Next Generation Sequencing Facilitates Quantitative Analysis of metformin on adipogenesis Transcriptomes

We reported the application of transcriptome sequencing in high-throughput analysis of metformin intervention in adipogenesis. By obtaining differentially expressed genes from transcriptome, we constructed the mRNA expression profile in mouse embryonic fibroblast adipose differentiation model. We found that metformin can effectively distinguish expressed, ready to express or stably inhibited genes in the process of adipose differentiation, which reflects the cell state and lineage potential. Using an optimized data analysis workflow, we identified 5362 different expression adipogenesis responsive genes and 2539 metformin responsive genes. This study provided a framework for the application of comprehensive transcriptome analysis to the network regulation mechanism of metformin inhibiting preadipocyte differentiation Examination of metformin on adipose differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes