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Synergistic Treatment of Obesity via Locally Promoting Beige Adipogenesis and Antioxidative Defense in Adipose Tissues.

Abstract
Obesity is a primary risk factor for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and other chronic diseases. Current antiobesity medications need frequent administration and show limited efficacy with severe side effects. Herein, browning agent rosiglitazone (Rsg) and antioxidant manganese tetroxide nanoparticles (MnNPs, around 250 nm) are integrated into electrospun short fibers (SF@Rsg-Mn) with a 1.5 μm width and a 20 μm length. Upon injection into inguinal adipose tissues, SF@Rsg-Mn are well retained in the local depots to sustainably release Rsg in 30 days for adipose tissue browning, while MnNPs on the fiber surface continuously scavenge adipose reactive oxygen species (ROS) for an extended period of time. Synergistic inhibition of fat accumulation through ROS scavenging and white adipocyte browning has been demonstrated for the first time, and the optimal synergistic ratio of Rsg and MnNPs is determined to be 1/14 via combination index examination. SF@Rsg-Mn inhibit lipid accumulation through downregulation of adipogenic gene PPARγ while promoting energy expenditure through upregulation of brown-specific gene UCP1 and mitochondrial function gene COX7A1. In a diet-induced obesity mouse model, a single injection of SF@Rsg-Mn into inguinal adipose tissues has accomplished a synergistic effect on body weight loss, fat reduction, glucose, and lipid metabolic improvement while minimizing adverse effects on other tissues, thereby paving the way to efficacious, safe, and practical treatment of obesity.
AuthorsZhenhua Ding, Maohua Chen, Xinyan Tao, Yuan Liu, Jie He, Tao Wang, Xiaohong Li
JournalACS biomaterials science & engineering (ACS Biomater Sci Eng) Vol. 7 Issue 2 Pg. 727-738 (02 08 2021) ISSN: 2373-9878 [Electronic] United States
PMID33397089 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antioxidants
Topics
  • Adipogenesis
  • Adipose Tissue, Brown
  • Animals
  • Antioxidants
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Diet, High-Fat (adverse effects)
  • Mice
  • Obesity (drug therapy)

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