title: Differentiation of adipocyte precursor cells from obese and nonobese adult women and from different adipose tissue sites.
abstract: We studied adipocyte development in primary cultures of stromal-vascular cells from the adipose tissue of obese and nonobese adult women. Adipose conversion was promoted by addition to confluent cultures of 10(-9) mol/l insulin, 10(-7) mol/l cortisol and for the first two days 0.5 mmol/l 1-methyl-3-isobutylxanthine (MIX). Presence of MIX for a longer period resulted in an increasing differentiation rate. No significant difference in the number of developing fat cells was observed between cultures from 8 obese (body mass index 33.6 +/- 4.1 kg/m2) and from 6 lean (body mass index 22.3 +/- 2.4 kg/m2) adults (390 +/- 102 vs. 354 +/- 85 fat cells/cm2, n.s.). The number of new fat cells obtained in cultures from the subcutaneous fat depot was significantly higher as compared to those obtained in cultures from the intraabdominal fat region (360 +/- 68 vs. 79 +/- 35 fat cells/cm2, p less than 0.01), suggesting the existence of regional variations in the differentiation capacity of adipocyte precursor cells.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hauner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wabitsch
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000473:pathology*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012016:Reference Values