Abstract
Obesity is associated with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) in adipose tissue. In this study we identify physiological triggers of ER stress and of the UPR in adipocytes in vitro. We show that two markers of adipose tissue remodelling in obesity, glucose starvation and hypoxia, cause ER stress in 3T3-F442A and 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Both conditions induced molecular markers of the IRE1α and PERK branches of the UPR, such as splicing of XBP1 mRNA and CHOP, as well as transcription of the ER stress responsive gene BiP. Hypoxia also induced an increase in phosphorylation of the PERK substrate eIF2α. By contrast, physiological triggers of ER stress in many other cell types, such as the saturated fatty acid palmitic acid, cholesterol, or several inflammatory cytokines including TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6, do not cause ER stress in 3T3-F442A and 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Our data suggest that physiological changes associated with remodelling of adipose tissue in obesity, such as hypoxia and glucose starvation, are more likely physiological ER stressors of adipocytes than the lipid overload or hyperinsulinemia associated with obesity.
Keywords: adipocyte, diabetes, glucose starvation, hypoxia, obesity, unfolded protein response
Introduction
Obesity is the leading risk factor for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension.1,2 Obesity affects the homeostasis of the whole body but mainly the liver and the adipose tissue, and is characterized by low grade inflammation, hyperlipidemia, and insulin resistance in surrounding and peripheral tissues.1,2 Adipose tissue is exposed to several stresses in obesity, including inflammation, hypoxia, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress.3 Limited angiogenesis, adipocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia cause hypoxia in obese adipose tissue.4 Secretion of MCP-1 by dysfunctional adipocytes attracts circulating monocytes into adipose tissue,5,6 while a change in the adipokine profile, including decreased adiponectin and increased leptin secretion,5 may contribute to the replacement of adipose tissue resident alternatively activated (M2) macrophages with classically activated (M1) macrophages.6 While physiological causes of inflammation and hypoxia in adipose tissue have been characterized, little is known about the physiological triggers of ER stress in obese adipose tissue. At the molecular level, ER stress is caused by the build-up of misfolded proteins in the ER and activation of a signaling network called the unfolded protein response (UPR).7 The UPR attempts to restore ER homeostasis by inducing expression of genes encoding molecular chaperones and protein foldases, lipid biosynthetic enzymes, and proteins involved in ER-associated protein degradation. If the ER stress cannot be resolved, the UPR promotes apoptosis. ER stress also plays key roles in both inflammation and insulin resistance in obesity and type 2 diabetes.8,9
In mammalian cells, three UPR signaling cascades are initiated by the ER transmembrane proteins PERK, IRE1α, and ATF6. Phosphorylation of the translation initiation factor eIF2α by the protein kinase PERK inhibits general translation, but also stimulates translation of mRNAs harbouring several short upstream open reading frames in their 5' untranslated regions. This mechanism of translational activation results in induction of the transcription factors ATF4 and C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP).10,11 CHOP reactivates protein synthesis and oxidation in the ER.12 IRE1α up-regulates ER chaperone genes and genes involved in ER-associated protein degradation via endoribonuclease domain-induced splicing of X-box protein 1 (XBP1) mRNA.13,14 The transcription factor ATF6 translocates to the nucleus after proteolytic release from the Golgi membrane by the Golgi proteases S1P and S2P15 and induces expression of genes encoding ER resident molecular chaperones and proteins functioning in ER-associated protein degradation.16,17 Upon prolonged or irremediable ER stress the UPR induces apoptosis via activation of JNK18 by IRE1α and TRB3 by CHOP.19
The physiological factors leading to ER stress and activation of the UPR in obese adipocytes are not well characterized. For several other cell types, including hepatocytes, pancreatic β cells, and macrophages physiological ER stressors have been reported. Saturated fatty acids (SFAs) or cholesterol loading induce an UPR in several cell types such as hepatocytes,20,21 pancreatic β cells,22 macrophages,23 and preadipocytes.24 Inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β, which are secreted by stressed adipocytes or macrophages recruited into inflamed adipose tissue,25 elicit an ER stress response in L929 myoblast cells and hepatocytes.26,27 Glucose starvation is the earliest identified physiological ER stressor,28,29 while the hypoxic environment of tumors induces an UPR in tumor cells.30-32
The purpose of this study was to identify obesity-related physiological inducers of ER stress and the UPR in adipocytes by exposing in vitro differentiated 3T3-F442A adipocytes to several physiological ER stressors, including the SFA palmitic acid, cholesterol, inflammatory cytokines, glucose starvation, and hypoxia. We report that potent physiological ER stressors in other cell types, such as palmitic acid, cholesterol, or the inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6, do not induce an ER stress response in in vitro differentiated 3T3-F442A and 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Glucose starvation and hypoxia, however, induce markers of ER stress, such as splicing of XBP1 mRNA, transcriptional activation of ER stress responsive genes including BiP and ERDJ4, CHOP and phosphorylation of eIF2α. Our results suggest that hypoxia and glucose starvation are likely physiological ER stressors for adipocytes in vivo.
