Diss. (sammanfattning) Linköping : Linköpings universitet, 2009. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Thesis (Ph.D.). / Written for the Dept. of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2009/06/09). Includes bibliographical references.

Εισαγωγή: Η παιδική παχυσαρκία αποτελεί μία επιδημία του σύγχρονου δυτικού κόσμου και ορίζεται λειτουργικά ως η υπέρμετρη αύξηση του λιπώδους ιστού. Η παχυσαρκία αποτελεί ανεξάρτητο παράγοντα κινδύνου για την ανάπτυξη μίας πληθώρας συνοσηροτήτων όπως την αντίσταση στην ινσουλίνη, το σακχαρώδη διαβήτη τύπου 2, καρδιοαγγειακά νοσήματα και μεταβολικό σύνδρομο. Ο λιπώδης ιστός είναι ένα παρακρινές και ενδοκρινές όργανο, το οποίο μέσω της έκκρισης κυτταροκινών και φλεγμονογόνων παραγόντων έχει την ικανότητα να ρυθμίσει το ενεργειακό ισοζύγιο του οργανισμού. Η αντιπονεκτίνη μία από τις πιο σημαντικές κυτταροκίνες του λιπώδους ιστού, μέσω των υποδοχέων της AdipoR1 και AdipoR2, ενεργοποιεί την ινσουλινοεπαγώμενη πρόσληψη της γλυκόζης από το λιποκύτταρο, ενώ έχει αντι-φλεγμονώδης και αντι-αθηρωματική δράση σε άλλους ιστούς του οργανισμού. Ο PPAR-γ, ανήκει στην υπερ-οικογένεια των πυρηνικών υποδοχέων PPARs (peroxisome proliferative-activated receptors) και είναι ένας μεταγραφικός παράγοντας, ο οποίος σε ανταπόκριση στα κυκλοφορούντα ελεύθερα λιπαρά οξέα, ενεργοποιεί τη διαφοροποίηση των προλιποκυττάρων σε ώριμα λιποκύτταρα μικρού μεγέθους με πολλά λιποσταγονίδια. Το PPAR-γ μέσω της ενεργοποίησης του από τους ενδογενείς υποκαταστάτες του, τις θειαζολιδινεδιόνες, επάγει την ινσουλινοευαισθησία και αυξάνει την έκφραση της αντιπονεκτίνης. Τα ενδοκανναβινοειδή, μέσω των υποδοχέων τους CB1 και CB2, ρυθμίζουν την όρεξη στο κεντρικό νευρικό σύστημα, ενώ μπορούν να ενεργοποιήσουν περιφερικά τη λιπογένεση και να μειώσουν τη γονιδιακή έκφραση της αντιπονεκτίνης. Τα ενδοκανναβινοειδή βρίσκονται υπερενεργοποιημένα σε ενήλικες παχύσαρκους, ενώ τα επίπεδα της αντιπονεκτίνης μειώνονται σημαντικά. Σκοπός: Να μελετηθούν τα επίπεδα έκφρασης του AdipoR1, του PPAR-γ, του CB1 και των ενζύμων των ενδοκανναβινοειδών FAAH και DAGL-α, σε λεπτόσωμα και παχύσαρκα προεφηβικά παιδιά και να συσχετιστούν με τα κυκλοφορούντα επίπεδα της αντιπονεκτίνης και της ινσουλίνης. Μεθοδολογία: Για το σκοπό αυτό αναπτύχθηκαν πρωτογενείς καλλιέργειες προλιποκυττάρων και ώριμων λιποκυττάρων από βιοψίες κοιλιακού υποδόριου λιπώδους ιστού 17 παχύσαρκων (BMI>95%) και 36 λεπτόσωμων (BMI<85%) προεφηβικών παιδιών. Τα παιδιά χωρίστηκαν σε δύο ηλικιακές ομάδες, ομάδα Α: 2μηνών-7 ετών και ομάδα Β: 9-12 ετών. Η γονιδιακή και πρωτεϊνική έκφραση του AdipoR1, PPAR-γ και CB1 μελετήθηκαν με τη μέθοδο RT-PCR και Western Immunoblotting. Επίσης, η γονιδιακή έκφραση των ενζύμων των ενδοκανναβινοειδών FAAH και DAGL-α, μελετήθηκαν με Real-Time PCR. Τα κυκλοφορούντα επίπεδα της ολικής και HMW αντιπονεκτίνης όπως και της ινσουλίνης μετρήθηκαν με ELISA, ενώ υπολογίστηκε ο δείκτης ινσουλινοαντίστασης HOMA-IR και μετρήθηκε η περίμετρος κοιλίας σε κάθε παιδί. Αποτελέσματα: Η πρωτεϊνική έκφραση του AdipoR1 βρέθηκε μειωμένη στα προλιποκύτταρα και ώριμα λιποκύτταρα των μικρότερων παχύσαρκων παιδιών της ομάδας Α, σε σύγκριση με τα αντίστοιχα λεπτόσωμά τους. To PPAR-γ βρέθηκε αυξημένο στα ώριμα λιποκύτταρα των λεπτόσωμων και παχύσαρκων παιδιών, σε σύγκριση με τα προλιποκύτταρά τους, ενώ ήταν και σημαντικά αυξημένο στα ώριμα λιποκύτταρα των μικρότερων παχύσαρκων παιδιών, σε σύγκριση με τα αντίστοιχα λεπτόσωμά τους. Ο υποδοχέας των ενδοκανναβινοειδών, CB1, ήταν σημαντικά μειωμένος στα ώριμα λιποκύτταρα των παχύσαρκων παιδιών και των δύο ηλικιακών ομάδων, σε σύγκριση με τα αντίστοιχα λεπτόσωμά τους, ενώ παρουσίασε μία σημαντική αύξηση με την ηλικία. Επιπρόσθετα, το ένζυμο αποδόμησης FAAH (για την ανανδαμίδη) μειώθηκε με την ηλικία στα μεγαλύτερα λεπτόσωμα