW) is associated with increased risk of the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). The appetite-regulating hormone leptin is released from mature adipocytes, and its production may be decreased in immature preadipocytes from LBW individuals. We recruited 14 men born with LBW and 13 controls born with normal birth weight (NBW). Biopsy samples were obtained from subcutaneous abdominal fat depots, and preadipocytes were isolated and cultured. Gene expression of leptin and selected differentiation markers were analyzed during preadipocyte differentiation, and cell culture media were collected to analyze leptin secretion. DNA methylation of CpG sites in the leptin promoter was measured using pyrosequencing. We found that differentiating preadipocytes from LBW individuals showed reduced leptin gene expression and a corresponding reduced leptin release compared with NBW individuals. Mean DNA methylation of the proximal LEP promoter was increased in LBW compared with NBW individuals. The notion of impaired adipocyte maturation in LBW individuals was supported by a lower mRNA expression of the differentiation markers; fatty acid binding protein 4, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor , and GLUT4. Our findings are consistent with impaired preadipocyte maturation, contributing to an increased risk of the development of T2D in LBW subjects.
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