Results
Palmitate does not induce ER stress in adipocytes
To identify which obesity-related physiological factors trigger the UPR in adipocytes, we exposed in vitro differentiated 3T3-F442A and 3T3-L1 adipocytes to several compounds whose plasma levels are elevated in obesity,33-39 including palmitic acid, cholesterol, and the inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6. 3T3-F442A adipocytes were chosen because these cells form normal adipose tissue without the addition of exogenous inducers when implanted subcutaneously into athymic mice.40,41 3T3-L1 adipocytes were included to provide a second source of adipocytes. Both cell lines were differentiated for 12 d and the percentage of cells with an increased lipid content determined by flow cytometry with the fluorescent lipid probe nile red.42 Flow cytometry revealed a mean fluorescence increase of 3.2 ± 0.2 fold upon differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells (Fig. 1A). In differentiated 3T3-F442A cells 2 populations with 2.9 ± 0.1 fold and 25 ± 2 fold increases in nile red fluorescence were distinguishable (Fig. 1B). A ∼3-fold increase in nile red fluorescence in differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes and the larger population of differentiated 3T3-F442A adipocytes is in good agreement with previously published increases in nile red fluorescence during differentiation of human adipocytes43 and adipogenic differentiation of the murine embryonic stem cell line CGR8.44 Quantitation of the histograms for the nile red fluorescence by constructing the probability distribution for the increase in nile red fluorescence upon differentiation and the constraint that the nile red fluorescence of adipocytes has to be greater by at least two standard deviations of the mean nile red fluorescence of undifferentiated cells than the nile red fluorescence of undifferentiated cells reveals that 72 ± 3% of the 3T3-L1 and 80 ± 1% of the 3T3-F442A cells acquired a lipid-laden phenotype. These degrees of differentiation are comparable to previously published data.45
The granularity of cells increases during differentiation into adipocytes because of the accumulation of lipid droplets.46 This increase in granularity is reflected by an increase in the side scatter of the exciting laser beam47 and is also seen after differentiation of both 3T3-L1 and 3T3-F442A cells for 12 d (Fig. 1C and D). The side scatter of the highly fluorescent 3T3-F442A adipocyte population (≥ 300 A.U. in Fig. 1B) is significantly higher than the side scatter of the weaker fluorescent population (<300 A. U., Fig. S2), suggesting that the highly fluorescent cells contain more lipid droplets than the weaker fluorescing population. Forward scatter, which is affected by cell size and shape,47 decreases in 3T3-L1 cells and becomes more heterogeneous in 3T3-F442A cells (Fig. 1E and F). Taken together, these data suggest that the majority of the 3T3-L1 and 3T3-F442A cells have acquired a lipid-laden phenotype 12 d after initiation of adipogenic differentiation.
