新型脂肪因子visfatin的生物学意义

Visfatin是腹部内脏脂肪组织高表达的一种生物活性小分子,能够调控腹部脂肪细胞的分化和成脂作用,并能与胰岛素受体结合,调节胰岛素敏感性。Visfatin的发现及其类胰岛素生物活性,引发人们对体内糖脂代谢平衡、脂肪细胞分化与增殖的重新认识。     

脂肪因子visfatin的调节与功能多样性

内脏脂肪素(visfatin)是一种由内脏脂肪细胞分泌的分子质量为52 ku的蛋白质细胞因子．基因序列分析显示其cDNA编码序列与前B细胞集落增强因子(PBEF)同源且在进化中高度保守．Visfatin被发现具有多种迥然不同的生物活性：通过与胰岛素受体相互作用,在不同的情况下visfatin可表现出类胰岛素或抗胰岛素样作用;在细胞质中,visfatin具有烟酰胺磷酸核糖转移酶(Nampt)活性,能够催化烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸(NAD)的生物合成;作为分泌型的细胞因子,visfatin还可以诱导多种炎性因子的表达,如TNFα、IL-1β和IL-6．Visfatin与一些代谢疾病和急、慢性炎性疾病的关系日益受到重视,如糖尿病、肥胖、急性肺损伤、类风湿性关节炎、败血症、心肌梗塞和炎性肠病等．最近,对visfatin的启动子区及其单核苷酸多态性(SNP)的研究,进一步深化了人们对其在疾病发病机制中作用的认识．重点讨论visfatin的结构、功能多态性以及它与多种疾病的关系．     

共轭亚油酸对高脂血症大鼠脂质代谢及visfatin基因表达水平的影响

目的建立高脂血症大鼠模型,分析共轭亚油酸（CLA）对其脂质代谢和visfatin基因表达水平的影响,为进一步研究CLA对脂肪代谢的调控机制奠定基础。方法用高脂饲料饲喂雄性Wistar大鼠,4周后断尾采血测定血清甘油三酯（TG）、总胆固醇（CHO）和血糖（GLU）含量,将构建成功的高脂血症大鼠分为实验组和对照组,实验组每天定时灌胃CLA（0.8 mL/0.1 kg）,每周定时称重,记录采食量;4周后眼球采血,测定血清中GLU、CHO、TG、低密度脂蛋白（LDL）、高密度脂蛋白（HDL）水平;断颈处死大鼠,分离体脂并提取肝脏总RNA,半定量RT-PCR分析visfatin基因表达水平。结果高脂饲料饲喂4周后,模型组大鼠血清TG、CHO、GLU明显高于对照组大鼠（P〈0.05）,表明高脂大鼠模型构建成功。灌胃CLA 4周后,实验组大鼠体重、体脂和采食量低于对照组大鼠（P〈0.05）,血清中GLU、CHO、TG、LDL含量明显降低,但实验组HDL浓度升高。RT-PCR实验结果表明,实验组大鼠visfatin基因表达水平明显低于对照组大鼠（P〈0.05）。结论CLA能降低高脂血症大鼠摄食量,改善高血脂大鼠脂质代谢,并能降低visfatin基因的表达水平。     

PPARγ signal transduction pathway in the foam cell formation induced by visfatin

The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) signal transduction pathway in the expression of ATP binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) and acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase 1 (ACAT1) induced by visfatin and to discuss the mechanism of foam cell formation induced by visfatin. THP-1 monocytes were induced into macrophages by 160 nmol/L phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) for 48 h, and then the macrophages were exposed to visfatin and PPARγ activator rosiglitazone, respectively. The expressions of PPARγ, ABCA1 and ACAT1 mRNA and protein were determined by RT-PCR and Western blot respectively. The contents of total cholesterol (TC) and free cholesterol (FC) were detected by enzyme fluorescence analysis. The content of cholesterol ester (CE) was calculated by the difference between TC and FC. The results showed that visfatin decreased the mRNA and protein expressions of PPARγ and ABCA1, increased the mRNA and protein expressions of ACAT1, and increased the contents of FC and CE in a concentration-dependent manner. These above effects of visfatin were inhibited by rosiglitazone in a concentration-dependent manner. These results suggest that visfatin may down-regulate the ABCA1 expression and up-regulate the ACAT1 expression via PPARγ signal transduction pathway, which decreases the outflow of FC, increases the content of CE, and then induces foam cell formation.     

Tumor necrosis factor-α enhances hyperbaric oxygen-induced visfatin expression via JNK pathway in human coronary arterial endothelial cells

Background  

Visfatin, a adipocytokine with insulin-mimetic effect, plays a role in endothelial angiogenesis. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been used in medical practice. However, the molecular mechanism of beneficial effects of HBO is poorly understood. We sought to investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms of regulation of visfatin by HBO in human coronary arterial endothelial cells (CAECs).     

