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Sex differences in adipose tissue lipolysis and pathological cardiac hypertrophy

Subject Area Cardiology, Angiology
Term from 2008 to 2015
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 60843499
 
Final Report Year 2017

Final Report Abstract

Our previous study indicates that adipose tissue ATGL is an important regulator of exercise-induced lipolysis and modulates circulating FA levels during physical training. Importantly, training induced cardiac FA- and glucose uptake is also determined by ATGL-mediated FA-mobilization from adipose tissue. In addition to cardiac metabolism, adipose ATGL seems to control the development of cardiac hypertrophy during exercise. We were able to demonstrate, that palmitoleic acid (C16:1), released from adipose tissue in an ATGL-dependent manner, serves as a molecular mediator of exercise- induced cardiac hypertrophy in vivo and in vitro. The molecular mechanism by which C16:1 is able to induce a hypertrophic response in cardiomyocytes reminds elusive. A planned next-generation RNA sequencing study would allowed the identification of new target genes/transcripts regulated during C16:1-mediated hypertrophic response in both human and murine primary cardiomyocytes. Taken together, these data suggest that lipid species imply the potential as new molecular markers and therapeutic agents for cardiovascular disease.

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