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Role of visceral adipose tissue in aging
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Background Visceral fat (VF) accretion is a hallmark of aging in humans. Epidemiologic studies have implicated abdominal obesity as a major risk factor for insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome and death.Methods Studies utilizing novel rodent models of visceral obesity and surgical strategies in humans have been undertaken to determine if subcutaneous (SC) abdominal or VF are causally linked to age-related diseases.Results Specific depletion or expansion of the VF depot using genetic or surgical tools in rodents has been shown to have direct effects on disease risk. In contrast, surgically removing large quantities of SC fat does not consistently improve metabolic parameters in humans or rodents, while benefits were observed with SC fat expansion in mice, suggesting that SC fat accrual is not an important contributor to metabolic decline. There is also compelling evidence in humans that abdominal obesity is a stronger risk factor for mortality risk than general obesity. Likewise, we have shown that surgical removal of VF improves mean and maximum lifespan in rats, providing the first causal evidence that VF depletion may be an important underlying cause of improved lifespan with caloric restriction.General significance This review provides both corollary and causal evidence for the importance of accounting for body fat distribution, and specifically VF, when assessing disease and mortality risk. Given the hazards of VF accumulation on health, treatment strategies aimed at selectively depleting VF should be considered as a viable tool to effectively reduce disease risk in humans.
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“Excess nutrients (ingesting high fat and/or high glucose), chronic inflammatory state, high adiposity, IR, metabolic syndrome, and aging harm the ER function in the liver, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue, inducing Os [83, 91–95].”
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“In the early stages of metabolic dysregulation, insulin secretion is elevated to compensate for increased glycemia (hyperinsulinemia). The high amount of insulin produced by the pancreas requires that the ER guarantee the correct folding of the hormone, which generates an ER overload and dysfunction, an unfolded protein response (UPR) overactivation, Os, and inflammation [83, 91–95].”
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“Also, with aging and obesity (especially abdominal obesity), insulin sensitivity gradually decreases in skeletal muscle and adipocytes, increasing serum glucose levels and promoting ER overload and Os [83, 91–95].”
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“Visceral fat accumulation is associated with many age-related diseases (Huffman and Barzilai, 2009) accompanied by the accumulation of fat in tissues such as the heart, liver and skeletal muscle which increases risk for insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease (Kuk et al., 2009).”
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“Visceral fat accumulation is associated with many age-related diseases (Huffman and Barzilai, 2009) accompanied by the accumulation of fat in tissues such as the heart, liver and skeletal muscle which increases risk for insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease (Kuk et al., 2009).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Huffman, D. M., & Barzilai, N.
- Affiliations
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Barzilai, Nir
- Venue
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-10
- Volume
- 1790
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1117-1123
- ISSN
- 0304-4165 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2779572
- OpenAlex
- W2082168176
- Cited by
- 220
- References
- 89
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 1.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging (P01AG021654, AG 21654, AG18381, T32AG23475, R01AG018381, R37AG018381, T32AG023475)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK20541, P60DK020541, P30DK020541)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- Keywords
- visceral adipose tissue, aging, abdominal obesity, subcutaneous adipose tissue, body fat distribution, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, mortality risk, lifespan, caloric restriction, bariatric surgery, rodent models
- MeSH terms
- Aging, Alzheimer Disease, Animals, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Models, Biological, Neoplasms, Intra-Abdominal Fat
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