Identification of White Adipocyte Progenitor Cells in Vivo

sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 3 weeks (www.cell.com)

The increased white adipose tissue (WAT) mass associated with obesity is the result of both hyperplasia and hypertrophy of adipocytes. However, the mechanisms controlling adipocyte number are unknown in part because the identity of the physiological adipocyte progenitor cells has not been defined in vivo. In this report, we employ a variety of approaches, including a noninvasive assay for following fat mass reconstitution in vivo, to identify a subpopulation of early adipocyte progenitor cells (Lin−:CD29+:CD34+:Sca-1+:CD24+) resident in adult WAT

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Recruitment of Compensatory Pathways to Sustain Oxidative Flux With Reduced Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase I Activity Characterizes Inefficiency in Energy Metabolism in Hypertrophied Hearts

fiona submitted, created time 1 year 9 months (circ.ahajournals.org)

"Transport rates of long-chain free fatty acids into mitochondria via carnitine palmitoyltransferase I relative to overall oxidative rates in hypertrophied hearts remain poorly understood. Furthermore, the extent of glucose oxidation, despite increased glycolysis in hypertrophy, remains controversial. The present study explores potential compensatory mechanisms to sustain tricarboxylic acid cycle flux that resolve the apparent discrepancy of reduced fatty acid oxidation without increased glucose oxidation through pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in the energy-poor, hypertrophied heart."

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