茶多酚EGCG对小鼠棕色脂肪代谢的影响

 随着对棕色脂肪组织（BAT）在成人体内具有生物学功能的肯定,棕色脂肪已经成为当今医学研究的热点。采用动物实验、病理组织学方法及免疫组化,观察了表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯（EGCG）对棕色脂肪代谢的影响。结果表明,在体重和鼠龄相近时,不同种属小鼠肩甲间棕色脂肪组织HE 染色后的形态不同,C57BL/6 脂肪细胞中的空泡大,胞浆含量少,BALB/c 小鼠脂肪细胞中的空泡小,胞浆含量多,昆明小鼠居中。给昆明小鼠口服不同剂量EGCG 后,150 mg/kg EGCG 能降低小鼠体重的增长,降低附睾周围白色脂肪组织的重量,但没有统计学意义。同时,EGCG 能降低棕色脂肪细胞内脂肪含量,增加胞浆含量,具有统计学意义（P<0.001）。免疫组化结果表明,EGCG 能增加棕色脂肪细胞内脱偶联蛋白1（UCP1）的表达,增加能量代谢。因此,不同种属小鼠的BAT 具有不同的组织形态学特点,这为研究BAT 小鼠的选择提供了依据;EGCG 能够调节小鼠棕色脂肪的代谢功能,这为进一步研究作用机制打下了基础,同时为茶叶在脂肪代谢方面的调节提供了一种新的思路和依据。     

半自然驯化条件下黑线姬鼠冬夏两季产热的比较

为探讨小型哺乳动物适应于季节性环境的产热机制,本文测定了户外半自然条件下驯化的黑线姬鼠(Apodemus agrarius)冬、夏两季的体重以及肝和褐色脂肪组织(Brown adipose tissue, BAT)的细胞色素c氧化酶及BATα-磷酸甘油氧化酶活力等指标.结果显示黑线姬鼠冬季体重显著降低,BAT绝对重量、BAT和肝的线粒体蛋白含量及BAT和肝酶的活力冬季均显著高于夏季.冬季BAT细胞色素c氧化酶活力是夏季的9.5倍,肝脏细胞色素c氧化酶活力是夏季的5倍;冬季BAT的α-磷酸甘油氧化酶活力高达夏季的19倍.以上结果表明,在寒冷的冬季为保证存活,黑线姬鼠降低体重以减少绝对能量需求,并极大地增加BAT重量及肝和BAT细胞水平上的产热能力.     

Adrenergic activation of triiodothyronine production in brown adipose tissue

There are several mechanisms by which homeothermic animals increase heat production, including shivering, sympathetic nervous system activation and stimulation of thyroid hormone secretion. Studies in rats have shown that increased sympathetic activity causes increased heat production in brown adipose tissue (BAT) after cold exposure or food ingestion. Acute cold exposure also increases circulating thyroid hormones which in turn stimulate cellular metabolism through induction of various enzymes. Most metabolic effects of thyroxine (T4) are thought to be due to the triiodothyronine (T3) which is produced from T4 by a process of 5' monodeiodination. There are two enzymes responsible for this reaction: type I, or propylthiouracil (PTU)-sensitive iodothyronine deiodinase (5'D-I), which is reduced in hypothyroidism, stimulated in hyperthyroidism and probably provides most of the circulating T3 in the adult rat. Type II 5'-deiodinase (5'D-II) is characteristic of brain and pituitary, is increased by thyroidectomy, is not inhibited by PTU and provides 50-80% of the intracellular T3 in these two tissues. Recently, 5'D-II activity was identified in interscapular BAT. As the sympathetic nervous system influences the metabolic activation of BAT, we have studied the effects of noradrenaline and acute cold exposure on BAT 5'D-II. We report here that both noradrenaline and cold exposure increase BAT 5'D-II through alpha 1-adrenergic receptors, whereas depletion of catecholamines with alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine (MPT) prevents the effect of cold but not that of noradrenaline. These results suggest that the sympathetic nervous system may increase T3 production in rats by stimulating BAT 5'D-II. By increasing metabolic rate, this rise in T3 would enhance the thermogenic response to sympathetic stimulation.     

