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Plast Reconstr Surg ; 148(3): 549-558, 2021 09 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34292915

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Fat grafting is commonly used in treating soft-tissue defects. However, the basic biology behind fat grafting is still not fully understood. Evidence of adipose browning into beige adipose tissue after fat grafting was revealed, but its role in fat grafting remains unclear. METHODS: Induced beige adipocytes and adipose-derived stem cells were obtained from human lipoaspirates and labeled with green fluorescent protein. Nude mice were each injected with 300 mg of human lipoaspirate containing green fluorescent protein-labeled adipose-derived stem cells, green fluorescent protein-labeled induced beige adipocytes, or phosphate-buffered saline. Grafted fat was harvested after 1, 4, 8, and 12 weeks for immunohistochemistry and histologic examination. Graft retention, vascularization, and adipogenic gene expression were compared. RESULTS: After 7 days' induction, adipocytes achieved browning with multilocular lipid droplets, increased mitochondria, and up-regulated browning gene expression. Fat graft retention rates at week 12 were significantly higher after injection of induced beige adipocytes than after injection of phosphate-buffered saline (46.0 ± 4.9 percent versus 31.0 ± 3.6 percent; p = 0.01), but were similar after injection of induced beige adipocytes and adipose-derived stem cells (p > 0.05). Induced beige adipocytes underwent rewhitening into white adipocytes and showed up-regulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ expression. Induced beige adipocytes enhanced angiogenesis, but were not active in forming vessel structures. CONCLUSIONS: Induced beige adipocytes and adipose-derived stem cells were comparable in improving fat graft retention rates. Induced beige adipocytes promote angiogenesis in a paracrine manner and are prone to rewhitening after fat grafting.


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Adipocytes, Beige/transplantation , Graft Survival/physiology , Subcutaneous Fat, Abdominal/transplantation , Adipocytes, Beige/physiology , Adipogenesis/physiology , Animals , Cell Differentiation , Female , Humans , Mice , Models, Animal , Neovascularization, Physiologic , Stem Cells/physiology , Subcutaneous Fat, Abdominal/cytology
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Cell Rep ; 25(11): 3215-3228.e9, 2018 12 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30540952

ABSTRACT

Molecular- and cellular-based therapies have the potential to reduce obesity-associated disease. In response to cold, beige adipocytes form in subcutaneous white adipose tissue and convert energy stored in metabolic substrates to heat, making them an attractive therapeutic target. We developed a robust method to generate a renewable source of human beige adipocytes from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Developmentally, these cells are derived from FOXF1+ mesoderm and progress through an expandable mural-like mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) to form mature beige adipocytes that display a thermogenically active profile. This includes expression of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) concomitant with increased uncoupled respiration. With this method, dysfunctional adipogenic precursors can be reprogrammed and differentiated into beige adipocytes with increased thermogenic function and anti-diabetic secretion potential. This resource can be used to (1) elucidate mechanisms that underlie the control of beige adipogenesis and (2) generate material for cellular-based therapies that target metabolic syndrome in humans.


Subject(s)
Adipocytes, Beige/transplantation , Metabolic Syndrome/therapy , Adipocytes, Beige/cytology , Cell Differentiation , Cell Line , Forkhead Transcription Factors/metabolism , Humans , Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/cytology , Interleukin-4/pharmacology , Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology , Mesoderm/cytology , Signal Transduction , Splanchnic Circulation , Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism
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Diabetes ; 66(6): 1470-1478, 2017 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28270520

ABSTRACT

Activation of thermogenic beige adipocytes has recently emerged as a promising therapeutic target in obesity and diabetes. Relevant human models for beige adipocyte differentiation are essential to implement such therapeutic strategies. We report a straightforward and efficient protocol to generate functional human beige adipocytes from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). Without overexpression of exogenous adipogenic genes, our method recapitulates an adipogenic developmental pathway through successive mesodermal and adipogenic progenitor stages. hiPSC-derived adipocytes are insulin sensitive and display beige-specific markers and functional properties, including upregulation of thermogenic genes, increased mitochondrial content, and increased oxygen consumption upon activation with cAMP analogs. Engraftment of hiPSC-derived adipocytes in mice produces well-organized and vascularized adipose tissue, capable of ß-adrenergic-responsive glucose uptake. Our model of human beige adipocyte development provides a new and scalable tool for disease modeling and therapeutic screening.


Subject(s)
Adipocytes, Beige/metabolism , Adipose Tissue/metabolism , Cellular Reprogramming Techniques/methods , Glucose/metabolism , Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/cytology , Insulin Resistance , Obesity , Thermogenesis/genetics , Adipocytes, Beige/cytology , Adipocytes, Beige/drug effects , Adipocytes, Beige/transplantation , Adipogenesis , Adipose Tissue/drug effects , Adrenergic beta-Agonists/pharmacology , Animals , Cell Transplantation , Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 , Gene Expression Profiling , Humans , Isoproterenol/pharmacology , Mice , Mitochondria/metabolism , Oxygen Consumption , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Radiopharmaceuticals , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction , Up-Regulation
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J Physiol Biochem ; 73(1): 1-4, 2017 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27826900

ABSTRACT

Obesity is a leading health problem facing the modern world; however, no effective therapy for this health issue has yet been developed. A promising research direction to identify novel therapies to prevent obesity has emerged from discoveries on development and function of brown/brite adipocytes in mammals. Importantly, there is evidence for the presence and function of active thermogenic brown adipocytes in both infants and adult humans. Several new investigations have shown that thermogenic adipocytes are beneficial to maintain glucose homeostasis, insulin sensitivity, and a healthy body fat content. Such thermogenic adipocytes have been considered as targets to develop a therapy for preventing obesity. This short review seeks to highlight recent findings on the development and function of brown/brite adipocytes in humans and to discuss potential treatments based on these adipocytes to reduce obesity and its related disorders.


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Adipocytes, Beige/metabolism , Adipocytes, Brown/metabolism , Adipogenesis , Models, Biological , Thermogenesis , Adipocytes, Beige/cytology , Adipocytes, Beige/pathology , Adipocytes, Beige/transplantation , Adipocytes, Brown/cytology , Adipocytes, Brown/pathology , Adipocytes, Brown/transplantation , Adipocytes, White/cytology , Adipocytes, White/metabolism , Adipocytes, White/pathology , Adiposity , Animals , Capillaries/cytology , Humans , Insulin Resistance , Obesity/metabolism , Obesity/pathology , Obesity/prevention & control , Stromal Cells/cytology
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