growth/size/body
• mice develop obesity under normal chow diet (NCD) or after feeding with an HFD (60kcal% fat) for 8 weeks
• however, food intake is normal under both NCD and HFD conditions
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• mice exhibit higher body weight gain than wild-type controls under normal chow diet (NCD) conditions, esp. as they age
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• mice exhibit faster gain body weight than wild-type controls under a 60% high-fat diet (HFD)
• difference in body weight is mainly due to increased fat accumulation rather than lean body weight changes
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homeostasis/metabolism
• expression of genes related to mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation is significantly reduced in BAT
• NCD-fed mice show a significantly lower fatty acid oxidation rate than wild-type controls in BAT and skeletal muscle homogenates
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• after long-term cold exposure (6 degrees Celsius for 20 h), subcutaneous inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT) displays less browning and larger adipocytes with significantly less UCP1 protein expression in NCD-fed mice than in wild-type controls
• during long-term cold challenge, core body temperatures remain significantly lower than those in wild-type controls, esp. during the first 4 h of cold exposure
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• plasma adrenaline levels are significantly lower than in wild-type controls under NCD, HFD, or cold challenge (NCD plus 2 h cold exposure) conditions
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• mice fed either NCD or HFD for 8 weeks exhibit significantly lower plasma free fatty acid levels than wild-type controls fed the same diet
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• mice have significantly lower core body temperatures than wild-type controls both before and after cold challenge at 4 degrees Celsius for 2 h
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• mice fed with HFD for 8 weeks or fed with NCD plus cold challenge for 2 h have significantly higher adrenaline levels in total lysates of adrenal glands than wild-type controls, likely due to reduced adrenaline release from the adrenal gland medulla
• however, protein expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) in adrenal glands is normal, suggesting that the adrenaline synthesis pathway is unaffected
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• after long-term (20 h) cold exposure, NCD-fed mice show significantly higher norepinephrine levels in iWAT than wild-type controls
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• NCD-fed mice show significantly lower energy expenditure than wild-type controls during both dark and light periods
• HFD-fed mice show significantly reduced energy expenditure only during the light period
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• mice exhibit faster gain body weight than wild-type controls under a 60% high-fat diet (HFD)
• difference in body weight is mainly due to increased fat accumulation rather than lean body weight changes
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• NCD-fed mice show significantly lower oxygen consumption rates than wild-type controls during both dark and light periods
• HFD-fed mice show significantly lower oxygen consumption rates only during the light period
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• after HFD feeding for 6 weeks, mice require less glucose infusion to maintain euglycemia and average glucose infusion rate is significantly decreased during euglycemic clamps
• rate of glucose disappearance is significantly lower under both basal and clamp conditions
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• mice fed a HFD feeding for only 5 to 6 weeks show significantly higher fasting blood glucose levels than wild-type controls
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• after HFD feeding for only 5 to 6 weeks, mice show reduced glucose tolerance relative to wild-type controls
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• basal hepatic glucose production (HGP) is significantly lower than that in wild-type controls
• insulin-induced suppression of HGP is significantly greater than that in wild-type controls
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• after HFD for only 5 to 6 weeks, mice show reduced insulin sensitivity relative to wild-type controls
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• mice fed either NCD or HFD have significantly higher liver triglyceride levels than wild-type controls fed the same diet
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• mice exhibit much lower basal metabolic rates than wild-type controls during the light period
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• mice fed NCD show increased expression of the lipogenic genes Fasn (fatty acid synthase) and Pparg (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma) in white adipose tissue, suggesting activation of the lipogenesis pathway
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• mice fed with either NCD or an HFD for 10 weeks show significantly lower cAMP levels than wild-type controls in brown adipose tissue (BAT)
• mice with NCD plus cold challenge (CC) at 4 degrees Celsius for 2 h show significantly lower cAMP levels than wild-type controls in subcutaneous inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT) and skeletal (gastrocnemius) muscle
• mice fed with either NCD or an HFD show significantly reduced phosphorylation of hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) at Ser660 (a PKA phosphorylation site) and protein levels of ATGL (the first lipase in the lipolysis pathway) in BAT and in iWAT
• however, response to beta3-adrenoceptor agonist CL316243-induced phosphorylation of HSL at PKA site Ser660 and cAMP production in subcutaneous adipose tissue is normal
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liver/biliary system
• mice fed either NCD or HFD have significantly higher liver triglyceride levels than wild-type controls fed the same diet
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• mice exhibit significant accumulation of lipid droplets in the liver under both NCD and HFD conditions, as shown by Oil Red O staining
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adipose tissue
• H&E staining indicates more and larger lipid droplets in BAT
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• H&E staining indicates more and larger lipid droplets in BAT
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• white adipose tissue (WAT) adipocytes are significantly larger than those in wild-type control mice under both NCD and HFD conditions
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• after HFD feeding for 6 weeks, mice exhibit decreased insulin-stimulated glucose uptake into WAT but not brain during the euglycemic clamp
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• after long-term (20 h) or short-term (2 h) cold exposure, gene expression of markers related to beige fat, mitochondrial thermogenesis, and fatty acid oxidation are significantly lower than in wild-type controls
• after long-term (20 h) cold exposure, UCP1 protein expression in beige fat is lower than that in wild-type controls
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• mice exhibit reduced thermogenesis with significantly less UCP1 protein expression in BAT
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cellular
• after HFD feeding for 6 weeks, mice exhibit decreased insulin-stimulated glucose uptake into WAT but not brain during the euglycemic clamp
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• after HFD feeding for 6 weeks, mice exhibit decreased insulin-stimulated glucose uptake into heart during the euglycemic clamp
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• after HFD feeding for 6 weeks, mice exhibit decreased insulin-stimulated glucose uptake into different skeletal muscles during the euglycemic clamp
• Akt phosphorylation at Ser473 is significantly reduced in gastrocnemius muscle, suggesting impaired insulin signaling in skeletal muscle
• tendency towards lower insulin-stimulated glucose transport activity in isolated soleus muscle
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• expression of genes related to mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation is significantly reduced in BAT
• NCD-fed mice show a significantly lower fatty acid oxidation rate than wild-type controls in BAT and skeletal muscle homogenates
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• isolated adrenal glands exhibit a significant reduction in both basal and nicotine-induced adrenaline release relative to wild-type glands
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muscle
• after HFD feeding for 6 weeks, mice exhibit decreased insulin-stimulated glucose uptake into heart during the euglycemic clamp
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• after HFD feeding for 6 weeks, mice exhibit decreased insulin-stimulated glucose uptake into different skeletal muscles during the euglycemic clamp
• Akt phosphorylation at Ser473 is significantly reduced in gastrocnemius muscle, suggesting impaired insulin signaling in skeletal muscle
• tendency towards lower insulin-stimulated glucose transport activity in isolated soleus muscle
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cardiovascular system
• after HFD feeding for 6 weeks, mice exhibit decreased insulin-stimulated glucose uptake into heart during the euglycemic clamp
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behavior/neurological
• HFD-fed mice show significantly lower z-axis activity (rearing) than wild-type controls only during the dark period
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