Adipocyte metrnl antagonizes insulin resistance through PPARγ signaling
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Adipokines play important roles in metabolic homeostasis and disease. We have recently identified a novel adipokine Metrnl, also known as Subfatin, for its high expression in subcutaneous fat. Here, we demonstrate a prodifferentiation action of Metrnl in white adipocytes. Adipocyte-specific knockout of Metrnl exacerbates insulin resistance induced by high-fat diet (HFD), whereas adipocyte-specific transgenic overexpression of Metrnl prevents insulin resistance induced by HFD or leptin deletion. Body weight and adipose content are not changed by adipocyte Metrnl. Consistently, no correlation is found between serum Metrnl level and BMI in humans. Metrnl promotes white adipocyte differentiation, expandability, and lipid metabolism and inhibits adipose inflammation to form functional fat, which contributes to its activity against insulin resistance. The insulin sensitization of Metrnl is blocked by PPARγ inhibitors or knockdown. However, Metrnl does not drive white adipose browning. Acute intravenous injection of recombinant Metrnl has no hypoglycemic effect, and 1-week intravenous administration of Metrnl is unable to rescue insulin resistance exacerbated by adipocyte Metrnl deficiency. Our results suggest adipocyte Metrnl controls insulin sensitivity at least via its local autocrine/paracrine action through the PPARγ pathway. Adipocyte Metrnl is an inherent insulin sensitizer and may become a therapeutic target for insulin resistance.
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METRNL induces PPARγ activity in white adipose tissue to increase preadipocyte differentiation and insulin sensitivity.
“It has been shown to induce PPARγ activity in WAT to increase preadipocyte differentiation and insulin sensitivity [102].”
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- Authors
- Li, Z.-Y., Song, J., Zheng, S.-L., Fan, M.-B., Guan, Y.-F., Qu, Y., Xu, J., Wang, P., & Miao, C.-Y.
- Affiliations
- Department of Pharmacology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
- Second Military Medical University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Miao, Chao-Yu
- Venue
- Diabetes
- Publisher
- American Diabetes Association
- Published
- 2015-08-25
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 4011-4022
- ISSN
- 0012-1797 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-327X
- OpenAlex
- W1951130782
- Cited by
- 203
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 6
- FWCI
- 7.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Diabetes (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81202572, 81422049, 81130061, 81373414)
- National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB521902)
- National Science and Technology Major Project (2009ZX09303-002)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Keywords
- Metrnl, adipokines, insulin resistance, PPARγ signaling, white adipocyte differentiation, lipid metabolism, adipose tissue inflammation, leptin deficiency, high-fat diet, insulin sensitization, autocrine and paracrine signaling, adipose tissue browning, therapeutic target
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cricetulus, Crosses, Genetic, Insulin Resistance, Male, Mice, Transgenic, Nerve Growth Factors, Recombinant Proteins, Signal Transduction, Body Mass Index, CHO Cells, Mice, Knockout, Leptin, RNA Interference, 3T3-L1 Cells, PPAR gamma, Adiposity, Adipogenesis, Mice, Adipocytes, White, Adipokines, Diet, High-Fat
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