Dysregulation of mitochondrial function and biogenesis modulators in adipose tissue of obese children.
Int J Obes (Lond) 2017;
42:618-624. [PMID:
29158541 DOI:
10.1038/ijo.2017.274]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Revised: 10/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES
We aimed to evaluate mitochondrial biogenesis (MB), structure, metabolism and dysfunction in abdominal adipose tissue from male pediatric patients with obesity.
SUBJECTS/METHODS
Samples were collected from five children with obesity (percentile ⩾95) and five eutrophic boys (percentile ⩾5/⩽85) (8-12 years old) following parental informed consent. We analyzed the expression of key genes involved in MB (sirtuin-1 (SIRT1), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ), PPARγ coactivator-1α (PGC1α), nuclear respiratory factors 1 and 2 (NRF1, NRF2) and mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) and surrogates for mitochondrial function/structure/metabolism (porin, TOMM20, complex I and V, UCP1, UCP2, SIRT3, SOD2) by western blot. Citrate synthase (CS), complex I (CI) activity, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content and oxidative stress end points were also determined.
RESULTS
Most MB proteins were significantly decreased in samples from children with obesity except complex I, V and superoxide dismutase-2 (SOD2). Similarly, CS and CI activity showed a significant reduction, as well as ATP levels and mtDNA content. PPARγ, PGC1α, complex I and V and SOD2 were hyperacetylated compared with lean samples. Concurrently, in samples from children with obesity, we found decreased SOD2 activity and redox state imbalance highlighted by decreased reduced glutathione/oxidized glutathione (GSH/GSSG) ratio and significant increases in protein carbonylation.
CONCLUSIONS
Adipose tissue from children with obesity demonstrates a dysregulation of key modulators of MB and organelle structure, and displays hyperacetylation of key proteins and altered expression of upstream regulators of cell metabolism.
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