Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 34, 219-228, Copyright © 1993 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Regional differences in triacylglycerol synthesis in adipose tissue and in cultured preadipocytes

MH Maslowska, AD Sniderman, LD MacLean and K Cianflone
McGill Unit for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.

The initial suspicion that obesity increases coronary risk has been much sharpened with the demonstration that risk is more tightly linked to abdominal than to peripheral obesity, and tighter yet again when the mass of omental adipose tissue is taken into account. These data suggest that important metabolic differences might exist between adipocytes from different regions, and indeed, it has long been appreciated that triacylglycerol hydrolysis can be stimulated to a greater extent in omental than in subcutaneous adipocytes. The present study focuses on triacylglycerol synthesis in human subcutaneous and omental adipocytes, a process which, by contrast, has received relatively little attention. Experiments were done on adipose tissue removed at laparotomy and on cultured preadipocytes. With the former, triacylglycerol synthesis was measured in the presence and absence of oleate added to the medium using radiolabeled glucose and oleate as tracers. The results demonstrate that under all conditions examined triacylglycerol synthesis in subcutaneous adipose tissue exceeded that in deep omental adipose tissue. To study the cells in more detail, preadipocytes were cultured and triacylglycerol synthesis was examined again under basal conditions and with stimulation with insulin and acylation stimulating protein (ASP). Under basal conditions, particularly when oleate was added to the medium, clear differences were present such that triacylglycerol synthesis was substantially greater in subcutaneous preadipocytes than in omentally derived preadipocytes. These differences were more pronounced when the cells were stimulated with either insulin or acylation stimulating protein. Overall, triacylglycerol synthetic capacity in subcutaneous tissue exceeded that in omental tissue. As a consequence, omental tissue as compared to subcutaneous adipose tissue would have a limited capacity to prevent fatty acids from reaching the liver and stimulating hepatic lipoprotein synthesis.
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