Omics approach to reveal the effects of obesity on the protein profiles of the exosomes derived from different adipose depots

Minting Chen, Fan Zhang, Baisen Chen, Condon Lau, Keyang Xu, Tiejun Tong, Chuying Huo, Quanbin Han, Tao Su*, Hiu Yee Kwan*

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Abstract

Background: Obesity affects the cargo packaging of the adipocyte-derived exosomes. Furthermore, adipocytes in different adipose tissues have different genetic makeup, the cargo contents of the exosomes derived from different adipose tissues under obesity conditions should be different, and hence their impacts on the pathophysiological conditions.

Methods and results: iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomics show that obesity has more prominent effects on the protein profiles of the exosomes derived from subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT-Exos) in the high fat diet-induced obesity (DIO) mice than those derived from epididymal adipose tissue (EAT-Exos) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT-Exos). The differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) in SAT-Exos and VAT-Exos are mainly involved in metabolism. Subsequent untargeted metabolomic and lipidomics analyses reveal that injection of these SAT-Exos into the B6/J-Rab27a-Cas9-KO mice significantly affects the mouse metabolism such as fatty acid metabolism. Some of the DEPs in SAT-Exos are correlated with fatty acid metabolism including ADP-ribosylation factor and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase-3. Pathway analysis also shows that SAT-Exos affect adipocyte lipolysis and glycerophospholipid metabolism, which is in parallel with the enhanced plasma levels of fatty acids, diglycerides, monoglycerides and the changes in glycerophospholipid levels in DIO mice.

Conclusion: Our data provide scientific evidence to suggest SAT-Exos contribute to the changes in plasma lipid profiles under obesity conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number570
JournalCellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Volume79
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2022

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pharmacology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cell Biology

User-Defined Keywords

  • Exosome
  • Metabolism
  • Obesity

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