title: Obesity causes a shift in metabolic flow of gangliosides in adipose tissues.
abstract: Obesity is associated with insulin resistance and a mild chronic inflammation in adipose tissues. Recent studies suggested that GM3 ganglioside mediates dysfunction in insulin signaling. However, it has not been determined the ganglioside profiling in adipose tissues of obese animals. Here, we for the first time examined semi-quantitative ganglioside profiles in the adipose tissues of high fat- and high sucrose-induced obese, diabetic C57BL/6J mice by TLC and HPLC/mass spectrometry. In control adipose tissues GM3 dominated with traces of GM1 and GD1a; obesity led to a dramatic increase in GM2, GM1, and GD1a with the GM3 content unchanged. Similar results were obtained in KK and KKAy mice. Adipocytes separated from stromal vascular cells including macrophages contained more of those gangliosides in KKAy mice than in KK mice. These results underscore those gangliosides in the pathophysiology of obesity-related diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Metabolic Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Morihiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Atsunori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fukuhara
authors.forename: Yugo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: Ryutaro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Komuro
authors.forename: Iichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shimomura
authors.forename: Hiromasa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tojo
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005678:G(M2) Ganglioside / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005679:G(M3) Ganglioside / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D017350:N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D005679:G(M3) Ganglioside; D005732:Gangliosides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005678:G(M2) Ganglioside; D017350:N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases; C023220:(N-acetylneuraminyl)-galactosylglucosylceramide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase