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  3. Promethazine Hydrochloride Inhibits Ectopic Fat Cell Formation in Skeletal Muscle

Promethazine Hydrochloride Inhibits Ectopic Fat Cell Formation in Skeletal Muscle

  • Am J Pathol. 2017 Dec;187(12):2627-2634. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2017.08.008.
Takehiro Kasai 1,  Masashi Nakatani 2,  Naoki Ishiguro 3,  Kinji Ohno 4,  Naoki Yamamoto 5,  Mitsuhiro Morita 6,  Harumoto Yamada 6,  Kunihiro Tsuchida 2,  Akiyoshi Uezumi 7
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan; Division for Therapies against Intractable Diseases, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan; Division of Neurogenetics, Center for Neurological Diseases and Cancer, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
  • 2 Division for Therapies against Intractable Diseases, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan.
  • 3 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
  • 4 Division of Neurogenetics, Center for Neurological Diseases and Cancer, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
  • 5 Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Histochemistry, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan.
  • 6 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan.
  • 7 Division for Therapies against Intractable Diseases, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan. Electronic address: uezumi@tmig.or.jp.
PMID: 28919111 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2017.08.008
Abstract

Fatty degeneration of skeletal muscle leads to muscle weakness and loss of function. Preventing fatty degeneration in skeletal muscle is important, but no drug has been used clinically. In this study, we performed drug repositioning using human platelet-derived growth factor receptor α (PDGFRα)-positive mesenchymal progenitors that have been proved to be an origin of ectopic adipocytes in skeletal muscle. We found that promethazine hydrochloride (PH) inhibits adipogenesis in a dose-dependent manner without cell toxicity. PH inhibited expression of adipogenic markers and also suppressed phosphorylation of cAMP response-element binding protein, which was reported to be a primary regulator of adipogenesis. We established a mouse model of tendon rupture with intramuscular fat deposition and confirmed that emerged ectopic adipocytes are derived from PDGFRα+ cells using lineage tracing mice. When these injured mice were treated with PH, formation of ectopic adipocytes was suppressed significantly. Our results show that PH inhibits PDGFRα+ mesenchymal progenitor-dependent ectopic adipogenesis in skeletal muscle and suggest that treatment with PH can be a promising approach to prevent fatty degeneration of skeletal muscle.

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