Display options
Share it on

Adipocyte. 2014 Apr 01;3(2):115-20. doi: 10.4161/adip.27575. Epub 2014 Jan 08.

Short-term HFD does not alter lipolytic function of adipocytes.

Adipocyte

Michael Sf Wiedemann, Stephan Wueest, Alexandra Grob, Flurin Item, Eugen J Schoenle, Daniel Konrad

Affiliations

  1. Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology; University Children's Hospital; Zurich, Switzerland ; Children's Research Center; University Children's Hospital; Zurich, Switzerland ; Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology; University of Zurich; Zurich, Switzerland.
  2. Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology; University Children's Hospital; Zurich, Switzerland ; Children's Research Center; University Children's Hospital; Zurich, Switzerland.
  3. Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology; University Children's Hospital; Zurich, Switzerland ; Children's Research Center; University Children's Hospital; Zurich, Switzerland ; Institute of Human Movement Sciences; ETH Zurich; Zurich, Switzerland.

PMID: 24719784 PMCID: PMC3979875 DOI: 10.4161/adip.27575

Abstract

A short bout of high fat diet (HFD) impairs glucose tolerance and hepatic insulin sensitivity. We recently identified adipose tissue inflammation and resulting dysfunctional adipose tissue-liver cross-talk as an early event in the development of HFD-induced hepatic insulin resistance. In particular, reducing white adipose tissue (WAT) inflammation by adipocyte-specific depletion of Fas/CD95 protected mice from developing hepatic insulin resistance but not hepatic steatosis. Herein, we expanded our previous work and determined the impact of four days of HFD on lipolytic activity of isolated adipocytes. Compared with chow-fed mice, the degree of basal and isoproterenol-stimulated free fatty acid (FFA) and glycerol release was similar in HFD-fed animals. Moreover, insulin's ability to suppress lipolysis remained intact, suggesting retained insulin sensitivity. Despite unaltered lipolysis, circulating FFA concentrations were greatly increased in non-fasted HFD-fed mice. In conclusion, a short-term HFD challenge does not affect lipolytic function of adipocytes. The observed increase of circulating FFA levels in randomly fed animals may rather be the result of increased dietary fat supply.

Keywords: adipose tissue–liver crosstalk; diabetes mellitus; fat depot; lipolysis; lipotoxicity

References

  1. Metabolism. 2013 Jan;62(1):152-62 - PubMed
  2. J Biol Chem. 2012 Jul 13;287(29):24378-86 - PubMed
  3. J Biol Chem. 2001 Dec 28;276(52):49077-82 - PubMed
  4. Diabetologia. 2012 Dec;55(12):3341-9 - PubMed
  5. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Aug 1;305(3):E388-95 - PubMed
  6. Nat Med. 1998 Nov;4(11):1287-92 - PubMed
  7. J Biol Chem. 2012 Sep 21;287(39):33061-9 - PubMed
  8. J Clin Invest. 2010 Jan;120(1):191-202 - PubMed
  9. Diabetologia. 2001 Jan;44(1):55-62 - PubMed
  10. Diabetes. 1991 Nov;40(11):1397-403 - PubMed
  11. Mol Cell. 2000 Jul;6(1):87-97 - PubMed
  12. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jul 30;279(31):32345-53 - PubMed
  13. Diabetes. 2011 Oct;60(10):2474-83 - PubMed
  14. Adipocyte. 2012 Jul 1;1(3):153-156 - PubMed
  15. Diabetes. 2013 Sep;62(9):3053-63 - PubMed
  16. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2013 Aug;57(8):1423-34 - PubMed
  17. Diabetologia. 2009 Mar;52(3):541-6 - PubMed
  18. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2003 Feb;14(1):53-66 - PubMed
  19. Diabetologia. 2007 Apr;50(4):833-9 - PubMed
  20. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Jan 1;302(1):E153-60 - PubMed
  21. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2010 Jan;298(1):G107-16 - PubMed

Publication Types