脂肪组织在减肥后保留了肥胖的表观遗传记忆
Laura C Hinte1,2, Daniel Castellano-Castillo1,3, Adhideb Ghosh1,4,5
1Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolic Epigenetics, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Nature
|November 18, 2024
概括
由于"肥胖性记忆",肥胖治疗面临重量增加的挑战. 这项研究揭示了减肥后脂肪细胞的持续表观遗传变化,
科学领域:
- 代谢健康
- 肥胖问题研究
- 表观遗传学
背景情况:
- 减肥对于新陈代谢健康至关重要,
- 一个"肥胖记忆"可以防止体重减轻,
- 了解这种记忆是治疗肥胖症长期成功的关键.
研究的目的:
- 研究身体对减肥的防御的分子机制.
- 确定细胞转录和表观遗传变化是否在减肥后持续存在.
- 探索这些持续变化的重量回收的作用.
主要方法:
- 人和小鼠脂肪组织的单核RNA测序.
- 在体重减轻后对小鼠脂肪细胞的表观遗传变化的分析.
- 对小鼠高脂肪饮食的体重恢复和转录反应的评估.
主要成果:
- 脂肪组织在显著减肥后保留细胞转录的变化.
- 肥胖会导致老鼠脂肪细胞的持续性表观遗传变化,损害其功能.
- 具有这种"肥胖记忆"的小鼠表现出更快的体重反弹和未来的转录放松.
结论:
- 由脂肪细胞的稳定表观遗传变化驱动的"肥胖性记忆"存在.
- 这种记忆为细胞提供病理反应, 导致体重循环.
- 针对这些表观遗传变化可以改善长期体重控制和健康结果.
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