To determine whether palmitic acid causes ER stress in adipocytes in vitro, 3T3-L1 and 3T3-F442A adipocytes were incubated with different concentrations (0–1 mM) of palmitate complexed to fatty acid-free bovine serum albumin (BSA) for up to 48 h. The activity of the PERK branch of the UPR was assessed by Western blotting for CHOP, while activation of IRE1α was monitored by measuring splicing of XBP1 mRNA. Exposure of adipocytes to up to 1 mM palmitate for 48 h did not elevate CHOP levels (Fig. 2A and B), induce detectable levels of XBP1 splicing (Fig. 2C and D, S3–7), or elevate mRNA levels for the ER stress responsive genes BiP (Fig. 3A and B), CHOP (Fig. 3C and D), or ERDJ4 (Fig. 3E and F) especially when compared to the large increases in mRNA levels of these genes and CHOP protein levels in thapsigargin-treated adipocytes (Figs. 2A and B and 3). Treatment with palmitate complexed to BSA for 8 or 24 h did also not induce XBP1 splicing in 3T3-F442A adipocytes (Figs. S5–7). Palmitate did also not affect the viability of 3T3-F442A adipocytes over a period of up to 48 h, while incubation with 1 μM thapsigargin, which causes ER stress by depleting ER luminal Ca2+ stores,48 for 48 h decreased viability by ∼37% (Fig. 2E). Palmitate did also not inhibit insulin-stimulated AKT serine 473 phosphorylation in 3T3-F442A adipocytes (Fig. 4A), which is consistent with several other reports.49–56 To validate that our BSA-palmitate complexes induce ER stress, we characterized XBP1 splicing in undifferentiated preadipocytes exposed to palmitate complexed to BSA. Exposure of preadipocytes to palmitate complexed to BSA induces XBP1 splicing in these cells.24 Indeed, palmitate induced XBP1 splicing in undifferentiated preadipocytes (Figs. 2F and S8) and also inhibited insulin action in these cells (Fig. 4B). Collectively, these results show that the SFA palmitic acid does not induce ER stress in adipocytes.
Cholesterol does not induce an UPR in adipocytes
To characterize whether cholesterol elicits ER stress in adipocytes we exposed differentiated 3T3-F442A and 3T3-L1 adipocytes to 100 μg/ml human acetylated low density lipoprotein (AcLDL) for 48 h. AcLDL did not elevate CHOP levels (Fig. 5A and B), induce XBP1 splicing (Figs. 5C and D and S9A and B), or elevate BiP or CHOP mRNA levels (Fig. 6). We, therefore, repeated these experiments in the presence of the acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) inhibitor TMP-153 to inhibit cholesterol esterification and to elevate intracellular free cholesterol levels. After 24 h no changes in expression of CHOP or in XBP1 splicing were observed (data not shown). 48 h of treatment with AcLDL and TMP-153 did not increase CHOP protein levels (Fig. 5A and B), induce XBP1 splicing (Fig. 5C and D), or elevate the mRNA levels for BiP (Fig. 6A and B) or CHOP (Fig. 6C and D). To validate that AcLDL can, in principle, activate the UPR, we repeated these experiments with in vitro differentiated THP-1 macrophages which are known to develop ER stress in response to cholesterol overloading.57 In differentiated THP-1 macrophages AcLDL induced XBP1 splicing both in the presence and absence of TMP-153 (Figs. 5E and S9C). Treatment of THP-1 macrophages with TMP-153 alone also increased XBP1 splicing ∼2.6 fold (Figs. 5E and S9C). These results suggest that exposure of adipocytes to AcLDL does not cause ER stress.
Proinflammatory cytokines do not induce ER stress in adipocytes
To study whether inflammatory cytokines induce ER stress in adipocytes we exposed differentiated 3T3-F442A adipocytes to various concentrations of TNF-α, IL-6, or IL-1β for up to 24 h. Incubation of adipocytes with increasing concentrations of TNF-α for 24 h did not affect the viability of these cells (Fig. 7A), but also failed to induce XBP1 splicing (Figs. 7B and S10). Various concentrations of IL-6 and IL-1β also failed to induce XBP1 splicing over a period of 24 h (Figs. 7D and E and S11–12). To validate that the cytokines possess biological activity we characterized activation of the MAPK kinase JNK in preadipocytes. All three cytokines stimulated phosphorylation of JNK (Fig. 7C and F), thus providing evidence that the cytokine preparations we utilized possess biological activity. Taken together, these data suggest that the inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-1β do not cause ER stress in adipocytes.
