Lipodystrophy, Diabetes and Normal Serum Insulin in PPARγ-Deficient Neonatal Mice
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O’Donnell, Peter E.
Ye, Xiu Zhen
DeChellis, Melissa A.
Davis, Vannessa M.
Duan, Sheng Zhong
Mortensen, Richard M.
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O’Donnell, Peter E., Xiu Zhen Ye, Melissa A. DeChellis, Vannessa M. Davis, Sheng Zhong Duan, Richard M. Mortensen, and David S. Milstone. 2016. “Lipodystrophy, Diabetes and Normal Serum Insulin in PPARγ-Deficient Neonatal Mice.” PLoS ONE 11 (8): e0160636. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0160636. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160636.Abstract
Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) is a pleiotropic ligand activated transcription factor that acts in several tissues to regulate adipocyte differentiation, lipid metabolism, insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis. PPARγ also regulates cardiomyocyte homeostasis and by virtue of its obligate role in placental development is required for embryonic survival. To determine the postnatal functions of PPARγ in vivo we studied globally deficient neonatal mice produced by epiblast-restricted elimination of PPARγ. PPARγ-rescued placentas support development of PPARγ-deficient embryos that are viable and born in near normal numbers. However, PPARγ-deficient neonatal mice show severe lipodystrophy, lipemia, hepatic steatosis with focal hepatitis, relative insulin deficiency and diabetes beginning soon after birth and culminating in failure to thrive and neonatal lethality between 4 and 10 days of age. These abnormalities are not observed with selective PPARγ2 deficiency or with deficiency restricted to hepatocytes, skeletal muscle, adipocytes, cardiomyocytes, endothelium or pancreatic beta cells. These observations suggest important but previously unappreciated functions for PPARγ1 in the neonatal period either alone or in combination with PPARγ2 in lipid metabolism, glucose homeostasis and insulin sensitivity.Other Sources
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