White, brown, and bone marrow adipose tissue behavior in DHEA-induced PCOS mice

• Published in: Gynecological endocrinology Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 15 - 20
• Main Authors: Doretto-Silva, Lorena, Steiner, Marcelo Luis, Veridiano, Juliana Mora, Petri, Giuliana, Luz, Maria Cláudia de Brito, Neofiti-Papi, Bianca, Bianco, Bianca, Fonseca, Fernando Luiz Affonso, Toledo, Olga Maria Szymanski de, Fernandes, César Eduardo, Pompei, Luciano de Melo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 02-01-2021
• Subjects: adipokines; adipose tissue; Adipose Tissue - physiopathology; Androgen; Animals; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Insulin Resistance; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - chemically induced; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - physiopathology; adipose tissue; adipokines; Androgen; insulin resistance
• ISSN: 0951-3590; 1473-0766
• DOI: 10.1080/09513590.2020.1772228

Introduction: To investigate the behavior of white, brown, and bone marrow adipose tissue (MAT) and the insulin resistance in a PCOS mice model.
Thirty-one female C57BL/6J mice were divided into four groups: two were treated with subcutaneous dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) implants and divided into normal and hypercaloric diet (HFD). Two were control and divided into normal and HFD. Presence of insulin resistance, growth, and adipocyte markers expression of white and brown adipose tissues and growth and inflammatory cytokines expression of bone marrow adipose tissue were evaluated.
Hypercaloric diet groups presented higher total weight gain and huge growth in all fat sites, except bone marrow. They also demonstrated greater expression of adipocyte markers in sites of white adipose tissue. DHEA + HFD group showed more insulin intolerance than all other groups. DHEA shows to abrogate AdipoQ expression in all fatty tissues.
DHEA alone does not influence adipose tissue growth, but contributes to increased insulin resistance and influences the expression of adipokines. Proximal MAT showed different behavior from the other fat depot.