title: Divergent phenotype of rat thoracic and abdominal perivascular adipose tissues.
abstract: Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is implicated as a source of proatherogenic cytokines. Phenotypic differences in local PVAT depots may contribute to differences in disease susceptibility among arteries and even regions within an artery. It has been proposed that PVAT around the abdominal and thoracic aorta shares characteristics of white and brown adipose tissue (BAT), respectively; however, a detailed comparison of the phenotype of these PVAT depots has not been performed. Using young and older adult rats, we compared the phenotype of PVATs surrounding the abdominal and thoracic aorta to each other and also to epididymal white and subscapular BAT. Compared with young rats, older rats exhibited greater percent body fat (34.5 ± 3.1 vs. 10.4 ± 0.9%), total cholesterol (112.2 ± 7.5 vs. 58.7 ± 6.3 mg/dl), HOMA-insulin resistance (1.7 ± 0.1 vs. 0.9 ± 0.1 a.u.), as well as reduced ACh-induced relaxation of the aorta (maximal relaxation: 54 ± 10 vs. 77 ± 6%) (all P < 0.05). Expression of inflammatory genes and markers of immune cell infiltration were greater in abdominal PVAT than in thoracic PVAT, and overall, abdominal and thoracic PVATs resembled the phenotype of white adipose tissue (WAT) and BAT, respectively. Histology and electron microscopy indicated structural similarity between visceral WAT and abdominal PVAT and between BAT and thoracic PVAT. Our data provide evidence that abdominal PVAT is more inflamed than thoracic PVAT, a difference that was by and large independent of sedentary aging. Phenotypic differences in PVAT between regions of the aorta may be relevant in light of the evidence in large animals and humans that the abdominal aorta is more vulnerable to atherosclerosis than the thoracic aorta.
authors: Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. padillaja@missouri.edu
authors: Jaume
authors: J
authors: Padilla
authors: Nathan T
authors: NT
authors: Jenkins
authors: Victoria J
authors: VJ
authors: Vieira-Potter
authors: M Harold
authors: MH
authors: Laughlin
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000502:physiology*; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D015415:Biomarkers; D001823:Body Composition; D050218:Body Fat Distribution; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers
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