High-fat feeding period affects gene expression in rat white adipose tissue

• Published in: Molecular and cellular biochemistry Vol. 275; no. 1-2; pp. 109 - 115
• Main Authors: Lopez, I P, Milagro, F I, Marti, A, Moreno-Aliaga, M J, Martinez, J A, De Miguel, C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Springer Nature B.V 01-07-2005
• Subjects: Adiponectin - biosynthesis; Adipose tissue; Adipose Tissue - drug effects; Adipose Tissue - metabolism; Adipose Tissue - physiology; Animals; Caveolin 2 - biosynthesis; Diet; Dietary Fats - administration & dosage; Down-Regulation - drug effects; Dystroglycans - biosynthesis; Epididymis - metabolism; Gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation - drug effects; Glycated Hemoglobin A - biosynthesis; Leptin - blood; Male; Neoplasm Proteins - genetics; Neoplasm Proteins - metabolism; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; Protein Biosynthesis; Proteins - genetics; Rats; Rats, Wistar; RNA, Messenger - biosynthesis; RNA, Messenger - genetics; Rodents; Time Factors; Up-Regulation - drug effects; Weight Gain
• ISSN: 0300-8177; 1573-4919
• DOI: 10.1007/s11010-005-1082-z

The expression of 76 sequences, previously isolated as differentially expressed in visceral white adipose tissue (WAT) of female rats, fed with a high-fat diet for 11 days (Lopez et al., Biochem Biophys Res Comm 318: 234-239, 2004), was analyzed in epidydimal WAT of male rats after a feeding period of 65 days with the same diet, using microarray technology. After Northern blot validation of the results, only three genes appeared upregulated (caveolin-2, the alpha-1 chain of haemoglobin and rat mammary tumor-7) and two downregulated (adiponectin and dystroglycan). We have also analyzed caveolin-1 gene expression and found that follows the opposite pattern of caveolin-2, indicating that they are inversely regulated. Our results suggest that if feeding with a high-fat diet is prolonged, many of the initial changes in gene expression, probably aimed to consume the energy surplus and prevent excessive fat deposition, are not maintained, and adaptation to an increased lipid storage is developed.