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Transcriptome analysis of human adipocytes implicates the NOD-like receptor pathway in obesity-induced adipose inflammation.

Yin Z., Deng T., Peterson LE., Yu R., Lin J., Hamilton DJ.

Animal Study, published in Mol Cell Endocrinol (2014) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Animal Study
Journal
Mol Cell Endocrinol (2014)
Country
Ireland
Reported sample size
—
Source database
PubMed
PMID
25011057
PMCID
PMC4219530
DOI
10.1016/j.mce.2014.06.018
Citations
63

Abstract (original English)

Adipose tissue inflammation increases with obesity, but adipocyte vs. immune cell contributions are unclear. In the present study, transcriptome analyses were performed on highly-purified subcutaneous adipocytes from lean and obese women, and differentially expressed genes/pathways were determined in both adipocyte and stromal vascular fraction (SVF) samples. Adipocyte but not SVF expression of NOD-like receptor pathway genes, including NLRP3 and PYCARD, which regulate caspase-1-mediated IL-1β secretion, correlated with adiposity phenotypes and adipocyte class II major histocompatibility complex (MHCII) gene expression, but only MHCII remained after adjusting for age and body mass index. IFNγ stimulated adipocyte MHCII, NLRP3 and caspase-1 expression, while adipocyte MHCII-mediated CD4(+) T cell activation, an important factor in adipose inflammation, induced IFNγ-dependent adipocyte IL-1β secretion. These results uncover a dialogue regulated by interactions among T cell IFNγ and adipocyte MHCII and NLRP3 inflammasome activity that appears to initiate and escalate adipose tissue inflammation during obesity.

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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AdipocytesAdipose TissueAnimalsCARD Signaling Adaptor ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCaspase 1Cytoskeletal ProteinsFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation

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