GSE150775 Adropin stimulates proliferation and inhibits adrenocortical steroidogenesis via the TGF-beta mediated pathway in the human adrenal carcinoma (HAC15) cell line.

Contributors : Ewekina Stelcer ; Paulina Milecka ; Marcin RucinskiSeries Type : Expression profiling by arrayOrganism : Homo sapiensAdropin is a multifunctional peptide hormone encoded by the ENHO (energy homeostasis associated) gene. It plays a role in mechanisms related to increased adiposity, insulin resistance, as well as glucose and lipid metabolism. The low adropin levels are strongly associated with obesity independent insulin resistance. On the other hand, overexpression or exogenous administration of adropin improves glucose homeostasis. The multidirectional, adropin-related effects associated with the regulation of metabolism in humans also appear to be attributable to the effects of this peptide on the activity of various elements of the endocrine system including adrenal cortex. Therefore, the main purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of adropin on proliferation and secretory activity in the human HAC15 adrenal carcinoma cell line.We also found that HAC15 cells treated with adropin presented significantly higher proliferation levels than untreated cells. Based on whole transcriptome study and research involving transforming growth factor (TGF)- β type I receptor kinase inhibitor we demonstrated that attenuation of steroidogenesis caused by adropin is mediated by the TGF-β signalling pathway likely to act through transactivation mechanism.
Source: GEO: Gene Expression Omnibus - Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Tags: Expression profiling by array Homo sapiens Source Type: research