Glucose starvation induces ER stress in adipocytes
Prolonged exposure of cells to glucose concentrations of <0.2 g/l induces the ER resident chaperones BiP and GRP94,28,58 whose expression is controlled by XBP1 and ATF6. To characterize whether glucose starvation, which may be caused by the poor vascularization of the expanding adipose tissue in obesity, can induce ER stress in adipocytes, we maintained in vitro differentiated 3T3-F442A and 3T3-L1 adipocytes for up to 24 h in serum free medium supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine but completely lacking glucose. Glutaminolysis serves as an energy source in this medium.59,60 Glucose starvation for 24 h induced CHOP potently in both 3T3-F442A and 3T3-L1 adipocytes (Fig. 8A and B). XBP1 splicing peaked 12 h after induction of glucose starvation (Fig. S13A) and remained elevated for the next 36 h in 3T3-F442A-adipocytes (Figs. 8C and D and S13B). 24 h of glucose starvation also induced XBP1 splicing in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and elevated the steady-state mRNA levels of CHOP, BiP, and ERDJ4, and, to a lesser extent, EDEM1 and VEGFA mRNAs in 3T3-F442A adipocytes (Fig. 8E). Thus, glucose starvation causes ER stress in adipocytes which coincides with increased expression of the pro-angiogenic factor VEGFA.
Hypoxia causes ER stress in adipocytes
We characterized whether hypoxia causes ER stress in in vitro differentiated 3T3-F442A adipocytes, because hypoxia is another physiological alteration in poorly vascularized obese adipose tissue.3 In vitro differentiated 3T3-F442A adipocytes were cultured in 0.5% O2 for up to 8 h before protein extraction and characterization of ER stress markers and the hypoxia marker HIF1α61 by Western blotting. Hypoxia increased HIF1α levels within 2 h (Fig. 9A and B) and also led to an increase in eIF2α phosphorylation (Fig. 9A and B), XBP1 splicing (Fig. 9C and D), and BiP mRNA levels (Fig. 9E and F). The increases in XBP1 splicing, BiP mRNA levels, and eIF2α phosphorylation, once manifested, persisted throughout the time course of the experiment. Collectively, these data show that hypoxia induces ER stress in adipocytes.
Discussion
We present evidence that glucose starvation and hypoxia (Figs. 8 and 9), but not palmitate (Figs. 2, 3 and S3–7), cholesterol (Figs. 5, 6, and S9), or several inflammatory cytokines (Fig. 7 and S10–12) cause ER stress in two in vitro adipocyte models, 3T3-F442A and 3T3-L1. These data suggest that the poor vascularization of adipose tissue in obesity causes ER stress in adipocytes, because adipose tissue expansion in obesity leads to formation of poorly vascularized, hypoxic areas.3,4 Glucose starvation may contribute to the adverse effects of hypoxia on adipose tissue, because obese adipocytes reach diameters that are comparable to the maximum distance of diffusive glucose supply from a blood vessel.62–64 The large overlap of the effects of hypoxia and ER stress on adipose tissue, including inflammation,4 insulin resistance,65 changes in adiponectin secretion,66 and increased angiogenesis,67-69 suggests that ER stress may contribute to or mediate the effects of hypoxia on adipocytes.
Our work also suggests that palmitate, cholesterol, and inflammatory cytokines do not elicit an ER stress response in adipocytes. The mRNA expression for two ER stress sensors, IRE1α and PERK, is similar in preadipocytes and adipocytes (Fig. S14), which suggests that increased basal activity of these ER stress signaling pathways cannot explain the protection of adipocytes from palmitate- or cholesterol-induced ER stress. A dominant feature of adipocyte differentiation is the induction of nearly all enzymes of fatty acid and triacylglycerol synthesis, including stearoyl-CoA desaturases and diacylglycerol acyltransferases.70,71 Hence, adipocytes may be protected from palmitate-induced ER stress because of their greatly increased ability to dispose of excess palmitate in their triacylglycerol pool.72 The expansion of the triacylglycerol pool will also increase the storage capacity of adipocytes for cholesterol73,74 and thus may explain why cholesterol does not induce ER stress in adipocytes. Increased cholesterol efflux due to increased expression of the cholesterol transporter ABCA175,76 may also contribute to this cholesterol resistance. Induction of several antioxidant enzymes77-79 and increased NADPH generation80 may protect adipocytes against ER stress caused by inflammatory cytokines, because these cytokines cause ER stress via production of reactive oxygen species.27,81,82
