INTRODUCTION: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) can progress to more severe stages, such as steatohepatitis and fibrosis. Thermoneutral housing together with high-fat diet promoted NAFLD progression in C57BL/6J mice. Due to possible differences in steatohepatitis development between different C57BL/6 substrains, we examined how thermoneutrality affects NAFLD progression in C57BL/6N mice. METHODS: Male mice were fed standard or high-fat diet for 24 weeks and housed under standard (22°C) or thermoneutral (30°C) conditions. RESULTS: High-fat feeding promoted weight gain and hepatic steatosis, but the effect of thermoneutral environment was not evident. Liver expression of inflammatory markers was increased, with a modest and inconsistent effect of thermoneutral housing; however, histological scores of inflammation and fibrosis were generally low (<1.0), regardless of ambient temperature. In standard diet-fed mice, thermoneutrality increased weight gain, adiposity, and hepatic steatosis, accompanied by elevated de novo lipogenesis and changes in liver metabolome characterized by complex decreases in phospholipids and metabolites involved in urea cycle and oxidative stress defense. CONCLUSION: Thermoneutrality appears to promote NAFLD-associated phenotypes depending on the C57BL/6 substrain and/or the amount of dietary fat.

• Klíčová slova
• C57BL/6N mice, NASH, de novo lipogenesis, liver steatosis, metabolomics, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, obesity, thermoneutrality,
• MeSH
• bydlení MeSH
• dieta s vysokým obsahem tuků škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• hmotnostní přírůstek MeSH
• myši inbrední C57BL MeSH
• myši MeSH
• nealkoholová steatóza jater * metabolismus   MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• myši MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH

Obesity is associated with insulin resistance and impaired glucose tolerance, which represent characteristic features of the metabolic syndrome. Development of obesity is also linked to changes in fatty acid and amino acid metabolism observed in animal models of obesity as well as in humans. The aim of this study was to explore whether plasma metabolome, namely the levels of various acylcarnitines and amino acids, could serve as a biomarker of propensity to obesity and impaired glucose metabolism. Taking advantage of a high phenotypic variation in diet-induced obesity in C57BL/6J mice, 12-week-old male and female mice (n = 155) were fed a high-fat diet (lipids ~32 wt%) for a period of 10 weeks, while body weight gain (BWG) and changes in insulin sensitivity (ΔHOMA-IR) were assessed. Plasma samples were collected before (week 4) and after (week 22) high-fat feeding. Both univariate and multivariate statistical analyses were then used to examine the relationships between plasma metabolome and selected phenotypes including BWG and ΔHOMA-IR. Partial least squares-discrimination analysis was able to distinguish between animals selected either for their low or high BWG (or ΔHOMA-IR) in male but not female mice. Among the metabolites that differentiated male mice with low and high BWG, and which also belonged to the major discriminating metabolites when analyzed in plasma collected before and after high-fat feeding, were amino acids Tyr and Orn, as well as acylcarnitines C16-DC and C18:1-OH. In general, the separation of groups selected for their low or high ΔHOMA-IR was less evident and the outcomes of a corresponding multivariate analysis were much weaker than in case of BWG. Thus, our results document that plasma acylcarnitines and amino acids could serve as a gender-specific complex biomarker of propensity to obesity, however with a limited predictive value in case of the associated impairment of insulin sensitivity.

• MeSH
• aminokyseliny krev   MeSH
• analýza rozptylu MeSH
• biologické markery MeSH
• dieta s vysokým obsahem tuků škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• fenotyp MeSH
• glukózový toleranční test MeSH
• inzulinová rezistence MeSH
• karnitin analogy a deriváty   krev   MeSH
• krevní glukóza MeSH
• metabolom MeSH
• metabolomika metody   MeSH
• modely nemocí na zvířatech MeSH
• myši MeSH
• obezita krev   diagnóza   etiologie   MeSH
• porucha glukózové tolerance MeSH
• prognóza MeSH
• shluková analýza MeSH
• tendenční skóre MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• myši MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• acylcarnitine MeSH Prohlížeč
• aminokyseliny MeSH
• biologické markery MeSH
• karnitin MeSH
• krevní glukóza MeSH

