title: [Effect of acylation stimulating protein on the perilipin and adipophilin expression during 3T3-L1 preadipocyte differentiation.].
abstract: Perilipin and adipophilin, two significant lipid droplet (LD)-specific proteins, participate in storing fat or ectopic lipid deposition and fat mobilization in many types of mammalian cells. Acylation stimulating protein (ASP) is a novel adipocyte-derived hormone known for a major determinant for triglyceride synthesis (TGS) and lipid metabolism. The present study was aimed to investigate: (1) whether ASP, rather than insulin, is a powerful potentiator which could physiologically and directly influence TGS during 3T3-L1 preadipocyte differentiation; (2) whether ASP exposure at indicated time points during 3T3-L1 preadipocyte differentiation could influence the gene/protein expression of adipophilin and perilipin. 3T3-L1 preadipocytes were differentiated by traditional hormone cocktail and divided into control, ASP and insulin groups according to the treatment of ASP (1 mmol/L) or insulin (100 nmol/L). ASP-stimulated and insulin-stimulated TGS rate at indicated time points (0 d, 3 d, 6 d, 9 d) were assayed by measuring the incorporation of [(3)H]-oleic acid into TG, and the corresponding glucose transport was assayed by [(3)H]-2-DG uptake. The effects of ASP or insulin on gene/protein expression of adipophilin and perilipin at indicated time points were evaluated by semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blot. The results obtained were as follows: (1) on the 3rd and 6th day of differentiation, ASP dramatically enhanced TGS rate compared with control group (P<0.05, P<0.01); There was no significant difference in TGS rate between insulin group and control group; (2) on the 6th and 9th day of differentiation, both ASP and insulin promoted glucose uptake (P<0.05, P<0.01), and the promoting effect in ASP group was greater than that in insulin group; (3) ASP elevated adipophilin gene and protein expression at the very early stage of differentiation (P<0.05, P<0.001) and had no significant effect from the 4th day of differentiation. Perilipin gene and protein expression increased throughout preadipocyte differentiation and its expression was up-regulated following ASP stimulation from the 3rd day of differentiation (P<0.05, P<0.001) to the end of differentiation (P<0.05); (4) Insulin did not affect gene and protein variation pattern of adipophilin and perilipin. Taken together, this study provides evidence that ASP-evoked changes in gene and protein expression of adipophilin and perilipin correlate with ASP-stimulated TGS acceleration, and adipophilin and perilipin are involved in the molecular mechanism of ASP-induced adipogenesis and LD formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Hui-Ling
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xiu-Fen
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Xiao-Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Han-Hua
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Hong-Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiao-Wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D041721:3T3-L1 Cells; D017667:Adipocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D015926:Complement C3a / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015870:Gene Expression; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D000070778:Perilipin-1; D000070780:Perilipin-2; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007328:Insulin; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D000070778:Perilipin-1; D000070780:Perilipin-2; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C000602983:Plin2 protein, mouse; C044541:complement C3a, des-Arg-(77)-; D015926:Complement C3a