scholarly journals Effects of High-Fat Diet Induced Obesity and Fructooligosaccharide Supplementation on Cardiac Protein Expression

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 3404
Author(s):  
Sidra Sarfaraz ◽  
Shamjeet Singh ◽  
Aileen Hawke ◽  
Sandra T. Clarke ◽  
D. Dan Ramdath

The mechanism by which high fat-diet induced obesity affects cardiac protein expression is unclear, and the extent to which this is modulated by prebiotic treatment is not known. These outcomes were assessed in rats initially fed a high-fat diet, then the top 40% weight gain group were randomly allocated to control (CON), high-fat (HF) and HF supplemented with fructooligosaccharide (32 g; HF-FOS) treatments for 12 weeks (n = 10/group). At sacrifice, left ventricles were either frozen or preserved in formalin. Serum was stored for glucose and insulin measurements. Protein spectra was obtained using an Orbitrap analyzer, processed with Sequest and fold changes assessed with Scaffold Q +. Treatment effects for body weights, glucose and insulin were assessed using one-way ANOVA, and the differential protein expression was assessed by a Mann–Whitney U test. The Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes identified pathways containing overrepresented proteins. Hematoxylin and eosin sections were graded for hypertrophy and also quantified; differences were identified using Chi-square analyses and Mann-Whitney U tests. HF diet fed rats were significantly (p < 0.05) heavier than CON, and 23 proteins involved in mitochondrial function and lipid metabolism were differentially expressed between HF and CON. Between HF-FOS and HF, 117 proteins involved in contractility, lipid and carbohydrate metabolism were differentially expressed. HF cardiomyocytes were significantly (p < 0.05) more hypertrophic than CON. We conclude that high-fat feeding and FOS are associated with subcellular deviations in cardiac metabolism and contractility, which may influence myocardial function and alter the risk of cardiovascular disease.

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Chen ◽  
Alice Jih ◽  
Olivia Osborn ◽  
Sarah T. Kavaler ◽  
Wenxian Fu ◽  
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Highly inbred C57BL/6 mice show wide variation in their degree of insulin resistance in response to diet-induced obesity even though they are almost genetically identical. Here we employed transcriptional profiling by RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and liver in young mice to determine how gene expression patterns correlate with the later development of high-fat diet (HFD)-induced insulin resistance in adulthood. To accomplish this goal, we partially removed and banked tissues from pubertal mice. Mice subsequently received HFD followed by metabolic phenotyping to identify two well-defined groups of mice with either severe or mild insulin resistance. The remaining tissues were collected at study termination. We then applied RNA-Seq to generate transcriptome profiles associated with worsened insulin resistance before and after the initiation of HFD. We found 244 up- and 109 downregulated genes in VAT of the most insulin-resistant mice even before HFD exposure. Downregulated genes included serine protease inhibitor, major urinary protein, and complement genes; upregulated genes represented mostly muscle constituents. These gene families were also differentially expressed in VAT of mice with high or low insulin resistance after HFD. Inflammatory genes predicted insulin resistance in liver, but not in VAT. In contrast, when we compared VAT of all mice before and after HFD, differentially expressed genes were predominantly composed of immune response genes. These data show a distinct set of gene transcripts in young mice correlates with the severity of insulin resistance in adulthood, providing insight into the pathogenesis of insulin resistance in early life.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 1260-1260
Author(s):  
Yang Yang ◽  
Xinyun Xu ◽  
Christophe Morisseau ◽  
Bruce Hammock ◽  
Ahmed Bettaieb ◽  
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Abstract Objectives Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a promising target for obesity prevention. N-3 epoxides are fatty acid epoxides produced from n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and shown to be beneficial for health. However, these epoxides are unstable and quickly metabolized by the cytosolic soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). Here, we investigated the effects of sEH inhibitor (t-TUCB) alone or combined with two different n-3 epoxides on BAT activation in the development of diet-induced obesity and associated metabolic disorders. Methods Male C57BL6/J mice were fed a high-fat diet and received either of the following treatment: the vehicle control, t-TUCB alone (T), or t-TUCB combined with 19,20-EDP (T + EDP) or 17,18-EEQ (T + EEQ) via osmotic minipump delivery near the interscapular BAT for 6 weeks. Mice were examined for changes in body weight, food intake, glucose, insulin, and cold tolerance tests, and indirect calorimetry. Blood and tissue biochemical analyses were also performed to assess changes in metabolic homeostasis. Results Although no differences in food intake were observed, there were small but significant increases in body weight in both T and T + EDP groups. Mice in the T + EDP and T + EEQ groups showed significant decreases in fasting glucose and serum TG levels, higher core body temperature, and better cold tolerance compared to the controls. However, heat production was significantly increased only in the T + EEQ group. Thermogenic UCP1 protein expression showed a moderate, but not significant, increase in the T + EEQ group. On the other hand, PGC1 α protein expression was significantly increased in the T, T + EDP, and T + EEQ groups compared to the controls. Perilipin protein expression and phosphorylation were also significantly increased in the three treated groups. In contrast, protein expression of FABP4 and HSL was only increased in the T and T + EDP groups, and CD36 protein expression was only increased in the T + EEQ group. Conclusions Our results suggest that sEH pharmacological inhibition by t-TUCB combined with n-3 epoxides may prevent high-fat diet-induced glucose and lipid disorders, in part through increased thermogenesis and upregulating of protein expression of thermogenic and lipid metabolic genes. Funding Sources The work was supported by NIH grants to L.Z., A.B., and B.D.H.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingli Chen ◽  
Jiaqiang Huang ◽  
Yuanyuan Wu ◽  
Fazheng Ren ◽  
Xin Gen Lei

