Compensatory increase in lipogenic gene expression in adipose tissue of transgenic mice expressing constitutively active AMP-activated protein kinase-alpha1 in liver |
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Authors: | Knowles Christi Liu Zhi-Mei Yang Jian |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physiology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL 36688, USA |
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Abstract: | We previously described a line of transgenic mice selectively expressing constitutively active AMPK-α1 under the control of liver-specific human apoE promoter with the hepatic control region sequence. In the short-term activation, the CA-AMPK-α1 transgenic mice at age 10–12 weeks exhibited normal hepatic triglyceride content as compared to wild-type mice due to compensatory increase in mRNA expression of genes in the cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis pathways. But it was not known whether the lipogenic gene expression in white adipose tissue also changed. Here we characterized mRNA expression profile of main lipogenic genes in the cholesterol and fatty acid biosynthesis pathway in white adipose tissue. The data show that short-term chronic activation of AMPK in liver caused marked compensatory increase in lipogenic gene expression both in liver due to induction of Srebp-2 and in white adipose tissue due to upregulation of Srebp-1c. These results support the notion that in addition to its well-recognized function for fat storage adipose tissue can play an adaptive role in fatty acid synthesis when fatty acid synthesis is severely reduced in liver, the main lipogenic organ in mammals. |
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Keywords: | AMPK SREBP Transgenic mice Lipogenic gene expression Adipose tissue |
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