PMID- 21336871 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120307 LR - 20211020 IS - 1436-6215 (Electronic) IS - 1436-6207 (Linking) VI - 50 IP - 8 DP - 2011 Dec TI - A role for suppressed bone formation favoring catch-up fat in the pathophysiology of catch-up growth after food restriction. PG - 645-55 LID - 10.1007/s00394-011-0174-7 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Catch-up growth is always companied with later development of obesity and osteoporosis that are two interrelated clinical entities. However, the potential mechanism of the link between them during catch-up growth is unknown. METHODS: Rats were divided into two groups. Rats of the normal control (NC) group were offered ad libitum access to food, while rats of CUGFR group were food restricted for 4 weeks, and then were allowed full access to food for 0, 2, 4 weeks, respectively. The fat percentage and distribution, bone mineral density, biochemical and histological indexes of bone were detected. Moreover, the expression of adipogenic or osteoblastic differentiation-related genes of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) was also determined. RESULTS: Catch-up growth led to a rapid visceral fat accumulation. Although there was no difference in the histological indexes of bone between NC group and CUGFR group, the bone turnover marker, serum Bone Gla-protein (s-BGP), decreased in CUGFR group. The adipogenic differentiation-related gene of MSCs, PPAR-gamma, was significantly higher than that of NC group especially when catch-up growth for 4 weeks. Nevertheless, the osteoblastic differentiation-related gene of MSCs, Runx2, was increased but failed to reach the levels of the controls eventually. Both protein and mRNA of TAZ, a main transcriptional modulator of MSCs differentiation, failed to catch up even after being allowed full access to food for 4 weeks. CONCLUSION: CUGFR induces the differential differentiation of MSCs, potentially suppressing bone formation and favoring catch-up fat, which might be responsible for the increased risk of osteoporosis and obesity during CUGFR. FAU - Guo, Xiangfei AU - Guo X AD - Department of Pain, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, 100053, Beijing, China. FAU - Yang, Weihong AU - Yang W FAU - Ni, Jiaxiang AU - Ni J FAU - He, Mingwei AU - He M FAU - Yang, Liqiang AU - Yang L LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20110219 PL - Germany TA - Eur J Nutr JT - European journal of nutrition JID - 100888704 RN - 0 (Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit) RN - 0 (Fats) RN - 0 (PPAR gamma) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Runx2 protein, rat) RN - 104982-03-8 (Osteocalcin) SB - IM MH - Adipogenesis MH - Animals MH - Body Fat Distribution MH - Bone Density MH - *Caloric Restriction MH - Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit/genetics/metabolism MH - Fats/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology/*metabolism MH - Models, Animal MH - Obesity/*physiopathology MH - Osteocalcin/genetics/metabolism MH - *Osteogenesis MH - Osteoporosis/*physiopathology MH - PPAR gamma/genetics/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley EDAT- 2011/02/22 06:00 MHDA- 2012/03/08 06:00 CRDT- 2011/02/22 06:00 PHST- 2010/11/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/01/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/02/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/02/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/03/08 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s00394-011-0174-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Nutr. 2011 Dec;50(8):645-55. doi: 10.1007/s00394-011-0174-7. Epub 2011 Feb 19.