PMID- 24986468 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141126 LR - 20211021 IS - 1476-511X (Electronic) IS - 1476-511X (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2014 Jul 1 TI - Immunohistochemical profiling of the heat shock response in obese non-diabetic subjects revealed impaired expression of heat shock proteins in the adipose tissue. PG - 106 LID - 10.1186/1476-511X-13-106 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Obesity is characterized by a chronic low-grade inflammation and altered stress responses in key metabolic tissues. Impairment of heat shock response (HSR) has been already linked to diabetes and insulin resistance as reflected by decrease in heat shock proteins (HSPs) expression. However, the status of HSR in non-diabetic human obese has not yet been elucidated. The aim of the current study was to investigate whether obesity triggers a change in the HSR pattern and the impact of physical exercise on this pattern at protein and mRNA levels. METHODS: Two groups of adult non-diabetic human subjects consisting of lean and obese (n = 47 for each group) were enrolled in this study. The expression pattern of HSP-27, DNAJB3/HSP-40, HSP-60, HSC-70, HSP72, HSP-90 and GRP-94 in the adipose tissue was primarily investigated by immunohistochemistry and then complemented by western blot and qRT-PCR in Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). HSPs expression levels were correlated with various physical, clinical and biochemical parameters. We have also explored the effect of a 3-month moderate physical exercise on the HSPs expression pattern in obese subjects. RESULTS: Obese subjects displayed increased expression of HSP-60, HSC-70, HSP-72, HSP-90 and GRP-94 and lower expression of DNAJB3/HSP-40 (P < 0.05). No differential expression was observed for HSP-27 between the two groups. Higher levels of HSP-72 and GRP-94 proteins correlated positively with the indices of obesity (body mass index and percent body fat) and circulating levels of IFN-gamma-inducible protein 10 (IP-10) and RANTES chemokines. This expression pattern was concomitant with increased inflammatory response in the adipose tissue as monitored by increased levels of Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and RANTES (P < 0.05). Physical exercise reduced the expression of various HSPs in obese to normal levels observed in lean subjects with a parallel decrease in the endogenous levels of IL-6, TNF-alpha, and RANTES. CONCLUSION: Taken together, these data indicate that obesity triggers differential regulation of various components of the HSR in non-diabetic subjects and a 3-month physical moderate exercise was sufficient to restore the normal expression of HSPs in the adipose tissue with concomitant attenuation in the inflammatory response. FAU - Tiss, Ali AU - Tiss A FAU - Khadir, Abdelkrim AU - Khadir A FAU - Abubaker, Jehad AU - Abubaker J FAU - Abu-Farha, Mohamed AU - Abu-Farha M FAU - Al-Khairi, Irina AU - Al-Khairi I FAU - Cherian, Preethi AU - Cherian P FAU - John, Jeena AU - John J FAU - Kavalakatt, Sina AU - Kavalakatt S FAU - Warsame, Samia AU - Warsame S FAU - Al-Ghimlas, Fahad AU - Al-Ghimlas F FAU - Elkum, Naser AU - Elkum N FAU - Behbehani, Kazem AU - Behbehani K FAU - Dermime, Said AU - Dermime S FAU - Dehbi, Mohammed AU - Dehbi M AD - Diabetes Research Centre, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Box: 5825, Doha, Qatar. mdehbi@qf.org.qa. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140701 PL - England TA - Lipids Health Dis JT - Lipids in health and disease JID - 101147696 RN - 0 (HSP72 Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) SB - IM MH - Adipose Tissue/*metabolism MH - HSP72 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism MH - Heat-Shock Proteins/*metabolism MH - Heat-Shock Response/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry/*methods MH - Interleukin-6/blood MH - Obesity/blood/*metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/blood PMC - PMC4085713 EDAT- 2014/07/06 06:00 MHDA- 2014/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2014/07/01 CRDT- 2014/07/03 06:00 PHST- 2014/04/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/06/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/07/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/07/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1476-511X-13-106 [pii] AID - 10.1186/1476-511X-13-106 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Lipids Health Dis. 2014 Jul 1;13:106. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-13-106.