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Diet-induced obesity in Sca-1 KO mice.
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PMID:  21510817     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Stem Cell Antigen-1 (Sca-1) is a member of the Ly6 family and has served as a marker for the identification of stem cells in various tissues, including fat depots. In vitro and in vivo studies suggest the possible involvement of Sca-1 in adipogenic differentiation and link Sca-1 antigenicity with adipocyte progenitors. Previously we showed that Sca-1 enriched populations of ear mesenchymal stem cells possess enhanced capacity to differentiate into adipocytes. Additionally we determined the natural frequency and localization of Sca-1 positive progenitor/stem cells in brown and white fat in situ. The present study addressed the question whether Sca-1 deficiency alters the white adipose tissue response to a high saturated fat diet. Our results show that Sca-1 null mice (Sca-1-/-) fed high fat diet developed obesity equally well as wild type mice suggesting either an indirect in vivo effect of Sca-1 or a compensatory response to Sca-1 deficiency. However, contrary to wild type mice, high fat diet fed Sca-1-/- mice showed no alterations in serum adipocytokines. The data leads to the conclusion that Sca-1 is either redundant or a non-essential marker of adipose progenitor/stem cells. Nevertheless, since Sca-1 deficient mice displayed elevated blood glucose at fasting, exhibited glucose intolerance and insulin resistance, Sca-1 has subtle effects on adipose function. Thus, the Sca-1 deficient mice may provide a useful model for metabolic studies.
Authors:
Jaroslaw Staszkiewicz; Jeffrey Gimble; Marilyn A Dietrich; Barbara Gawronska-Kozak
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-4-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  Stem cells and development     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1557-8534     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-4-22     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101197107     Medline TA:  Stem Cells Dev     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Regenerative Biology Laboratory, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States; StaszkJ@pbrc.edu.
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