AMPK细胞能量感受器研究进展

腺苷酸活化蛋白激酶(AMPK)作为体内能量感受器能感知能量改变情况.阐述了AMPK在外周组织、肝脏组织、骨骼肌和脂肪组织中的能量代谢调节及在下丘脑中枢中的神经调节等相关作用机制.     

运动与瘦素的研究进展

瘦素（ leptin）是脂肪组织分泌的一种蛋白质类激素,主要作用在下丘脑,具有调节体脂代谢、能量平衡等功能,瘦素水平的高低对肥胖、2-型糖尿病等疾病起到调节作用。血清瘦素可通过血脑屏障与下丘脑的瘦素受体结合,激活 JAK2-STAT3等信号转导通路,进而改变中枢神经系统中一系列神经肽的表达。通过收集大量近年来关于不同运动形式、运动强度、运动时间等情况对血浆瘦素水平影响的文献,总结分析出一次性运动、非一次性运动对血浆瘦素水平和能量代谢的影响,以及目前研究存在的问题,加深对瘦素功能和机理的分子水平认知,并展望了今后的研究前景。     

脂肪组织血管重塑及其与慢性炎症的相互作用

肥胖机体胰岛素抵抗会引起血管并发症已得到认同,但新近关于肥胖机体慢性炎症的研究发现,在出现胰岛素抵抗前脂肪组织脉管系统已发生功能障碍。本研究分析脂肪组织毛细血管发生变化与缺氧的关系和缺氧与慢性炎症的关系,认为肥胖机体脂肪组织毛细血管发生变化,引起脂肪组织缺氧;缺氧诱导慢性炎症,肥胖关联的炎症又引起脂肪组织血管重塑,加剧脂肪组织功能障碍和胰岛素抵抗;提出在肥胖者体内,脂肪组织血管重塑能够调控慢性炎症和全身胰岛素敏感性。     

Mice overexpressing human uncoupling protein-3 in skeletal muscle are hyperphagic and lean

Uncoupling protein-3 (UCP-3) is a recently identified member of the mitochondrial transporter superfamily that is expressed predominantly in skeletal muscle. However, its close relative UCP-1 is expressed exclusively in brown adipose tissue, a tissue whose main function is fat combustion and thermogenesis. Studies on the expression of UCP-3 in animals and humans in different physiological situations support a role for UCP-3 in energy balance and lipid metabolism. However, direct evidence for these roles is lacking. Here we describe the creation of transgenic mice that overexpress human UCP-3 in skeletal muscle. These mice are hyperphagic but weigh less than their wild-type littermates. Magnetic resonance imaging shows a striking reduction in adipose tissue mass. The mice also exhibit lower fasting plasma glucose and insulin levels and an increased glucose clearance rate. This provides evidence that skeletal muscle UCP-3 has the potential to influence metabolic rate and glucose homeostasis in the whole animal.     

脂肪组织功能紊乱与肥胖和糖尿病

脂肪组织是机体的重要器官,主要负责能量的储存和代谢,同时分泌多种激素和细胞因子,参与机体生理功能的调控。近年来的研究表明脂肪组织的功能紊乱与肥胖和糖尿病密切相关,为进一步探讨两者的关系,综述了脂肪组织的生理和内分泌功能以及脂肪组织功能紊乱与胰岛素抵抗、肥胖和糖尿病发生、发展的关系。     

Leptin reverses insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus in mice with congenital lipodystrophy.

Congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a paucity of adipose (fat) tissue which is evident at birth and is accompanied by a severe resistance to insulin, leading to hyperinsulinaemia, hyperglycaemia and enlarged fatty liver. We have developed a mouse model that mimics these features of CGL: the syndrome occurs in transgenic mice expressing a truncated version of a nuclear protein known as nSREBP-1c (for sterol-regulatory-element-binding protein-1c) under the control of the adipose-specific aP2 enhancer. Adipose tissue from these mice was markedly deficient in messenger RNAs encoding several fat-specific proteins, including leptin, a fat-derived hormone that regulates food intake and energy metabolism. Here we show that insulin resistance in our lipodystrophic mice can be overcome by a continuous systemic infusion of low doses of recombinant leptin, an effect that is not mimicked by chronic food restriction. Our results support the idea that leptin modulates insulin sensitivity and glucose disposal independently of its effect on food intake, and that leptin deficiency accounts for the insulin resistance found in CGL.     

