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Record W4410215423 · doi:10.3389/fcell.2025.1547836

Exploring the role of cell cycle regulation in human mature adipocyte dedifferentiation

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Giada Ostinelli, Marie‐Frédérique Gauthier, Nathalie Vernoux, Émilie Bernier, Tristan Dubé, Simon Marceau, Stéfane Lebel, Marie‐Ève Tremblay, André Tchernof

Bibliographic record

VenueFrontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicMesenchymal stem cell research
Canadian institutionsUniversity of VictoriaUniversité LavalInstitut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsAdipocyteCell cycleCell biologyBiologyCell cycle progressionCellAdipose tissueGeneticsEndocrinology

Abstract

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Background: Dedifferentiated fat (DFAT) cells have been used in regenerative medicine due to their multipotent potential. According to the literature, the process of adipocyte dedifferentiation is characterized by liposecretion which results in a fibroblastlike, proliferating cell population, with increased expression of genes related to cell cycle. A number of pathways have been implicated in the process, but the role of the cell cycle in adipocyte dedifferentiation has yet to be investigated. Here we characterize the process of liposecretion, the cellular features of DFAT cells and the role of the cell cycle. Methods: Primary adipocytes and adipocyte-derived pluripotent cells (APC) were isolated from human adipose tissue and mature adipocytes were dedifferentiated in ceiling culture. The intracellular organization of DFAT and APC were compared using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and the changes of intracellular lipid content over time were tracked with Oil Red O. Finally, we tested whether liposecretion is a cell cycle-dependent phenomenon by cultivating mature adipocytes in ceiling culture with or without four different inhibitors of the cell cycle (AraC, Irinotecan, Vincristine and RO-3306). Results: DFAT cells were enriched in intracellular lipids, which are stored in small lipid droplets. In addition, liposecretion, which characterizes mature adipocyte dedifferentiation, is characterized by the rapid secretion of a large lipid droplet that is coated by a membrane. This phenomenon seems to be hindered by the presence of cyclin dependent kinase 1 (CDK1) inhibitor RO-3306. Conclusion: , but visceral adipose tissue DFAT cells retain more lipids than subcutaneous-derived DFAT cells. Liposecretion is characterized by the rapid ejection of a membrane-wrapped lipid droplet. This phenomenon is dependent on CDK1 and likely relies on the presence of integrin-mediated cellular adherence.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.001
Threshold uncertainty score0.004

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.021
GPT teacher head0.258
Teacher spread0.236 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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