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Rapamycin Blocks CLA’s Increase in ADRP Protein Expression<br />

Based on the isomer-specific activation of S6 ribosomal protein <strong>by</strong> CLA, we<br />

hypothesized that translational induction of ADRP <strong>by</strong> trans-10, cis-12 CLA is associated<br />

with activation of mTOR pathway. To test this hypothesis, we treated cultures for 24 h<br />

with either 30 µM trans-10, cis-12 CLA or BSA in the presence and absence of the<br />

mTOR-specific inhibitor rapamycin. As hypothesized, CLA’s induction of ADRP protein<br />

was blocked <strong>by</strong> the pretreatment with rapamycin (Fig 2.8). In contrast, neither perilipin<br />

nor caveolin-1 expression was affected <strong>by</strong> rapamycin. It was also notable that 24 h<br />

treatment with trans-10, cis-12 CLA modestly attenuated perilipin-A and perilipin-B<br />

gene expression even in the presence of rapamycin, suggesting that a rapamycin-sensitive<br />

pathway may not be necessary for a reduction of perilipin expression <strong>by</strong> trans-10, cis-12<br />

CLA (Fig 2.8). In fact, our data support the notion that trans-10, cis-12 CLA-mediated<br />

reduction of perilipin expression is mediated <strong>by</strong> a more chronic activation of cytokine-<br />

induced MEK/ERK signaling (Fig 2.5A), which we have described previously (Brown et<br />

al. 2004). Collectively, these data suggest that the trans-10, cis-12 CLA-mediated<br />

increase in the levels of the small lipid droplet associated protein ADRP, is partly due to<br />

a rapamycin-sensitive increase in ADRP protein synthesis.<br />

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