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Inhibition of AHCY impedes proliferation and differentiation of mouse and human adipocyte progenitor cells.
Adipocyte 13:2290218 (2024)
S-adenosyl-homocysteine-hydrolase (AHCY) plays an important role in the methionine cycle regulating cellular methylation levels. AHCY has been reported to influence proliferation and differentiation processes in different cell types, e.g. in cancer cells and mouse embryonic stem cells. In the development of adipose tissue, both the proliferation and differentiation of adipocyte progenitor cells (APCs) are important processes, which in the context of obesity are often dysregulated. To assess whether AHCY might also be involved in cell proliferation and differentiation of APCs, we investigated the effect of reduced AHCY activity on human and mouse APCs in vitro. We show that the inhibition of AHCY using adenosine dialdehyde (AdOx) and the knockdown of AHCY using gene-specific siRNAs reduced APC proliferation and number. Inhibition of AHCY further reduced APC differentiation into mature adipocytes and the expression of adipogenic differentiation markers. Global DNA methylation profiling in human APCs revealed that inhibition of AHCY is associated with alterations in CpG methylation levels of genes involved in fat cell differentiation and pathways related to cellular growth. Our findings suggest that AHCY is necessary for the maintenance of APC proliferation and differentiation and inhibition of AHCY alters DNA methylation processes leading to a dysregulation of the expression of genes involved in the regulation of these processes.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Ahcy ; Adipocyte Progenitor Cells ; Adipogenesis ; Adipose Tissue ; Obesity; S-adenosylhomocysteine Hydrolase; Gene-expression; Ppar-gamma; Adenosine Dialdehyde; Dna Methylation; Obesity; Adenosylmethionine; Adipogenesis; Inflammation; Association
ISSN (print) / ISBN
2162-3945
e-ISSN
2162-397X
Journal
Adipocyte
Quellenangaben
Volume: 13,
Issue: 1,
Article Number: 2290218
Publisher
Landes Bioscience
Publishing Place
530 Walnut Street, Ste 850, Philadelphia, Pa 19106 Usa
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Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Helmholtz Institute for Metabolism, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG)
Grants
Medical Faculty at the University of Leipzig
German Diabetes Society
German Research Foundation for the Clinical Research Center 'Obesity Mechanisms'
German Diabetes Society
German Research Foundation for the Clinical Research Center 'Obesity Mechanisms'