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ArticleScientific reports2018

Pannexin 1 regulates adipose stromal cell differentiation and fat accumulation.

Vanessa R Lee, Kevin J Barr, John J Kelly, Danielle Johnston, Cody F C Brown, Kevin P Robb, Samar Sayedyahossein, Kenneth Huang, Robert Gros, Lauren E Flynn and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. 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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19citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Pannexins in the vasculature.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
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  13. Pannexin1 channels-a potential therapeutic target in inflammation.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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  16. Pannexin 1 Influences Lineage Specification of Human iPSCs.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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  18. A Genetic Polymorphism in theBiomolecules · 2020
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  19. Double deletion of Panx1 and Panx3 affects skin and bone but not hearing.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vanessa R LeeDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A5C1, Canada.
Kevin J BarrDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A5C1, Canada.
John J KellyDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A5C1, Canada.
Danielle JohnstonDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A5C1, Canada.
Cody F C BrownDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A5C1, Canada.
Kevin P RobbBiomedical Engineering Graduate Program, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Samar SayedyahosseinDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A5C1, Canada.
Kenneth HuangDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A5C1, Canada.
Robert GrosDepartments of Physiology and Pharmacology, and of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Lauren E FlynnDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A5C1, Canada.
Silvia PenuelaDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A5C1, Canada. spenuela@uwo.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4829-5517
Western University · CA

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pannexin 1 (Panx1) is a channel-forming glycoprotein important in paracrine signaling and cellular development. In this study, we discovered that mice globally lacking Panx1 (KO) have significantly greater total fat mass and reduced lean mass compared to wild type (WT) mice under a normal diet. Despite having higher fat content, Panx1 KO mice on a high fat diet exhibited no differences in weight gain and blood markers of obesity as compared to WT controls, except for an increase in glucose and insulin levels. However, metabolic cage data revealed that these Panx1 KO mice display significantly increased activity levels, higher ambulatory activity, and reduced sleep duration relative to their WT littermates on a high-fat diet. To uncover the cellular mechanism responsible for the increased fat content in the KO, we isolated primary cultures of adipose-derived stromal cells (ASCs) from WT and KO fat pads. In WT ASCs we observed that Panx1 protein levels increase upon induction into an adipogenic lineage. ASCs isolated from Panx1 KO mice proliferate less but demonstrate enhanced adipogenic differentiation with increased intracellular lipid accumulation, glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH) enzyme activity, and adipokine secretion, as compared to WT ASCs. This was consistent with the increased adipocyte size and decreased adipocyte numbers observed in subcutaneous fat of the Panx1 KO mice compared to WT. We concluded that Panx1 plays a key role in adipose stromal cells during the early stages of adipogenic proliferation and differentiation, regulating fat accumulation in vivo.

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AdipocytesAdipogenesisAdipose TissueAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationConnexinsDiet, High-FatInsulin ResistanceLipid MetabolismMiceMice, KnockoutNerve Tissue ProteinsObesityStromal CellsSubcutaneous FatConnexinsNerve Tissue ProteinsPanx1 protein, mouse

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PMID30385873
PMCPMC6212408
OpenAlexW2898294884

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