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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2003

Liver-specific disruption of PPARgamma in leptin-deficient mice improves fatty liver but aggravates diabetic phenotypes.

Kimihiko Matsusue, Martin Haluzik, Gilles Lambert, Sun-Hee Yim, Oksana Gavrilova, Jerrold M Ward, Bryan Brewer, Marc L Reitman, Frank J Gonzalez

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 283 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Kimihiko MatsusueLaboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 20892, USA.
Martin Haluzik
Gilles Lambert
Sun-Hee Yim
Oksana Gavrilova
Jerrold M Ward
Bryan Brewer
Marc L Reitman
Frank J Gonzalez
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · USNational Cancer Institute · MYNational Heart Lung and Blood Institute · USNational Institutes of Health · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To elucidate the function of PPARgamma in leptin-deficient mouse (ob/ob) liver, a PPARgamma liver-null mouse on an ob/ob background, ob/ob-PPARgamma(fl/fl)AlbCre(+), was produced using a floxed PPARgamma allele, PPARgamma(fl/fl), and Cre recombinase under control of the albumin promoter (AlbCre). The liver of ob/ob-PPARgamma(fl/fl)AlbCre(+) mice had a deletion of exon 2 and a corresponding loss of full-length PPARgamma mRNA and protein. The PPARgamma-deficient liver in ob/ob mice was smaller and had a dramatically decreased triglyceride (TG) content compared with equivalent mice lacking the AlbCre transgene (ob/ob-PPARgamma(fl/fl)AlbCre(-)). Messenger RNA levels of the hepatic lipogenic genes, fatty acid synthase, acetyl-CoA carboxylase, and stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1, were reduced in ob/ob-PPARgamma(fl/fl)AlbCre(+) mice, and the levels of serum TG and FFA in ob/ob-PPARgamma(fl/fl)AlbCre(+) mice were significantly higher than in the control ob/ob-PPARgamma(fl/fl)AlbCre(-) mice. Rosiglitazone treatment exacerbated the fatty liver in ob/ob-PPARgamma(fl/fl)AlbCre(-) mice compared with livers from nonobese Cre(-) mice; there was no effect of rosiglitazone in ob/ob-PPARgamma(fl/fl)AlbCre(+) mice. The deficiency of hepatic PPARgamma further aggravated the severity of diabetes in ob/ob mice due to decreased insulin sensitivity in muscle and fat. These data indicate that hepatic PPARgamma plays a critical role in the regulation of TG content and in the homeostasis of blood glucose and insulin resistance in steatotic diabetic mice.

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Insulin ResistanceThiazolidinedionesAnimalsBlood GlucoseFatty Acids, NonesterifiedFatty LiverHyperglycemiaLeptinLipoprotein LipaseLipoproteins, VLDLLiverMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, ObeseReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearReceptors, LDLBlood GlucoseFatty Acids, NonesterifiedLeptinleptin receptor, mouseLipoprotein LipaseLipoproteins, VLDLReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearReceptors, LDLReceptors, LeptinRosiglitazoneThiazolesThiazolidinedionesTranscription FactorsTriglycerides

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PMID12618528
PMCPMC151902
OpenAlexW1975418306

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