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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Cd36 And Na/K-Atpase- Α 1 Form A Proinflammatory Signaling Loop In Kidney, David Kennedy, Yiliang Chen, Wenxin Huang, Jamie Viterna, Jiang Liu, Kristen Westfall, Jian Tian, David Bartlett, W.H. Tang, Zijian Xie, Joseph Shapiro, Roy Silverstein
Cd36 And Na/K-Atpase- Α 1 Form A Proinflammatory Signaling Loop In Kidney, David Kennedy, Yiliang Chen, Wenxin Huang, Jamie Viterna, Jiang Liu, Kristen Westfall, Jian Tian, David Bartlett, W.H. Tang, Zijian Xie, Joseph Shapiro, Roy Silverstein
Jiang Liu
Proatherogenic, hyperlipidemic states demonstrate increases in circulating ligands for scavenger receptor CD36 (eg, oxidized low-density lipoprotein [oxLDL]) and the Na/K-ATPase (eg, cardiotonic steroids). These factors increase inflammation, oxidative stress, and progression of chronic kidney disease. We hypothesized that diet-induced obesity and hyperlipidemia potentiate a CD36/Na/K-ATPase–dependent inflammatory paracrine loop between proximal tubule cells (PTCs) and their associated macrophages and thereby facilitate development of chronic inflammation and tubulointerstitial fibrosis. ApoE-/- and apoE-/-/cd36-/- mice were fed a high-fat diet for ≤32 weeks and examined for physiologic and histologic changes in renal function. Compared with apoE-/-, apoE-/- …
Prieurianin Causes Weight Loss In Diet-Induced Obese Mice And Inhibits Adipogenesis In Cultured Preadipocytes, Ahmed Kablan, Rudel A. Saunders, Maria Szkudlarek-Mikho, Andrew J.B. Chin, Raul M. Bosio, Kazuyuki Fujii, Joseph I. Shapiro M.D., Khew-Voon Chin
Prieurianin Causes Weight Loss In Diet-Induced Obese Mice And Inhibits Adipogenesis In Cultured Preadipocytes, Ahmed Kablan, Rudel A. Saunders, Maria Szkudlarek-Mikho, Andrew J.B. Chin, Raul M. Bosio, Kazuyuki Fujii, Joseph I. Shapiro M.D., Khew-Voon Chin
Joseph I Shapiro MD
The global increase in the incidence of obesity has emerged as one of the most serious public health risks in recent years. Despite the enormity of the obesity pandemic, there are currently only two FDA-approved therapies for its treatment and these drugs exhibit modest effi cacy and have limiting side effects. Prieurianin is a plant limonoid product that deters feeding in insect larvae. We investigated in this study the effects of prieurianin on weight loss and adipogenesis. Our results showed that prieurianin causes weight loss by reducing energy intake in obese mice on highcalorie diet. We also found that prieurianin …
Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor Affects Food Intake And Body Weight, Wei Li, Thomas M. Mcintyre
Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor Affects Food Intake And Body Weight, Wei Li, Thomas M. Mcintyre
Biomedical Sciences
“Let’s Move!” is a comprehensive initiative, launched by the First Lady, Michelle Obama, dedicates to solving problems of obesity, which is growing in child. The life behaviors do affect obesity; however, the mechanistic insight in molecular level is still not clear. In this study, by continually monitoring mouse body weight under chow and high fat western diets as well as metabolic, physical activity and food intake behaviors assessed in a CLAMS Comprehensive Lab Animal Monitoring System, we demonstrated that the platelet-activating factor receptor (PTAFR) contributes to modification of life behaviors. PTAFR does not affect metabolism of ingested dietary fat and …
Left Ventricular Mechanical Dysfunction In Diet-Induced Obese Mice Is Exacerbated During Inotropic Stress: A Cine Dense Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study, Christopher M. Haggerty, Andrea C. Mattingly, Sage P. Kramer, Cassi M. Binkley, Linyuan Jing, Jonathan D. Suever, David K. Powell, Richard J. Charnigo, Frederick H. Epstein, Brandon K. Fornwalt
