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Magdalon 2016 Biochim Biophys Acta

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Magdalon J, Chimin P, Belchior T, Neves RX, Vieira-Lara MA, Andrade ML, Farias TS, Bolsoni-Lopes A, Paschoal VA, Yamashita AS, Kowaltowski AJ, Festuccia WT (2016) Constitutive adipocyte mTORC1 activation enhances mitochondrial activity and reduces visceral adiposity in mice. Biochim Biophys Acta 1861:430-8.

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Magdalon J, Chimin P, Belchior T, Neves RX, Vieira-Lara MA, Andrade ML, Farias TS, Bolsoni-Lopes A, Paschoal VA, Yamashita AS, Kowaltowski AJ, Festuccia WT (2016) Biochim Biophys Acta

Abstract: Mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) loss of function reduces adiposity whereas partial mTORC1 inhibition enhances fat deposition. Herein we evaluated how constitutive mTORC1 activation in adipocytes modulates adiposity in vivo. Mice with constitutive mTORC1 activation in adipocytes induced by tuberous sclerosis complex (Tsc)1 deletion and littermate controls were evaluated for body mass, energy expenditure, glucose and fatty acid metabolism, mitochondrial function, mRNA and protein contents. Adipocyte-specific Tsc1 deletion reduced visceral, but not subcutaneous, fat mass, as well as adipocyte number and diameter, phenotypes that were associated with increased lipolysis, UCP-1 content (browning) and mRNA levels of pro-browning transcriptional factors C/EBPβ and ERRα. Adipocyte Tsc1 deletion enhanced mitochondrial oxidative activity, fatty acid oxidation and the expression of PGC-1α and PPARα in both visceral and subcutaneous fat. In brown adipocytes, however, Tsc1 deletion did not affect UCP-1 content and basal respiration. Adipocyte Tsc1 deletion also reduced visceral adiposity and enhanced glucose tolerance, liver and muscle insulin signaling and adiponectin secretion in mice fed with purified low- or high-fat diet. In conclusion, adipocyte-specific Tsc1 deletion enhances mitochondrial activity, induces browning and reduces visceral adiposity in mice.

Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Adiposity, Browning, Fatty acid oxidation, Mitochondria, UCP-1, mTOR

O2k-Network Lab: BR Sao Paulo Kowaltowski AJ


Labels: MiParea: Respiration, Exercise physiology;nutrition;life style  Pathology: Obesity, Other 

Organism: Mouse  Tissue;cell: Fat  Preparation: Permeabilized tissue  Enzyme: Complex I, Complex II;succinate dehydrogenase, Complex III 


HRR: Oxygraph-2k 

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