PMID- 23670941 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140324 LR - 20220317 IS - 1930-739X (Electronic) IS - 1930-7381 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 8 DP - 2013 Aug TI - Endogenous oxidative stress, but not ER stress, induces hypoxia-independent VEGF120 release through PI3K-dependent pathways in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. PG - 1625-34 LID - 10.1002/oby.20206 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Expressions of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are increased in obese adipocytes and is secreted from obese adipose tissue through hypoxia-independent pathways. Therefore, we investigated the hypoxia-independent mechanism underlying increased expression and release of VEGF in obese adipocytes. DESIGN AND METHODS: We compared signal transduction pathways regulating VEGF with those regulating monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), which is increased in obese adipocytes, in an in vitro model of artificially hypertrophied 3T3-L1 adipocytes preloaded with palmitate, without the influence of hypoxia. RESULTS: Palmitate-preloaded cells exhibited significantly enhanced oxidative stress (P < 0.01) and showed increased VEGF120 and MCP-1 release (P < 0.01, respectively), while endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress was not induced. Increased VEGF120 release was significantly decreased with PI3K inhibitor LY294002 (P < 0.01). In addition, antioxidant N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) markedly diminished not only VEGF120 secretion (P < 0.01) but also augmented Akt phosphorylation on Ser473 (P < 0.01). In contrast, increased MCP-1 release was suppressed with JNK inhibitor SP600125 and p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580 (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: VEGF120 release from hypertrophied adipocytes can be enhanced through PI3K pathways activated by oxidative stress but not by ER stress, suggesting that VEGF120 secretion is regulated through oxidative stress-dependent pathways distinct from those involved in MCP-1 release through either JNK or p38 MAPK activation. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 The Obesity Society. FAU - Takahashi, Kazuto AU - Takahashi K AD - Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Miyokawa-Gorin, Kaoru AU - Miyokawa-Gorin K FAU - Handa, Keiko AU - Handa K FAU - Kitahara, Atsuko AU - Kitahara A FAU - Moriya, Rie AU - Moriya R FAU - Onuma, Hirohisa AU - Onuma H FAU - Sumitani, Yoshikazu AU - Sumitani Y FAU - Tanaka, Toshiaki AU - Tanaka T FAU - Katsuta, Hidenori AU - Katsuta H FAU - Nishida, Susumu AU - Nishida S FAU - Yoshimoto, Katsuhiko AU - Yoshimoto K FAU - Ohno, Hideki AU - Ohno H FAU - Ishida, Hitoshi AU - Ishida H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130513 PL - United States TA - Obesity (Silver Spring) JT - Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) JID - 101264860 RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Chromones) RN - 0 (Imidazoles) RN - 0 (Morpholines) RN - 0 (Palmitates) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - 0 (vascular endothelial growth factor A, mouse) RN - 31M2U1DVID (2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - OU13V1EYWQ (SB 203580) RN - WYQ7N0BPYC (Acetylcysteine) SB - IM MH - 3T3-L1 Cells MH - Acetylcysteine/pharmacology MH - Adipocytes/cytology/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Chemokine CCL2/metabolism MH - Chromones/pharmacology MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/*physiology MH - Imidazoles/pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Morpholines/pharmacology MH - Oxidative Stress/*physiology MH - Palmitates/metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Pyridines/pharmacology MH - Signal Transduction MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/*metabolism MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism EDAT- 2013/05/15 06:00 MHDA- 2014/03/25 06:00 CRDT- 2013/05/15 06:00 PHST- 2011/09/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/11/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/05/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/03/25 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/oby.20206 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Aug;21(8):1625-34. doi: 10.1002/oby.20206. Epub 2013 May 13.