Potential predictive biomarkers of obesity in Burmese cats |
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Authors: | Peter Lee Akihiro Mori Marcia Coradini Nobuko Mori Fumi Sagara Ichiro Yamamoto Jacquie S Rand Toshiro Arai |
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Institution: | 1. Viral Infection and Immunity Unit, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain;2. Infectious Diseases and HIV Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain;3. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain;4. Bioinformatics Unit, National Centre for Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain;5. Biomedical Research Foundation, Hospital General Universitario “Gregorio Marañón”, Madrid, Spain |
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Abstract: | Australian Burmese cats are predisposed to diabetes mellitus and, compared to other breeds, have delayed triglyceride clearance that may result in subtle changes within cells and tissues that trigger specific alterations in gene expression within peripheral blood leucocytes (PBLs). Expression of genes involved in energy metabolism (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and malate dehydrogenase), lipogenesis (ATP citrate lyase ACL], fatty acid synthase FAS] and sterol regulatory binding protein-1c SREBP-1c]), and insulin signalling (insulin receptor substrates 1 and 2, and phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase), as well as cholesterol lipoprotein subfraction profiling were carried out on PBLs from lean Burmese cats and compared with similar profiles of age and gender matched lean and obese Australian domestic shorthaired cats (DSHs) in an attempt to identify possible biomarkers for assessing obesity.For the majority of the genes examined, the lean Burmese cats demonstrated similar PBL gene expression patterns as age and gender matched obese Australian DSH cats. Lean Burmese had increased expression of ACL and FAS, but not SREBP-1c, a main upstream regulator of lipid synthesis, suggesting possible aberrations in lipogenesis. Moreover, lean Burmese displayed a 3- to 4-fold increase in the very low density cholesterol fraction percentage, which was double that for obese DSH cats, indicating an increased degree of lipid dysregulation especially in relation to triglycerides. The findings suggest that Burmese cats may have a particular propensity for dysregulation in lipid metabolism. |
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