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Sex-based differences in phagocyte metabolic profile in rats with monosodium glutamate-induced obesity

Rudyk MP., Pozur VV., Voieikova DO., Hurmach YV., Khranovska NM., Skachkova OV.

Animal Study, published in Sci Rep (2018) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Animal Study
Journal
Sci Rep (2018)
Reported sample size
—
Source database
Europe PMC
PMID
29615659
PMCID
PMC5882925
DOI
10.1038/s41598-018-23664-0
Citations
10

Abstract (original English)

The important component of obesity pathogenesis is inflammatory activation of innate immune cells within adipose tissue and in other body locations. Both the course of obesity and innate immune reactivity are characterized by sex-associated differences. The aim of the work was a comparative investigation of metabolic profiles of phagocytes from different locations in male and female rats with MSG-induced obesity. The administration of monosodium glutamate (MSG) caused obesity, with sex-associated differences, that was more severe in male rats. Obesity was associated with pro-inflammatory activation of CD14+ phagocytes from adipose tissue in female, but not in male rats, which was demonstrated by decreased phagocytosis activity along with increased ROS generation. Phagocytes from the peritoneal cavity and peripheral blood of obese female rats exhibited neutral metabolic profile, whereas those cells from obese male rats displayed a pro-inflammatory metabolic profile. Thus, the manifestation of obesity-induced inflammation was characterized by different patterns of metabolic profile of phagocytes in male and female rats. Identified immune cell characteristics expand our knowledge of obesity immunobiology and may help to develop more effective preventive and therapeutic interventions for obese patients of different sexes.

What this study does not prove

  • • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.
  • • This is preclinical work; animal or laboratory results cannot be applied to humans.

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Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.

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PhagocytesAnimalsRatsObesitySodium GlutamateSex CharacteristicsFemaleMaleAdipose Tissue, WhiteMetabolomics

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