Matrixbiologie
Band 83,
October 2019
, pages 60-76
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Abstract
Obesity is a risk factor for many diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. In obese adipose tissue, several factors contribute to the creation of a disease-promoting environment, including metabolic disorders, inflammation, and fibrosis. Recent evidence points to fibrotic responses, particularly extracellular matrix remodeling, which play a highly functional role in the pathogenesis of obesity. Fibroblast activation protein plays an essential role in remodeling of collagen-rich matrices associated with fibrosis and cancer. We observed that mice lacking FAP gained weight compared to wild-type controls, and therefore investigated the role of FAP in regulating diet-related obesity. wear and teargenetically modified mousemodels andin vitroCell-derived matrices, we show thatPAF expressionby preadipocytes restricts adipogenic differentiation. Furthermore, we show that PAF-mediated matrix remodeling alters lipid metabolism in part through regulationmTOR signaling. The influence of FAP on adipogenic differentiation and mTOR signaling confers resistance to diet-induced obesity. The critical role of ECM remodeling in obesity regulation offers potential new targets for therapy.
introduction
Obesity is a growing epidemic in the modern world. In the United States, more than one-third of all adults are considered obese as measured by body mass index [1]. Obesity can have serious systemic effects and is a risk factor for many diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and several types of cancer. These consequences may be due to a combination of systemic effects of obesity, such as B. metabolic disorders, high blood pressure and generalized inflammation [2]. In obesity, adipocytes undergo hyperplasia and hypertrophy and show increased secretion of mitogenic and proinflammatory adipokines. Inflammatory macrophages are recruited and active in obese adipose tissue, and vascularity is dysregulated [3]. Obese adipose tissue also exhibits features of fibrosis, including increased fibroblast activation and excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulation [4].
Emerging evidence suggests that this fibrotic response is not simply the result of obesity, but actually plays a critical role in regulating adipocyte biology [5]. In rodent models, experimental manipulation of various ECM components and matrix remodeling enzymes can lead to altered adipogenesis and/or reduced adipocyte hypertrophy, phenotypes typically associated with improved metabolic health [[6], [7], [8], [ 9]] . Several studies have linked hyaluronan and its most common receptors, CD44 and RHAMM, to the regulation of adipogenesis and thus disorders such as insulin resistance and diabetes [10]. Similarly, mice lacking longer isoforms of collagen XVIII showed decreased adiposity along with decreased collagen XVIII, particularly in the pericellular space of adipocytes.in vitroStudies indicate that the longer isoforms of collagen XVIII promote maintenance of preadipocyte populations and contribute to inhibition of Wnt signaling, allowing adipogenesis to continue [11]. In contrast, the extracellular protease Adamts1 inhibits binding of the adipocyte lineage. Adamts1 silencing promotes weight gain and metabolic syndrome in mice, as well as expression of multiple ECM proteins, including collagen I.in vitroExperiments suggest that loss of Adamts1 attenuates FAK/ERK signaling and that this contributes to increased binding to adipogenic lineages [12]. Taken together, these studies suggest that the ECM may play a role in regulating obesity and metabolic symptoms commonly associated with weight gain.
Interestingly, some studies suggest that the ECM may represent a critical link between adipocyte biology and systemic metabolism, and that disrupting this link could lead to "metabolically healthy" obesity.and andMice deficient in collagen VI, a major component of the adipose ECM, have less dense adipose collagen architecture and more hypertrophic adipocytes than wild-type mice. Despite this increased hypertrophy, knockout mice exhibit decreased total body weight and improved glucose tolerance [13]. Further studies suggest that not only total collagen VI levels but also the production of its bioactive breakdown product endotropin is involved in the regulation of systemic metabolism and obesity [14]. Similarly, factor mice showed moderate weight gain and improved insulin sensitivity when fed a high-fat diet [15]. These studies hypothesize that reduced fibrosis allows for adipocyte growth without biomechanical or metabolic stress, leading to better systemic health.
Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) is an ECM remodeling protease that has gained prominence in cancer research. Enzymatically, FAP is closely related to other members of the dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP) family of S9 serine proteases, but is unique in that it also possesses endopeptidase activity [16]. In the context of cancer, the FAP plays multiple protumoral roles [17]. In the course of investigating the role of FAP in cancer and cardiovascular disease in our laboratory, we found a recurring pattern that mice without FAP exhibit an increase in body weight in relation to age and sex compared to type controls. Wild in several genetically distinct strains. Interestingly, inhibition of DPPIV, the closest molecular relative of FAP, was recently shown to lower serum triglycerides and cholesterol and improve glucose tolerance in dietary obese mice, although this was not observed. No effect on adipocyte size or total body weight [18]. ]. Based on our observations in different mouse models and evidence that ECM dynamics might play a crucial role in mediating obesity phenotypes, we investigated whether FAP might play a role in controlling obesity, specifically through its ECM remediation activity . Use of genetically modified mouse models andin vitroUsing cell matrices, we show that loss of PAF leads to increased adiposity, at least in part due to enhanced adipogenic differentiation and matrix-induced adipocyte hypertrophy.throughmTOR signaling.
