کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2793329 1155133 2007 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Increased Energy Expenditure, Dietary Fat Wasting, and Resistance to Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice Lacking Renin
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی علوم غدد
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Increased Energy Expenditure, Dietary Fat Wasting, and Resistance to Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice Lacking Renin
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryAn overactive renin-angiotensin system is associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome. However, the mechanisms behind it are unclear. Cleaving angiotensinogen to angiotensin I by renin is a rate-limiting step of angiotensin II production, but renin is suggested to have angiotensin-independent effects. We generated mice lacking renin (Ren1c) using embryonic stem cells from C57BL/6 mice, a strain prone to diet-induced obesity. Ren1c−/− mice are lean, insulin sensitive, and resistant to diet-induced obesity without changes in food intake and physical activity. The lean phenotype is likely due to a higher metabolic rate and gastrointestinal loss of dietary fat. Most of the metabolic changes in Ren1c−/− mice were reversed by angiotensin II administration. These results support a role for angiotensin II in the pathogenesis of diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: - Volume 6, Issue 6, 5 December 2007, Pages 506–512
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