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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
Obesity is a condition in which adipose tissue mass is expanded. Increases in both adipocyte size and number contribute to enlargement of adipose tissue. The increase in cell number is thought to be caused by proliferation and differentiation of preadipocytes. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is expressed in adipocytes, and intracellular MIF content is increased during adipogenesis. Therefore, we hypothesized that MIF is associated with adipocyte biology during adipogenesis and focused on the influence of MIF on adipogenesis. To examine the effects of MIF on adipocytes, MIF expression in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes was inhibited by RNA interference, and cell differentiation was induced by standard procedures. The triglyceride content of MIF small interfering RNA (siRNA)-transfected 3T3-L1 cells was smaller than that of nonspecific siRNA-transfected cells. In addition, MIF knockdown apparently abrogated increases in adiponectin mRNA levels during differentiation. Gene expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)gamma, CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP)alpha, and C/EBPdelta decreased with MIF siRNA transfection, but C/EBPbeta expression increased. Cell number and incorporation of 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine into cells decreased from 1-3 d and from 14-20 h, respectively, after induction of differentiation in MIF siRNA-transfected cells, thus suggesting that MIF siRNA inhibits mitotic clonal expansion. Taken together, these results indicated that MIF regulates differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes, at least partially, through inhibition of mitotic clonal expansion and/or C/EBPdelta expression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0013-7227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
149
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6037-42
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18703634-3T3-L1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-Adipocytes, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-Adipogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-Adiponectin, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-delta, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-Gene Knockdown Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-PPAR gamma, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-RNA Interference, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:18703634-Transfection
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Knockdown of macrophage migration inhibitory factor disrupts adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article