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The up-regulation of markers of adipose tissue fibrosis by visfatin in pre-adipocytes as well as obese children and adolescents

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CYTOKINE
卷 134, 期 -, 页码 -

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ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2020.155193

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Obesity; Adipose tissue fibrosis; Visfatin; Collagen; Endotrophin; Osteopontin; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome

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  1. Iran University of Medical Sciences [95-04-30-29356]

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Adipocytes are surrounded by a three-dimensional network of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. Aberrant ECM accumulation and remodeling leads to adipose tissue fibrosis. Visfatin is one of the adipocytokines that is increased in obesity and is implicated in insulin resistance. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of visfatin on major components of ECM remodeling. In this study, plasma levels of both endotrophin and visfatin in obese children and adolescents were significantly higher than those in control subjects and they showed a positive correlation with each other. Treatment of 3T3-L1 pre-adipocytes with visfatin caused significant up-regulation of Osteopontin (Opn), Collagen type VI (Co16), matrix metalloproteinases MMP-2 and MMP-9. By using inhibitors of major signaling pathways it was shown that visfatin exerted its effect on Col6a3 gene expression through PI3K, JNK, and NF-kappa B pathways, while induced Opn gene expression via PI3K, JNK, MAPK/ERK, and NOTCH1. Our conclusion is that, the relationship between visfatin, endotrophin and insulin resistance parameters in obesity as well as increased expression of ECM proteins by visfatin suggests adipose tissue fibrosis as a mechanism for devastating effects of visfatin in obesity.

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