Gpr75-deficient mice are protected from high-fat diet-induced obesity. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVE: G-protein coupled receptor 75 (GPR75) has been identified as the high-affinity receptor of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE), a vasoactive and proinflammatory lipid, and mice overproducing 20-HETE have been shown to develop insulin resistance when fed a high-fat diet (HFD), which was prevented by a 20-HETE receptor blocker. Simultaneously, a large-scale exome sequencing of 640,000 subjects identified an association between loss-of-function GPR75 variants and protection against obesity. METHODS: Wild-type (WT) and Gpr75-deficient mice were placed on HFD for 14 weeks, and their obesity phenotype was examined. RESULTS: Male and female Gpr75 null (knockout [KO]) and heterozygous mice gained less weight than WT mice when placed on HFD. KO mice maintained the same level of energy expenditure during HFD feeding, whereas WT mice showed a significant reduction in energy expenditure. Diet-driven adiposity and adipocyte hypertrophy were greatly lessened in Gpr75-deficient mice. HFD-fed KO mice did not develop insulin resistance. Adipose tissue from Gpr75-deficient mice had increased expression of thermogenic genes and decreased levels of inflammatory markers. Moreover, insulin signaling, which was impaired in HFD-fed WT mice, was unchanged in KO mice. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that GPR75 is an important player in the control of metabolism and glucose homeostasis and a likely novel therapeutic target to combat obesity-driven metabolic disorders.

authors

  • Hossain, Sakib
  • Gilani, Ankit
  • Pascale, Jonathan
  • Villegas, Elizabeth
  • Diegisser, Danielle
  • Agostinucci, Kevin
  • Kulaprathazhe, Melissa-Maria
  • Dirice, Ercument
  • Garcia, Victor
  • Schwartzman, Michal Laniado

publication date

  • February 28, 2023

Research

keywords

  • Diet, High-Fat
  • Insulin Resistance

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC10033368

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85149310572

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1002/oby.23692

PubMed ID

  • 36854900

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 31

issue

  • 4