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Inhibition of mitochondrial fission by Drp-1 blockade by short-term leptin and Mdivi-1 treatment improves white adipose tissue abnormalities in obesity and diabetes
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2021-12-06Registro en:
Finocchietto, Paola Vanesa; Perez, Hernán; Blanco, Guillermo Armando C.; Miksztowicz, Verónica Julieta; Marotte, Clarisa; et al.; Inhibition of mitochondrial fission by Drp-1 blockade by short-term leptin and Mdivi-1 treatment improves white adipose tissue abnormalities in obesity and diabetes; Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd; Pharmacological Research; 178; 6-12-2021; 1-10
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Autor
Finocchietto, Paola Vanesa
Perez, Hernán
Blanco, Guillermo Armando C.
Miksztowicz, Verónica Julieta
Marotte, Clarisa
Morales, C.
Peralta, Jorge Guillermo
Berg, G.
Poderoso, Cecilia
Poderoso, Juan José
Carreras, Maria Cecilia
Resumen
Background: Obesity and type 2 diabetes are chronic diseases characterized by insulin resistance, mitochondrial dysfunction and morphological abnormalities. Objective: We have investigated if dysregulation of mitochondrial dynamics and biogenesis is involved in an animal model of obesity and diabetes. Methods: The effect of short-term leptin and mdivi-1 – a selective inhibitor of Drp-1 fission-protein – treatment on mitochondrial dynamics and biogenesis was evaluated in epididymal white adipose tissue (WAT) from male ob/ob mice. Results: An increase in Drp-1 protein levels and a decrease in Mfn2 and OPA-1 protein expression were observed with enhanced and sustained mitochondrial fragmentation in ob/ob mice compared to wt C57BL/6 animals (p < 0.05). The content of mitochondrial DNA and PGC-1α mRNA expression –both parameters of mitochondrial biogenesis– were reduced in ob/ob mice (p < 0.05). Treatment with leptin and mdivi-1 significantly increased mitochondrial biogenesis, improved fusion-to-fission balance and attenuated mitochondrial dysfunction, thus inducing white-to-beige adipocyte transdifferentiation. Measurements of glucose and lipid oxidation in adipocytes revealed that both leptin and mdivi-1 increase substrates oxidation while in vivo determination of blood glucose concentration showed decreased levels by 50% in ob/ob mice, almost to the wt level. Conclusions: Pharmacological targeting of Drp-1 fission protein may be a potential novel therapeutic tool for obesity and type 2 diabetes.