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ArticleJCI insight2018

Adiponectin/T-cadherin system enhances exosome biogenesis and decreases cellular ceramides by exosomal release.

Yoshinari Obata, Shunbun Kita, Yoshihisa Koyama, Shiro Fukuda, Hiroaki Takeda, Masatomo Takahashi, Yuya Fujishima, Hirofumi Nagao, Shigeki Masuda, Yoshimitsu Tanaka and 11 more

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Article in JCI insight, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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115 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 179 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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21 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Yoshinari ObataDepartment of Metabolic Medicine.
Shunbun KitaDepartment of Metabolic Medicine.
Yoshihisa KoyamaNeuroscience and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Shiro FukudaDepartment of Metabolic Medicine.
Hiroaki TakedaDivision of Metabolomics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Masatomo TakahashiDivision of Metabolomics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yuya FujishimaDepartment of Metabolic Medicine.
Hirofumi NagaoDepartment of Metabolic Medicine.
Shigeki MasudaDepartment of Metabolic Medicine.
Yoshimitsu TanakaDepartment of Metabolic Medicine.
Yuto NakamuraDepartment of Metabolic Medicine.
Hitoshi NishizawaDepartment of Metabolic Medicine.
Tohru FunahashiDepartment of Metabolic Medicine.
Barbara RanschtSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, NIH-designated Cancer Center, Development, Aging and Regeneration Program, La Jolla, California, USA.
Yoshihiro IzumiDivision of Metabolomics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Takeshi BambaDivision of Metabolomics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Eiichiro FukusakiDepartment of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Rikinari HanayamaDepartment of Immunology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Ishikawa, Japan.
Shoichi ShimadaNeuroscience and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Norikazu MaedaDepartment of Metabolic Medicine.
Iichiro ShimomuraDepartment of Metabolic Medicine.
The University of Osaka · JPKyushu University · JPDiscovery Institute · USKanazawa University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adiponectin, an adipocyte-derived circulating protein, accumulates in vasculature, heart, and skeletal muscles through interaction with a unique glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored cadherin, T-cadherin. Recent studies have demonstrated that such accumulation is essential for adiponectin-mediated cardiovascular protection. Here, we demonstrate that the adiponectin/T-cadherin system enhances exosome biogenesis and secretion, leading to the decrease of cellular ceramides. Adiponectin accumulated inside multivesicular bodies, the site of exosome generation, in cultured cells and in vivo aorta, and also in exosomes in conditioned media and in blood, together with T-cadherin. The systemic level of exosomes in blood was significantly affected by adiponectin or T-cadherin in vivo. Adiponectin increased exosome biogenesis from the cells, dependently on T-cadherin, but not on AdipoR1 or AdipoR2. Such enhancement of exosome release accompanied the reduction of cellular ceramides through ceramide efflux in exosomes. Consistently, the ceramide reduction by adiponectin was found in aortas of WT mice treated with angiotensin II, but not in T-cadherin-knockout mice. Our findings provide insights into adiponectin/T-cadherin-mediated organ protection through exosome biogenesis and secretion.

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AdipocytesAdiponectinAngiotensin IIAnimalsAortaCadherinsCardiovascular DiseasesCells, CulturedCeramidesEndothelial CellsExosomesMaleMiceMice, KnockoutOrganelle BiogenesisAdiponectinAdipoq protein, mouseAngiotensin IICadherinsCeramidesH-cadherinAdipose tissueCardiovascular diseaseCell Biologyendothelial cellsMetabolism

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PMID29669945
PMCPMC5931116
OpenAlexW2801615956

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