Nutrients 2017, 9(10), 1138; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9101138
Chronic High Dose Zinc Supplementation Induces Visceral Adipose Tissue Hypertrophy without Altering Body Weight in Mice
Xiaohua Huang 1,2,†, Dandan Jiang 1,†, Yingguo Zhu 1, Zhengfeng Fang 1, Lianqiang Che 1, Yan Lin 1, Shengyu Xu 1, Jian Li 1, Chao Huang 3, Yuanfeng Zou 3
, Lixia Li 3, De Wu 1,2,*
and Bin Feng 1,2,*
, Lixia Li 3, De Wu 1,2,*
and Bin Feng 1,2,*
1
Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
2
Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistant Nutrition of Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
3
College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Received: 1 September 2017 / Revised: 30 September 2017 / Accepted: 12 October 2017 / Published: 18 October 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dietary Zn and Human Health)
Abstract
The trace element zinc plays an important role in human life. Zinc deficiency impairs growth, reproduction, metabolism and immunity in both human and animals. Thus, zinc supplementation is recommended in daily life. However, the effect of long-term chronic zinc supplementation on adipose homeostasis has not been well elucidated. In the current study, mice were supplemented with zinc sulfate in the drinking water for 20 weeks. The results suggested that chronic zinc supplementation impaired systemic glucose clearance after exogenous insulin or glucose challenges, as compared to the control mice. Further study revealed that chronic zinc supplementation made no difference to body weight, but increased visceral adipose tissue weight and adipocyte size. In addition, gene expression of leptin and IL6 in the visceral adipose tissue of zinc-supplemented mice were higher than those of control mice. Moreover, serum level of leptin of the zinc-supplemented mice was twice as high as that of the control mice. Besides, phosphorylation level of AKT T308 was attenuated in the perirenal adipose tissue of zinc-supplemented mice. In comparison, the expression of macrophage marker genes and lipogenic genes were not affected by chronic zinc supplementation, but the protein levels of FAS and SCD1 decreased or tended to decrease in the perirenal adipose tissue of zinc-supplemented mice, as compared to the control mice. Our findings suggest that chronic high dose zinc supplementation induces visceral adipose tissue hypertrophy and impairs AKT signaling in perirenal adipose tissue. View Full-TextKeywords:
zinc; visceral adipose tissue; hypertrophy; glucose clearance; leptin; IL6; AKT
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Huang, X.; Jiang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Fang, Z.; Che, L.; Lin, Y.; Xu, S.; Li, J.; Huang, C.; Zou, Y.; Li, L.; Wu, D.; Feng, B. Chronic High Dose Zinc Supplementation Induces Visceral Adipose Tissue Hypertrophy without Altering Body Weight in Mice. Nutrients 2017, 9, 1138.
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