scholarly journals Effects of PKB/Akt inhibitors on insulin-stimulated lipogenesis and phosphorylation state of lipogenic enzymes in white adipose tissue

2020 ◽  
Vol 477 (8) ◽  
pp. 1373-1389
Author(s):  
Nusrat Hussain ◽  
Sheng-Ju Chuang ◽  
Manuel Johanns ◽  
Didier Vertommen ◽  
Gregory R. Steinberg ◽  
...  

We investigated acute effects of two allosteric protein kinase B (PKB) inhibitors, MK-2206 and Akti-1/2, on insulin-stimulated lipogenesis in rat epididymal adipocytes incubated with fructose as carbohydrate substrate. In parallel, the phosphorylation state of lipogenic enzymes in adipocytes and incubated epididymal fat pads was monitored by immunoblotting. Preincubation of rat epididymal adipocytes with PKB inhibitors dose-dependently inhibited the following: insulin-stimulated lipogenesis, increased PKB Ser473 phosphorylation, increased PKB activity and decreased acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) Ser79 phosphorylation. In contrast, the effect of insulin to decrease the phosphorylation of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) at Ser293 and Ser300 was not abolished by PKB inhibition. Insulin treatment also induced ATP-citrate lyase (ACL) Ser454 phosphorylation, but this effect was less sensitive to PKB inhibitors than ACC dephosphorylation by insulin. In incubated rat epididymal fat pads, Akti-1/2 treatment reversed insulin-induced ACC dephosphorylation, while ACL phosphorylation by insulin was maintained. ACL and ACC purified from white adipose tissue were poor substrates for PKBα in vitro. However, effects of wortmannin and torin, along with Akti-1/2 and MK-2206, on recognized PKB target phosphorylation by insulin were similar to their effects on insulin-induced ACL phosphorylation, suggesting that PKB could be the physiological kinase for ACL phosphorylation by insulin. In incubated epididymal fat pads from wild-type versus ACC1/2 S79A/S212A knockin mice, effects of insulin to increase lipogenesis from radioactive fructose or from radioactive acetate were reduced but not abolished. Together, the results support a key role for PKB in mediating insulin-stimulated lipogenesis by decreasing ACC phosphorylation, but not by decreasing PDH phosphorylation.

1964 ◽  
Vol 207 (4) ◽  
pp. 840-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Steiner ◽  
G. F. Cahill

Brown and white adipose tissue from rats exposed to 5 C for 9 days has been studied with reference to its composition and handling of glucose-U-C14 in vivo and in vitro. Brown adipose tissue from cold-exposed rats demonstrated a decreased lipid content per milligram nitrogen, due mainly to decreased amounts of neutral lipid with little change in phospholipid. The incorporation of glucose into neutral lipids, glyceride glycerol, and fatty acids was increased in vivo and in vitro. There was increased incorporation into CO2 in vitro and there was no change in glucose conversion to phospholipid in vivo. No changes in any of these were noted in epididymal fat pads. These findings suggest that cold exposure leads to alterations in carbohydrate metabolism and lipogenesis in brown adipose tissue but not in epididymal fat pads. The possible role in thermogenesis is discussed.


1985 ◽  
Vol 225 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
M H Rider ◽  
L Hue

Injection of insulin to fed rats diminished the concentration of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate in white adipose tissue. Incubation of epididymal fat-pads or adipocytes with insulin stimulated lactate release and sugar detritiation and also decreased fructose 2,6-bisphosphate concentration. Such a decrease was, however, not observed in fat-pads from starved or alloxan-diabetic rats. Incubation of adipocytes from fed rats with various concentrations of glucose or fructose led to a dose-dependent rise in fructose 2,6-bisphosphate which correlated with lactate output and detritiation of 3-3H-labelled sugar. In adipocytes from fed rats, palmitate stimulated the detritiation of [3-3H]glucose without affecting lactate production and fructose 2,6-bisphosphate concentration. Incubation of epididymal fat-pads from fed rats in the presence of antimycin stimulated lactate output but decreased fructose 2,6-bisphosphate concentration. Changes in lipolytic rates brought about by noradrenaline, insulin, adenosine and corticotropin in adipocytes from fed rats were not related to changes in fructose 2,6-bisphosphate or to rates of lactate output. In fed rats, the activity of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase was not changed after treatment of adipocytes with insulin, noradrenaline or adenosine. It is suggested that the decrease in fructose 2,6-bisphosphate concentration observed after insulin treatment can be explained by the increase in sn-glycerol 3-phosphate, an inhibitor of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase.


