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Kaimala S, Lootah SS, Mehra N, Kumar CA, Marzooqi SA, Sampath P, Ansari SA, Emerald BS. The Long Non-Coding RNA Obesity-Related (Obr) Contributes To Lipid Metabolism Through Epigenetic Regulation. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2024:e2401939. [PMID: 38704700 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202401939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
Abstract
Obesity is a multifactorial disease that is part of today's epidemic and also increases the risk of other metabolic diseases. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) provide one tier of regulatory mechanisms to maintain metabolic homeostasis. Although lncRNAs are a significant constituent of the mammalian genome, studies aimed at their metabolic significance, including obesity, are only beginning to be addressed. Here, a developmentally regulated lncRNA, termed as obesity related (Obr), whose expression in metabolically relevant tissues such as skeletal muscle, liver, and pancreas is altered in diet-induced obesity, is identified. The Clone 9 cell line and high-fat diet-induced obese Wistar rats are used as a model system to verify the function of Obr. By using stable expression and antisense oligonucleotide-mediated downregulation of the expression of Obr followed by different molecular biology experiments, its role in lipid metabolism is verified. It is shown that Obr associates with the cAMP response element-binding protein (Creb) and activates different transcription factors involved in lipid metabolism. Its association with the Creb histone acetyltransferase complex, which includes the cAMP response element-binding protein (CBP) and p300, positively regulates the transcription of genes involved in lipid metabolism. In addition, Obr is regulated by Pparγ in response to lipid accumulation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Suneesh Kaimala
- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, P.O. Box 15551, UAE
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, P.O. Box 15551, UAE
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, P.O. Box 15551, UAE
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, P.O. Box 15551, UAE
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- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 15551, UAE
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- A*STAR Skin Research Laboratory, Agency for Science Technology & Research (A*STAR), Singapore, 138648, Singapore
- Program in Cancer and Stem Cell Biology, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore
- Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science Technology & Research (A*STAR), Singapore, 138672, Singapore
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 15551, UAE
- Zayed Center for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 15551, UAE
- ASPIRE Precision Medicine, Research Institute Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 15551, UAE
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, P.O. Box 15551, UAE
- Zayed Center for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 15551, UAE
- ASPIRE Precision Medicine, Research Institute Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 15551, UAE
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Mamdouh Hashiesh H, Sheikh A, Meeran MFN, Saraswathiamma D, Jha NK, Sadek B, Adeghate E, Tariq S, Al Marzooqi S, Ojha S. β-Caryophyllene, a Dietary Phytocannabinoid, Alleviates Diabetic Cardiomyopathy in Mice by Inhibiting Oxidative Stress and Inflammation Activating Cannabinoid Type-2 Receptors. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci 2023; 6:1129-1142. [PMID: 37588762 PMCID: PMC10425997 DOI: 10.1021/acsptsci.3c00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus (DM) and its associated complications are considered one of the major health risks globally. Among numerous complications, diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterized by increased accumulation of lipids and reduced glucose utilization following abnormal lipid metabolism in the myocardium along with oxidative stress, myocardial fibrosis, and inflammation that eventually result in cardiac dysfunction. The abnormal metabolism of lipids plays a fundamental role in cardiac lipotoxicity following the occurrence and development of DCM. Recently, it has been revealed that cannabinoid type-2 (CB2) receptors, an essential component of the endocannabinoid system, play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of obesity, hyperlipidemia, and DM. Provided the role of CB2R in regulating the glucolipid metabolic dysfunction and its antioxidant as well as anti-inflammatory activities, we carried out the current study to investigate the protective effects of a selective CB2R agonist, β-caryophyllene (BCP), a natural dietary cannabinoid in the murine model of DCM and elucidated the underlying pharmacological and molecular mechanisms. Mice were fed a high-fat diet for 4 weeks followed by a single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (100 mg/kg) to induce the model of DCM. BCP (50 mg/kg body weight) was given orally for 12 weeks. AM630, a CB2R antagonist, was given 30 min before BCP treatment to demonstrate the CB2R-dependent mechanism of BCP. DCM mice exhibited hyperglycemia, increased serum lactate dehydrogenase, impaired cardiac function, and hypertrophy. In addition, DCM mice showed alternations in serum lipids and increased oxidative stress concomitant to reduced antioxidant defenses and enhanced cardiac lipid accumulation in the diabetic heart. DCM mice also exhibited activation of TLR4/NF-κB/MAPK signaling and triggered the production of inflammatory cytokines and inflammatory enzyme mediators. However, treatment with BCP exerted remarkable protective effects by favorable modulation of the biochemical and molecular parameters, which were altered in DCM mice. Interestingly, pretreatment with AM630 abrogated the protective effects of BCP in DCM mice. Taken together, the findings of the present study demonstrate that BCP possesses the capability to mitigate the progression of DCM by inhibition of lipotoxicity-mediated cardiac oxidative stress and inflammation and favorable modulation of TLR4/NF-κB/MAPK signaling pathways mediating the CB2R-dependent mechanism.