Our conclusions differ from conclusions drawn in other studies, which suggest that TNF-α,83 free fatty acids,84-87 and cholesterol88 induce ER stress in adipocytes in vitro. Koh et al.83 and Jeon et al.85 have reported that TNF-α and palmitate elevate phosphorylation of eIF2α, induce ATF3 mRNA and activate JNK in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and, on the basis of these changes, concluded that TNF-α and palmitate cause ER stress in adipocytes. eIF2α phosphorylation and the increase in ATF3 mRNA downstream of eIF2α phosphorylation are controlled by four protein kinases89 of which only PERK directly responds to ER stress.90 JNK is activated by many stresses.91 The absence of an increase in XBP1 splicing (Figs. 2C and D, 7B, S3–7, and S10), which is a more specific marker for ER stress, suggests that other stresses are responsible for the increase in the stress markers monitored by Koh et al.83 and Jeon et al.85 Kawasaki et al.86 have reported that exposure of 3T3-L1 adipocytes to 50 μg/ml of a free fatty acid mixture derived from human serum induces XBP1 splicing, ATF4, BiP, CHOP, EDEM, ERDJ4, and PDI mRNAs. Palmitic acid is considered to be the fatty acid with the greatest potential for cell injury,92 but elicits ER stress, insulin resistance, or cell injury only at much higher concentrations in several cell types (Fig. 2F and refs. 21, 22, 24, 93) and does not induce ER stress in 3T3-F442A or 3T3-L1 adipocytes (Figs. 2, 3, and S3–7). Therefore, compounds other than the SFAs present in the fatty acid mixture used by Kawasaki et al.86 seem to be causing ER stress in adipocytes. Jiao et al.87 reported that a mixture of lauric, myristic, oleic, linoleic, and arachidonic acids induces ER stress and potently inhibits insulin-stimulated AKT serine 473 and threonine 308 phosphorylation in in vitro differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes. These results contradict not only our observations (Figs. 2, 3, and S3–7) but also several other papers which have reported that the unsaturated fatty acids oleic and linoleic acid protect cells from the negative effects of SFAs,94–100 that the medium-chain fatty acids lauric and myristic acid do not induce insulin resistance,52 and that palmitate does not affect insulin-stimulated AKT phosphorylation in adipocytes.49–56 Chen et al.88 reported that oxidized LDL (oxLDL) induces BiP and CHOP in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and suggested that intracellular cholesterol overload may be partially responsible for this ER stress response. Both AcLDL and oxLDL are taken up via the scavenger receptor A by adipocytes.101 We have not observed activation of XBP1 splicing in 3T3-F442A or 3T3-L1 adipocytes exposed to AcLDL (Figs. 5 and S9), which suggests that an oxidized lipid or oxidized protein component of oxLDL,102 but not cholesterol, induces ER stress in adipocytes in vitro.
In conclusion, our work shows that glucose and oxygen deprivation cause ER stress in adipocytes in vitro. In obesity, the rapid expansion of the adipose tissue rather than elevated SFAs, cholesterol, or proinflammatory cytokine levels, may be responsible for ER stress in adipocytes. Future work should address whether improved vascularization of obese adipose tissue, either through genetic or pharmacologic means, can mitigate ER stress in this tissue.
Materials and Methods
Antibodies and reagents
Antibodies against AKT (cat. no. 4691), phosphoserine 473-AKT (cat. no. 4060), CHOP (cat. no. 2895), phospho-JNK (cat. no. 4668), JNK (cat. no. 9258), and phospho-eIF2α (cat. no. 9721) were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology Inc. The anti-eIF2α antibody (cat. no. sc-11386) was purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc., the anti-HIF1α antibody (cat. no. AF1935) from R&D Systems, the anti-GAPDH antibody (cat. no. G8795) and the monoclonal anti-β-actin antibody (cat. no. A2228) from Sigma-Aldrich. The goat anti-rabbit-IgG (H+L)-horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated secondary antibody (cat. no. 7074S) was bought from Cell Signaling Technology Inc. The goat anti-mouse IgG (H+L)-HRP-conjugated antibody (cat. no. 31432) and the mouse anti-goat IgG (H+L)-HRP-conjugated antibody (cat. no. 31400) were purchased from Thermo Fisher Scientific. Thapsigargin, dexamethasone (cat. no. D4902), 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX, cat. no. I5879), insulin (cat. no. I0516), palmitic acid (cat. no. P5585), fatty acid free bovine serum albumin (BSA, cat. no. A3803), BSA (cat. no. A2153), and thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide (MTT, cat. no. M5655), and 9-diethylamino-5H-benzo[α]phenoxazine-5-one (nile red, cat. no. N3013) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. TMP-153 was purchased from Enzo Life Sciences. AcLDL (cat. no. 5685–3404) was purchased from AbD Serotec, IL-1β (cat. no. RIL1BI) from Thermo Fisher Scientific, IL-6 (cat. no. PHC0066) from Life Technologies, and human TNF-α (cat. no. 8902) from Cell Signaling Technology Inc.