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Elimination of PAF promotes obesity
In the course of establishing diet-related obesity models for breast cancer, we used female FVB and FAP mice+/+y PAF−/−, with low-fat and high-fat isocaloric diets (LFD, HFD) for 18 weeks from 12 weeks of age (Fig. 1A). As expected, HFD caused a significant increase in FAP body mass.+/+Mice aged 30 weeks at the time of analysis. Unexpectedly we find this FAP−/−Mice treated with LFD showed an increase in body mass comparable to that of FAP+/+Mice maintained on HFD. Also FAP−/−mice
discussion
In this study, we demonstrate a novel role of fibroblast activation protein in the regulation of weight gain and adipocyte hypertrophy. In particular, we found that FAP expression by preadipocytes is a cellular intrinsic constraint on adipogenic differentiation, but also that FAP-mediated collagen remodeling alters lipid metabolism in mature adipocytes. We also show that loss of PAF, known as a collagen-degrading enzyme, affects collagen fiber assembly, suggesting a new approach
animal studies
PAF−/−Mice with luciferase knock-in on both FAP alleles were backcrossed to FVB mice (Jackson Labs) for at least 8 generations. Female FVB mice (home raised as FAP+/+o PAF−/−) received a special dietOptionalaged 12 weeks to 30 weeks. Specific diets were D12492i (60 kcal% fat) and D12450Bi (10 kcal% fat) from Research Diets Inc. (New Brunswick, NJ). Cages of 2 to 5 mice were randomly assigned to a high-fat or low-fat diet. All experimental and mouse rearing procedures were performed
author contributions
R.B. designed and performed experiments, interpreted the results and wrote the article. DB provided support in the design, implementation, and analysis of the RNAseq experiments. MW provided critical material. EP designed experiments, contributed to data interpretation, received funding and reviewed the paper.
Thanks
Funding provided byPHS R01 CA1800070. Preadipocyte cell line generously provided by Dr. Kathryn Wellen (University of Pennsylvania). Analysis of ITT, GTT, and murine serum triglycerides performed by the Mouse Phenotyping, Physiology, and Metabolism Core at the University of Pennsylvania. SHG microscopy performed with the support of Penn Vet Imaging Core.
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FAQs
What is the function of fibroblast activation protein? ›
Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) is a cell-surface serine protease that acts on various hormones and extracellular matrix components. FAP is highly upregulated in a wide variety of cancers, and is often used as a marker for pro-tumorigenic stroma.
What is fibroblast adipocyte differentiation? ›Adipocyte differentiation is characterized by significant changes to cell morphology – from a fibroblast to a rounded spherical form – and acquisition of functional characteristics of AT cells [7]. These properties are directed by the expression of PPARG, which is central to adipogenesis.
What is fibroblast activation protein inhibitor? ›Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) inhibitor (FAPI) used for PET imaging is a strategy that targets the cell population in the tumor surrounding stroma, termed cancer-associated fibroblasts.
What is the structure of the fibroblast activation protein? ›Structure and enzymatic activity
FAP is a 760 amino acid long type II transmembrane glycoprotein. It contains a very short cytoplasmic N terminal part (6 amino acids), a transmembrane region (amino acids 7–26), and a large extracellular part with an alpha/beta-hydrolase domain and an eight-bladed beta-propeller domain.
The transformation from quiescent interstitial cells to proliferating and excessively matrix-producing cells has been termed fibroblast activation, which includes functional implications as well as phenotypic changes such as the expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin ("myofibroblasts").
What is the fibroblast activation protein gene called? ›FAP (Fibroblast Activation Protein Alpha) is a Protein Coding gene. Diseases associated with FAP include Breast Ductal Carcinoma and Melanoma.
What control adipocyte differentiation? ›The differentiation of preadipocytes into adipocytes is regulated by an elaborate network of transcription factors that coordinate expression of hundreds of proteins responsible for establishing the mature fat-cell phenotype.
What causes adipocyte differentiation? ›Adipocyte differentiation involves a transcriptional cascade with PPARγ being most important in SAT but less so in VAT, with increased angiogenesis also critical. The transcription factor, Islet1, is fairly specific to VAT and in vitro inhibits adipocyte differentiation.
