Lead enhancement of 3T3-L1 fibroblasts differentiation to adipocytes involves ERK, C/EBPβ and PPARγ activation. 2018

Claudia Noemí Martini, and Matías Gabrielli, and Graciela Bonifacino, and María Magdalena Codesido, and María Del Carmen Vila
Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón 2, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Lead (Pb) is an environmental and industrial contaminant that still represents a public health problem. Elevated Pb exposure has been inversely correlated with femoral bone density and associated with osteoporosis. In the last years, it has been shown that inhibition of osteogenesis from mesenchymal stem cells activates adipogenesis and vice versa. In this paper, we investigated the effect of Pb on the differentiation of 3T3-L1 fibroblasts to adipocytes which is the cell model most used to study adipogenesis. After induction of differentiation, 2 days post-confluent cells re-enter the cell cycle and undergo mitotic clonal expansion (MCE) followed by expression of genes that produce the adipocyte phenotype. The presence of concentrations of Pb up to 10 μM during differentiation of 3T3-L1 fibroblasts did not interfere with MCE but enhanced the accumulation of cytosolic lipids that occur during adipogenesis, as well as, the induction of PPARγ, the master gene in adipogenesis. It is known that PPARγ upregulation is subsequent to induction of C/EBPβ and ERK activation, which are early events in adipogenesis. We found that both events were enhanced by Pb treatment. Our results support a stimulatory effect of Pb on adipogenesis which involves ERK activation and C/EBPβ upregulation prior to PPARγ and adipogenesis activation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007854 Lead A soft, grayish metal with poisonous salts; atomic number 82, atomic weight 207.2, symbol Pb.
D005347 Fibroblasts Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules. Fibroblast
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D017667 Adipocytes Cells in the body that store FATS, usually in the form of TRIGLYCERIDES. WHITE ADIPOCYTES are the predominant type and found mostly in the abdominal cavity and subcutaneous tissue. BROWN ADIPOCYTES are thermogenic cells that can be found in newborns of some species and hibernating mammals. Fat Cells,Lipocytes,Adipocyte,Cell, Fat,Cells, Fat,Fat Cell,Lipocyte
D047495 PPAR gamma A nuclear transcription factor. Heterodimerization with RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA is important in regulation of GLUCOSE metabolism and CELL GROWTH PROCESSES. It is a target of THIAZOLIDINEDIONES for control of DIABETES MELLITUS. PPARgamma,PPARgamma2,PPARgamma3,Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor gamma,Thiazolidinedione Receptor,mPPARgamma1,mPPARgamma2,Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor gamma,Receptor, Thiazolidinedione
D050156 Adipogenesis The differentiation of pre-adipocytes into mature ADIPOCYTES. Adipogeneses
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus
D020935 MAP Kinase Signaling System An intracellular signaling system involving the mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades (three-membered protein kinase cascades). Various upstream activators, which act in response to extracellular stimuli, trigger the cascades by activating the first member of a cascade, MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; (MAPKKKs). Activated MAPKKKs phosphorylate MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES which in turn phosphorylate the MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; (MAPKs). The MAPKs then act on various downstream targets to affect gene expression. In mammals, there are several distinct MAP kinase pathways including the ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase) pathway, the SAPK/JNK (stress-activated protein kinase/c-jun kinase) pathway, and the p38 kinase pathway. There is some sharing of components among the pathways depending on which stimulus originates activation of the cascade. MAP Kinase Cascade,MAP Kinase Module,MAP Kinase Signaling Cascade,MAP Kinase Signaling Pathway,MAP Kinase Signaling Pathways,ERK Pathway,ERK Signal Tranduction Pathway,ERK1 and ERK2 Pathway,ERK1-2 Pathway,JNK Pathway,JNK Signaling Pathway,MAP Kinase Modules,MAP Kinase Signaling Cascades,MEK-ERK Pathway,p38 Kinase Pathway,p38 Kinase Signaling Pathway,Cascade, MAP Kinase,ERK Pathways,ERK1 2 Pathway,ERK1-2 Pathways,JNK Pathways,JNK Signaling Pathways,Kinase Cascade, MAP,Kinase Pathway, p38,Kinase Pathways, p38,MAP Kinase Cascades,MEK ERK Pathway,MEK-ERK Pathways,Module, MAP Kinase,Pathway, ERK,Pathway, ERK1-2,Pathway, JNK,Pathway, JNK Signaling,Pathway, MEK-ERK,Pathway, p38 Kinase,Pathways, ERK,Pathways, ERK1-2,Pathways, JNK,Pathways, JNK Signaling,Pathways, MEK-ERK,Pathways, p38 Kinase,Signaling Pathway, JNK,Signaling Pathways, JNK,p38 Kinase Pathways
D022782 CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta A CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein found in LIVER; INTESTINES; LUNG and ADIPOSE TISSUE. It is an important mediator of INTERLEUKIN-6 signaling. C-EBP-beta,NF-IL6,23-C-EBP Protein,40-C-EBP Protein,AGP-EBP Transcription Factor,C-EBP beta,C-EBP-Related Protein 2,C-EBPbeta,CRP2 Protein,IL-6 DBP,IL-6-Dependent DNA Binding Protein,Interleukin-6 Nuclear Factor,LAP Transcription Factor,Liver-Enriched Inhibiting Protein,Liver-Enriched Inhibitory Protein, LIP,2, C-EBP-Related Protein,AGP EBP Transcription Factor,C EBP Related Protein 2,C EBP beta,C EBPbeta,CCAAT Enhancer Binding Protein beta,IL 6 Dependent DNA Binding Protein,Inhibiting Protein, Liver-Enriched,Interleukin 6 Nuclear Factor,Liver Enriched Inhibiting Protein,Liver Enriched Inhibitory Protein, LIP,Nuclear Factor, Interleukin-6,Protein-beta, CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding,Transcription Factor, AGP-EBP,Transcription Factor, LAP
D041721 3T3-L1 Cells A continuous cell line that is a substrain of SWISS 3T3 CELLS developed though clonal isolation. The mouse fibroblast cells undergo an adipose-like conversion as they move to a confluent and contact-inhibited state. 3T3-L1,3T3 L1 Cells,3T3-L1 Cell,Cell, 3T3-L1,Cells, 3T3-L1

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