1978 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niva Shapira ◽  
I. Nir ◽  
P. Budowski

1. Chicks, 3-d-old, of a heavy breed (HB) and a light breed (LB) were overfed for 18 d. The activities of acetyl-CoA carboxylase (EC 6.4.1.2; CBX), fatty acid synthetase (FAS), ATP citrate lyase (EC 4.1.3.8; CCE), NADP-malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) (EC 1.1.1.40; ME), 6-glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.49; G6PDH) and phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.44; 6PGDH) were determined in abdominal adipose tissue (AT) and liver samples of overfed and ad lib.-fed chicks. Size and fat content of liver and adipose tissue were also determined in order to evaluate the extent of obesity.2. On ad lib.-feeding HB chicks consumed more food, gained more weight and deposited more fat than the corresponding LB chicks. Their lipogenic enzymes were more active than in the LB chicks in both adipose tissue and liver. The increase in food consumption (%) that could be achieved by overfeeding was three times greater in the LB chicks than in the HB chicks.3. Overfeeding increased the weight and fat content of liver and AT in both breeds. The specific activities of CBX, FAS, CCE and ME in liver and AT increased in the LB chicks only and the total activities of liver and AT enzymes increased much more in the LB chicks than in the HB chicks in which the increase was derived mainly from tissue enlargement.4. The activity of the pentose cycle dehydrogenases was very low in liver, but in AT about one third of the NADPH generating capacity could be accounted for by these dehydrogenases.5. The results show that lipogenic enzymes of chicks respond to an increased substrate flux. It is suggested that the enlarged liver, the higher participation of AT in lipogenesis and the uninterrupted supply of cropstored excess food enable the chick to accommodate the increased amounts of substrate with only moderate enzymic adaptation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 477 (23) ◽  
pp. 4599-4601
Author(s):  
Nusrat Hussain ◽  
Sheng-Ju Chuang ◽  
Manuel Johanns ◽  
Didier Vertommen ◽  
Gregory R. Steinberg ◽  
...  

1972 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Ballard ◽  
O. H. Filsell ◽  
I. G. Jarrett

1. Lipogenesis in sheep liver and adipose tissue was investigated by incorporation studies in vitro with radioactive glucose and acetate and by assays of key enzymes. 2. Carbohydrate availability to sheep was increased by feeding on a diet containing 70% soluble carbohydrate, by infusing glucose into the abomasum or by direct intravenous infusion of glucose. 3. Under these conditions lipogenesis from glucose and acetate was increased from very low values in lìver and adipose tissue, especially in those animals where rumen fermentation was by-passed by glucose infusion. 4. Large increases in the activities of ATP citrate lyase (EC 4.1.3.8) and NADP–malate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.40) occurred in both tissues when lipogenesis was increased. 5. No adaptations were found in the activities of pyruvate carboxylase (EC 6.4.1.1) in adipose tissue, glucokinase (EC 2.7.1.2) in liver or 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.30) in liver. It is proposed that the absence of these enzymes is not related to glucose availability. 6. The effect of glucose on liver lipogenesis was to increase conversion of acetate into lipid. 7. This effect also occurred in adipose tissue, but in this tissue glucose also became a quantitatively important precursor of triglyceride fatty acid.


1967 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. W. BURNS ◽  
C. N. HALES ◽  
A. STOCKELL HARTREE

SUMMARY Human sera and fractions derived from human pituitary tissue have been tested for lipolytic activity using intact epididymal fat pads of the rat and isolated cell suspensions prepared from rat fat pads and from human adipopose tissue. (1) Glycerol release was enhanced when human serum was incubated with epididymal fat pads and with isolated rat adipose tissue cells. No difference in this effect was noted between fasting serum and serum obtained 30 min. after glucose administration. (2) The three primary fractions of pituitary powder were assayed for lipolytic activity with rat cells, the one containing the gonadotrophins and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) was highly potent while those containing human growth hormone (HGH) and corticotrophin respectively were inactive. The lipolytic activity was associated with TSH but not entirely due to TSH. (3) Human cells were prepared from adipose tissue from both sexes, from ages 4 to 78 and from subcutaneous, perirenal and intra-abdominal sites. (4) Compared with rat cells, human cells were less sensitive and less consistent in their pattern of response. Human cells reacted poorly or not at all to large doses of HGH while rat cells react to small doses.


1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 1651-1656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sixtus Hynie ◽  
Jiří Smrt

3'-Oleolyl-2,3-dihydroxypropyl-AMP, 3'-stearoyl-2,3-dihydroxypropyl-AMP, octadecyl-AMP and palmitamidoethyl-AMP inhibited in comparison with adenosine or fatty acids much stronger the lipolysis in rat epididymal fat pads in vitro stimulated by isoproterenol, theophylline and dibutyryl cyclic AMP. The inhibition of the effects of the two latter drugs suggest that the described effect is caused not only by the inhibition of the cyclic AMP production but also by the inhibition of its effect on the following steps in process of lipolysis.


