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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-1
pubmed:abstractText
Lipodystrophy and obesity represent extreme and opposite ends of the adiposity spectrum and have typically been attributed to alterations in the expression or function of distinct sets of genes. We previously demonstrated that lipin deficiency impairs adipocyte differentiation and causes lipodystrophy in the mouse. Using two different tissue-specific lipin transgenic mouse strains, we now demonstrate that enhanced lipin expression in either adipose tissue or skeletal muscle promotes obesity. This occurs through diverse mechanisms in the two tissues, with lipin levels in adipose tissue influencing the fat storage capacity of the adipocyte, and lipin levels in skeletal muscle acting as a determinant of whole-body energy expenditure and fat utilization. Thus, variations in lipin levels alone are sufficient to induce extreme states of adiposity and may represent a mechanism by which adipose tissue and skeletal muscle modulate fat mass and energy balance.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1550-4131
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
73-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Adipocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Adipose Tissue, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Anti-Infective Agents, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Calorimetry, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Insulin Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Lipodystrophy, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Muscles, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Obesity, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Organic Chemicals, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Oxygen, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16054046-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Lipin, a lipodystrophy and obesity gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90073, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural