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ArticleMolecular and cellular biology2003

Mitochondrial biogenesis and remodeling during adipogenesis and in response to the insulin sensitizer rosiglitazone.

Leanne Wilson-Fritch, Alison Burkart, Gregory Bell, Karen Mendelson, John Leszyk, Sarah Nicoloro, Michael Czech, Silvia Corvera

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Article in Molecular and cellular biology, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 215 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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215citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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215 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 462 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Leanne Wilson-FritchProgram in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01615, USA.
Alison Burkart
Gregory Bell
Karen Mendelson
John Leszyk
Sarah Nicoloro
Michael Czech
Silvia Corvera
Institute of Molecular Medicine · INUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Diabetes Genome Anatomy Project (DGAP)R01DK060837 · NIDDK · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI KAHN, C RONALD · 2002 to 2006
$15.9M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK 60837NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK060837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

White adipose tissue is an important endocrine organ involved in the control of whole-body metabolism, insulin sensitivity, and food intake. To better understand these functions, 3T3-L1 cell differentiation was studied by using combined proteomic and genomic strategies. The proteomics approach developed here exploits velocity gradient centrifugation as an alternative to isoelectric focusing for protein separation in the first dimension. A 20- to 30-fold increase in the concentration of numerous mitochondrial proteins was observed during adipogenesis, as determined by mass spectrometry and database correlation analysis. Light and electron microscopy confirmed a large increase in the number of mitochondrion profiles with differentiation. Furthermore, mRNA profiles obtained by using Affymetrix GeneChips revealed statistically significant increases in the expression of many nucleus-encoded mitochondrial genes during adipogenesis. Qualitative changes in mitochondrial composition also occur during adipose differentiation, as exemplified by increases in expression of proteins involved in fatty acid metabolism and of mitochondrial chaperones. Furthermore, the insulin sensitizer rosiglitazone caused striking changes in mitochondrial shape and expression of selective mitochondrial proteins. Thus, although mitochondrial biogenesis has classically been associated with brown adipocyte differentiation and thermogenesis, our results reveal that mitochondrial biogenesis and remodeling are inherent to adipose differentiation per se and are influenced by the actions of insulin sensitizers.

Indexed as

Thiazolidinediones3T3 CellsAdipocytesAnimalsCell DifferentiationInsulinMiceMicroscopy, ElectronMitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsOxygen ConsumptionRNA, MessengerRosiglitazoneThiazolesInsulinMitochondrial ProteinsRNA, MessengerRosiglitazoneThiazolesThiazolidinediones

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PMID12529412
PMCPMC140688
OpenAlexW2114978842

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