2021 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anirban Mandal ◽  
Ajeet Kumar Jha ◽  
Dew Biswas ◽  
Shyamal Kanti Guha

Abstract Background The study was conducted to assess the characterization, differentiation, and in vitro cell regeneration potential of canine mesenteric white adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AD-MSCs). The tissue was harvested through surgical incision and digested with collagenase to obtain a stromal vascular fraction. Mesenchymal stem cells isolated from the stromal vascular fraction were characterized through flow cytometry and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Assessment of cell viability, in vitro cell regeneration, and cell senescence were carried out through MTT assay, wound healing assay, and β-galactosidase assay, respectively. To ascertain the trilineage differentiation potential, MSCs were stained with alizarin red for osteocytes, alcian blue for chondrocytes, and oil o red for adipocytes. In addition, differentiated cells were characterized through a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Results We observed the elongated, spindle-shaped, and fibroblast-like appearance of cells after 72 h of initial culture. Flow cytometry results showed positive expression for CD44, CD90, and negative expression for CD45 surface markers. Population doubling time was found 18–24 h for up to the fourth passage and 30±0.5 h for the fifth passage. A wound-healing assay was used to determine cell migration rate which was found 136.9 ± 4.7 μm/h. We observed long-term in vitro cell proliferation resulted in MSC senescence. Furthermore, we also found that the isolated cells were capable of differentiating into osteogenic, chondrogenic, and adipogenic lineages. Conclusions Mesenteric white adipose tissue was found to be a potential source for isolation, characterization, and differentiation of MSCs. This study might be helpful for resolving the problems regarding the paucity of information concerning the basic biology of stem cells. The large-scale use of AD-MSCs might be a remedial measure in regenerative medicine.


1968 ◽  
Vol 109 (5) ◽  
pp. 841-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Wing ◽  
D S Robinson

1. The rise in clearing-factor lipase activity that occurs when epididymal fat bodies from starved rats are incubated in appropriate media in vitro is inhibited in the presence of 6-N-2′-O-dibutyryl-3′,5′-(cyclic)-AMP (1mm). 2. Inhibition occurs at a concentration of glucose in the incubation medium of 1·3mg./ml. or less, but not at a glucose concentration of 2·4mg./ml., unless caffeine (1mm), an inhibitor of 3′,5′-(cyclic)-nucleotide phosphodiesterase, is also present. Caffeine (5mm) alone inhibits the rise in clearing-factor lipase activity at a glucose concentration of 2·4mg./ml. of medium. 3. The concentration of free fatty acids in the epididymal fat bodies normally falls during incubations in vitro as the rise in clearing-factor lipase activity occurs. In the presence of 1mm-6-N-2′-O-dibutyryl-3′,5′-(cyclic)-AMP, however, either the tissue free fatty acid concentration is increased or it does not fall to the same extent. The concentration of glucose in the incubation medium is important in determining the direction and extent of the changes in tissue free fatty acid concentration that occur in the presence of 6-N-2′-O-dibutyryl-3′,5′-(cyclic)-AMP. 4. Free fatty acid concentrations in epididymal fat bodies in vivo rise as the clearing-factor lipase activity of the tissue falls during starvation. 5. The possibility that the concentration of 3′,5′-(cyclic)-AMP in adipose tissue may regulate clearing-factor lipase activity, and that the regulation may occur through effects of the nucleotide on tissue free fatty acid concentrations, is discussed.


1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (3) ◽  
pp. R744-R751 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. G. Youngstrom ◽  
T. J. Bartness

When Siberian hamsters are transferred from long summerlike days (LDs) to short winterlike days (SDs) they decrease their body weight, primarily as body fat. These SD-induced decreases in lipid stores are not uniform. Internally located white adipose tissue (WAT) pads are depleted preferentially of lipid, whereas the more externally located subcutaneous WAT pads are relatively spared. These data suggest a possible differential sympathetic neural control over catecholamine-induced lipolysis and that lipolytic rates are greater for internal vs. external WAT pads. Moreover, if these differential rates of lipolysis are due to differential sympathetic nervous system (SNS) drives on the pads, then fat pad-specific catecholaminergic innervation may exist. Therefore, we tested whether inguinal WAT (IWAT; an external pad) and epididymal WAT (EWAT; an internal pad) were innervated differentially. In addition, we tested whether norepinephrine (NE) turnover (TO) reflected the presumed greater SNS drive on EWAT vs. IWAT after SD exposure. Injections of fluorescent tract tracers [Fluoro-Gold or indocarbocyanine perchlorate (DiI)] demonstrated projections from the SNS ganglia T13-L3 to both fat pads. Retrograde labeling revealed a relatively separate pattern of distribution of labeled neurons in the ganglia projecting to each pad. In vivo anterograde transport of DiI resulted in labeling in both IWAT and EWAT that included staining around individual adipocytes and occasionally retrogradely labeled cells. The proportionately greater decrease in EWAT compared with IWAT mass after 5 wk of SD exposure was reflected in greater EWAT NE TO than found in their LD counterparts for this pad.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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