title: Inhibition of 3T3-L1 adipocyte differentiation by 6-ethoxyzolamide: repressed peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma mRNA and enhanced CCAAT/enhancer binding protein beta mRNA levels.
abstract: The effects of 6-ethoxyzolamide (ETZ), a carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitor, on differentiation of the mouse preadipocyte cell line 3T3-L1 were examined by quantitative image analysis of intracellular fat storage. For adipocyte differentiation, postconfluent cells were treated with a ligand of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma), troglitazone (TRG), and dexamethasone for 2 days. Differentiated cells showed weak fat staining at day 4 which increased thereafter, correlating with CAIII expression. ETZ treatment for 10 days at a 200microM concentration reduced both the percentage of differentiated adipocytes storing fat and the amount of fat stored in individual cells. These findings were also supported by the results of fluorescence activated cell sorting analysis. Despite their light fat staining, however, CAIII was not expressed in ETZ-treated cells. Furthermore, ETZ delayed the clonal expansion of cells, an early event preceding differentiation. Northern blot analysis revealed a high CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) beta mRNA level and low PPARgamma mRNA in ETZ-treated cells. Thus, increased C/EBPbeta mRNA did not lead to enhanced PPARgamma expression in this case. Another CA inhibitor acetazolamide did not inhibit adipocyte differentiation, although the drug exhibited a similar inhibition pattern for CA activity as ETZ. These results suggested that inhibitory effects of ETZ on adipocyte differentiation were not due to inhibition of CA activity but rather due to altered levels of the transcription factors.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Biochemistry, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan.
authors.forename: Takenori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahata
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumano
authors.forename: Keizou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ookawa
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayakari
authors.forename: Ikuko
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kakizaki
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D017667:Adipocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D022782:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D005016:Ethoxzolamide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D020868:Gene Silencing / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D022782:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D014157:Transcription Factors; D005016:Ethoxzolamide