Journal article
Pioglitazone reduces cold-induced brown fat glucose uptake despite induction of browning in cultured human adipocytes: a randomised, controlled trial in humans
RKC Loh, MF Formosa, N Eikelis, DA Bertovic, MJ Anderson, SA Barwood, S Nanayakkara, ND Cohen, A La Gerche, AT Reutens, KS Yap, TW Barber, GW Lambert, MH Cherk, SJ Duffy, BA Kingwell, AL Carey
Diabetologia | SPRINGER | Published : 2018
Abstract
Aims/hypothesis: Increasing brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity is a possible therapeutic strategy to increase energy expenditure and glucose and lipid clearance to ameliorate obesity and associated comorbidities. The thiazolidinedione (TZD) class of glucose-lowering drugs increase BAT browning in preclinical experimental models but whether these actions extend to humans in vivo is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of pioglitazone treatment on adipocyte browning and adaptive thermogenesis in humans. Methods: We first examined whether pioglitazone treatment of cultured human primary subacromioclavicular-derived adipocytes induced browning. Then, in a blinded, placebo-..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Diabetes Australia Research Program and OIS scheme from the Victorian State Government. BAK (Senior Principal Research Fellowship) and GWL (Senior Research Fellowship) hold National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowships.