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Sanna M, Borgo C, Compagnin C, Favaretto F, Vindigni V, Trento M, Bettini S, Comin A, Belligoli A, Rugge M, Bassetto F, Donella-Deana A, Vettor R, Busetto L, Milan G. White Adipose Tissue Expansion in Multiple Symmetric Lipomatosis Is Associated with Upregulation of CK2, AKT and ERK1/2. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21217933. [PMID: 33114687 PMCID: PMC7662313 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21217933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Multiple symmetric lipomatosis (MSL) is a rare disorder characterized by overgrowing lipomatous tissue (LT) in the subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT). What LT is and how it expands are not completely understood; previous data suggested that it could derive from brown AT precursors. In six MSL type I patients, we compared LT morphology by histological and immunohistochemistry (IHC) analysis, gene expression, by qPCR, kinase activity, by Western Blot and in vitro assay to paired-control SAT using AT from patients with pheochromocytoma as a human browning reference. In the stromal vascular fraction (SVF), we quantified adipose stem cells (ASCs) by flow cytometry, the proliferation rate, white and beige adipogenic potential and clonogenicity and adipogenicity by a limiting dilution assay. LT displayed white AT morphology and expression pattern and did not show increased levels of the brown-specific marker UCP1. In LT, we evidenced AKT, CK2 and ERK1/2 hyperactivation. LT-SVF contained increased ASCs, proliferated faster, sprouted clones and differentiated into adipocytes better than the control, displaying enhanced white adipogenic potential but not increased browning compared to SAT. In conclusion, LT is a white AT depot expanding by hyperplasia through increased stemness and enhanced white adipogenesis upregulating AKT, CK2 and ERK1/2, which could represent new targets to counteract MSL.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marta Sanna
- Endocrine-Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine 3, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (M.S.); (C.C.); (F.F.); (S.B.); (A.C.); (A.B.); (R.V.); (L.B.)
| | - Christian Borgo
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy; (C.B.); (A.D.-D.)
| | - Chiara Compagnin
- Endocrine-Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine 3, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (M.S.); (C.C.); (F.F.); (S.B.); (A.C.); (A.B.); (R.V.); (L.B.)
| | - Francesca Favaretto
- Endocrine-Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine 3, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (M.S.); (C.C.); (F.F.); (S.B.); (A.C.); (A.B.); (R.V.); (L.B.)
| | - Vincenzo Vindigni
- Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (V.V.); (F.B.)
| | - Mariangela Trento
- Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, 35121 Padua, Italy; (M.T.); (M.R.)
| | - Silvia Bettini
- Endocrine-Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine 3, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (M.S.); (C.C.); (F.F.); (S.B.); (A.C.); (A.B.); (R.V.); (L.B.)
| | - Alessandra Comin
- Endocrine-Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine 3, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (M.S.); (C.C.); (F.F.); (S.B.); (A.C.); (A.B.); (R.V.); (L.B.)
| | - Anna Belligoli
- Endocrine-Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine 3, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (M.S.); (C.C.); (F.F.); (S.B.); (A.C.); (A.B.); (R.V.); (L.B.)
| | - Massimo Rugge
- Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, 35121 Padua, Italy; (M.T.); (M.R.)
| | - Franco Bassetto
- Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (V.V.); (F.B.)
| | - Arianna Donella-Deana
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy; (C.B.); (A.D.-D.)
| | - Roberto Vettor
- Endocrine-Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine 3, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (M.S.); (C.C.); (F.F.); (S.B.); (A.C.); (A.B.); (R.V.); (L.B.)
| | - Luca Busetto
- Endocrine-Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine 3, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (M.S.); (C.C.); (F.F.); (S.B.); (A.C.); (A.B.); (R.V.); (L.B.)
| | - Gabriella Milan
- Endocrine-Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine 3, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy; (M.S.); (C.C.); (F.F.); (S.B.); (A.C.); (A.B.); (R.V.); (L.B.)
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