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ArticleiScience2024

Adipocyte Angptl8 deletion improves glucose and energy metabolism and obesity associated inflammation in mice.

Anindya Ghosh, Isabelle Chénier, Yat Hei Leung, Abel K Oppong, Marie-Line Peyot, S R Murthy Madiraju, Irina Al-Khairi, Jehad Abubaker, Fahd Al-Mulla, Marc Prentki and 1 more

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Article in iScience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Anindya GhoshDepartments of Nutrition, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Montreal, and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Centre de Recherche Du Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Isabelle ChénierDepartments of Nutrition, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Montreal, and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Centre de Recherche Du Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Yat Hei LeungDepartments of Nutrition, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Montreal, and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Centre de Recherche Du Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Abel K OppongDepartments of Nutrition, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Montreal, and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Centre de Recherche Du Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Marie-Line PeyotDepartments of Nutrition, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Montreal, and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Centre de Recherche Du Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada.
S R Murthy MadirajuDepartments of Nutrition, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Montreal, and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Centre de Recherche Du Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Irina Al-KhairiBiochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman 15462, Kuwait.
Jehad AbubakerBiochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman 15462, Kuwait.
Fahd Al-MullaTranslational Research Department, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman 15462, Kuwait.
Marc PrentkiDepartments of Nutrition, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Montreal, and Montreal Diabetes Research Center, Centre de Recherche Du Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Mohamed Abu-FarhaBiochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman 15462, Kuwait.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Angiopoietin-like protein 8 (Angptl8), expressed in the liver and adipocytes, forms a complex with Angptl3 or Angptl4, which regulates lipoprotein lipase and triglyceride metabolism. However, the precise functions of adipocyte Angptl8 remain elusive. Here we report that adipocyte-specific inducible Angptl8-knockout (AT-A8-KO) male mice on normal diet showed minor phenotypic changes, but after a high-fat high fructose (HFHF) diet, exhibited decreased body weight gain and glycemia, elevated rectal temperature and early dark phase energy expenditure compared to the Cre controls. AT-A8-KO mice also displayed improved glucose tolerance, a trend for better insulin sensitivity, improved insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in adipose tissues, and reduced visceral adipose tissue crown-like structures, plasma MCP-1 and leptin levels. The results indicate the importance of adipose Angptl8 in the context of nutri-stress and obesity, as its deletion in mice promotes a metabolically healthy obese phenotype by slightly ameliorating obesity, improving glucose and energy homeostasis, and mitigating inflammation.

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PMID39640567
PMCPMC11617963

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