παιδιά της ομάδας Β, ενώ στα μεγαλύτερα παχύσαρκα παιδιά ήταν αυξημένο σε σύγκριση με τα αντίστοιχα λεπτόσωμά τους. Το ένζυμο βιοσύνθεσης DAGL-α (για το 2-AG) βρέθηκε αυξημένο στα μεγαλύτερα λεπτόσωμα και παχύσαρκα παιδιά της ομάδας Β σε σύγκριση με τα λεπτόσωμα και παχύσαρκα παιδιά της ομάδας Α. Η ινσουλίνη και το HOMA-IR ήταν σημαντικά αυξημένα στα μεγαλύτερα παιδιά, λεπτόσωμα και παχύσαρκα, σε σύγκριση με τα μικρότερα παιδιά. Η HMW αντιπονεκτίνη βρέθηκε μειωμένη στα λεπτόσωμα και παχύσαρκα παιδιά της ομάδας Β σε σύγκριση με τα αντίστοιχα παιδιά της ομάδας Α, ενώ ήταν σημαντικά αυξημένη στα μικρότερα παχύσαρκα παιδιά σε σύγκριση με τα αντίστοιχα λεπτόσωμά τους. Η περίμετρος κοιλίας ήταν σημαντικά αυξημένη στα μεγαλύτερα παχύσαρκα αγόρια σε σύγκριση με τα αντίστοιχα λεπτόσωμά τους. Συμπεράσματα: Η μειωμένη έκφραση του CB1 και η αυξημένη έκφραση του PPAR-γ στα μικρότερα παχύσαρκα προεφηβικά παιδιά της ομάδας Α, σε συνάφεια με τα αυξημένα επίπεδα της HMW αντιπονεκτίνης, πιθανόν να αντικατοπτρίζουν έναν προστατευτικό μηχανισμό ελεγχόμενης λιπογένεσης και διατήρησης της ινσουλινοευαισθησίας στα παιδιά αυτά που ήδη παρουσιάζουν μειωμένα επίπεδα έκφρασης του υποδοχέα της αντιπονεκτίνης, AdipoR1. Επιπλέον, τα μειωμένα επίπεδα της HMW αντιπονεκτίνης και τα αυξημένα επίπεδα της ινσουλίνης στα μεγαλύτερα παιδιά πιθανόν απεικονίζει την προετοιμασία των παιδιών αυτών για την «φυσιολογική» ινσουλινοαντίσταση της εφηβείας. Η αύξηση των ενζύμων FAAH και DAGL-α στα μεγαλύτερα παχύσαρκα παιδιά της ομάδας Β, μπορεί έμμεσα να μας δείχνει ότι τα επίπεδα της ανανδαμίδης στα παιδιά αυτά είναι μειωμένα, ενώ τα επίπεδα του ενδοκανναβινοειδούς 2-AG αυξάνονται, θέτοντας πιθανόν τα παχύσαρκα παιδιά σε μεγαλύτερο κίνδυνο για λιπογένεση. Η μειωμένη έκφραση του CB1 στα μεγαλύτερα παχύσαρκα παιδιά όμως, μπορεί να απεικονίζει είτε την προσπάθεια του οργανισμού να περιορίσει την λιπογένεση στα παιδιά αυτά, που ήδη βρίσκονται σε κίνδυνο λόγω της παχυσαρκίας τους, είτε αντικατοπτρίζει τη μειωμένη ικανότητα του υποδόριου λιπώδους ιστού να αποθηκεύσει λίπος αυξάνοντας τον κίνδυνο εναπόθεσης λίπους ενδοκοιλιακά, το οποίο μπορεί να διαταράξει την ενεργειακή ισορροπία του οργανισμού τους προκαλώντας διαταραγμένη ανοχή στη γλυκόζη. / Introduction: Childhood obesity is the new epidemic of the western world and reflects the excessive storage of body fat. Obesity is a risk factor for the development of metabolic comordities like insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus type 2, cardiovascular diseases and metabolic syndrome. Adipose tissue is an endocrine and paracrine organ, which through the secretion of adipokines and pro-inflammatory molecules it can regulate the body’s energy homeostasis. Adiponectin is one of the most important secreted adipokines of adipose tissue and through its AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 it can activate the insulin-dependent glucose uptake of adipocytes. In addition, adiponectin has anti-inflammatory and anti-atherogenic action in other peripheral tissues of the body. PPAR-γ belongs to the family of nuclear receptors PPARs (peroxisome proliferative-activated receptors) and it is a transcription factor, which responds to circulating Free Fatty Acids activating the preadipocyte differentiation into small multilocular mature adipocytes. PPAR-γ through its activation from its endogenous ligands, the thiazolidenidions, can regulate the body’s insulin sensitivity and can increase the transcription of adiponectin. The endocannabinoids, through their receptors CB1 and CB2, can regulate food intake via their central nervous system action, they activate lipogenesis in the periphery and reduce the gene expression of adiponectin. The endocannabinoids are found to be upregulated in adult obesity, whereas