Abstract Objectives Metabolic function of selenoprotein V (SELENOV) remains unknown, although we previously showed a strong correlation of its gene expression with the high-fat diet-induced obesity in pigs. This study was conducted to explore the role and mechanism of SELENOV in body fat metabolism. Methods We applied the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-targeting deletion to generate Selenovknockout (KO) mice (C57BL/6 J background). Male KO and their wild-type (WT) (8 weeks old, n = 10 per genotype by treatment group) were fed a normal diet (NF, 10% calories coming from fat) or a high-fat diet (HF, 60% calories coming from fat) for 27 weeks. At the end, body weights and composition of mice were recorded, and tissues were collected to assay for gene expression and protein production related to lipid metabolism. Results Body weights of the KO mice fed the NF or HF diet were 16–19% higher (P < 0.05) than those of the WT mice. Total fat mass of the KO mice was 54% higher (P < 0.05) than the WT mice fed either diet, whereas total lean mass of the KO mice was 5 and 35% lower (P < 0.05) than that of WT mice fed the NF and HF diets, respectively. Gene expression of key enzymes (Fasn, Acaca, Dgat1, and Lpl) involved in lipogenesis was elevated (P < 0.05) in the white adipose tissue of the KO mice compared with the WT mice. In contrast, differences in gene expression of enzymes related to lipolysis and fatty acid oxidation (Atgl, Hsl, Ces1d, and Cpt1a) between the two genotypes were exactly the opposite (P < 0.05). Consistently, levels of proteins related to lipid accumulation (pACC, ACC, FAS, and LPL) were upregulated (P < 0.05) and proteins related to lipolysis (ATGL, HSL, and pHSL) were down-regulated (P < 0.05) in the KO mice compared with the WT mice. Conclusions Knockout of Selenov predisposed the male mice to elevated lipogenesis and attenuated lipolyis, leading to the body fat accumulation. This illustrated role and mechanism of SELENOV helps explain our previously-reported correlation between its gene expression and the high-fat diet-induced obesity in pigs. Funding Sources This research was supported in part by a NSFC grant #31,320,103,920.


2004 ◽  
Vol 287 (2) ◽  
pp. E366-E370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Liu ◽  
Ling Shen ◽  
Yin Liu ◽  
Stephen C. Woods ◽  
Randy J. Seeley ◽  
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Apolipoprotein A-IV (apo A-IV) is an anorectic protein produced in the intestine and brain that has been proposed as a satiety signal. To determine whether diet-induced obesity alters apo A-IV gene expression in the intestine and hypothalamus, rats were fed a high-fat (HF), low-fat (LF), or standard chow (CHOW) diet for 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 wk. Rats fed the HF diet had significantly greater body weights than rats given the LF and CHOW diets. Intestinal and plasma apo A-IV levels were comparable across dietary groups and time. LF and CHOW rats had comparable hypothalamic apo A-IV mRNA across the course of the experiment. However, HF rats had a slow and progressive diminution in hypothalamic apo A-IV mRNA over time that became significantly lower than that of LF or CHOW rats by 10 wk. Intragastric infusion of lipid emulsion to animals that were fasted overnight significantly stimulated hypothalamic apo A-IV mRNA in LF and CHOW rats but had no effect in HF rats. These results demonstrate that chronic consumption of a HF diet significantly reduces apo A-IV mRNA levels and the response of apo A-IV gene expression to dietary lipids in the hypothalamus. This raises the possibility that dysregulation of hypothalamic apo A-IV could contribute to diet-induced obesity.


Author(s):  
LC Bollheimer ◽  
H Wobser ◽  
CE Wrede ◽  
A Schäffler ◽  
J Schölmerich ◽  
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