Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Adipose tissue hyaluronan production improves systemic glucose homeostasis and primes adipocytes for CL 316,243-stimulated lipolysis

  • Yi Zhu,
  • Na Li,
  • Mingyang Huang,
  • Mason Bartels,
  • Sophie Dogné,
  • Shangang Zhao,
  • Xi Chen,
  • Clair Crewe,
  • Leon Straub,
  • Lavanya Vishvanath,
  • Zhuzhen Zhang,
  • Mengle Shao,
  • Yongjie Yang,
  • Christy M. Gliniak,
  • Ruth Gordillo,
  • Gordon I. Smith,
  • William L. Holland,
  • Rana K. Gupta,
  • Bingning Dong,
  • Nathalie Caron,
  • Yong Xu,
  • Yucel Akgul,
  • Samuel Klein,
  • Philipp E. Scherer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25025-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Hyaluronan is a naturally occurring linear polysaccharide that together with collagens, enzymes, and glycoproteins forms the extracellular matrix. Here the authors show that adipose tissue overproduction of Hyaluronan reduces fat accumulation in mice fed high-fat diet and improves systemic glucose homeostasis.