adiponectin levels are decreased. Aim: To study the expression of AdipoR1, PPAR-γ, CB1 and the endocannabinoid enzymes FAAH and DAGL-α, in prepubertal lean and obese children in relation to their adiponectin and insulin levels in their blood serum. Materials & Methods: Primary cultures of preadipocytes and mature adipocytes were developed from surgical biopsies of abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue of 17 obese (BMI>95%) and 36 lean (BMI<85%) prepubertal children. The gene and protein expression of AdipoR1, PPAR-γ and CB1 were investigated by RT-PCR and western immunoblotting. The gene expression of the endocannabinoid enzymes FAAH and DAGL-α were studied by Real-Time PCR. Total and HMW adiponectin together with insulin were measured in blood serum by ELISA, whereas the insulin resistance index HOMA-IR was estimated and waist circumference was measured in every child. Results: The protein expression of AdipoR1 was significantly decreased in the preadipocytes and the mature adipocytes of the younger obese prepubertal children of group A when compared to their respective lean. PPAR-γ was increased in the mature adipocytes of all the children in comparison to their respective preadipocytes, whereas it was significantly increased in the mature adipocytes of the younger obese children compared to their respective lean. The endocannabinoid receptor, CB1, was significantly decreased in the mature adipocytes of the obese children in both age groups, when compared to their respective lean, whereas it increased with age in the older lean children. Furthermore, the degradation enzyme FAAH (for anandamide) decreased significantly with age in the older lean prepubertal children of group B, in comparison to the younger lean and it was significantly increased in the older obese children in comparison to their respective lean. The biosynthetic enzyme DAGL-α (for 2-AG) was found significantly increased in the older lean and obese prepubertal children of group B when compared to the younger children of group A. Insulin and the HOMA-IR were significantly increased in the older children, both lean and obese in comparison to their respective younger children. HMW adiponectin was decreased in the older prepubertal children of group B in comparison to group A, whereas it was significantly increased in the younger obese children of group A when compared to their respective lea. Waist circumference was significantly increased in the older obese boys when compared with their respective lean. Conclusions: The decreased expression of CB1 together with the increased expression of PPAR-γ and the increased levels of HMW adiponectin in the younger obese prepubertal children of group A, possibly reflects their body’s attempt to further limit their pathologic lipogenesis and to maintain normal insulin sensitivity in these obese children, who already have decreased AdipoR1 expression. In addition, the decreased HMW adiponectin levels and the increased insulin in the older children could be indicative of their “physiological” insulin resistance during puberty. The increased expression of the enzymes FAAH and DAGL-α in the older obese prepubertal children of group B, may indirectly demonstrate that anandamide is decreased and 2-AG is increased in these children, possibly pre-empting them for increased lipogenesis. The decreased expression of CB1 in the older obese children may also indicate either the body’s attempt to further limit lipogenesis since they are already at risk due to their obesity or it reflects their decreased ability of storing fat in their subcutaneous adipose tissue, increasing the risk of visceral fat disposition that can disrupt their energy homeostasis and could possibly lead to the development of glucose intolerance.