海糖平改善小鼠脂质代谢紊乱作用研究

研究射干茎叶提取物-海糖平（HTP）对高脂饲料诱导的小鼠脂代谢紊乱的改善作用. ICR小鼠连续12周高脂饲料喂养诱发脂质代谢紊乱. 造模成功后分别灌胃给予海糖平50,100,200 mg/kg BW,治疗4周,并以吉非罗齐胶囊（100 mg/kg BW）作为阳性对照药. 治疗结束后检测肝脏和血清中甘油三酯（TG）、总胆固醇（TC）含量,附睾脂肪组织重量等指标,同时做肝脏组织病理检查. 结果显示海糖平能够降低肝脏中TG、TC水平及血清中TG水平,减轻附睾脂肪组织重量,减少肝细胞中脂滴的蓄积. 证实海糖平具有改善高脂饲料喂养小鼠的血清和肝脏中脂质代谢紊乱的作用.      

Alternatively activated macrophages produce catecholamines to sustain adaptive thermogenesis

All homeotherms use thermogenesis to maintain their core body temperature, ensuring that cellular functions and physiological processes can continue in cold environments. In the prevailing model of thermogenesis, when the hypothalamus senses cold temperatures it triggers sympathetic discharge, resulting in the release of noradrenaline in brown adipose tissue and white adipose tissue. Acting via the β(3)-adrenergic receptors, noradrenaline induces lipolysis in white adipocytes, whereas it stimulates the expression of thermogenic genes, such as PPAR-γ coactivator 1a (Ppargc1a), uncoupling protein 1 (Ucp1) and acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 1 (Acsl1), in brown adipocytes. However, the precise nature of all the cell types involved in this efferent loop is not well established. Here we report in mice an unexpected requirement for the interleukin-4 (IL-4)-stimulated program of alternative macrophage activation in adaptive thermogenesis. Exposure to cold temperature rapidly promoted alternative activation of adipose tissue macrophages, which secrete catecholamines to induce thermogenic gene expression in brown adipose tissue and lipolysis in white adipose tissue. Absence of alternatively activated macrophages impaired metabolic adaptations to cold, whereas administration of IL-4 increased thermogenic gene expression, fatty acid mobilization and energy expenditure, all in a macrophage-dependent manner. Thus, we have discovered a role for alternatively activated macrophages in the orchestration of an important mammalian stress response, the response to cold.     

瘦素与能量平衡

通过对瘦素的研究分析,了解到瘦素受体广泛存在于下丘脑、肺、肾脏、肌肉和脂肪组织等中。瘦素是由ob基因编码、在脂肪组织合成分泌的蛋白质类激素,含有146个氨基酸,主要功能是调控进食、能量及体重。瘦素和其他激素一样,需要与特异的受体结合才能发挥其生物学作用。总之,瘦素的发现,为进一步研究肥胖的发生机制,以及预防和治疗肥胖开辟了一条崭新的途径。     

Adipocytes as regulators of energy balance and glucose homeostasis

Adipocytes have been studied with increasing intensity as a result of the emergence of obesity as a serious public health problem and the realization that adipose tissue serves as an integrator of various physiological pathways. In particular, their role in calorie storage makes adipocytes well suited to the regulation of energy balance. Adipose tissue also serves as a crucial integrator of glucose homeostasis. Knowledge of adipocyte biology is therefore crucial for understanding the pathophysiological basis of obesity and metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, the rational manipulation of adipose physiology is a promising avenue for therapy of these conditions.     

Adipose-selective targeting of the GLUT4 gene impairs insulin action in muscle and liver

The earliest defect in developing type 2 diabetes is insulin resistance, characterized by decreased glucose transport and metabolism in muscle and adipocytes. The glucose transporter GLUT4 mediates insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in adipocytes and muscle by rapidly moving from intracellular storage sites to the plasma membrane. In insulin-resistant states such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, GLUT4 expression is decreased in adipose tissue but preserved in muscle. Because skeletal muscle is the main site of insulin-stimulated glucose uptake, the role of adipose tissue GLUT4 downregulation in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and diabetes is unclear. To determine the role of adipose GLUT4 in glucose homeostasis, we used Cre/loxP DNA recombination to generate mice with adipose-selective reduction of GLUT4 (G4A-/-). Here we show that these mice have normal growth and adipose mass despite markedly impaired insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in adipocytes. Although GLUT4 expression is preserved in muscle, these mice develop insulin resistance in muscle and liver, manifested by decreased biological responses and impaired activation of phosphoinositide-3-OH kinase. G4A-/- mice develop glucose intolerance and hyperinsulinaemia. Thus, downregulation of GLUT4 and glucose transport selectively in adipose tissue can cause insulin resistance and thereby increase the risk of developing diabetes.     