Left Ventricular Mechanical Dysfunction In Diet-Induced Obese Mice Is Exacerbated During Inotropic Stress: A Cine Dense Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study, Christopher M. Haggerty, Andrea C. Mattingly, Sage P. Kramer, Cassi M. Binkley, Linyuan Jing, Jonathan D. Suever, David K. Powell, Richard J. Charnigo, Frederick H. Epstein, Brandon K. Fornwalt
Saha Cardiovascular Research Center Faculty Publications
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. There is evidence of impaired left ventricular (LV) function associated with obesity, which may relate to cardiovascular mortality, but some studies have reported no dysfunction. Ventricular function data are generally acquired under resting conditions, which could mask subtle differences and potentially contribute to these contradictory findings. Furthermore, abnormal ventricular mechanics (strains, strain rates, and torsion) may manifest prior to global changes in cardiac function (i.e., ejection fraction) and may therefore represent more sensitive markers of cardiovascular disease. This study evaluated LV mechanics under both resting and stress conditions with the hypothesis …
Inhibition Of Elongation Factor 1a-1 Activity And Hepatic Lipotoxicity, Alexandra Margaret Anne Hetherington
Inhibition Of Elongation Factor 1a-1 Activity And Hepatic Lipotoxicity, Alexandra Margaret Anne Hetherington
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Elongation factor 1A-1 (eEF1A-1) was previously identified as a mediator of fatty acid-induced cell death (lipotoxicity) downstream of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Furthermore, inhibition of the peptide elongation activity of eEF1A-1 with the cyclic depsipeptide didemnin B (DB) diminishes ER stress and lipotoxicity in cultured hepatocytes. Since ER stress is involved in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), it was hypothesized that administration of DB to obese mice with NAFLD would reduce hepatic lipotoxicity. Treatment with DB for one week improved several parameters associated with hepatic lipotoxicity and modestly decreased food intake without evidence of illness. Liver triglycerides and protein markers …
Fructose Mediated Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Is Attenuated By Ho-1-Sirt1 Module In Murine Hepatocytes And Mice Fed A High Fructose Diet, Komal Sodhi, Nitin Puri, Gaia Favero, Sarah Stevens, Charles Meadows, Nader G. Abraham, Rita Rezzani, Hayden A. Ansinelli, Edward Lebovics, Joseph I. Shapiro
Fructose Mediated Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Is Attenuated By Ho-1-Sirt1 Module In Murine Hepatocytes And Mice Fed A High Fructose Diet, Komal Sodhi, Nitin Puri, Gaia Favero, Sarah Stevens, Charles Meadows, Nader G. Abraham, Rita Rezzani, Hayden A. Ansinelli, Edward Lebovics, Joseph I. Shapiro
Biochemistry and Microbiology
Background
Oxidative stress underlies the etiopathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Heme Oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a potent endogenous antioxidant gene that plays a key role in decreasing oxidative stress. Sirtuin1 (SIRT1) belongs to the family of NAD-dependent de-acyetylases and is modulated by cellular redox.
Hypothesis
We hypothesize that fructose-induced obesity creates an inflammatory and oxidative environment conducive to the development of NAFLD and metabolic syndrome. The aim of this study is to determine whether HO-1 acts through SIRT1 to form a functional module within hepatocytes to attenuate steatohepatitis, hepatic fibrosis and cardiovascular dysfunction.