According to the latest facts and figures from the Centers for Disease Control, the prevalence of obesity and Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) across all demographics is escalating worldwide. Among the range of drugs used to treat diabetes there is an interest in treatment options that are derived from more traditional methods, outside of the customarily synthetic and pharmaceutically sourced treatment options. Amid treatment alternatives that are more traditional in origin are a category of compounds called natural products. The natural products of interest are either plant based extracts or specific organic compounds extracted from the natural product. Over the last decade, plant based natural products have been increasingly shown to provide an alternative and supplementary course of treatment for diabetic patients suffering from systemic inflammation and insulin resistance in model systems of metabolic disease. However, information for many natural products is limited to small studies with mixed outcomes and information on human models systems remains limited in scope. In this thesis the most potent therapeutic natural products were evaluated by conducting a thorough literature review and subsequently studying the most promising candidates by characterizing their metabolic effects on human adipocytes. In order to identify the most potent plant based natural products we will use cultured human adipocytes as a model system. Free-fatty acids (FFA) and cytokines including Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-α), have been demonstrated to impair fat metabolism and reduce insulin signaling. Therefore, we will study the protective effect of prominent and potentially beneficial natural compounds, based on comprehensive literature reviews, to assess their effect on FFA metabolism using glycerol release as a measure of lipolysis, cytokine induced lipolysis as a measure of natural product protection against inflammation, and impaired AKT-phosphorylation as a measure of insulin signaling function. Observations gathered concluded that the application of bitter melon, fenugreek, and ginseng plant extracts reduced lipolysis in a dose dependent manner, limited the effects of TNF-α induced lipolysis, and fenugreek and ginseng displayed pro-apoptotic cellular programs.

The adult mammary gland is comprised of a bi-layered epithelium of luminal and myoepithelial cells surrounded by an adipocyte-rich fat pad, a highly collagenous extra-cellular matrix (ECM) and a number of other stromal and endothelial cell types. Mammary stem cells (MaSCs) reside within the epithelium and these are capable of repopulating a mammary fat pad that is devoid of epithelium, upon transplantation. It was sought to recapitulate this process of MaSCs repopulating a fat pad using a synthetic fat pad, engineered from a collagen scaffold invested with adipocytes, to provide an in vitro 3D model. Fluorescently tagged murine Axin2-expressing cells were obtained from transgenic mice and seeded into these scaffolds and cultured, mimicking the process of fat pad repopulation. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated that Axin2+ myoepithelial cells were rarely capable of forming bi-layered structures that expressed correct myoepithelial localisation and resemblance to a luminal morphology. Breast tumours surrounded by anisotropic (directional) collagen fibres running perpendicular to the tumour boundary are more aggressive and associated with poor patient prognosis. To recapitulate this anisotropic collagen phenotype in vitro, an ice-templating technique was used to modify the structure of the collagen scaffolds producing both non-directional (isotropic) and anisotropic internal architectures. Tumour cells from various breast cancer cell lines were seeded into both isotropic and anisotropic scaffolds to investigate whether this approach could distinguish cell type-specific migratory ability and whether anisotropy affected migration efficiency. Following analysis by confocal microscopy and ImageJ, anisotropic scaffolds were observed to enhance the migratory potential of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. These results highlight the importance of collagen alignment and provide a reproducible method to quantitatively measure cell migration in 3D for cells derived from different breast cancer subtypes. Building on these data, the protocol was adapted to permit the direct investigation of tumour biopsy material. Given the heterogeneity of breast tumours, it was considered important to maintain tumour architecture and stromal components. Thus, murine mammary tumour fragments from two different established mammary cancer models were utilised and cultured in anisotropic collagen scaffolds in the presence or absence of adipocytes to allow an investigation of their influence on tumour cell migration. Further experiments included addition of various therapeutic drugs followed by immunofluorescence microscopy coupled with an optical clearing technique. These data demonstrated the utility of the model in determining both the rate and capacity of tumour cells to migrate through the engineered stroma while shedding light also on the mode of migration. Moreover, the response of different mammary tumour types to chemotherapeutic drugs could be could be readily quantified. To humanize the fat pad for subsequent human tissue analysis, human mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) were obtained from reduction mammoplasties and immortalised, before differentiating them into adipocytes within anisotropic collagen scaffolds. Human breast cancer cells were fluorescently tagged for tracking using lentiviral methods and were seeded into scaffolds invested with differentiated MSCs. Both cell types were successfully co-cultured for 7 days and imaged using multiphoton methods.