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- Hebaallah Mamdouh Hashiesh
- Department
of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College
of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box: 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
- Department
of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Cairo 11795, Egypt
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- Department
of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College
of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box: 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department
of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College
of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box: 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department
of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health
Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box: 15551, Al Ain, United
Arab Emirates
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- Department
of Biotechnology, School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201310, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department
of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College
of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box: 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department
of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health
Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box: 15551, Al Ain, United
Arab Emirates
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- Department
of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health
Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box: 15551, Al Ain, United
Arab Emirates
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- Department
of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health
Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box: 15551, Al Ain, United
Arab Emirates
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- Department
of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College
of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box: 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
- Zayed Bin
Sultan Center for Health Sciences, College
of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box: 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Subramanya SB, Venkataraman B, Raj V, Al Marzooqi S, Alhassani A, AlHassani A, Ahmed KJ, Attoub S. Thymoquinone, a bioactive phytochemical alleviates colon inflammation through Nrf2/Keap1 system: An experimental study using both in vivo and in vitro model of colon inflammation. FASEB J 2019. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.764.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sandeep B Subramanya
- PhysiologyCollege of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE UniversityAl AinUnited Arab Emirates
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- PhysiologyCollege of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE UniversityAl AinUnited Arab Emirates
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- PhysiologyCollege of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE UniversityAl AinUnited Arab Emirates
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- PathologyCollege of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE UniversityAl AinUnited Arab Emirates
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- PhysiologyCollege of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE UniversityAl AinUnited Arab Emirates
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- PhysiologyCollege of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE UniversityAl AinUnited Arab Emirates
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- PhysiologyCollege of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE UniversityAl AinUnited Arab Emirates
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- Pharmacology and TherapeuticsCollege of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE UniversityAl AinUnited Arab Emirates
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Abou Youssif T, Fahmy MA, Koumakpayi IH, Ayala F, Al Marzooqi S, Chen G, Tamboli P, Squire J, Tanguay S, Sircar K. The mammalian target of rapamycin pathway is widely activated without PTEN deletion in renal cell carcinoma metastases. Cancer 2010; 117:290-300. [PMID: 20830770 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2009] [Revised: 02/19/2010] [Accepted: 03/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Inhibitors of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) are emerging as promising therapies for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Because rational treatment strategies require understanding the activation status of the underlying signaling pathway being targeted at the desired stage of disease, the authors examined the activation status of different components of the mTOR pathway in RCC metastases and matched primary tumors. METHODS The authors immunostained metastatic RCC samples from 132 patients and a subset of 25 matched primary RCCs with antibodies against phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase, PTEN, phospho-Akt, phospho-mTOR, and p70S6. PTEN genomic status was assessed by fluorescent in situ hybridization. Marker expression was correlated to clinicopathologic variables and to survival. RESULTS The mTOR pathway showed widespread activation in RCC metastases of various sites with strong correlation between different components of this signaling cascade (P<.0001), but without significant PTEN genomic deletion. Only cytoplasmic phospho-mTOR showed independent prognostic significance (P = .029) and fidelity between primary RCCs and their matched metastases (P = .004). CONCLUSIONS Activation of various components of the mTOR signaling pathway in metastatic RCC lesions across various tumor histologies, nuclear grades, and metastatic sites suggests the potential for vertical blockade of multiple steps of this pathway. Patient selection may be improved by mTOR immunostaining of primary RCC.
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- Tamer Abou Youssif
- Department of Urology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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