Increased visceral fat mass and insulin signaling in colitis-related colon carcinogenesis model mice |
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Authors: | Shingo Miyamoto Takuji Tanaka Akira Murakami |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany;2. Laboratory of Neuroproteomics, Department of Biochemistry and Tissue Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil;3. Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA;4. Psychiatry and Inflammation Program, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA;1. National Children''s Research Centre, Our Lady''s Children''s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland;2. School of Medicine and Medical Science and Conway Institute of Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Ireland |
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Abstract: | Leptin, a pleiotropic hormone regulating food intake and metabolism, plays an important role in the regulation of inflammation and immunity. We previously demonstrated that serum leptin levels are profoundly increased in mice which received azoxymethane (AOM) and dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) as tumor-initiator and -promoter, respectively, in a colon carcinogenesis model. In this study, we attempted to address underlying mechanism whereby leptin is up-regulated in this rodent model. Five-week-old male ICR mice were given a single intraperitoneal injection of AOM (week 0), followed by 1% DSS in drinking water for 7 days. Thereafter, the weights of visceral fats and the serum concentration of leptin were determined at week 20. Of interest, the relative epididymal fat pad and mesenteric fat weights, together with serum leptin levels in the AOM and/or DSS-treated mice were markedly increased compared to that in untreated mice. In addition, leptin protein production in epididymal fat pad with AOM/DSS-treated mice was 4.7-fold higher than that of control. Further, insulin signaling molecules, such as protein kinase B (Akt), S6, mitogen-activate protein kinase/extracellular signaling-regulated kinase 1/2, and extracellular signaling-regulated kinase 1/2, were concomitantly activated in epididymal fat of AOM/DSS-treated mice. This treatment also increased the serum insulin and IGF-1 levels. Taken together, our results suggest that higher levels of serum insulin and IGF-1 promote the insulin signaling in epididymal fat and thereby increasing serum leptin, which may play an crucial role in, not only obesity-related, but also -independent colon carcinogenesis. |
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