Orientador: Dora Maria Grassi-Kassisse / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T17:17:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Martinelli_TiagoCastrodePadua_M.pdf: 1034974 bytes, checksum: 979cea9aa8b38892d83b77fff6b500ad (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Está bem descrito na literatura que o exercício físico aeróbio estimula a maior captação de glicose predominantemente no músculo esquelético e que o tecido adiposo branco também participa do aumento da captação de glicose estimulada pela insulina em indivíduos exercitados. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a sensibilidade à insulina em adipócitos de ratos submetidos ao modelo de natação implantado no Labeest. Ratos Wistar adultos foram submetidos à sessões diárias de natação (50 min, 5 vezes por semana, durante 28 dias) e foi observado que ao final do protocolo experimental os ratos apresentaram redução do ganho de peso corpóreo e do consumo médio de ração. O ensaio de clamp euglicêmico-hiperinsulinêmico demonstrou, através taxa de infusão de glicose (GIR), que a natação induziu maior sensibilidade dos tecidos à insulina (C: 509,2 ± 30,5 mg/Kg/min; N: 679,1 ± 26,6 mg/Kg/min). As análises de quantificação de expressão total das proteínas GLUT 4 e AMPK em tecido adiposo isolado mostraram um aumento significativo apenas no GLUT 4. A quantidade de lactato basal produzida pelos adipócitos isolados de ratos exercitados foi significativamente maior que aquela observada nos ratos controle (C: 0,1977 ± 0,0640 µmol lactato.106 cels/60 min; N: 0,2818 ± 0,0454 µmol lactato.106 cels/60 min). Além disso, os agonistas não aumentaram a produção de lactato nos adipócitos isolados de ratos exercitados. O prazosin aumentou significativamente a produção de lactato pela ação da noradrenalina, em adipócitos de ratos exercitados (C: 0,9596 ± 0,2490 µmol lactato.106 cels/60 min; N: 1,2180 ± 0,3055 µmol lactato.106 cels/60 min). Por outro lado o protocolo de natação não alterou a produção e liberação de glicerol basal (C: 0,0716 ± 0,0207 µmol glicerol 106 cels/60 min) ou estimulada, enquanto o prazosin inibiu a produção de glicerol pela noradrenalina (C: 0,5132 ± 0,1023 ; N: 0,4681 ± 0,0331 µmol glicerol 106 cels/60 min) em adipócitos isolados desses animais. O exercício de natação, conforme modelo proposto, promove aumento na captação de glicose devido a uma maior expressão de transportadores GLUT 4, sendo que esta glicose, captada no adipócito, constituiu-se em fonte para a produção de lactato, uma vez que a via lipolítica não foi alterada. / Abstract: It is well described in the literature that aerobic physical exercise stimulate glucose uptake and this is mainly associated with skeletal muscle. However, it has been related that white adipose tissue also contributes to insulin increase glucose uptake after the physical training. The aim of this work was to evaluate insulin sensitivity in rats white adipocytes submitted to the model of swimming proposed to Labeest. Adult Wistar rats had been submitted to the daily sessions of swimming (50 min, 5 times per week, during 28 days). At the end of protocol rats that had swum presented reduction of the profit of corporeal weight and the average consumption of chow. The euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp assays demonstrated that swimming induced increase in tissue insulin sensitivity (C: 509.2 ± 30.5 mg/Kg/min; N: 679.1 ± 26.6 mg/Kg/min). The analyses of quantification of total expression of proteins GLUT 4 and AMPK in adipose tissue had shown a significant increase only in GLUT 4. The amount of basal lactate produced by the isolated adipocytes of exercised rats was significantly higher that observed in control rats (C: 0.1977 ± 0.0640 µmol lactato.106 cels/60 min; N: 0.2818 ± 0.0454 µmol lactato.106 cels/60 min). Moreover, the agonists had not increased the lactate production in the isolated adipocytes of exercised rats. Prazosin significantly increased the lactate production stimulated by noradrenaline in adipocytes of exercised rats (C: 0.9596 ± 0.2490 µmol lactato.106 cels/60 min; N: 1.2180 ± 0.3055 µmol lactato.106 cels/60 min). On the other hand the swimming protocol did not modify the production of basal (C: 0.0716 ± 0.0207 µmol glycerol 106 cels/60 min) or stimulated release of glycerol, while prazosin inhibited the production of glycerol induced by the noradrenaline (C: 0.5132 ± 0.1023 µmol glycerol 106 cels/60 min; N: 0.4681 ± 0.0331 µmol glycerol 106 cels/60 min) in isolated adipocytes of these animals. Concluding, the exercise of swimming in the considered model increased the glucose uptake due to a higher expression of transporters GLUT 4. This glucose, once in the adipocytes, seems to be the main source for the lactate production because the lipolytic way was not modified. / Mestrado / Fisiologia / Mestre em Biologia Funcional e Molecular

