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Li J, Feng B, Nie Y, Jiao P, Lin X, Huang M, An R, He Q, Zhou HE, Salomon A, Sigrist KS, Wu Z, Liu S, Xu H. Sucrose Nonfermenting-Related Kinase Regulates Both Adipose Inflammation and Energy Homeostasis in Mice and Humans. Diabetes 2018; 67:400-411. [PMID: 29298809 PMCID: PMC5828454 DOI: 10.2337/db17-0745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Sucrose nonfermenting-related kinase (SNRK) is a member of the AMPK-related kinase family, and its physiological role in adipose energy homeostasis and inflammation remains unknown. We previously reported that SNRK is ubiquitously and abundantly expressed in both white adipose tissue (WAT) and brown adipose tissue (BAT), but SNRK expression diminishes in adipose tissue in obesity. In this study we report novel experimental findings from both animal models and human genetics. SNRK is essential for survival; SNRK globally deficient pups die within 24 h after birth. Heterozygous mice are characterized by inflamed WAT and less BAT. Adipocyte-specific ablation of SNRK causes inflammation in WAT, ectopic lipid deposition in liver and muscle, and impaired adaptive thermogenesis in BAT. These metabolic disorders subsequently lead to decreased energy expenditure, higher body weight, and insulin resistance. We further confirm the significant association of common variants of the SNRK gene with obesity risk in humans. Through applying a phosphoproteomic approach, we identified eukaryotic elongation factor 1δ and histone deacetylase 1/2 as potential SNRK substrates. Taking these data together, we conclude that SNRK represses WAT inflammation and is essential to maintain BAT thermogenesis, making it a novel therapeutic target for treating obesity and associated metabolic disorders.
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MESH Headings
- Adipocytes, Brown/immunology
- Adipocytes, Brown/metabolism
- Adipocytes, Brown/pathology
- Adipocytes, Brown/ultrastructure
- Adipocytes, White/immunology
- Adipocytes, White/metabolism
- Adipocytes, White/pathology
- Adipocytes, White/ultrastructure
- Animals
- Body Mass Index
- Cells, Cultured
- Crosses, Genetic
- Energy Metabolism
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Male
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Mitochondria/immunology
- Mitochondria/metabolism
- Mitochondria/pathology
- Mitochondria/ultrastructure
- Obesity/genetics
- Obesity/physiopathology
- Panniculitis/etiology
- Panniculitis/immunology
- Panniculitis/metabolism
- Panniculitis/pathology
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
- RNA Interference
- Thermogenesis
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Affiliation(s)
- Jie Li
- National Key Discipline, Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, RI
- Center for Global Cardiometabolic Health, Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Hallett Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- Hallett Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Hallett Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, RI
- Center for Global Cardiometabolic Health, Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, RI
- Center for Global Cardiometabolic Health, Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, RI
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Analytical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Hallett Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Musculoskeletal Disease Area, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, RI
- Center for Global Cardiometabolic Health, Brown University, Providence, RI
- Hallett Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, RI
- Center for Global Cardiometabolic Health, Brown University, Providence, RI
- Hallett Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
- Merck & Co., Boston, MA
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Garrett WS, Punit S, Gallini CA, Michaud M, Zhang D, Sigrist KS, Lord GM, Glickman JN, Glimcher LH. Colitis-associated colorectal cancer driven by T-bet deficiency in dendritic cells. Cancer Cell 2009; 16:208-19. [PMID: 19732721 PMCID: PMC2740755 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2009.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2009] [Revised: 05/29/2009] [Accepted: 07/22/2009] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
