A single dose of dihydrotestosterone induced a myogenic transcriptional program in female intra-abdominal adipose tissue

作者：De Giorgio Maria Rita; Yoshioka Mayumi; St Amand Jonny^*

来源：Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2010, 122(1-3): 53-64.

DOI：10.1016/j.jsbmb.2010.02.023

• Retroperitoneal fat tissue
• Androgens
• SAGE
• Myogenic-like transcriptome

Sex steroids are key regulators of adipose tissue (AT) mass, determining gender-specific differences in fat distribution and accumulation. With the aim of exploring the relevance and peculiarities of androgen action in female intra-abdominal AT, we used the serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) method to analyze the AT transcriptome in four groups of female mice: intact, ovariectomized (OVX), OVX plus dihydrotestosterone (DHT) injection at 3 h or 24 h before sacrifice (DHT3 h, DHT24 h). An average of 19 555 transcript species was examined in retroperitoneal fat. We found a total of 321 transcripts differentially modulated by DHT and OVX, including 125 novel genes. Several genes involved in energy metabolism/ATP production were up-regulated by DHT, whereas important regulators of lipid metabolism were reduced. Transcripts involved in Ca(2+) uptake/release, cell signalling, cell defence and protein expression were differentially modulated by DHT. A surprising number of myogenic genes were up-regulated, including myosin light and heavy polypeptides, troponins, as well as several actin-binding proteins. These results suggest that DHT24 h may have induced a myogenic-like transcriptional program in adipocytes. The present study sheds light on the distinctive female transcriptional pattern acutely induced by androgens in intra-abdominal fat, and may add new insights into the global understanding of menopausal endocrinology and its association to intra-abdominal obesity.

• 出版日期2010-10