Common variants of human fat mass- and obesity-associated gene Fto have been linked with higher body mass index, but the biological explanation for the link has remained obscure. Recent findings suggest that these variants affect the homeobox protein IRX3. Here we report that FTO has a role in white adipose tissue which modifies its response to high-fat feeding. Wild type and Fto-deficient mice were exposed to standard or high-fat diet for 16 weeks after which metabolism, behavior and white adipose tissue morphology were analyzed together with adipokine levels and relative expression of genes regulating white adipose tissue adipogenesis and Irx3. Our results indicate that Fto deficiency increases the expression of genes related to adipogenesis preventing adipocytes from becoming hypertrophic after high-fat diet. In addition, we report a novel finding of increased Irx3 expression in Fto-deficient mice after high-fat feeding indicating a complex link between FTO, IRX3 and fat metabolism.

Ronkainen, J., Huusko, T. J., Soininen, R., Mondini, E., Cinti, F., Makela, K. A., Kovalainen, M., Herzig, K. -., Jarvelin, M. -., Sebert, S., Savolainen, M. J., Salonurmi, T., Fat mass- and obesity-associated gene Fto affects the dietary response in mouse white adipose tissue, <<SCIENTIFIC REPORTS>>, N/A; 5 (1): 9233-N/A. [doi:10.1038/srep09233] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/231205]

Fat mass- and obesity-associated gene Fto affects the dietary response in mouse white adipose tissue

Cinti, Francesca;
2015

Abstract

Common variants of human fat mass- and obesity-associated gene Fto have been linked with higher body mass index, but the biological explanation for the link has remained obscure. Recent findings suggest that these variants affect the homeobox protein IRX3. Here we report that FTO has a role in white adipose tissue which modifies its response to high-fat feeding. Wild type and Fto-deficient mice were exposed to standard or high-fat diet for 16 weeks after which metabolism, behavior and white adipose tissue morphology were analyzed together with adipokine levels and relative expression of genes regulating white adipose tissue adipogenesis and Irx3. Our results indicate that Fto deficiency increases the expression of genes related to adipogenesis preventing adipocytes from becoming hypertrophic after high-fat diet. In addition, we report a novel finding of increased Irx3 expression in Fto-deficient mice after high-fat feeding indicating a complex link between FTO, IRX3 and fat metabolism.
2015
Inglese
Ronkainen, J., Huusko, T. J., Soininen, R., Mondini, E., Cinti, F., Makela, K. A., Kovalainen, M., Herzig, K. -., Jarvelin, M. -., Sebert, S., Savolainen, M. J., Salonurmi, T., Fat mass- and obesity-associated gene Fto affects the dietary response in mouse white adipose tissue, <<SCIENTIFIC REPORTS>>, N/A; 5 (1): 9233-N/A. [doi:10.1038/srep09233] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/231205]
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