We previously described a mouse model of ulcerative colitis linked to T-bet deficiency in the innate immune system. Here, we report that the majority of T-bet(-/-)RAG2(-/-) ulcerative colitis (TRUC) mice spontaneously progress to colonic dysplasia and rectal adenocarcinoma solely as a consequence of MyD88-independent intestinal inflammation. Dendritic cells (DCs) are necessary cellular effectors for a proinflammatory program that is carcinogenic. Whereas these malignancies arise in the setting of a complex inflammatory environment, restoration of T-bet selectively in DCs was sufficient to reduce colonic inflammation and prevent the development of neoplasia. TRUC colitis-associated colorectal cancer resembles the human disease and provides ample opportunity to probe how inflammation drives colorectal cancer development and to test preventative and therapeutic strategies preclinically.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wendy S. Garrett
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Boston, MA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Aliprantis AO, Ueki Y, Sulyanto R, Park A, Sigrist KS, Sharma SM, Ostrowski MC, Olsen BR, Glimcher LH. NFATc1 in mice represses osteoprotegerin during osteoclastogenesis and dissociates systemic osteopenia from inflammation in cherubism. J Clin Invest 2008; 118:3775-89. [PMID: 18846253 DOI: 10.1172/jci35711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2008] [Accepted: 09/03/2008] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Osteoporosis results from an imbalance in skeletal remodeling that favors bone resorption over bone formation. Bone matrix is degraded by osteoclasts, which differentiate from myeloid precursors in response to the cytokine RANKL. To gain insight into the transcriptional regulation of bone resorption during growth and disease, we generated a conditional knockout of the transcription factor nuclear factor of activated T cells c1 (Nfatc1). Deletion of Nfatc1 in young mice resulted in osteopetrosis and inhibition of osteoclastogenesis in vivo and in vitro. Transcriptional profiling revealed NFATc1 as a master regulator of the osteoclast transcriptome, promoting the expression of numerous genes needed for bone resorption. In addition, NFATc1 directly repressed osteoclast progenitor expression of osteoprotegerin, a decoy receptor for RANKL previously thought to be an osteoblast-derived inhibitor of bone resorption. "Cherubism mice", which carry a gain-of-function mutation in SH3-domain binding protein 2 (Sh3bp2), develop osteoporosis and widespread inflammation dependent on the proinflammatory cytokine, TNF-alpha. Interestingly, deletion of Nfatc1 protected cherubism mice from systemic bone loss but did not inhibit inflammation. Taken together, our study demonstrates that NFATc1 is required for remodeling of the growing and adult skeleton and suggests that NFATc1 may be an effective therapeutic target for osteoporosis associated with inflammatory states.
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Affiliation(s)
- Antonios O Aliprantis
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Hack AA, Ly CT, Jiang F, Clendenin CJ, Sigrist KS, Wollmann RL, McNally EM. Gamma-sarcoglycan deficiency leads to muscle membrane defects and apoptosis independent of dystrophin. J Cell Biol 1998; 142:1279-87. [PMID: 9732288 PMCID: PMC2149352 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.5.1279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/1998] [Revised: 07/31/1998] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
gamma-Sarcoglycan is a transmembrane, dystrophin-associated protein expressed in skeletal and cardiac muscle. The murine gamma-sarcoglycan gene was disrupted using homologous recombination. Mice lacking gamma-sarcoglycan showed pronounced dystrophic muscle changes in early life. By 20 wk of age, these mice developed cardiomyopathy and died prematurely. The loss of gamma-sarcoglycan produced secondary reduction of beta- and delta-sarcoglycan with partial retention of alpha- and epsilon-sarcoglycan, suggesting that beta-, gamma-, and delta-sarcoglycan function as a unit. Importantly, mice lacking gamma-sarco- glycan showed normal dystrophin content and local- ization, demonstrating that myofiber degeneration occurred independently of dystrophin alteration. Furthermore, beta-dystroglycan and laminin were left intact, implying that the dystrophin-dystroglycan-laminin mechanical link was unaffected by sarcoglycan deficiency. Apoptotic myonuclei were abundant in skeletal muscle lacking gamma-sarcoglycan, suggesting that programmed cell death contributes to myofiber degeneration. Vital staining with Evans blue dye revealed that muscle lacking gamma-sarcoglycan developed membrane disruptions like those seen in dystrophin-deficient muscle. Our data demonstrate that sarcoglycan loss was sufficient, and that dystrophin loss was not necessary to cause membrane defects and apoptosis. As a common molecular feature in a variety of muscular dystrophies, sarcoglycan loss is a likely mediator of pathology.