What causes fibroblast differentiation? ›Myofibroblast differentiation is commonly induced by treatment of fibroblasts or other susceptible precursor cells with TGF-β. Thus, most of the studies focused on aspects of TGF-β signaling that gives rise to the differentiated phenotype, with primary focus on the expression of the marker gene, α-smooth muscle actin.
Where is fibroblast activation protein found? ›FAP is expressed in the stromal fibroblasts of all melanocytic tumors, including benign, premalignant and malignant, however, FAP expression was absent in fibroblasts from normal adult skin.
What is fibroblast role in inflammation? ›
Besides their role as inflammatory cells, the fibroblastic stromal cells may play a critical role in enabling chronic inflammation in tissues, where their production of chemokines and growth factors may be critical to perpetuating the recruitment, retention, and survival of leukocytes.
What stimulates fibroblasts to produce collagen? ›Fibroblasts have evolved to regulate their synthesis of collagen and other extracellular matrix proteins in response to mechanical tension. Increased mechanical tension stretches fibroblasts, which coordinately increases collagen production and decreases collagenase production (Figure 2).
What 3 types of fibers do fibroblasts produce? ›The collagen and elastic fibers of connective tissue proper are histologically distinguishable as three fiber types: collagen, reticular, and elastic fibers. Specialized connective tissue includes a variety of distinct tissues with specialized cells and unique ground substances that result in wide-ranging properties.
What 2 proteins do fibroblast cells produce? ›The fibrous proteins produced by fibroblasts mainly consist of fibrin, fibronectin, and collagen. Fibrin and fibronectin provide a basic framework for cells to stick together and form a tissue, whilst collagen provides the mechanical strength needed for the tissue strength.
What cells activate fibroblasts? ›A significant proportion of activated fibroblasts (35–40%) is derived from endothelial cells. Epicardium-derived cells differentiated into fibroblasts in the infarcted myocardium.
What is the role of fibroblasts in muscle? ›As the primary producer of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins in skeletal muscle, fibroblasts play an important role providing structural support to muscle. Skeletal muscle ECM is vital for force transduction from the muscle cells to the tendon and bones to create movement.
What is fibroblast activity of the skin? ›2.1 Fibroblasts. Dermal fibroblasts produce and organize the extracellular matrix of the dermis. They also communicate with each other and other cell types. Fibroblasts play a crucial role in regulating skin physiology and cutaneous wound repair.
What are fibroblasts and protein fibers associated with? ›A type of tissue that is mostly made up of tough protein fibers called collagen and cells called fibroblasts. Dense connective tissue supports, protects, and holds bones, muscles, and other tissues and organs in place.
What are fibroblasts and protein fibers associated with both? ›Answer and Explanation: Fibroblasts and protein fibers are associated with both (a) dense regular and dense irregular connective tissues. Dense regular connective tissue is formed when collagen fibres are arranged densely in parallel. Dense regular issue forms connections between bones or cartilage and muscle.
What is adipose tissue controlled by? ›Adipose tissue communicates through hormone signals with other organs throughout your body, as well as with your central nervous system, to regulate your metabolism.
What regulates adipose tissue? ›
Studies have demonstrated that the adipose-liver axis is modulated by hormones and cytokines, particularly adipokines [7,8]. The hormones, insulin and adiponectin play a major role in adipose-liver cross-talk [9,10]. Insulin profoundly affects both carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in both liver and adipose tissue.
What is adipogenic differentiation? ›During adipocyte differentiation, acquisition of the adipocyte phenotype is characterized by chronological changes in the expression of numerous genes. This is reflected by the appearance of early, intermediate, and late mRNA/protein markers and triglyceride accumulation.
What are 2 diseases that affect adipose tissue? ›Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Diseases: Dercum Disease, Lipedema, Familial Multiple Lipomatosis, and Madelung Disease.
What causes excess adipose tissue? ›The cause is likely a combination of genetic, environmental, and behavioral factors that are involved in excess energy intake and decreased physical activity. Substantial weight loss can reduce ectopic fat stores in all organs and this is associated with an improvement of the function of those organs.
What causes adipose tissue to grow? ›Adipose tissue grows by two mechanisms: hyperplasia (cell number increase) and hypertrophy (cell size increase). Genetics and diet affect the relative contributions of these two mechanisms to the growth of adipose tissue in obesity.
What attracts fibroblasts? ›In response to injury, fibroblasts are attracted to wound sites by growth factors and cytokines including platelet-derived growth factor. Upon entering the wound, these fibroblasts differentiate into myofibroblasts.
Do fibroblast cells differentiate? ›In addition to differentiation into chondrocytic tissues, other studies have shown that fibroblasts are capable of differentiating into other types of cells.
What damages fibroblasts? ›Acute UVR exposure results in a transient loss of fibroblasts in the papillary dermis.