Methods …
Characterization Of Ghrelin O-Acyltransferase Active Site, Leslie Patton
Characterization Of Ghrelin O-Acyltransferase Active Site, Leslie Patton
Honors Capstone Projects - All
Ghrelin, first discovered in 1999, is a 28-amino acid peptide hormone involved in the regulation of appetite, insulin secretion and sensitivity, and many neurological effects such as learning, memory, and depression.1-6 Ghrelin has been identified to have a unique posttranslational octanoylation carried out by the enzyme ghrelin O-acyltransferase (GOAT). This distinctive modification is a point of interest in studying GOAT whereby blocking the acylation of the ghrelin could potentially halt the activity of the peptide hormone and provide a means of treating obesity, diabetes, and other diseases affected by ghrelin levels. The duration of my project involved working …
Exercise Ameliorates High Fat Diet Induced Cardiac Dysfunction By Increasing Interleukin 10., Varun Kesherwani, Vishalakshi Chavali, Bryan T. Hackfort, Suresh C. Tyagi, Paras K. Mishra
Exercise Ameliorates High Fat Diet Induced Cardiac Dysfunction By Increasing Interleukin 10., Varun Kesherwani, Vishalakshi Chavali, Bryan T. Hackfort, Suresh C. Tyagi, Paras K. Mishra
Journal Articles: Cellular & Integrative Physiology
Increasing evidence suggests that a sedentary lifestyle and a high fat diet (HFD) leads to cardiomyopathy. Moderate exercise ameliorates cardiac dysfunction, however underlying molecular mechanisms are poorly understood. Increased inflammation due to induction of pro-inflammatory cytokine such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and attenuation of anti-inflammatory cytokine such as interleukin 10 (IL-10) contributes to cardiac dysfunction in obese and diabetics. We hypothesized that exercise training ameliorates HFD- induced cardiac dysfunction by mitigating obesity and inflammation through upregulation of IL-10 and downregulation of TNF-α. To test this hypothesis, 8 week old, female C57BL/6J mice were fed with HFD and exercised (swimming …
Thrombospondin1 Deficiency Attenuates Obesity-Associated Microvascular Complications In Apoe-/- Mice, Hasiyeti Maimaitiyiming, Kate Clemons, Qi Zhou, Heather Norman, Shuxia Wang
Thrombospondin1 Deficiency Attenuates Obesity-Associated Microvascular Complications In Apoe-/- Mice, Hasiyeti Maimaitiyiming, Kate Clemons, Qi Zhou, Heather Norman, Shuxia Wang
Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications
Obesity is associated with insulin resistance and the increased development of vascular complications. Previously, we have demonstrated that thrombospondin1 (TSP1) regulates macrophage function and contributes to obesity associated inflammation and insulin resistance. However, the role of TSP1 in the development of obesity associated vascular complications is not clear. Therefore, in the current study, we investigated whether TSP1 deficiency protects mice from obesity associated micro as well as macro-vascular complications in ApoE-/- mice. In this study, male ApoE-/- mice and ApoE-/-TSP1-/- mice were fed with a low-fat (LF) or a high-fat (HF) diet for 16 weeks. We found that body weight …
Cd47 Deficiency Protects Mice From Diet-Induced Obesity And Improves Whole Body Glucose Tolerance And Insulin Sensitivity, Hasiyeti Maimaitiyiming, Heather Norman, Qi Zhou, Shuxia Wang
Cd47 Deficiency Protects Mice From Diet-Induced Obesity And Improves Whole Body Glucose Tolerance And Insulin Sensitivity, Hasiyeti Maimaitiyiming, Heather Norman, Qi Zhou, Shuxia Wang
Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications
CD47 is a transmembrane protein with several functions including self-recognition, immune cell communication, and cell signaling. Although it has been extensively studied in cancer and ischemia, CD47 function in obesity has never been explored. In this study, we utilized CD47 deficient mice in a high-fat diet induced obesity model to study for the first time whether CD47 plays a role in the development of obesity and metabolic complications. Male CD47 deficient and wild type (WT) control mice were fed with either low fat (LF) or high fat (HF) diets for 16 weeks. Interestingly, we found that CD47 deficient mice were …
Cohort Of Birth Modifies The Association Between Fto Genotype And Bmi, James Niels Rosenquist, Steven F. Lehrer, A. James O'Malley, Alan M. Zaslavsky, Jordan W. Smoller, Nicholas A. Christakis
Cohort Of Birth Modifies The Association Between Fto Genotype And Bmi, James Niels Rosenquist, Steven F. Lehrer, A. James O'Malley, Alan M. Zaslavsky, Jordan W. Smoller, Nicholas A. Christakis
Dartmouth Scholarship
A substantial body of research has explored the relative roles of genetic and environmental factors on phenotype expression in humans. Recent research has also sought to identify gene-environment (or g-by-e) interactions, with mixed success. One potential reason for these mixed results may relate to the fact that genetic effects might be modified by changes in the environment over time. For example, the noted rise of obesity in the United States in the latter part of the 20th century might reflect an interaction between genetic variation and changing environmental conditions that together affect the penetrance of genetic influences. To evaluate this …
