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标题：Differentiating brown and white adipose tissues by high-resolution diffusion NMR spectroscopy
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作者：Sanjay Kumar Verma ; Kaz Nagashima ; Jadegoud Yaligar 等
期刊名称：JLR Papers In Press
印刷版ISSN：0022-2275
电子版ISSN：1539-7262
出版年度：2017
卷号：58
期号：1
页码：289-298
DOI：10.1194/jlr.D072298
语种：English
出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：There are two types of fat tissues, white adipose tissue (WAT) and brown adipose tissue (BAT), which essentially perform opposite functions in whole body energy metabolism. There is a large interest in identifying novel biophysical properties of WAT and BAT by a quantitative and easy-to-run technique. In this work, we used high-resolution pulsed field gradient diffusion NMR spectroscopy to study the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of fat molecules in rat BAT and WAT samples. The ADC of fat in BAT and WAT from rats fed with a chow diet was compared with that of rats fed with a high-fat diet to monitor how the diffusion properties change due to obesity-associated parameters such as lipid droplet size, fatty acid chain length, and saturation. Feeding a high-fat diet resulted in increased saturation, increased chain lengths, and reduced ADC of fat in WAT. The ADC of fat was lower in BAT relative to WAT in rats fed both chow and high-fat diets. Diffusion of fat was restricted in BAT due to the presence of small multilocular lipid droplets. Our findings indicate that in vivo diffusion might be a potential way for better delineation of BAT and WAT in both lean and obese states.
关键词：adipose tissue ; lipid droplet ; diffusion spectroscopy ; brown adipose tissue ; white adipose tissue ; magnetic resonance ; fat ; high-fat diet