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ArticleScientific reports2016

Early-onset obesity dysregulates pulmonary adipocytokine/insulin signaling and induces asthma-like disease in mice.

Katharina Dinger, Philipp Kasper, Eva Hucklenbruch-Rother, Christina Vohlen, Eva Jobst, Ruth Janoschek, Inga Bae-Gartz, Silke van Koningsbruggen-Rietschel, Christian Plank, Jörg Dötsch and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katharina DingerExperimental Pulmonology, University Hospital for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Philipp KasperExperimental Pulmonology, University Hospital for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Eva Hucklenbruch-RotherMetabolism and Perinatal Programming, University Hospital for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Christina VohlenExperimental Pulmonology, University Hospital for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Eva JobstDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Ruth JanoschekMetabolism and Perinatal Programming, University Hospital for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Inga Bae-GartzMetabolism and Perinatal Programming, University Hospital for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Silke van Koningsbruggen-RietschelPediatric Pulmonology, University Hospital for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Christian PlankDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Jörg DötschUniversity Hospital for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Miguel Angel Alejandre AlcázarExperimental Pulmonology, University Hospital for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
University of Cologne · DEUniversitätsklinikum Erlangen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Childhood obesity is a risk factor for asthma, but the molecular mechanisms linking both remain elusive. Since obesity leads to chronic low-grade inflammation and affects metabolic signaling we hypothesized that postnatal hyperalimentation (pHA) induced by maternal high-fat-diet during lactation leads to early-onset obesity and dysregulates pulmonary adipocytokine/insulin signaling, resulting in metabolic programming of asthma-like disease in adult mice. Offspring with pHA showed at postnatal day 21 (P21): (1) early-onset obesity, greater fat-mass, increased expression of IL-1β, IL-23, and Tnf-α, greater serum leptin and reduced glucose tolerance than Control (Ctrl); (2) less STAT3/AMPKα-activation, greater SOCS3 expression and reduced AKT/GSK3β-activation in the lung, indicative of leptin resistance and insulin signaling, respectively; (3) increased lung mRNA of IL-6, IL-13, IL-17A and Tnf-α. At P70 body weight, fat-mass, and cytokine mRNA expression were similar in the pHA and Ctrl, but serum leptin and IL-6 were greater, and insulin signaling and glucose tolerance impaired. Peribronchial elastic fiber content, bronchial smooth muscle layer, and deposition of connective tissue were not different after pHA. Despite unaltered bronchial structure mice after pHA exhibited significantly increased airway reactivity. Our study does not only demonstrate that early-onset obesity transiently activates pulmonary adipocytokine/insulin signaling and induces airway hyperreactivity in mice, but also provides new insights into metabolic programming of childhood obesity-related asthma.

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AdipokinesAMP-Activated Protein KinasesAnimalsAsthmaCollagen Type IDiet, High-FatFemaleInflammationInsulinInterleukinsLactationLeptinLungMaleMice, Inbred C57BLObesityAdipokinesAMP-Activated Protein KinasesCollagen Type IInsulinInterleukinsLeptinSocs3 protein, mouseStat3 protein, mouseSTAT3 Transcription FactorSuppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein

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PMID27087690
PMCPMC4834579
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