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Tissue factor gene expression in the adipose tissues of obese mice

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authors

  • Samad, F.
  • Pandey, M.
  • Loskutoff, David J.

publication date

  • June 1998

journal

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America  Journal

abstract

  • Altered expression of proteins of the fibrinolytic and coagulation cascades in obesity may contribute to the cardiovascular risk associated with this condition. We previously reported that plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) is dramatically up-regulated in the plasma and adipose tissues of genetically obese mice. This change may disturb normal hemostatic balance and create a severe hypofibrinolytic state. Here we show that tissue factor (TF) gene expression also is significantly elevated in the epididymal and subcutaneous fat pads from ob/ob mice compared with their lean counterparts, and that its level of expression in obese mice increases with age and the degree of obesity. Cell fractionation and in situ hybridization analysis of adipose tissues indicate that TF mRNA is increased in adipocytes and in unidentified stromal vascular cells. Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) is known to be elevated in the adipose tissue of obese mice, and administration of TGF-beta increased TF mRNA expression in adipocytes in vivo and in vitro. These observations raise the possibility that TF and TGF-beta may contribute to the increased cardiovascular disease that accompanies obesity and related non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and that the adipocyte plays a key role in this process. The recent demonstration that TF also influences angiogenesis, cell adhesion, and signaling suggests that its exact role in adipose tissue physiology/pathology, may be complex.

subject areas

  • Adipocytes
  • Adipose Tissue
  • Animals
  • Fibrinolysis
  • Gene Expression
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Obese
  • Obesity
  • Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Thromboplastin
  • Thrombosis
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC22693

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0027-8424

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1073/pnas.95.13.7591

PubMed ID

  • 9636194
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 7591

end page

  • 7596

volume

  • 95

issue

  • 13

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