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Increased glucose uptake in visceral versus subcutaneous adipose tissue revealed by PET imaging.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20705265     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: The current study tested the hypothesis that glucose utilization differs between visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), and investigated potential mechanisms for such a finding.
BACKGROUND: VAT burden correlates better with cardiovascular risk than does SAT burden. Beyond volumetric measurement, glucose uptake in adipose tissue (AT) might reflect metabolic activity and provide pathophysiologic insight and aid risk stratification.
METHODS: We retrospectively studied tissue-specific glucose uptake in vivo in clinically obtained whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scans in humans. We also assessed glucose uptake in vitro, using stromal vascular cells isolated from SAT and VAT of diet-induced obese C57BL/6 mice. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) evaluated the expression of multiple genes involved in cellular glucose metabolism, including glucose transporters (GLUT-1, -3, and -4) and hexokinases (HK-1 and -2) in SAT and VAT of obese C57BL/6 mice.
RESULTS: We analyzed whole-body FDG-PET scans from 31 obese and 26 lean patients. VAT exhibited higher FDG uptake compared with SAT (p < 0.0001) independent of age, sex, body mass index, comorbidities, and medications. To investigate mechanisms underlying this observation, we studied glucose uptake in the stromal vascular cell fraction of AT, which is rich in inflammatory cells. Stromal vascular cells from VAT of diet-induced obese C57BL/6 mice exhibited higher glucose uptake than those from SAT (p = 0.01). Evaluation of expression of glucose transporters (GLUT-1, -3, and -4) and hexokinases (HK-1 and -2), revealed increased expression of HK-1 in VAT-derived compared with SAT-derived stromal vascular cells, and also in visceral versus subcutaneous unfractionated AT.
CONCLUSIONS: In humans in vivo, VAT has increased glucose uptake compared with SAT, as determined noninvasively with FDG PET imaging. Differential stromal metabolic activity may be 1 mechanism underlying differences in metabolic activity of visceral and subcutaneous AT.
Authors:
Thomas Christen; Yuri Sheikine; Viviane Z Rocha; Shelley Hurwitz; Allison B Goldfine; Marcelo Di Carli; Peter Libby
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  JACC. Cardiovascular imaging     Volume:  3     ISSN:  1876-7591     ISO Abbreviation:  JACC Cardiovasc Imaging     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-13     Completed Date:  2010-12-07     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101467978     Medline TA:  JACC Cardiovasc Imaging     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  843-51     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Biological Transport
Cells, Cultured
Chi-Square Distribution
Deoxyglucose / metabolism
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / diagnostic use
Glucose / metabolism*
Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative / genetics,  metabolism
Hexokinase / genetics,  metabolism
Humans
Intra-Abdominal Fat / metabolism*,  radionuclide imaging*
Kinetics
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Middle Aged
Obesity / metabolism*,  radionuclide imaging*
Positron-Emission Tomography*
RNA, Messenger / metabolism
Radiopharmaceuticals / diagnostic use
Retrospective Studies
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Stromal Cells / metabolism
Subcutaneous Fat / metabolism*,  radionuclide imaging*
Up-Regulation
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
U01HL080731/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative; 0/RNA, Messenger; 0/Radiopharmaceuticals; 154-17-6/Deoxyglucose; 50-99-7/Glucose; 63503-12-8/Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; EC 2.7.1.1/Hexokinase
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JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 Aug;3(8):852-3   [PMID:  20705266 ]

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