Correlation Between Body Mass Index And Semen Quality In Male Infertility Patients, Tang Wen-Hao, Zhuang Xin-Jie, Ma Lu-Lin, Qiao Jie, Hong Kai, Zhao Lian-Ming, Liu De-Feng, Mao Jia-Ming, Zhang Hong-Liang, Zhou Shan-Jie, Jiang Hui
Correlation Between Body Mass Index And Semen Quality In Male Infertility Patients, Tang Wen-Hao, Zhuang Xin-Jie, Ma Lu-Lin, Qiao Jie, Hong Kai, Zhao Lian-Ming, Liu De-Feng, Mao Jia-Ming, Zhang Hong-Liang, Zhou Shan-Jie, Jiang Hui
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Background/aim: The question of whether body mass index (BMI) affects semen quality and male fertility is controversial. The purpose of this research was to determine whether there is a correlation between BMI and semen analysis parameters. Materials and methods: A total of 617 male infertility patients were recruited and separated into 3 groups according to BMI values as follows: normal weight group (n = 334), overweight group (n = 220), and obese group (n = 63). Height and weight were measured and a routine semen analysis was performed for all patients. Results: Significant differences existed in BMI, age, and sperm …
Prevalence Of Hypertension And Its Association With Obesity Among Schoolchildren Aged 6-15 Living In Sakarya Province In Turkey, Fati̇h Muhammed Önsüz, Fi̇gen Demi̇r
Prevalence Of Hypertension And Its Association With Obesity Among Schoolchildren Aged 6-15 Living In Sakarya Province In Turkey, Fati̇h Muhammed Önsüz, Fi̇gen Demi̇r
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Background/aim: Childhood hypertension and its association with obesity are becoming important issues worldwide. The prevalence of hypertension and obesity are growing in both developed and developing countries. This paper aimed to determine the prevalence of hypertension among school-aged children in Sakarya (western part of Turkey) and to determine whether or not obesity is associated with hypertension. Materials and methods: Twelve schools were randomly selected from an area in the center of the Sakarya. A total of 2166 students participated in the study. The students were visited at school, and their weights, heights, and blood pressures were measured. The World Health …
Obesity Weighs Down Memory: Emerging Insights Into The Epigentic Basis Of Obesity-Induced Memory Impairment In Adult Mice, Frankie Darryn Heyward
Obesity Weighs Down Memory: Emerging Insights Into The Epigentic Basis Of Obesity-Induced Memory Impairment In Adult Mice, Frankie Darryn Heyward
All ETDs from UAB
A preponderance of evidence has established that obesity contributes to memory impairments in mid-age adults. Empirical evidence has revealed that diet-induced obesity contributes to memory impairments in adult rodents. Precisely how obesity disrupts memory remains an open question. Bourgeoning data indicate that molecular epigenetic mechanisms mediate the changes in gene transcription that are necessary for hippocampus-dependent memory consolidation. Epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, stably regulate gene expression without affecting the DNA sequence. Moreover, DNA methylation of memory-related genes with in the hippocampus is indispensible for memory formation. There is recent evidence of obesity-induced aberrantions in DNA methylation both peripherally …
Shared Genetic Variance Between Obesity And White Matter Integrity In Mexican Americans, Elena A. Spieker, Peter Kochunov, Laura M. Rowland, Emma Sprooten, Anderson M. Winkler, Rene L. Olvera, Laura Almasy, Ravi Duggirala, Peter T. Fox, John Blangero, David C. Glahn, Joanne E. Curran
Shared Genetic Variance Between Obesity And White Matter Integrity In Mexican Americans, Elena A. Spieker, Peter Kochunov, Laura M. Rowland, Emma Sprooten, Anderson M. Winkler, Rene L. Olvera, Laura Almasy, Ravi Duggirala, Peter T. Fox, John Blangero, David C. Glahn, Joanne E. Curran
School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
Obesity is a chronic metabolic disorder that may also lead to reduced white matter integrity, potentially due to shared genetic risk factors. Genetic correlation analyses were conducted in a large cohort of Mexican American families in San Antonio (N = 761, 58% females, ages 18–81 years; 41.3 ± 14.5) from the Genetics of Brain Structure and Function Study. Shared genetic variance was calculated between measures of adiposity [(body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) and waist circumference (WC; in)] and whole-brain and regional measurements of cerebral white matter integrity (fractional anisotropy). Whole-brain average and regional fractional anisotropy values for 10 major …