Cell culture
3T3-L1 murine preadipocytes103 were obtained from the ATCC and were maintained as subconfluent cultures in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) supplemented with 4.5 g/l D-glucose, 2 mM L-glutamine and 10% (v/v) bovine calf serum. 3T3-F442A murine preadipocytes104 were maintained in DMEM supplemented with 4.5 g/l D-glucose, 2 mM L-glutamine and 10% (v/v) foetal bovine serum (FBS). For differentiation,45 both cell lines were grown to confluence. Two days post-confluency, differentiation was induced by addition of 1 μg/ml insulin, 0.5 mM IBMX, and 0.25 μM dexamethasone. The cells were maintained in this medium for 3 d and then for 2 more days in medium containing 1 μg/ml insulin. After five days of differentiation insulin was omitted from the medium and the cells were maintained for another 7 d. In all experiments both 3T3-F442A and 3T3-L1 adipocytes were used 12 d after induction of differentiation. The THP-1 human monocytic leukemia cell line105 was maintained in RPMI 1640 medium containing 10% (v/v) foetal bovine serum (FBS) and 2 mM L-glutamine. The cells were differentiated into macrophages by incubation with 50 nM phorbol-12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) for 3 d, followed by incubation for 1 d without PMA.106 Before addition of AcLDL or TMP-153 the cells were serum-starved for 7 h.
Flow cytometry
Cells were stained with nile red and analyzed by flow cytometry essentially as described before.42 In brief, cells were trypsinized, washed once with DMEM supplemented with 4.5 g/l D-glucose, 2 mM L-glutamine and 10% (v/v) bovine calf serum, and then with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS, 4.3 mM Na2HPO4, 1.47 mM KH2PO4, 27 mM KCl, 137 mM NaCl, pH 7.4), stained for 5 min with 100 ng/ml nile red in PBS, washed once with PBS and immediately analyzed by flow cytometry on a BD FACSCalibur Flow Cytometer (BD Biosciences) at a LO flow rate. For each sample ∼50,000 gated events were collected. Nile red fluorescence was excited at 488 nm and its fluorescence emission collected using the FL-1 (530/30 nm) band pass filter set. The instrument settings for 3T3-L1 cells were FSC—E-1 (lin, Amp gain = 4.50), SSC—326 V (lin, Amp gain = 1.00), and FL1—275 V (log, Amp gain = 1.00), and for 3T3-F442A cells FSC—E-1 (lin, Amp gain = 4.50), SSC—280 V (lin, Amp gain = 1.00), and FL1—275 V (log, Amp gain = 1.00). No thresholds were applied. Data were analyzed in WinMDI 2.9 and graphs prepared in GraphPad Prism 6.04 (GraphPad Software). Three biological replicates were analyzed for each sample and results are represented as the average and standard error of these three repeats.
Cell viability was determined using the MTT assay.107 In short, after TNF-α or palmitate treatment cells were incubated for 4 h at 37°C with 0.5 g/l MTT in phenol-red free DMEM containing 4.5 g/l D-glucose, and 2 mM L-glutamine or 2% (w/v) BSA, respectively. Insoluble formazan crystals were dissolved for 15 min in isopropanol containing 4 mM HCl and 0.1% (v/v) Nonidet P-40. The absorbance of the formazan solution was read at a wavelength of 590 nm and a reference wavelength of 620 nm and the formazan absorbance expressed as the ratio of the absorbance at 590 nm to the absorbance at 620 nm.
