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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
卷 306, 期 5, 页码 E543-E551出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00491.2013
关键词
11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1; transgenic mouse
资金
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [KO1DK- 073272, SC1-DK-087655]
- NIH grant [2R24-DA-017298]
The prereceptor activation of glucocorticoid production in adipose tissue by NADPH-dependent 11 beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11 beta-HSD1) has emerged as a potential mechanism in the pathogenesis of visceral obesity and metabolic syndrome. Hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (H6PDH) is an endoplasmic reticulum lumen-resident enzyme that generates cofactor NADPH and thus mediates 11 beta-HSD1 activity. To determine the role of adipose H6PDH in the prereceptor modulation of 11 beta-HSD1 and metabolic phenotypes, we generated a transgenic (Tg) mouse model overexpressing H6PDH under the control of the enhancer-promoter region of the adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (aP2) gene (aP2/H6PDH Tg mice). Transgenic aP2/H6PDH mice exhibited relatively high expression of H6PDH and elevated corticosterone production with induction of 11 beta-HSD1 activity in adipose tissue. This increase in corticosterone production in aP2-H6PDH Tg mice resulted in mild abdominal fat accumulation with induction of C/EBP mRNA expression and slight weight gain. Transgenic aP2/H6PDH mice also exhibited fasting hyperglycemia and glucose intolerance with insulin resistance. In addition, the aP2/H6PDH Tg mice have elevated circulating free fatty acid levels with a concomitant increased adipose lipolytic action associated with elevated HSL mRNA and Ser(660) HSL phosphorylation within abdominal fat. These results suggest that increased H6PDH expression specifically in adipose tissue is sufficient to cause intra-adipose glucocorticoid production and adverse metabolic phenotypes. These findings suggest that the aP2/H6PDH Tg mice may provide a favorable model for studying the potential impact of H6PDH in the pathogenesis of human metabolic syndrome.
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