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Affiliation(s)
- A A Hack
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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White SR, Sigrist KS, Spaethe SM. Prostaglandin secretion by guinea pig tracheal epithelial cells caused by eosinophil major basic protein. Am J Physiol 1993; 265:L234-42. [PMID: 8214083 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1993.265.3.l234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
We examined the effect of eosinophil major basic protein (MBP) on prostaglandin (PG) secretion from guinea pig tracheal epithelial (GPTE) cells. Primary cultures of GPTE cells were incubated with 10(-6) M MBP for up to 6 h and then stimulated with 10(-6) M bradykinin (BK). PGE2, 6-ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha (PGF1 alpha), PGF2 alpha, and thromboxane B2 (TxB2) concentrations in media were determined by enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (EIA). Incubation with MBP for 6 h caused secretion of both PGE2 (17,614 +/- 4,416 vs. 1,426 +/- 555 pg/10(6) cells at baseline, P < 0.001, n = 7) and PGF2 alpha (20,303 +/- 5,724 vs. 3,790 +/- 1.075 pg/10(6) cells at baseline, P < 0.002, n = 7). Secretion of PGE2 and PGF2 alpha stimulated by MBP required at least 2 h. Incubation with MBP for 6 h also augmented the subsequent response to BK: PGE2 secretion was 29,215 +/- 6,853 vs. 3,445 +/- 1,041 pg/10(6) cells for BK alone (P < 0.0001), and PGF2 alpha secretion was 25,407 +/- 6,237 vs. 5,213 +/- 1,535 pg/10(6) cells for BK alone (P < 0.0001). MBP did not change 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and TxB2 secretion. Incubation of GPTE cells from seven animals with polylysine, a protein with mass and ion charge similar to MBP, for 2 h, both caused secretion of PGE2 (8,579 +/- 3,244 vs. 788 +/- 419 pg/10(6) cells at baseline, P < 0.01) and augmented the response to BK (12,732 +/- 4,788 vs. 1,653 +/- 680 pg/10(6) cells after BK alone, P < 0.005).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Affiliation(s)
- S R White
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637
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White SR, Hershenson MB, Sigrist KS, Zimmermann A, Solway J. Proliferation of guinea pig tracheal epithelial cells induced by calcitonin gene-related peptide. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 1993; 8:592-6. [PMID: 8323744 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb/8.6.592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is contained within and secreted by nerves and neuroepithelial bodies in the airway epithelium. To determine whether CGRP is mitogenic for airway epithelial cells, tracheal epithelial cells isolated from 26 guinea pigs were grown in primary culture for 2 days. Subconfluent cells were exposed to 10(-13) to 10(-9) M CGRP for 4 h and then returned to CGRP-free medium. Proliferation was quantified by direct cell count and by measurement of fractional labeling with the thymidine analog, bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU). CGRP exposure increased both cell number (53,980 +/- 9,870 cells after 10(-9) M CGRP versus 33,910 +/- 5,150 cells after control, P < 0.05) and fractional BrdU labeling (12.9 +/- 2.2% after 10(-11) M CGRP versus 3.9 +/- 0.9%, control; P < 0.01, n = 9) at 24 h after exposure. The mitogenic effect of CGRP persisted at least 3 days after exposure. CGRP-induced proliferation was attenuated by co-incubation with the CGRP receptor antagonist, hCGRP-(8-37). These data demonstrate that CGRP causes proliferation of guinea pig tracheal epithelial cells in primary culture through stimulation of a specific receptor, and suggest a role for this neuropeptide in regulating airway epithelial cell growth.
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Affiliation(s)
- S R White
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago IL 60637
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White SR, Sigrist KS, Spaethe SM. Topographic distribution of prostaglandin secretion caused by bradykinin in canine tracheal epithelial cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 1992; 6:375-81. [PMID: 1550682 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb/6.4.375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Inflammatory mediators promote the synthesis and secretion of prostaglandin (PG) mediators in airway epithelial cells. In this study, we examined the topographic and kinetic profile of PG secretion in canine tracheal epithelial cells harvested from the tracheal posterior membrane (PM) and those obtained from the immediately anterior cartilage-associated membrane (CM). Primary cultures of tracheal epithelial cells obtained from 23 disease-free dogs were grown to confluence in serum-enriched medium. Cells then were incubated in serum-free medium for 1 h and stimulated with 10(-7) to 10(-5) M bradykinin. Baseline secretion of PGE2 was similar to both PM and CM cells; however, PM cells secreted greater concentrations in both PGI2 (measured as 6-keto-PGF1 alpha) (1,269 +/- 160 versus 775 +/- 91 pg/10(6) cells, P less than 0.01) and PGF2 alpha (436 +/- 54 versus 234 +/- 45 pg/10(6) cells, P less than 0.002) compared with CM cells. Bradykinin (BK) stimulation caused substantial secretion in less than or equal to 20 min of PGE2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha from PM but not CM cells: after stimulation with 10(-6) M BK, 6-keto-PGF1 alpha secretion was 348 +/- 74% in PM cells versus 157 +/- 18% of baseline secretion in CM cells (P less than 0.005); PGE2 secretion was 310 +/- 53% in PM cells versus 163 +/- 15% of baseline secretion in CM cells (P less than 0.001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S R White
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637
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