Increased dihydroceramide/ceramide ratio mediated by defective expression of degs1 impairs adipocyte differentiation and function

Adipose tissue dysfunction is an important determinant of obesity-associated, lipid-induced metabolic complications. Ceramides are well-known mediators of lipid-induced insulin resistance in peripheral organs such as muscle. DEGS1 is the desaturase catalyzing the last step in the main ceramide biosynthetic pathway. Functional suppression of DEGS1 activity results in substantial changes in ceramide species likely to affect fundamental biological functions such as oxidative stress, cell survival, and proliferation. Here, we show that degs1 expression is specifically decreased in the adipose tissue of obese patients and murine models of genetic and nutritional obesity. Moreover, loss-of-function experiments using pharmacological or genetic ablation of DEGS1 in preadipocytes prevented adipogenesis and decreased lipid accumulation. This was associated with elevated oxidative stress, cellular death, and blockage of the cell cycle. These effects were coupled with increased dihydroceramide content. Finally, we validated in vivo that pharmacological inhibition of DEGS1 impairs adipocyte differentiation. These data identify DEGS1 as a new potential target to restore adipose tissue function and prevent obesity-associated metabolic disturbances..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:64

Enthalten in:

Diabetes - 64(2015), 4, Seite 1180

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Barbarroja, Nuria [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Cuenca, Sergio [Sonstige Person]
Nygren, Heli [Sonstige Person]
Camargo, Antonio [Sonstige Person]
Pirraco, Ana [Sonstige Person]
Relat, Joana [Sonstige Person]
Cuadrado, Irene [Sonstige Person]
Pellegrinelli, Vanessa [Sonstige Person]
Medina-Gomez, Gema [Sonstige Person]
Lopez-Pedrera, Chary [Sonstige Person]
Tinahones, Francisco J [Sonstige Person]
Symons, J David [Sonstige Person]
Summers, Scott A [Sonstige Person]
Oresic, Matej [Sonstige Person]
Vidal-Puig, Antonio [Sonstige Person]

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BKL:

44.89

44.88

Themen:

Adipocytes - drug effects
Adipocytes - metabolism
Adipogenesis - drug effects
Adipogenesis - physiology
Adipose Tissue, White - drug effects
Adipose Tissue, White - metabolism
Cell Cycle - drug effects
Cell Cycle - physiology
Cell Death - drug effects
Cell Death - physiology
Cells
Ceramides - metabolism
Ceramides - pharmacology
Experiments
Fatty Acid Desaturases - antagonists & inhibitors
Fatty Acid Desaturases - genetics
Fatty Acid Desaturases - metabolism
Gene expression
Insulin - metabolism
Lipolysis - drug effects
Lipolysis - physiology
Obesity - metabolism
Oxidative Stress - drug effects
Oxidative Stress - physiology
Oxidative stress
Pharmacology
Signal Transduction - drug effects
Signal Transduction - physiology
Tissue

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1966423144