OBJECTIVE: Besides their role in lipid absorption, bile acids (BAs) can act as signalling molecules. Cholic acid was shown to counteract obesity and associated metabolic disorders in high-fat-diet (cHF)-fed mice while enhancing energy expenditure through induction of mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) and activation of non-shivering thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT). In this study, the effects of another natural BA, chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA), on dietary obesity, UCP1 in both interscapular BAT and in white adipose tissue (brite cells in WAT), were characterized in dietary-obese mice. RESEARCH DESIGN: To induce obesity and associated metabolic disorders, male 2-month-old C57BL/6J mice were fed cHF (35% lipid wt wt(-1), mainly corn oil) for 4 months. Mice were then fed either (i) for 8 weeks with cHF or with cHF with two different doses (0.5%, 1%; wt wt(-1)) of CDCA (8-week reversion); or (ii) for 3 weeks with cHF or with cHF with 1% CDCA, or pair-fed (PF) to match calorie intake of the CDCA mice fed ad libitum; mice on standard chow diet were also used (3-week reversion). RESULTS: In the 8-week reversion, the CDCA intervention resulted in a dose-dependent reduction of obesity, dyslipidaemia and glucose intolerance, which could be largely explained by a transient decrease in food intake. The 3-week reversion revealed mild CDCA-dependent and food intake-independent induction of UCP1-mediated thermogenesis in interscapular BAT, negligible increase of UCP1 in subcutaneous WAT and a shift from carbohydrate to lipid oxidation. CONCLUSIONS: CDCA could reverse obesity in cHF-fed mice, mainly in response to the reduction in food intake, an effect probably occuring but neglected in previous studies using cholic acid. Nevertheless, CDCA-dependent and food intake-independent induction of UCP1 in BAT (but not in WAT) could contribute to the reduction in adiposity and to the stabilization of the lean phenotype.

• MeSH
• bílá tuková tkáň metabolismus   MeSH
• dieta s vysokým obsahem tuků MeSH
• energetický metabolismus MeSH
• hnědá tuková tkáň metabolismus   MeSH
• iontové kanály metabolismus   MeSH
• kvantitativní polymerázová řetězová reakce MeSH
• kyselina chenodeoxycholová metabolismus   MeSH
• metabolismus lipidů MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• myši inbrední C57BL MeSH
• myši obézní MeSH
• myši MeSH
• obezita metabolismus   MeSH
• oxidační stres MeSH
• porucha glukózové tolerance metabolismus   MeSH
• signální transdukce MeSH
• termogeneze * MeSH
• uncoupling protein 1 MeSH
• western blotting MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• myši MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• iontové kanály MeSH
• kyselina chenodeoxycholová MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny MeSH
• Ucp1 protein, mouse MeSH Prohlížeč
• uncoupling protein 1 MeSH

OBJECTIVE: Resolution of low-grade inflammation of white adipose tissue (WAT) is one of the keys for amelioration of obesity-associated metabolic dysfunctions. We focused on the identification of adipokines, which could be involved at the early stages of resolution of WAT inflammation. METHODS AND PROCEDURE: Male C57BL/6J mice with obesity induced in response to a 22-week feeding corn oil-based high-fat (cHF) diet were divided into four groups and were fed with, for 2 weeks, control cHF diet or cHF-based diets supplemented with: (i) concentrate of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, mainly eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids (cHF+F); (ii) thiazolidinedione drug rosiglitazone (cHF+TZD); and (iii) both compounds (cHF+F+TZD). RESULTS: The short-term combined intervention exerted additive effect in the amelioration of WAT inflammation in obese mice, namely in the epididymal fat, even in the absence of any changes in either adipocyte volume or fat mass. The combined intervention elicited hypolipidaemic effect and induced adiponectin, whereas the responses to single interventions (cHF+F, cHF+TZD) were less pronounced. In addition, analysis in WAT lysates using protein arrays revealed that the levels of a small set of adipose tissue-related proteins, namely macrophage inflammatory protein 1γ, endoglin, vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 and interleukin 1 receptor antagonist, changed in response to the anti-inflammatory interventions and were strongly reduced in the cHF+F+TZD mice. These results were verified using both the analysis of gene expression and enzyme-linked immunosorbent analysis in WAT lysates. In contrast with adiponectin, which showed changing plasma levels in response to dietary interventions, the levels of the above proteins were affected only in WAT. CONCLUSIONS: We identified several adipose tissue-related proteins, which are locally involved in resolution of low-grade inflammation and remodelling of WAT.

• MeSH
• adipokiny metabolismus   MeSH
• bílá tuková tkáň metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• dieta s vysokým obsahem tuků MeSH
• dietní tuky MeSH
• ELISA MeSH
• energetický metabolismus MeSH
• imunohistochemie MeSH
• kvantitativní polymerázová řetězová reakce MeSH
• kyseliny dokosahexaenové farmakologie   MeSH
• myši inbrední C57BL MeSH
• myši obézní MeSH
• myši MeSH
• obezita imunologie   patologie   MeSH
• omega-3 mastné kyseliny farmakologie   MeSH
• rosiglitazon MeSH
• thiazolidindiony farmakologie   MeSH
• tukové buňky metabolismus   MeSH
• zánět patologie   MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• myši MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• adipokiny MeSH
• dietní tuky MeSH
• kyseliny dokosahexaenové MeSH
• omega-3 mastné kyseliny MeSH
• rosiglitazon MeSH
• thiazolidindiony MeSH

