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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
A factor that is released into the culture medium of mature adipocytes and promotes the differentiation (adipogenic conversion) of preadipocytes has been partially characterized. The factor acts in a dose-dependent manner on preadipocytes to produce up to a four-fold increase in triacylglycerol (triglyceride) content and a nine-fold increase in glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH) activity, a marker of the late phase of differentiation of preadipocytes. The material appears to be a protein, since it has a molecular weight (Superose-12 gel exclusion chromatography) of about 53 kDa, an isoelectric point (pl) of 4.7-4.9, and is inactivated by the proteases papain and chymotrypsin and extremes of pH (2 and 12). Considerations of molecular weight, isoelectric point, stability to specific proteases, and especially to the action of chemical agents [the adipogenic activity is not affected by either an oxidizing (KIO4) or a reducing agent (DTT)], lead to the conclusion that the differentiation factor is distinct from known cytokines. The authors suggest that the protein be designated adipocyte differentiation factor (ADF). ADF in vivo may act as a cytokine paracrine agent to regulate the differentiation of preadipocytes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1065-6995
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1998 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
253-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10101042-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Adipocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Chromatography, Gel, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Culture Media, Conditioned, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Epididymis, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Growth Substances, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Stromal Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10101042-Triglycerides
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Adipocyte differentiation factor (ADF): a protein secreted by mature fat cells that induces preadipocyte differentiation in culture.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine and Loeb Research Institute, University of Ottawa and Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4E9, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study