CONTEXT: Very limited information is available regarding the function of human thyroid hormone responsive Spot 14 (human S14, hS14) in adipogenesis and human adiposity. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate hS14 levels during differentiation of human pre-adipocytes, in human fat depots and isolated fat cells. DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS: A total of 161 omental (OM) and 87 subcutaneous (SC) adipose tissue samples obtained during elective surgical procedures from a population who varied widely in terms of obesity. MEASUREMENTS: hS14 gene expression and protein levels during adipogenesis were assessed by RT-PCR, western blot, and using an automated confocal imaging approach. RESULTS: hS14 gene expression levels were decreased in OM adipose tissue from overweight (-42.0%) and obese subjects (-56.5%) compared with lean subjects (P<0.05 and P<0.0001, respectively). hS14 mRNA (but not hS14-related) was inversely associated with obesity measures such as body mass index (P=0.001), percent fat mass (P=0.001), waist-to-hip ratio (P=0.020), and systolic blood pressure (P=0.031). hS14 gene expression and protein levels were up-regulated at the early stages of differentiation of human pre-adipocytes as well as for 3T3-L1 cells. That observation was most prominent in those individual cells exhibiting the more marked differentiation features. hS14 gene expression levels increased by approximately 45 000-fold in mature adipocytes. Increased hS14 levels were also found in stromal-vascular cells/pre-adipocytes (3.8-fold, P<0.05) and in adipose tissue samples (1.9-fold, P<0.0001) from SC compared with OM fat depots. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that hS14 is involved in human adipogenesis, but inversely related to obesity and OM fat accumulation.
CONTEXT: Very limited information is available regarding the function of humanthyroid hormone responsive Spot 14 (humanS14, hS14) in adipogenesis and human adiposity. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate hS14 levels during differentiation of human pre-adipocytes, in human fat depots and isolated fat cells. DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS: A total of 161 omental (OM) and 87 subcutaneous (SC) adipose tissue samples obtained during elective surgical procedures from a population who varied widely in terms of obesity. MEASUREMENTS: hS14 gene expression and protein levels during adipogenesis were assessed by RT-PCR, western blot, and using an automated confocal imaging approach. RESULTS:hS14 gene expression levels were decreased in OM adipose tissue from overweight (-42.0%) and obese subjects (-56.5%) compared with lean subjects (P<0.05 and P<0.0001, respectively). hS14 mRNA (but not hS14-related) was inversely associated with obesity measures such as body mass index (P=0.001), percent fat mass (P=0.001), waist-to-hip ratio (P=0.020), and systolic blood pressure (P=0.031). hS14 gene expression and protein levels were up-regulated at the early stages of differentiation of human pre-adipocytes as well as for 3T3-L1 cells. That observation was most prominent in those individual cells exhibiting the more marked differentiation features. hS14 gene expression levels increased by approximately 45 000-fold in mature adipocytes. Increased hS14 levels were also found in stromal-vascular cells/pre-adipocytes (3.8-fold, P<0.05) and in adipose tissue samples (1.9-fold, P<0.0001) from SC compared with OM fat depots. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that hS14 is involved in human adipogenesis, but inversely related to obesity and OM fat accumulation.
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