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ArticleObesity surgery2010

Adipocyte accumulation of long-chain fatty acids in obesity is multifactorial, resulting from increased fatty acid uptake and decreased activity of genes involved in fat utilization.

José L Walewski, Fengxia Ge, Michel Gagner, William B Inabnet, Alfons Pomp, Andrea D Branch, Paul D Berk

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Article in Obesity surgery, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

José L WalewskiDepartment of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Fengxia Ge
Michel Gagner
William B Inabnet
Alfons Pomp
Andrea D Branch
Paul D Berk
Columbia University · USCornell University · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USRoyal College of Physicians · GB

Funding

FACILITATED UPTAKE OF LONG CHAIN FATTY ACIDS IN OBESITYR01DK052401 · NIDDK · MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NYU · PI BERK, PAUL DAVID · 1998 to 2008
$2.6M
Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity: Clinical and Pathophysiologic ConsequencesR01DK072526 · NIDDK · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BERK, PAUL DAVID · 2006 to 2010
$1.8M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK-52401NIDDK NIH HHS DK-72526NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK052401NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK072526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe obesity epidemic causes significant morbidity and mortality. Knowledge of cellular function and gene expression in obese adipose tissue will yield insights into obesity pathogenesis and suggest therapeutic targets. The aim of this work is to study the processes determining fat accumulation in adipose tissue from obese patients.

methodsOmental fat was collected from two cohorts of obese bariatric surgery patients and sex-matched normal-weight donors. Isolated adipocytes were compared for cell size, volume, and long-chain fatty acid (LCFA) uptake. Omental fat RNAs were screened by 10K microarray (cohort 1: three obese, three normal) or Whole Genome microarray (cohort 2: seven obese, four normal). Statistical differences in gene and pathway expression were identified in cohort 1 using the GeneSifter Software (Geospiza) with key results confirmed in cohort 2 samples by microarray, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, and pathway analysis.

resultsObese omental adipocytes had increased surface area, volume, and V (max) for saturable LCFA uptake. Dodecenoyl-coenzyme A delta isomerase, central to LCFA metabolism, was approximately 1.6-fold underexpressed in obese fat in cohorts 1 and 2. Additionally, the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomics pathway analysis identified oxidative phosphorylation and fatty acid metabolism pathways as having coordinate, nonrandom downregulation of gene expression in both cohorts.

conclusionsIn obese omental fat, saturable adipocyte LCFA uptake was greater than in controls, and expression of key genes involved in lipolysis, beta-oxidation, and metabolism of fatty acids was reduced. Thus, both increased uptake and reduced metabolism of LCFAs contribute to the accumulation of LCFAs in obese adipocytes.

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AdipocytesAdultCarbon-Carbon Double Bond IsomerasesDodecenoyl-CoA IsomeraseDown-RegulationFatty AcidsFemaleHumansIn Situ HybridizationLipolysisMiddle AgedObesityOmentumOxidative PhosphorylationTissue Array AnalysisCarbon-Carbon Double Bond IsomerasesDodecenoyl-CoA IsomeraseECI1 protein, humanECI2 protein, humanFatty Acids

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PMID19866242
PMCPMC2956591
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