PMID- 21852089 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121207 LR - 20211020 IS - 1873-4847 (Electronic) IS - 0955-2863 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 8 DP - 2012 Aug TI - Caloric restriction increases adiponectin expression by adipose tissue and prevents the inhibitory effect of insulin on circulating adiponectin in rats. PG - 867-74 LID - 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2011.04.011 [doi] AB - Aging is associated with redistribution of body fat and the development of insulin resistance. White adipose tissue emerges as an important organ in controlling life span. Caloric restriction (CR) delays the rate of aging possibly modulated partly by altering the amount and function of adipose tissue. Adiponectin is a major adipose-derived adipokine that has anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizing properties. This study examined the effects of CR on adiposity and gene expression of adiponectin, its receptors (AdipoR1 and AdipoR2) in adipose tissue and in isolated adipocytes of Brown Norway rats that had undergone CR for 4 months or fed ad libitum. The study also determined plasma concentrations of adiponectin and insulin in these animals and whether insulin infusion for 7 days affects adiponectin expression and its circulating concentrations under CR conditions. CR markedly reduced body weight as anticipated, epididymal fat mass and adipocyte size. CR led to an increase in plasma free fatty acid and glycerol (both twofold), and adipose triglyceride lipase messenger RNA (mRNA) in adipose tissue and isolated adipocytes (both >2-fold). Adiponectin mRNA levels were elevated in adipose tissue and adipocytes (both >2-fold) as was plasma adiponectin concentration (2.8-fold) in CR rats. However, CR did not alter tissue or cellular AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 expression. Seven days of insulin infusion decreased adiponectin mRNA in adipose tissue but did not reverse the CR-induced up-regulation of circulating adiponectin levels. Our results suggest that the benefits of CR could be, at least in part, dependent on enhanced expression and secretion of adiponectin by adipocytes. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Ding, Qi AU - Ding Q AD - Department of Obesity and Endocrinology, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Diseases, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. FAU - Ash, Catherine AU - Ash C FAU - Mracek, Tomas AU - Mracek T FAU - Merry, Brian AU - Merry B FAU - Bing, Chen AU - Bing C LA - eng GR - BB/E015379/1/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom GR - BBE015379/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom GR - BBSSN200411555/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110817 PL - United States TA - J Nutr Biochem JT - The Journal of nutritional biochemistry JID - 9010081 RN - 0 (Adiponectin) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Receptors, Adiponectin) RN - 0 (adiponectin receptor 1, rat) RN - 0 (adiponectin receptor 2, rat) SB - IM MH - Adiponectin/*blood/*metabolism MH - Adipose Tissue/*metabolism MH - Adiposity/genetics MH - Animals MH - *Caloric Restriction MH - Insulin/*metabolism MH - Insulin Resistance MH - Male MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Receptors, Adiponectin/genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2011/08/20 06:00 MHDA- 2012/12/12 06:00 CRDT- 2011/08/20 06:00 PHST- 2010/10/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/04/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/04/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/08/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/08/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/12/12 06:00 [medline] AID - S0955-2863(11)00138-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2011.04.011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Nutr Biochem. 2012 Aug;23(8):867-74. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2011.04.011. Epub 2011 Aug 17.