BACKGROUND: n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, namely docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and can ameliorate many of obesity-associated disorders. We hypothesised that the latter effect will be more pronounced when DHA/EPA is supplemented as phospholipids rather than as triglycerides. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In a 'prevention study', C57BL/6J mice were fed for 9 weeks on either a corn oil-based high-fat obesogenic diet (cHF; lipids ∼35% wt/wt), or cHF-based diets in which corn oil was partially replaced by DHA/EPA, admixed either as phospholipids or triglycerides from marine fish. The reversal of obesity was studied in mice subjected to the preceding cHF-feeding for 4 months. DHA/EPA administered as phospholipids prevented glucose intolerance and tended to reduce obesity better than triglycerides. Lipemia and hepatosteatosis were suppressed more in response to dietary phospholipids, in correlation with better bioavailability of DHA and EPA, and a higher DHA accumulation in the liver, white adipose tissue (WAT), and muscle phospholipids. In dietary obese mice, both DHA/EPA concentrates prevented a further weight gain, reduced plasma lipid levels to a similar extent, and tended to improve glucose tolerance. Importantly, only the phospholipid form reduced plasma insulin and adipocyte hypertrophy, while being more effective in reducing hepatic steatosis and low-grade inflammation of WAT. These beneficial effects were correlated with changes of endocannabinoid metabolome in WAT, where phospholipids reduced 2-arachidonoylglycerol, and were more effective in increasing anti-inflammatory lipids such as N-docosahexaenoylethanolamine. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Compared with triglycerides, dietary DHA/EPA administered as phospholipids are superior in preserving a healthy metabolic profile under obesogenic conditions, possibly reflecting better bioavalability and improved modulation of the endocannabinoid system activity in WAT.

• MeSH
• analýza rozptylu MeSH
• bílá tuková tkáň metabolismus   MeSH
• biologická dostupnost MeSH
• dieta s vysokým obsahem tuků * MeSH
• endokanabinoidy * MeSH
• fosfolipidy metabolismus   MeSH
• imunohistochemie MeSH
• játra účinky léků   metabolismus   MeSH
• kosterní svaly metabolismus   MeSH
• kvantitativní polymerázová řetězová reakce MeSH
• kyselina eikosapentaenová metabolismus   MeSH
• kyseliny dokosahexaenové metabolismus   MeSH
• metabolomika MeSH
• mikroskopie MeSH
• modulátory kanabinoidních receptorů metabolismus   MeSH
• myši inbrední C57BL MeSH
• myši MeSH
• obezita dietoterapie   prevence a kontrola   MeSH
• omega-3 mastné kyseliny aplikace a dávkování   metabolismus   farmakologie   MeSH
• tělesná hmotnost MeSH
• triglyceridy metabolismus   MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• myši MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• srovnávací studie MeSH
• Názvy látek
• endokanabinoidy * MeSH
• fosfolipidy MeSH
• kyselina eikosapentaenová MeSH
• kyseliny dokosahexaenové MeSH
• modulátory kanabinoidních receptorů MeSH
• omega-3 mastné kyseliny MeSH
• triglyceridy MeSH

Combining pharmacological treatments and life style interventions is necessary for effective therapy of major diseases associated with obesity, which are clustered in the metabolic syndrome. Acting via multiple mechanisms, combination treatments may reduce dose requirements and, therefore, lower the risk of adverse side effects, which are usually associated with long-term pharmacological interventions. Our previous study in mice fed high-fat diet indicated additivity in preservation of insulin sensitivity and in amelioration of major metabolic syndrome phenotypes by the combination treatment using n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFA) and rosiglitazone, i.e. an anti-diabetic drug of the thiazolidinedione (TZD) family. We investigated here whether pioglitazone, a TZD-drug in clinical use, could elicit the additive beneficial effects when combined with n-3 LC-PUFA. Adult male mice (C57BL/6N) were fed an obesogenic corn oil-based high-fat diet (cHF) for 8 weeks, or randomly assigned to various dietary treatments (i) cHF+F, cHF with n-3 LC-PUFA concentrate replacing 15% of dietary lipids; (ii) cHF+ROSI, cHF with 10 mg rosiglitazone/kg diet; (iii) cHF+F+ROSI; (iv) cHF+PIO, cHF with 50 mg pioglitazone/kg diet; and (v) cHF+F+PIO, or chow-fed. Plasma concentrations of 163 metabolites were evaluated using a targeted metabolomics approach. Both TZDs preserved glucose homeostasis and normal plasma lipid levels while inducing adiponectin, with pioglitazone showing better effectiveness. The beneficial effects of TZDs were further augmented by the combination treatments. cHF+F+ROSI but not cHF+F+PIO counteracted development of obesity, in correlation with inducibility of fatty acid β-oxidation, as revealed by the metabolomic analysis. By contrast, only cHF+F+PIO eliminated hepatic steatosis and this treatment also reversed insulin resistance in dietary obese mice. Our results reveal differential effects of rosiglitazone and pioglitazone, unmasked in the combination treatment with n-3 LC-PUFA, and support the notion that n-3 LC-PUFA could be used as add-on treatment to TZDs in order to improve diabetic patient's therapy.

