ScreenDMT reveals DiHOMEs are replicably inversely associated with BMI and stimulate adipocyte calcium influx

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-14-2024

Institution/Department

Center for Molecular Medicine

Journal Title

Communications biology

MeSH Headings

Animals; Mice; Humans; Calcium (metabolism); Body Mass Index; Male; Adipocytes (metabolism); Female; Adipose Tissue, Brown (metabolism); Lipidomics

Abstract

Activating brown adipose tissue (BAT) improves systemic metabolism, making it a promising target for metabolic syndrome. BAT is activated by 12,13-dihydroxy-9Z-octadecenoic acid (12,13-diHOME), which we previously identified to be inversely associated with BMI and which directly improves metabolism in multiple tissues. Here we profile plasma lipidomics from 83 people and test which lipids' association with BMI replicates in a concordant direction using our novel tool ScreenDMT, whose power and validity we demonstrate via mathematical proofs and simulations. We find that the linoleic acid diols 12,13-diHOME and 9,10-diHOME are both replicably inversely associated with BMI and mechanistically activate calcium influx in mouse brown and white adipocytes in vitro, which implicates this signaling pathway and 9,10-diHOME as candidate therapeutic targets. ScreenDMT can be applied to test directional mediation, directional replication, and qualitative interactions, such as identifying biomarkers whose association is shared (replication) or opposite (qualitative interaction) across diverse populations.

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