Discovery of new transcription factors involved in the development of steatosis, steatohepatitis, and liver cancer

• Grant number: 15/22983-1
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): January 01, 2016
• Effective date (End): May 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Physiology - Physiology of Organs and Systems
• Principal Investigator: William Tadeu Lara Festuccia
• Grantee: Thiago Belchior de Oliveira
• Home Institution: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/19530-5 - Involvement of the nutrient sensor mTOR in the development of obesity associated chronic metabolic diseases, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 17/25881-0 - ERK Kinase regulation of insulin signaling and inflammation: Honing the antidiabetic effects of PPARgamma activation., BE.EP.PD

Abstract

The exponential growth of obesity worldwide is increasing the prevalence of several chronic diseases commonly associated to excessive adiposity such as type 2 diabetes, hepatic steatosis and some types of cancer. Despite of its major impact worldwide, little is known about the mechanisms that link obesity to the development of its associated chronic diseases. Being obesity a condition characterized by excess of nutrients, our laboratory has investigated over the years the involvement of nutrient and growth factor sensors as linking factors between obesity and associated chronic diseases. Thus the present research proposal aims to investigate the involvement of nutrient and growth factor sensors mTOR complexes 1 and 2 in the: 1- regulation of adiposity and adipose tissue metabolism; 2- development of obesity associated chronic low grade inflammation; 3- development of obesity associated hepatic insulin resistance, steatosisand cancer; 4- recruitment (hyperplasia and hypertrophy), activation and metabolism of brown adipose tissue and beige adipocytes. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

OLIVEIRA, TIAGO E.; CASTRO, ERIQUE; BELCHIOR, THIAGO; ANDRADE, MAYNARA L.; CHAVES-FILHO, ADRIANO B.; PEIXOTO, ALBERT S.; MORENO, MAYARA F.; ORTIZ-SILVA, MILENE; MOREIRA, RAFAEL J.; INAGUE, ALEX; YOSHINAGA, MARCOS Y.; MIYAMOTO, SAYURI; MOUSTAID-MOUSSA, NAIMA; FESTUCCIA, WILLIAM T. Fish Oil Protects Wild Type and Uncoupling Protein 1-Deficient Mice from Obesity and Glucose Intolerance by Increasing Energy Expenditure. MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH, v. 63, n. 7 APR 2019. Web of Science Citations: 4.

YAMASHITA, ALEX S.; BELCHIOR, THIAGO; LIRA, FABIO S.; BISHOP, NICOLETTE C.; WESSNER, BARBARA; ROSA, JOSE C.; FESTUCCIA, WILLIAM T. Regulation of Metabolic Disease-Associated Inflammation by Nutrient Sensors. Mediators of Inflammation, 2018. Web of Science Citations: 7.