PMID- 29205876 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190123 LR - 20240227 IS - 1613-4133 (Electronic) IS - 1613-4125 (Linking) VI - 62 IP - 4 DP - 2018 Feb TI - Vitamin D Does Not Play a Functional Role in Adipose Tissue Development in Rodent Models. LID - 10.1002/mnfr.201700726 [doi] AB - SCOPE: Several studies have proposed a role of vitamin D in adipogenesis. Here, we sought to study the impact of the vitamin D receptor (Vdr) on adipocyte size in young and old mice and the effect of maternal vitamin D deficiency on fetal adipogenesis. METHODS AND RESULTS: Histological analysis of adipose tissues shows that Vdr knockout (KO) mice have smaller adipocytes than wild-type (WT) mice. Next, we compare young and old Vdr-KO and WT mice and find no differences in adipocyte sizes between weaned Vdr-KO and WT mice. However, 1-year-old Vdr-KO mice, suffering from alopecia, have smaller-sized adipocytes than WT mice, although they consume more food. To elucidate whether vitamin D can directly impact adipocyte development at a critical stage of adipogenesis, we feed rat dams a vitamin D deficient (0 IU kg(-1) ) or vitamin D adequate (1000 IU kg(-1) ) diet. Neither DNA microarray analysis of the adipose tissues of the newborn rats nor the adipocyte sizes of 21-day-old offspring show significant differences between the two groups. CONCLUSION: Data indicate that vitamin D does not play a fundamental role in adipogenesis because vitamin D does not affect fetal adipogenesis. Moreover, the smaller adipocytes observed in adult Vdr-KO mice are presumably caused by an increased energy expenditure due to alopecia. CI - (c) 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. FAU - Schutkowski, Alexandra AU - Schutkowski A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9387-7869 AD - Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany. FAU - Max, Daniela AU - Max D AD - Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany. FAU - Bonn, Markus AU - Bonn M AD - Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle (Saale), Germany. AD - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Brandsch, Corinna AU - Brandsch C AD - Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany. FAU - Grundmann, Sarah M AU - Grundmann SM AD - Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany. FAU - Hirche, Frank AU - Hirche F AD - Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany. FAU - Staege, Martin S AU - Staege MS AD - University Clinic and Polyclinic for Child and Adolescent Medicine, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany. FAU - Stangl, Gabriele I AU - Stangl GI AD - Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany. AD - Competence Cluster of Cardiovascular Health and Nutrition (nutriCARD), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180112 PL - Germany TA - Mol Nutr Food Res JT - Molecular nutrition & food research JID - 101231818 RN - 0 (Receptors, Calcitriol) RN - 1406-16-2 (Vitamin D) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Female MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Rats MH - Adipocytes/pathology MH - *Adipogenesis MH - Energy Metabolism MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Models, Animal MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, Calcitriol/physiology MH - *Vitamin D/physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - adipocytes OT - adipose tissue OT - vitamin D EDAT- 2017/12/06 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/24 06:00 CRDT- 2017/12/06 06:00 PHST- 2017/08/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/10/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/12/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/12/06 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/mnfr.201700726 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Nutr Food Res. 2018 Feb;62(4). doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201700726. Epub 2018 Jan 12.