Orientador: Dora Maria Grassi Kassisse / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T10:02:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Crege_DaniloRobertoXavierdeOliveira_D.pdf: 1062657 bytes, checksum: 6d99ee0443e8bca419a135928e80df63 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: A mudança no estilo de vida, principalmente por conta do sedentarismo e da ingestão de dietas com grandes quantidades calóricas, tem aumentado significativamente a prevalência de doenças crônico-degenerativas na população. Diversas pesquisas mostram que a obesidade é responsável por predispor uma grande variedade de distúrbios metabólicos que muitas vezes aparecem combinados levando a chamada síndrome metabólica. A síndrome metabólica é caracterizada pela presença de um grupo de fatores de risco como obesidade central, resistência à insulina, aumento da pressão arterial e esteatose hepática. Nosso laboratório realiza desde 1996, estudos envolvendo a utilização de dietas hiperlipídicas e as implicações nestes tecidos, a fim de contribuir para o esclarecimento de como cardiopatias e alterações metabólicas são instaladas nestes modelos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar as alterações metabólicas e cardiovasculares em ratos submetidos ao tratamento com dieta hiperlipídica por quatro semanas e comparar com outros modelos estudados no laboratório. Para análise das alterações metabólicas nos ratos que fizeram ingesta da dieta hiperlipídica foram utilizadas técnicas de: clamp euglicêmicohiperinsulinêmico, isolamento de adipócitos do panículo epididimal para verificação da captação de glicose e produção de lactato e glicerol, além da análise morfométrica destes adipócitos. A análise das alterações cardiovasculares foi realizada utilizando parâmetros eletrocardiográficos e procedimentos de histologia cardíaca. Nossos resultados mostraram que ratos, que fizeram ingesta da dieta hiperlipídica por quatro semanas, apresentaram resistência à insulina verificada pela redução na taxa de infusão de glicose durante o clamp euglicêmico-hiperinsulinêmico. Além disso, a captação de glicose pelos adipócitos isolados da região epididimal também foi significativamente menor. A redução na captação de glicose, provavelmente, foi responsável pela diminuição na produção de lactato por estes adipócitos isolados dos ratos hiperlipidêmicos. A lipólise basal não foi alterada, entretanto, a estimulada por agonistas adrenérgicos apresentou-se diminuída, sendo que estas alterações não comprometeram a morfometria dos adipócitos epididimais. Os ratos dislipidêmicos também apresentaram alterações cardíacas, como a hipertrofia, avaliada pela análise histológica do coração. Estes resultados demonstram que a ingesta de dieta hiperlipídica por quatro semanas é capaz de promover alterações metabólicas, sugerindo instalação do quadro de resistência à insulina, sem causar alterações na glicemia, além de levar a hipertrofia cardíaca, sendo, portanto, um modelo útil para o estudo de complicações iniciais decorrentes da ingestão de dieta hiperlipídica / Abstract: Changes in lifestyle, especially due to sedentarism and intake of high caloric diets have significantly increased the prevalence of chronic diseases in the population. Many researches show that obesity is responsible to a huge variety of metabolic disorders that usually appears combined leading to a disease known as the metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is characterized by the presence of a group of risk factors such as central obesity, insulin resistance, increase in blood pressure and hepatic steatosis. Our laboratory conducts, since 1996, studies involving the use of high-fat diet and the implications in these tissues in order to contribute to the comprehension of how cardiopathies and metabolic disorders are installed in these models. The aim of this study was to evaluate the metabolic and cardiovascular disorders in rats fed with highfat diet during four weeks and to compare this information with other models used in our laboratory. To analyze the metabolic changes in rats that were fed with high-fat diet, we used the following techniques: euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp, adipocytes isolation from epididymal panniculus, for the verification of glucose uptake, lactate and glycerol production, besides morphometric analysis of these adipocytes. The analyses of cardiovascular disorders were performed using electrocardiographic parameters and cardiac histology procedures. Our results demonstrated that, rats, fed with high-fat diet during four weeks showed insulin resistance, verified by reduction in the rate of glucose infusion, during euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp. In addition, glucose uptake by isolated adipocytes from epididymal tissue was significantly lower. The reduction in glucose uptake probably was the responsible for diminish lactate production by these isolated adipocytes of hyperlipidemic rats. Basal lipolysis was not altered, however, the one stimulated by adrenergic agonists was reduced, and these changes did not affect the morphometry of epididymal adipocytes. The dislipidemic rats also showed cardiac alterations, such as hypertrophy, observed in a hystologic analyses of the heart. These results demonstrate that the intake of high-fat diet during for weeks is able to promote metabolic disorders, suggesting insulin resistance development, however, without promotes glycemic alterations, besides leads to cardiac hypertrophy, and is therefore, a useful model to study these initial complications resulting from the ingestion of high-fat diet / Doutorado / Fisiologia / Doutor em Biologia Funcional e Molecular