Palmitate treatment
In vitro differentiated 3T3-F442A adipocytes were serum-starved overnight in DMEM containing 4.5 g/l D-glucose, and 2 mM L-glutamine and then incubated in serum-free medium containing 2% (w/v) fatty acid-free BSA and 0.05—1 mM palmitic acid. These palmitate concentrations are in the physiological range reported for rodents and humans.108 Palmitic acid was complexed to fatty acid-free BSA as follows. In brief, palmitic acid was dissolved in ethanol and diluted 1:100 in DMEM containing 4.5 g/l D-glucose and 2% (w/v) fatty acid-free BSA before addition to the cells. Control cells received ethanol diluted 1:100 into DMEM containing 4.5 g/l D-glucose and 2% (w/v) fatty acid-free BSA.109
Cholesterol and cytokine treatments
In vitro differentiated adipocytes were incubated in DMEM containing 4.5 g/l D-glucose, 2 mM L-glutamine, and 100 μg/ml AcLDL in the presence or absence of the ACAT inhibitor TMP-153 at a final concentration of 0.6 μM. The cells were incubated with cytokines in serum-free medium.
D-Glucose starvation experiments were performed by incubating the cells for the indicated times in D-glucose-free DMEM supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine. Control cells ‘+ D-glucose’ were incubated for the same time in DMEM containing 4.5 g/l D-glucose and 2 mM L-glutamine.
Hypoxia experiments were performed using a Billups-Rotenberg hypoxia chamber. A pre-analyzed gas mixture of 0.5% (v/v) O2, 5% (v/v) CO2 and nitrogen (BOC Industrial Gases) was flushed through the chamber at a flow rate of 25 l/min for 5 min to completely replace air inside the chamber with the gas mixture. The hypoxia chamber was incubated at 37°C for the indicated times. Cells were rapidly harvested and lysed at 4ºC using degassed buffers as described before.110
RNA analysis
RNA was extracted and analyzed by reverse transcriptase (RT) PCR as described before.110 Primers for quantitative PCR (qPCR) are listed in Table 1. RT-qPCR data were standardized to ACTB as loading control. The percentage of XBP1 splicing was calculated by dividing the signal for spliced XBP1 mRNA by the sums of the signals for spliced and unspliced XBP1 mRNAs. Band intensities were quantitated using ImageJ.
Table 1.
Name | Purpose | Sequence |
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H7961 | XBP1 PCR, forward primer | GATCCTGACGAGGTTCCAGA |
H7962 | XBP1 PCR, reverse primer | ACAGGGTCCAACTTGTCCAG |
H7994 | ACTB PCR and RT-qPCR, forward primer | AGCCATGTACGTAGCCATCC |
H7995 | ACTB PCR and RT-qPCR, reverse primer | CTCTCAGCTGTGGTGGTGAA |
H8553 | BiP (HSPA5) RT-qPCR, forward primer | TTCGTGTCTCCTCCTGAC |
H8554 | BiP (HSPA5) RT-qPCR, reverse primer | ACAGTGAACTTCATCATGCC |
H8660 | VEGFA RT-qPCR, forward primer | AGAGCAACATCACCATGCAG |
H8661 | VEGFA RT-qPCR, reverse primer | TTTGACCCTTTCCCTTTCCT |
H8736 | ERDJ4 (DNAJB9) RT-qPCR, forward primer | CTGTGGCCCTGACTTGGGTT |
H8737 | ERDJ4 (DNAJB9) RT-qPCR, reverse primer | AGGGGCAAACAGCCAAAAGC |
H8778 | CHOP RT-qPCR, forward primer | TCTTGAGCCTAACACGTCGAT |
H8779 | CHOP RT-qPCR, reverse primer | CGTGGACCAGGTTCTGCTTT |
H8796 | EDEM1 RT-qPCR, forward primer | TGGAAAGCTTCTTTCTCAGC |
H8797 | EDEM1 RT-qPCR, reverse primer | ATTCCCGAAGACGTTTGTCC |
H9106 | PERK RT-qPCR, forward primer | CTCAAGTTTCCTCTACTGTTCACTC |
H9107 | PERK RT-qPCR, reverse primer | GCTGTCTCAGAACCGTTTTCCC |
H9110 | IRE1α RT-qPCR, forward primer | GCGCAAATTCAGAACCTACAAAGG |
H9111 | IRE1α RT-qPCR, reverse primer | GGAAGCGGGAAGTGAAGTAGC |
Protein extraction and Western blotting
Cells were washed 3 times with ice-cold PBS and lysed in RIPA buffer [50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, 150 mM NaCl, 0.5% (w/v) sodium deoxycholate, 0.1% (v/v) Triton X-100, 0.1% (w/v) SDS] containing Roche complete protease inhibitors (cat. no. 11836153001, Roche Applied Science) and phosphatase inhibitors (cat. no. 04 906 837 001, Roche Applied Science) as described before.110
