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Zhu Y, Engmann M, Medina D, Han X, Das P, Bartke A, Ellsworth BS, Yuan R. Metformin treatment of juvenile mice alters aging-related developmental and metabolic phenotypes in sex-dependent and sex-independent manners. GeroScience 2024; 46:3197-3218. [PMID: 38227136 PMCID: PMC11009201 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-024-01067-6] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024] Open
Abstract
Metformin has attracted increasing interest for its potential benefits in extending healthspan and longevity. This study examined the effects of early-life metformin treatment on the development and metabolism of C57BL/6 J (B6) mice, with metformin administered to juvenile mice from 15 to 56 days of age. Metformin treatment led to decreased body weight in both sexes (P < 0.05, t-test). At 9 weeks of age, mice were euthanized and organ weights were recorded. The relative weight of retroperitoneal fat was decreased in females, while relative weights of perigonadal and retroperitoneal fat were decreased, and relative liver weight was increased in males (P < 0.05, t-test). Glucose and insulin tolerance tests (GTT and ITT) were conducted at the age of 7 weeks. ANOVA revealed a significant impairment in insulin sensitivity by the treatment, and a significantly interactive effect on glucose tolerance between sex and treatment, underscoring a disparity in GTT between sexes in response to the treatment. Metformin treatment reduced circulating insulin levels in fasting and non-fasting conditions for male mice, with no significant alterations observed in female mice. qRT-PCR analysis of glucose metabolism-related genes (Akt2, Glut2, Glut4, Irs1, Nrip1, Pi3k, Pi3kca, Pkca) in the liver and skeletal muscle reveals metformin-induced sex- and organ-specific effects on gene expression. Comparison with previous studies in heterogeneous UM-HET3 mice receiving the same treatment suggests that genetic differences may contribute to variability in the effects of metformin treatment on development and metabolism. These findings indicate that early-life metformin treatment affects development and metabolism in both sex- and genetics-dependent manners.
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- Yun Zhu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 801 N. Rutledge, P.O. Box 19628, Springfield, IL, 62702, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 801 N. Rutledge, P.O. Box 19628, Springfield, IL, 62702, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 801 N. Rutledge, P.O. Box 19628, Springfield, IL, 62702, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 801 N. Rutledge, P.O. Box 19628, Springfield, IL, 62702, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Southern Illinois University SIU School of Medicine, 1135 Lincoln Drive, Life Science III, Room 2062, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 801 N. Rutledge, P.O. Box 19628, Springfield, IL, 62702, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Southern Illinois University SIU School of Medicine, 1135 Lincoln Drive, Life Science III, Room 2062, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 801 N. Rutledge, P.O. Box 19628, Springfield, IL, 62702, USA.
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Volk-Draper L, Athaiya S, Espinosa Gonzalez M, Bhattarai N, Wilber A, Ran S. Tumor microenvironment restricts IL-10 induced multipotent progenitors to myeloid-lymphatic phenotype. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298465. [PMID: 38640116 PMCID: PMC11029653 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024] Open
Abstract
Lymphangiogenesis is induced by local pro-lymphatic growth factors and bone marrow (BM)-derived myeloid-lymphatic endothelial cell progenitors (M-LECP). We previously showed that M-LECP play a significant role in lymphangiogenesis and lymph node metastasis in clinical breast cancer (BC) and experimental BC models. We also showed that differentiation of mouse and human M-LECP can be induced through sequential activation of colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) and Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) pathways. This treatment activates the autocrine interleukin-10 (IL-10) pathway that, in turn, induces myeloid immunosuppressive M2 phenotype along with lymphatic-specific proteins. Because IL-10 is implicated in differentiation of numerous lineages, we sought to determine whether this pathway specifically promotes the lymphatic phenotype or multipotent progenitors that can give rise to M-LECP among other lineages. Analyses of BM cells activated either by CSF-1/TLR4 ligands in vitro or orthotopic breast tumors in vivo showed expansion of stem/progenitor population and coincident upregulation of markers for at least four lineages including M2-macrophage, lymphatic endothelial, erythroid, and T-cells. Induction of cell plasticity and multipotency was IL-10 dependent as indicated by significant reduction of stem cell markers and those for multiple lineages in differentiated cells treated with anti-IL-10 receptor (IL-10R) antibody or derived from IL-10R knockout mice. However, multipotent CD11b+/Lyve-1+/Ter-119+/CD3e+ progenitors detected in BM appeared to split into a predominant myeloid-lymphatic fraction and minor subsets expressing erythroid and T-cell markers upon establishing tumor residence. Each sub-population was detected at a distinct intratumoral site. This study provides direct evidence for differences in maturation status between the BM progenitors and those reaching tumor destination. The study results suggest preferential tumor bias towards expansion of myeloid-lymphatic cells while underscoring the role of IL-10 in early BM production of multipotent progenitors that give rise to both hematopoietic and endothelial lineages.
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- Lisa Volk-Draper
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, United States of America
- Simmons Cancer Institute, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, United States of America
- Simmons Cancer Institute, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, United States of America
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Murphy ME, Narasimhan A, Adrian A, Kumar A, Green CL, Soto-Palma C, Henpita C, Camell C, Morrow CS, Yeh CY, Richardson CE, Hill CM, Moore DL, Lamming DW, McGregor ER, Simmons HA, Pak HH, Bai H, Denu JM, Clark J, Simcox J, Chittimalli K, Dahlquist K, Lee KA, Calubag M, Bouska M, Yousefzadeh MJ, Sonsalla M, Babygirija R, Yuan R, Tsuji T, Rhoads T, Menon V, Jarajapu YP, Zhu Y. Metabolism in the Midwest: research from the Midwest Aging Consortium at the 49 th Annual Meeting of the American Aging Association. GeroScience 2022; 44:39-52. [PMID: 34714522 PMCID: PMC8554732 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-021-00479-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- Michaela E Murphy
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Institute On the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- U54 George M. O'Brien Center for Benign Urology Research, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Institute On the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Institute On the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Institute On the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Neurosignaling Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, 70809, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53175, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Professions, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58105, USA
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- Institute On the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Institute On the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Institute On the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, Southern Illinois School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, 62794, USA
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- Section On Integrative Physiology and Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Institute On the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Professions, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58105, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, Southern Illinois School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, 62794, USA.
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