Orientador: Dora Maria Grassi Kassisse / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T14:23:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bellenzani_MarcelaPalomoPieroni_M.pdf: 6472856 bytes, checksum: e473a96a17b23ee1d9a456d9ac7a4602 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: A pandemia da obesidade é evidente no início do século XXI. O fator desencadeante mais relevante é a alimentação hipercalórica associada ao sedentarismo. Modelos de estudo em ratos para investigar as etapas que precedem o desenvolvimento desta doença são fundamentais para propor terapias de prevenção. No modelo de indução da dislipidemia pela dieta por quatro semanas, os ratos apresentam hipercolesterolemia, hipertrigliceridemia e hiperinsulinemia e com seis semanas de administração da dieta observa-se um aumento no peso dos panículos adiposos da região epididimal e peri-renal e sem alteração no depósito da região mesentérica. Assim sendo, objetivamos, nesta tese, analisar as vias metabólicas envolvidas no processo de metabolização da glicose e triacilgliceróis nos tecidos adiposo branco e hepático em ratos hiperlipidêmicos e para tal estudamos as vias lipogênica, lipolítica e neoglicogênica, pela quantificação da expressão gênica das enzimas chaves envolvidas nestes processos. A dislipidemia foi induzida pelo oferecimento de dieta hiperlipídica (grupo dieta, D) ao longo de quatro semanas a ratos jovens e a instalação do quadro foi verificada pelas análises plasmáticas ao final do tratamento e após jejum de 16h. Amostras de tecidos hepático e adiposo foram coletadas para análise histológica e quantificação da expressão gênica sendo estas analisadas por qRT-PCR. Observou-se que ratos que ingerem dieta hiperlipídica (+129+10,13 g) ganham peso de forma semelhante aos ratos controle (C: +148+8,8 g) mesmo ingerindo quantidade significativamente menor de dieta (C: 20,8+0,62 g vs D: 14,87+0,66 g). As análises histológicas ilustram aumento no teor de depósitos de lipídeos no tecido hepático. A expressão gênica no tecido hepático de ratos dieta foi aumentada significativamente para as enzimas lipoproteína lipase, piruvato desidrogenase quinase 4 e fosfofrutoquinase 1 e diminuição significativa na expressão de glicose 6-fosfatase sem alteração na quantificação da expressão de acetil-CoA carboxilase alpha, gliceroquinase, piruvato desidrogenase fosfatase 2. Em relação ao tecido adiposo observamos que a expressão das enzimas acetil-CoA carboxilase e piruvato desidrogenase fosfatase 2 não foi significativamente alterada em nenhum dos depósitos adiposos. A lipase hormônio-sensível não apresentou alterações no tecido adiposo epididimal, porém teve sua expressão significativamente aumentada nos tecidos mesentérico e peri-renal. A expressão da lipoproteína lipase por sua vez, não se alterou no panículo adiposo epididimal nem no panículo adiposo mesentérico estando diminuída no panículo adiposo peri-renal. E por fim, a piruvato desidrogenase quinase 4 também não apresentou alterações nos depósitos epididimal e mesentérico porém no peri-renal sua expressão encontrou-se aumentada. Estes resultados, em conjunto, indicam que a dieta administrada por 4 semanas, mesmo não apresentando todas as alterações observadas com 6 semanas, pode ser útil para os estudos iniciais do quadro de dislipidemia que antecedem as disfunções metabólicas / Abstract: The pandemic of obesity is evident in the twenty-first century. The most important and triggering factor is the high-calorie diet associated with physical inactivity. Study models in rats to investigate the steps that precede the development of this disease are essential to propose preventive therapies. In the model of induction of dyslipidemia by diet for four weeks, the mice exhibit hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and hyperinsulinemia and there is an increase in weight of the panniculus region of epididymal and peri-renal depot and no change in the mesenteric region. Therefore, we aimed to analyze the metabolic pathways involved in the metabolism of glucose and triglycerides in white adipose tissue, and liver in hyperlipidemic rats and to study the ways that lipogenic, lipolytic and glyconeogenic for the quantification of gene expression of key enzymes involved in these processes. Dyslipidemia was induced by offering high-fat