Macrophage-specific PPARgamma controls alternative activation and improves insulin resistance

Obesity and insulin resistance, the cardinal features of metabolic syndrome, are closely associated with a state of low-grade inflammation. In adipose tissue chronic overnutrition leads to macrophage infiltration, resulting in local inflammation that potentiates insulin resistance. For instance, transgenic expression of Mcp1 (also known as chemokine ligand 2, Ccl2) in adipose tissue increases macrophage infiltration, inflammation and insulin resistance. Conversely, disruption of Mcp1 or its receptor Ccr2 impairs migration of macrophages into adipose tissue, thereby lowering adipose tissue inflammation and improving insulin sensitivity. These findings together suggest a correlation between macrophage content in adipose tissue and insulin resistance. However, resident macrophages in tissues display tremendous heterogeneity in their activities and functions, primarily reflecting their local metabolic and immune microenvironment. While Mcp1 directs recruitment of pro-inflammatory classically activated macrophages to sites of tissue damage, resident macrophages, such as those present in the adipose tissue of lean mice, display the alternatively activated phenotype. Despite their higher capacity to repair tissue, the precise role of alternatively activated macrophages in obesity-induced insulin resistance remains unknown. Using mice with macrophage-specific deletion of the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma), we show here that PPARgamma is required for maturation of alternatively activated macrophages. Disruption of PPARgamma in myeloid cells impairs alternative macrophage activation, and predisposes these animals to development of diet-induced obesity, insulin resistance, and glucose intolerance. Furthermore, gene expression profiling revealed that downregulation of oxidative phosphorylation gene expression in skeletal muscle and liver leads to decreased insulin sensitivity in these tissues. Together, our findings suggest that resident alternatively activated macrophages have a beneficial role in regulating nutrient homeostasis and suggest that macrophage polarization towards the alternative state might be a useful strategy for treating type 2 diabetes.     

褐色脂肪组织中的解偶联蛋白

褐色脂肪组织的调节产热等方面的功能近年来一直倍受关注,尤其是存在其中的解偶联蛋白更是近年来研究的热点,本文概述了解偶联蛋白及其基因的结构、解偶联蛋白的生理作用。     

猪脂肪组织离体代谢调节的研究概况

综述了猪体脂肪组织离体合成代谢和分解代谢的研究概况以及其它物种离体脂肪组织代谢调节的一些研究进展．特别注重胰岛素、肾上腺素等激素对脂肪组织合成及分解代谢的调节作用．     

Dysfunction of lipid sensor GPR120 leads to obesity in both mouse and human

Free fatty acids provide an important energy source as nutrients, and act as signalling molecules in various cellular processes. Several G-protein-coupled receptors have been identified as free-fatty-acid receptors important in physiology as well as in several diseases. GPR120 (also known as O3FAR1) functions as a receptor for unsaturated long-chain free fatty acids and has a critical role in various physiological homeostasis mechanisms such as adipogenesis, regulation of appetite and food preference. Here we show that GPR120-deficient mice fed a high-fat diet develop obesity, glucose intolerance and fatty liver with decreased adipocyte differentiation and lipogenesis and enhanced hepatic lipogenesis. Insulin resistance in such mice is associated with reduced insulin signalling and enhanced inflammation in adipose tissue. In human, we show that GPR120 expression in adipose tissue is significantly higher in obese individuals than in lean controls. GPR120 exon sequencing in obese subjects reveals a deleterious non-synonymous mutation (p.R270H) that inhibits GPR120 signalling activity. Furthermore, the p.R270H variant increases the risk of obesity in European populations. Overall, this study demonstrates that the lipid sensor GPR120 has a key role in sensing dietary fat and, therefore, in the control of energy balance in both humans and rodents.