The adipose triglyceride lipase,adiponectin and visfatin are downregulated by tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in vivo

Inflammatory cytokines have been linked to obesity-related insulin resistance. To investigate the effect of TNF-α, an inflammatory cytokine, on insulin action, C57BL/6J mice were treated with TNF-α for 7 days after which we examined the in vivo effects of TNF-α on glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity with IV glucose tolerance tests and hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamps. In addition, we analyzed the in vivo effect of TNF-α on several metabolism-related genes and adipocytokines implicated in the development of insulin resistance. TNF-α treatment resulted in markedly increased fasting blood glucose, insulin and free fatty acids (FFA) levels and reduced glucose tolerance. During the clamps, the rates insulin-stimulated whole body (G_Rd) and skeletal muscle glucose uptake (MGU) and insulin’s ability to suppress hepatic glucose production (HGP) were decreased in TNF-α treated animals, indicating insulin resistance. In addition, both PPARγ and ATGL mRNA expression in adipose tissues as well as ATGL protein levels in plasma were downregulated. Moreover, adipose mRNA expression and plasma protein levels of adiponectin and visfatin were significantly down-regulated. We conclude that the alterations of PPARγ, ATGL, adiponectin and visfatin may contribute to the development of insulin resistance mediated by TNF-α.     

单纯性肥胖儿童血清Hcy、visfatin、E-FABP水平与糖脂代谢紊乱和炎症因子的相关性分析

摘要 目的：研究单纯性肥胖儿童血清同型半胱氨酸（Hcy）、内脂素（visfatin）、上皮型脂肪酸结合蛋白（E-FABP）水平与糖脂代谢紊乱和炎症因子的相关性。方法：将2019年4月～2020年10月于我院就诊的70例单纯性肥胖儿童纳入研究,记作肥胖组。另取同期于我院接受体检的健康儿童70例作为对照组。检测并比较两组血清Hcy、visfatin、E-FABP水平,糖脂代谢紊乱相关指标和炎症因子水平。以Pearson相关性分析明确单纯性肥胖儿童血清Hcy、visfatin、E-FABP水平与糖脂代谢紊乱和炎症因子的关系。结果：肥胖组血清Hcy、visfatin、E-FABP水平均高于对照组（均P＜0.05）。肥胖组空腹血糖（FPG）、空腹胰岛素（FINS）水平及胰岛素抵抗指数（HOMA-IR）均高于对照组（均P＜0.05）。肥胖组总胆固醇（TC）、甘油三酯（TG）、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇（LDL-C）水平均高于对照组,而高密度脂蛋白胆固醇（HDL-C）水平低于对照组（均P＜0.05）。肥胖组血清白细胞介素-1β（IL-1β）、白细胞介素-6（IL-6）及肿瘤坏死因子-α（TNF-α）水平均高于对照组（均P＜0.05）。经Pearson相关性分析可得：单纯性肥胖儿童血清Hcy、visfatin、E-FABP水平与FPG、FINS、HOMA-IR、TC、TG、LDL-C、IL-1β、IL-6、TNF-α水平均呈正相关,而与HDL-C水平呈负相关（均P＜0.05）。结论：单纯性肥胖儿童血清Hcy、visfatin、E-FABP水平均异常升高,且与其糖脂代谢紊乱及炎症反应密切相关,值得临床重点关注。     

Plasma visfatin,associated with a genetic polymorphism −1535C > T,is correlated with C-reactive protein in Chinese Han patients with traumatic brain injury

Visfatin is a newly identified pro-inflammatory adipokine and a genetic polymorphism −1535 C > T located in the visfatin gene promoter has been suggested to be associated with the regulation of visfatin expression in some inflammatory illness. However, there were some conflicting results regarding whether this variant is functional or not. This study aimed to examine the relations of the −1535 C > T single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of visfatin gene to the plasma visfatin and C-reactive protein concentrations in traumatic brain injury (TBI). 318 Chinese Han patients with TBI were recruited in this study. Plasma visfatin and C-reactive protein levels were significantly different between the genotypes in the SNP-1535 C > T even after adjustment for age, sex and body mass index. The genotype C–C had the highest plasma visfatin and C-reactive protein concentrations. The plasma visfatin and C-reactive protein concentrations between the variant genotypes C–T and T–T did not differ significantly. Plasma visfatin level was significantly associated with plasma C-reactive protein level using multivariate linear regression. Thus, the SNP-1535 C > T of visfatin gene seemed to be potentially involved in the inflammatory component of TBI through a decreased production of visfatin.