diet (diet group, D) over four weeks to young rats and onset of condition was verified by analysis at the end of the plasma treatment and after fasting for 16 hours. Samples of liver and adipose tissue were collected for histological analysis and quantification of gene expression and these were analyzed by qRT-PCR. It was observed that mice eat high-fat diet (+129 +10.13 g) gain weight similarly to control rats (C: +8.8 +148 g) even eating significantly less diet (C: 20.8 +0.62 g vs D: 14.87 +0.66 g). Histological analysis illustrate the content of lipid deposits in liver tissue. Gene expression in liver tissue of rats diet was significantly increased for the enzymes lipoprotein lipase, pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 and 1 and Phosphofructokinase significant decrease in the expression of glucose 6-phosphatase no change in the quantification of the expression of acetyl-CoA carboxylase alpha, Gliceroquinase, pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase 2. In relation to the adipose tissue we observed that the expression of the enzyme acetyl-CoA carboxylase and pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase 2 was not significantly altered in any of the fatty deposits. The hormone-sensitive lipase showed no changes in epididymal adipose tissue but its expression was significantly increased in mesenteric tissue and peri-renal. Lipoprotein lipase, in turn, did not change in the mesenteric or epididymal being reduced in the peri-renal. And finally, the pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 also showed no changes in epididymal and mesenteric but the peri-renal expression is increased. These results, together, indicate that the diet for 4 weeks, even not showing all changes observed within 6 weeks, can be useful for the initial studies of hyperlipidemia that precede the metabolic dysfunctions / Mestrado / Fisiologia / Mestre em Biologia Funcional e Molecular

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Biology / Stephen K. Chapes / Silvia Mora Fayos / My work focused on understanding adipocyte function and regulation because of the importance to diabetes. In addition to being a fat storage depot, adipose tissue is an endocrine tissue. Adiponectin and leptin are two adipokines that control insulin sensitivity and energy balance. In spite of their importance, there are still questions about their secretion. I hypothesized that leptin and adiponectin follow different secretory routes. I found adiponectin localized in Golgi and the trans Golgi Network, while leptin mostly localized in ER during basal metabolisms. Common requirements for their secretion were the presence of class III Arf proteins and an intact Golgi apparatus, since BFA treatment inhibited secretion of both adiponectin and leptin. I found that trafficking of adiponectin is dependent on GGA1 coated vesicles. Endosomal inactivation significantly reduced adiponectin, but not leptin, secretion in both 3T3L1 and isolated rat adipocytes. Also, adiponectin, but not leptin, secretion was reduced in cells expressing non- functional form of Rab11 and Rab5 proteins. However, secretion of leptin, but not adiponectin was inhibited in cells expressing mutants of Protein Kinase D1. These results suggest that leptin and adiponectin secretion involve distinct intracellular compartments and pathways. Insulin resistance is associated with macrophage infiltration into adipose tissue and elevated levels of IL-6, TNF-alpha and IL-1beta Therefore, the second part of my dissertation tested the hypothesis that the interaction of macrophages and adipocytes causes insulin resistance. To test this hypothesis, I co-cultured macrophages and adipocytes. I found that mouse elicited peritoneal macrophages significantly decreased insulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocation to the plasma membrane in a contact-independent manner. IL-6 was the most inhibitory cytokine in reducing GLUT4 translocation, GLUT4 expression, Akt phsphorylation and reducing adipocyte differentiation compared to TNF-alpha and IL-1beta. These data suggest that IL-6 is the most effective cytokine secreted by macrophages involved in insulin resistance. Lastly, I tested the impact of adipocytes on macrophage differentiation in vitro and in vivo. I found that C2D macrophages isolated from the peritoneal cavity had increased IL-6 transcript levels after co-culture with 3T3L1 adipocytes in vitro. After i.p. injection, C2D macrophages isolated from WAT increased expression of mature macrophage surface markers and transcript levels of proinflammatory cytokines compared to C2D cells in vitro. However, macrophages isolated from BAT expressed low levels of cytokines and macrophage surface markers.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第22073号 / 農博第2365号 / 新制||農||1072(附属図書館) / 学位論文||R1||N5227(農学部図書室) / 京都大学大学院農学研究科食品生物科学専攻 / (主査)教授 井上 和生, 教授 保川 清, 教授 谷 史人 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DFAM