TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatic insig-1 or -2 overexpression reduces lipogenesis in obese Zucker diabetic fatty rats and in fasted/refed normal rats
AU - Takaishi, Kiyosumi
AU - Duplomb, Laurence
AU - Wang, May-Yun
AU - Li, Jinping
AU - Unger, Roger H
PY - 2004/5/4
Y1 - 2004/5/4
N2 - To determine whether the antilipogenic actions of insulin-induced gene 1 (insig-1) demonstrated in cultured preadipocytes also occur in vivo, we infected Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) (fa/fa) rats, with recombinant adenovirus containing insig-1 or -2 cDNA. An increase of both proteins appeared in their livers. In control ZDF (fa/fa) rats infected with adenovirus containing the β-galactosidase (β-gal) cDNA, triacylglycerols in the liver and plasma rose steeply whereas the insig-infected rats exhibited substantial attenuation of the increase in hepatic steatosis and hyperlipidemia. Insig overexpression was associated with a striking reduction in the elevated level of nuclear sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP)-1c, the activated form of the transcription factor. The mRNA of SREBP-1c lipogenic target enzymes also fell. The mRNA of endogenous insig-1, but not -2a and -2b, was higher in the fatty livers of untreated obese ZDF (fa/fa) rats compared with controls, but the elevation was not sufficient to block the ∼3-fold increase in SREBP-1c expression and activity. In normal animals, adenovirus-induced overexpression of the insigs reduced the increase in SREBP-1c mRNA and its target enzymes caused by refeeding. The findings demonstrated that both insigs have antilipogenic action when transgenically overexpressed in livers with increased SREBP-1c-mediated lipogenesis. However, the increase in endogenous insig-1 expression associated with augmented lipogenesis may limit it, but is insufficient to prevent it.
AB - To determine whether the antilipogenic actions of insulin-induced gene 1 (insig-1) demonstrated in cultured preadipocytes also occur in vivo, we infected Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) (fa/fa) rats, with recombinant adenovirus containing insig-1 or -2 cDNA. An increase of both proteins appeared in their livers. In control ZDF (fa/fa) rats infected with adenovirus containing the β-galactosidase (β-gal) cDNA, triacylglycerols in the liver and plasma rose steeply whereas the insig-infected rats exhibited substantial attenuation of the increase in hepatic steatosis and hyperlipidemia. Insig overexpression was associated with a striking reduction in the elevated level of nuclear sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP)-1c, the activated form of the transcription factor. The mRNA of SREBP-1c lipogenic target enzymes also fell. The mRNA of endogenous insig-1, but not -2a and -2b, was higher in the fatty livers of untreated obese ZDF (fa/fa) rats compared with controls, but the elevation was not sufficient to block the ∼3-fold increase in SREBP-1c expression and activity. In normal animals, adenovirus-induced overexpression of the insigs reduced the increase in SREBP-1c mRNA and its target enzymes caused by refeeding. The findings demonstrated that both insigs have antilipogenic action when transgenically overexpressed in livers with increased SREBP-1c-mediated lipogenesis. However, the increase in endogenous insig-1 expression associated with augmented lipogenesis may limit it, but is insufficient to prevent it.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.0401715101
DO - 10.1073/pnas.0401715101
M3 - Article
C2 - 15096598
AN - SCOPUS:2342557826
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 101
SP - 7106
EP - 7111
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 18
ER -