• MeSH
• dietní tuky aplikace a dávkování   MeSH
• homeostáza MeSH
• hypoglykemika aplikace a dávkování   MeSH
• krevní glukóza analýza   MeSH
• lipidy krev   MeSH
• metabolomika MeSH
• myši inbrední C57BL MeSH
• myši MeSH
• obezita prevence a kontrola   MeSH
• omega-3 mastné kyseliny aplikace a dávkování   MeSH
• pioglitazon MeSH
• rosiglitazon MeSH
• thiazolidindiony aplikace a dávkování   MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• myši MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• dietní tuky MeSH
• hypoglykemika MeSH
• krevní glukóza MeSH
• lipidy MeSH
• omega-3 mastné kyseliny MeSH
• pioglitazon MeSH
• rosiglitazon MeSH
• thiazolidindiony MeSH

BACKGROUND: Long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC n-3 PUFA) of marine origin exert multiple beneficial effects on health. Our previous study in mice showed that reduction of adiposity by LC n-3 PUFA was associated with both, a shift in adipose tissue metabolism and a decrease in tissue cellularity. The aim of this study was to further characterize the effects of LC n-3 PUFA on fat cell proliferation and differentiation in obese mice. METHODS: A model of inducible and reversible lipoatrophy (aP2-Cre-ERT2 PPARγL2/L2 mice) was used, in which the death of mature adipocytes could be achieved by a selective ablation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ in response to i.p. injection of tamoxifen. Before the injection, obesity was induced in male mice by 8-week-feeding a corn oil-based high-fat diet (cHF) and, subsequently, mice were randomly assigned (day 0) to one of the following groups: (i) mice injected by corn-oil-vehicle only, i.e."control" mice, and fed cHF; (ii) mice injected by tamoxifen in corn oil, i.e. "mutant" mice, fed cHF; (iii) control mice fed cHF diet with15% of dietary lipids replaced by LC n-3 PUFA concentrate (cHF+F); and (iv) mutant mice fed cHF+F. Blood and tissue samples were collected at days 14 and 42. RESULTS: Mutant mice achieved a maximum weight loss within 10 days post-injection, followed by a compensatory body weight gain, which was significantly faster in the cHF as compared with the cHF+F mutant mice. Also in control mice, body weight gain was depressed in response to dietary LC n-3 PUFA. At day 42, body weights in all groups stabilized, with no significant differences in adipocyte size between the groups, although body weight and adiposity was lower in the cHF+F as compared with the cHF mice, with a stronger effect in the mutant than in control mice. Gene expression analysis documented depression of adipocyte maturation during the reconstitution of adipose tissue in the cHF+F mutant mice. CONCLUSION: Dietary LC n-3 PUFA could reduce both hypertrophy and hyperplasia of fat cells in vivo. Results are in agreement with the involvement of fat cell turnover in control of adiposity.

• MeSH
• cyklooxygenasy genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• epididymis metabolismus   patologie   MeSH
• exprese genu MeSH
• genový knockout MeSH
• kukuřičný olej škodlivé účinky   MeSH
• myši transgenní MeSH
• myši MeSH
• obezita chemicky indukované   prevence a kontrola   MeSH
• omega-3 mastné kyseliny farmakologie   MeSH
• PPAR alfa genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• PPAR gama genetika   MeSH
• PPARGC1A MeSH
• preklinické hodnocení léčiv MeSH
• proliferace buněk účinky léků   MeSH
• proteiny genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• stearyl-CoA-desaturasa genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• trans-aktivátory genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• transkripční faktory MeSH
• tukové buňky účinky léků   patologie   MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• myši MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• cyclooxygenase-3 MeSH Prohlížeč
• cyklooxygenasy MeSH
• fat-specific protein 27, mouse MeSH Prohlížeč
• kukuřičný olej MeSH
• omega-3 mastné kyseliny MeSH
• PPAR alfa MeSH
• PPAR gama MeSH
• Ppargc1a protein, mouse MeSH Prohlížeč
• PPARGC1A MeSH
• proteiny MeSH
• Scd1 protein, mouse MeSH Prohlížeč
• stearyl-CoA-desaturasa MeSH
• trans-aktivátory MeSH
• transkripční faktory MeSH