Proteins were separated by SDS-PAGE on 4–20% Criterion TGX Precast gels (cat. no. 567–1094, Bio-Rad Laboratories) and transferred to polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membranes (Amersham HyBondTM-P, pore size 0.45 μm, cat. no. RPN303F, GE Healthcare) by semi-dry electrotransfer in 0.1 M Tris, 0.192 M glycine, and 5% (v/v) methanol at 2 mA/cm2 for 60–75 min. Membranes were then blocked for 1 h in 5% (w/v) skimmed milk powder in TBST [20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.6, 137 mM NaCl, and 0.1% (v/v) Tween-20] for antibodies against non-phosphorylated proteins and 5% BSA in TBST for antibodies against phosphorylated proteins. Incubations with antibodies were performed over night at 4°C with gentle agitation. Blots were washed three times with TBST and then probed with secondary antibody for 1 hour at room temperature. The rabbit anti-AKT, anti-phospho-S473-AKT, anti-phospho-S51-eIF2α, anti-JNK and anti-phospho-JNK antibodies were used at a 1:1,000 dilution in TBST + 5% (w/v) BSA. The rabbit anti-eIF2α antibody was used at a 1:500 dilution in TBST + 5% (w/v) skimmed milk powder. Membranes were developed with goat anti-rabbit-IgG (H+L)-horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated secondary antibody at a 1:1,000 dilution in TBST + 5% (w/v) skimmed milk powder for 1 h at room temperature. The mouse anti-CHOP antibody and anti-β-actin antibodies were used at a 1:1,000 dilution in TBST + 5% (w/v) skimmed milk powder, and the mouse anti-GAPDH antibody at a 1:30,000 dilution in TBST + 5% (w/v) skimmed milk powder. These antibodies were developed with goat anti-mouse IgG (H+L)-horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated secondary antibody at a 1:20,000 dilution in TBST +5% (w/v) skimmed milk powder for 1 h at room temperature. The goat anti-HIF1α antibody was used at a dilution of 1:500 in TBST + 5% (w/v) skimmed milk powder and developed with mouse anti-goat IgG (H+L)-HRP-conjugated antibody at a dilution of 1:30,000 in TBST + 5% (w/v) skimmed milk powder for 1 h at room temperature. To reprobe blots for detection of nonphosphorylated proteins, membranes were stripped using Restore Western Blot Stripping Buffer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Loughborough, UK, cat. no. 21059) and blocked with 5% (w/v) skimmed milk powder in TBST.
For signal detection, Pierce ECL Western Blotting Substrate (cat. no. 32209) or Pierce ECL Plus Western Blotting Substrate (cat. no. 32132) from Thermo Fisher Scientific were used. Blots were exposed to CL-X PosureTM film (cat. no. 34091, Thermo Fisher Scientific). Exposure times were adjusted on the basis of previous exposures to obtain exposures in the linear range of the film. Films were scanned on a CanoScan LiDE 600F scanner (Canon) and saved as tif files. Bands were quantified using ImageJ exactly as described under the heading “Gels Submenu” on the ImageJ web site (http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/docs/menus/analyze.html#plot). Peak intensities for the experimental antibody were then divided by the peak intensities obtained with the antibody for the loading control in the corresponding lane to correct for differences in loading between individual lanes. All loading control-corrected peak intensities obtained for one Western blot were then expressed relative to the loading control-corrected peak intensity of the 0 h sample.
Statistical analysis
All data are presented as the average and standard error of three independently differentiated adipocyte cultures. Errors were propagated using the law of error propagation for random, independent errors.111 Statistical analyses were performed in GraphPad Prism 6.04. The statistical tests and corrections for multiple comparison used to analyze the data are described in detail in the figure legends.
Acknowledgments
ADM and MS devised the study, analyzed the data, designed the experiments and wrote the manuscript. We thank A Benham (Durham University) for providing the human THP-1 cells and C. Hutchison (Durham University) for providing the 3T3-F442A preadipocytes. We thank O Alainis and C Manning for help with the flow cytometry, and N Hole for use of the hypoxia chamber.
Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest
No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.
Supplemental Material
Supplemental data for this article can be accessed on the publisher's website.
Funding
This work was supported by Diabetes UK BDA 09/0003949 grant.
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