Fatty Acid Fate in Determining Oxidation and Inflammation in Adipose Tissue Emilio Patrick Mottillo Wayne State University
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Wayne State University Wayne State University Dissertations 1-1-2013 Fatty Acid Fate In Determining Oxidation And Inflammation In Adipose Tissue Emilio Patrick Mottillo Wayne State University, Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations Part of the Endocrinology Commons, and the Medicine and Health Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Mottillo, Emilio Patrick, "Fatty Acid Fate In Determining Oxidation And Inflammation In Adipose Tissue" (2013). Wayne State University Dissertations. Paper 678. This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@WayneState. It has been accepted for inclusion in Wayne State University Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@WayneState. FATTY ACID FATE IN DETERMINING OXIDATION AND INFLAMMATION IN ADIPOSE TISSUE by EMILIO PATRICK MOTTILLO DISSERTATION Submitted to the Graduate School of Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY 2013 MAJOR: PATHOLOGY Approved By: Advisor Date DEDICATION “Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura che' la diritta via era smarrita.” – Dante Alighieri La Divina Commedia – Inferno “...ma gia volgena il mio disio e'l velle si come rota ch'igualmente e mossa, l'Amor che muove il sole e l'altre stelle” – Dante Alighieri La Divina Commedia – Paradiso To my wife, Sabrina, I thank you for your love and support down this long and arduous road. Your love truly does move the sun and the stars. “e quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle" – Dante Alighieri La Divina Commedia – Inferno To my children, Liliana and Cristiano, I thank you for bringing a smile to my face each and every day. You truly are the stars in my life. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. James Granneman for sharing his wealth of knowledge. Dr. Granneman’s mentorship has sculpted my growth as an independent researcher. He has taught me that one needs to a well rounded multi-disciplinary scientist, and I only hope that I can be as knowledgeable as him. I would like to thank my committee members for their support throughout this work. I thank Drs. Leff and Mackenzie for their insightful scientific conversations. I believe that my success is a reflection of the training that I received in the CIMER group. I thank Drs. Fridman and Sheng for pushing me to think beyond the details and consider the big picture. In addition, to past and current lab members, I thank them for their help and support along the way. To my colleague, Dr. Yun-Hee Lee, I thank you for your expertise and for advancing work in our laboratory. I am grateful to Dr. Meng-Jer Lee for providing mass-spec data on sphingolipids, and for his collaborative effort. I thank Dr. Diglio, my initial graduate advisor, for his help in the transition to becoming a graduate student. To Dr. Vickie Kimler, I thank you for your editing expertise. iii PREFACE This thesis is based upon the following published papers: 1. Mottillo E.P., X.J. Shen, J.G. Granneman. β3-adrenergic receptor induction of adipocyte inflammation requires lipolytic activation of p38 and JNK. BBA - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. Sep;1801(9):1048-55 2. Mottillo E.P. and J.G. Granneman (2011). Intracellular fatty acids suppress β-adrenergic induction of PKA-targeted gene expression in white adipocytes. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab., 301(1), E122-31. 3. Mottillo E.P., Block A.E., Leff T. and J.G. Granneman (2012). Lipolytic products activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) α and δ in brown adipocytes to match fatty acid oxidation with supply. J. Biol. Chem. 287: 25038-48. 4. Lee Y.H*, Mottillo E.P.* and J.G. Granneman (2013). Adipose Tissue Plasticity from WAT to BAT and in between. BBA Molecular Basis of Disease. Invited review, in submission. *Equal contribution iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication...................................................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgements....................................................................................................................... iii Preface.......................................................................................................................................... iv List of Figures.............................................................................................................................. viii Chapter 1. Introduction................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Adipose tissue and obesity.......................................................................................... 1 1.2 Function of adipose tissue........................................................................................... 2 1.3 White and brown adipose tissue................................................................................. 3 1.4 Lipolysis and fatty acid fate in adipocytes.................................................................... 4 1.5 Obesity and inflammation............................................................................................ 6 1.6 Therapeutic remodelling of adipose tissue by targeting β3-Adrenergic Receptors.... 8 1.7 Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs)............................................... 10 1.8 Lipolysis and PPAR signaling...................................................................................... 12 1.9 Hypothesis and aim of the project............................................................................. 13 Chapter 2. Materials and Methods............................................................................................ 15 2.1 Animal studies............................................................................................................ 15 2.2 Cell culture and in vitro assays................................................................................... 16 2.3 Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS)/MS quantification of ceramides and sphingolipids............................................................................................ 17 2.4 cAMP measurements................................................................................................. 18 2.5 siRNA knockdowns..................................................................................................... 19 2.6 Lentivirus Transduction.............................................................................................. 19 v 2.7 Reporter assays.......................................................................................................... 20 2.8 Generation of reporter constructs............................................................................. 21 2.9 Live cell imaging......................................................................................................... 21 2.10 Quantification of cellular FFAs................................................................................. 22 2.11 Quantification of FFAs and glycerol by biochemical methods................................. 23 2.12 RNA extraction and gene expression analysis.......................................................... 23 2.13 Protein isolation and western blot analysis............................................................. 24 2.14 Quantification of mitochondrial DNA content......................................................... 25 2.15 Measurement of mitochondrial respiration............................................................ 25 2.16 Statistical analysis.................................................................................................... 26 Chapter 3. Intracellular fatty acids promote the expression of inflammatory cytokines in white adipocytes.................................................................................................................... 27 3.1 Expression of inflammatory cytokines by β-AR activation is mediated by intracellular fatty acids......................................................................................................................... 27 3.2 The induction of PAI-1 is partly mediated by ceramides/sphingolipids..................... 29 3.3 Chapter 3 Discussion.................................................................................................. 31 Chapter 4. Intracellular fatty acids limit the induction of oxidative genes in WAT................. 33 4.1 Inhibition of HSL potentiates β3-AR gene expression in WAT................................... 33 4.2 Limiting lipolysis potentiates β-AR induction of PKA-targeted genes in 3T3-L1 adipocytes........................................................................................................................ 36 4.3 Intracellular fatty acids reduce β-AR-coupled gene expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes........................................................................................................................ 39 4.4 Fatty acids blunt β-AR induction of cAMP by inhibiting adenylyl cyclase.................. 41 vi 4.5 Limiting lipolysis increases mitochondrial activity and promotes CL-induced fat loss................................................................................................................................... 44 4.6 Chapter 4 Discussion.................................................................................................. 46 Chapter 5. 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