Where is the fibroblast cell found and what is its function? ›The fibroblast is one of the most abundant cell types present in the stroma. It has a variety of functions and composes the basic framework for tissues and organs. Under homeostasis, this cell is responsible for maintaining the extracellular matrix (ECM).
What signaling proteins are produced by keratinocytes and fibroblasts? ›Most studies in both physiological conditions and fibrosis demonstrated that keratinocytes stimulate fibroblasts through the production of interleukin 1, inducing keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) and metalloproteinases in the fibroblasts.
What cell stimulates collagen production in skin? ›
This stimulates the body's natural wound-healing response, which includes the activation of specialised cells called fibroblasts. Fibroblasts are responsible for producing collagen, a protein that provides structure and support to the skin.
What procedure stimulates the most collagen? ›Microneedling is also called collagen induction therapy for its ability to stimulate the production of new and healthy collagen. This treatment creates small, superficial wounds in the skin that trick the body into producing high levels of collagen to assist in the healing process.
What do fibroblasts produce quizlet? ›What do fibroblast secrete? They synthesize and secrete collagen (the most abundant protein of the body) and elastin, which both form large fibers, as well as the GAGs, proteoglycans, and multiadhesive glycoproteins that comprise the ground substance.
Which of the 4 tissue types has fibroblasts? ›The family of connective-tissue cells includes fibroblasts, cartilage cells, bone cells, fat cells, and smooth muscle cells.
What function do fibroblasts serve in connective tissue quizlet? ›What function do fibroblasts serve in connective tissue? Secrete proteins that become fibers in the connective tissue matrix.
What is fibroblast quizlet? ›Fibroblast. A cell in connective tissue that produces collagen and other fibers. Macrophage. A large phagocyte cell found in stationary form in the tissues or as a mobile white blood cell, especially at sites or infection.
What is an example of a fibroblast? ›The ability of fibroblasts to transform is partly due to the variety of cell-surface adhesion receptors that facilitate the communication of fibroblasts with their surroundings. An example is the fibroblast transformation into the myofibroblast, essential in wound healing.
What cells make and secrete the matrix are called fibroblasts? ›A fibroblast is a type of cell that is responsible for making the extracellular matrix and collagen. Together, this extracellular matrix and collagen form the structural framework of tissues in animals and plays an important role in tissue repair. Fibroblasts are the main connective tissue cells present in the body.
What protein do fibroblasts secrete? ›Fibroblasts secrete collagen proteins that help maintain the structural framework of tissues. They also play an important role in healing wounds.
What is the function of fibroblast quizlet? ›Fibroblasts are large cells which are the most common cell type in the connective tissue. Their function is a production of collagen and extracellular matrix.
What is the function of fibroblast cell quizlet? ›
the fibroblast cell creates the extracellular matrix and collagen as well as stroma through synthesis to be used for animal tissues. These functions are used during the repair of cells which is the healing of an organism.
What is the role of fibroblasts in collagen? ›Fibroblasts are developmentally programmed to produce collagen matrix, which is the main structural component of connective tissue. Fibroblasts have cell surface receptors, called integrins, which specifically attach to proteins in the matrix including type I collagen.
What are the two important functions of fibroblasts within connective tissue? ›The main function of fibroblasts is to produce the extracellular matrix and collagen needed for animal tissues. Together, these form the structural framework of tissues in animals and play an important role in tissue repair.
What do fibroblasts do in inflammation? ›At the termination of these responses, fibroblasts contribute to the resolution of inflammation by withdrawing survival signals and normalizing the chemokine gradients, thereby allowing infiltrating leukocytes to undergo apoptosis or leave the tissue through the draining lymphatics (Buckley et al., 2001).
What cells stimulate fibroblasts? ›Mast cells produce a variety of proteases, cytokines, growth factors, vasoactive agents, and other biologically active mediators such as tryptase, chymase, and TGF-β, which are known to activate fibroblasts and subsequently support the development of cardiac fibrosis.
Where are fibroblasts found in the body? ›The fibroblast is a specific type of connective tissue cell that's in our skin and in our tendons.
Where are fibroblasts found in the skin? ›Dermal fibroblasts are the main cell type present in skin connective tissue (dermis). Fibroblasts interact with epidermal cells during hair development and in interfollicular skin.
What is the advantage of fibroblasts? ›Fibroblasts provide a model system for many diseases and conditions. As well as being a powerful tool for studying a limitless number of diseases in vitro through the generation of iPSCs, fibroblasts also offer a platform to explore the pathology of many fibroblast-related diseases directly.
Are fibroblasts found in the nervous system? ›CNS fibroblasts are found in the meninges (protective membranes surrounding the CNS), the connective tissue of the choroid plexus (which produces the cerebrospinal fluid), and along the vascular system in the brain parenchyma (functional tissue of the brain).