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Chang E, Hafner H, Varghese M, Griffin C, Clemente J, Islam M, Carlson Z, Zhu A, Hak L, Abrishami S, Gregg B, Singer K. Programming effects of maternal and gestational obesity on offspring metabolism and metabolic inflammation. Sci Rep 2019; 9:16027. [PMID: 31690792 PMCID: PMC6831633 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52583-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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With the increasing prevalence of obesity in women of reproductive age there is a need to understand the ramifications of this on offspring. The purpose of this study is to investigate the programming effects of maternal obesity during preconception and the preconception/gestational period on adiposity and adipose tissue inflammation in offspring using an animal model. Adult female C57Bl/6J mice were assigned either normal diet, high fat diet (HFD) prior to pregnancy, or HFD prior to and through pregnancy. Some offspring were maintained on normal diet while others started HFD later in life. Offspring were assessed for body composition and metabolic responses. Lipid storing tissues were evaluated for expansion and inflammation. Male offspring from the preconception group had the greatest weight gain, most subcutaneous adipose tissue, and largest liver mass when introduced to postnatal HFD. Male offspring of the preconception/gestation group had worsened glucose tolerance and an increase in resident (CD11c−) adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs) when exposed to postnatal HFD. Female offspring had no significant difference in any parameter between the diet treatment groups. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that prenatal and pregnancy windows have independent programming effects on offspring. Preconception exposure affects body composition and adiposity while gestation exposure affects metabolism and tissue immune cell phenotypes.
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- E Chang
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Chavakis T, Mitroulis I, Hajishengallis G. Hematopoietic progenitor cells as integrative hubs for adaptation to and fine-tuning of inflammation. Nat Immunol 2019; 20:802-811. [PMID: 31213716 DOI: 10.1038/s41590-019-0402-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Recent advances have highlighted the ability of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in the bone marrow to sense peripheral inflammation or infection and adapt through increased proliferation and skewing toward the myeloid lineage. Such adaptations can meet the increased demand for innate immune cells and can be beneficial in response to infection or myeloablation. However, the inflammation-induced adaptation of hematopoietic and myeloid progenitor cells toward enhanced myelopoiesis might also perpetuate inflammation in chronic inflammatory or cardio-metabolic diseases by generating a feed-forward loop between inflammation-adapted hematopoietic progenitor cells and the inflammatory disorder. Sustained adaptive responses of progenitor cells in the bone marrow can also contribute to trained immunity, a non-specific memory of earlier encounters that in turn facilitates the heightened response of these cells, as well as that of their progeny, to future challenges. Here we discuss the mechanisms that govern the adaptation of hematopoietic progenitor cells to inflammation and its sequelae in the pathogenesis of human disease.
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- Triantafyllos Chavakis
- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus of TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus of TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,National Center for Tumor Diseases, Partner Site Dresden, of the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg and of the Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, and of the Helmholtz Association/Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.,Department of Haematology and Laboratory of Molecular Hematology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- University of Pennsylvania, Penn Dental Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Griffin C, Hutch CR, Abrishami S, Stelmak D, Eter L, Li Z, Chang E, Agarwal D, Zamarron B, Varghese M, Subbaiah P, MacDougald OA, Sandoval DA, Singer K. Inflammatory responses to dietary and surgical weight loss in male and female mice. Biol Sex Differ 2019; 10:16. [PMID: 30944030 PMCID: PMC6446331 DOI: 10.1186/s13293-019-0229-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Weight loss by surgery or lifestyle changes is strongly recommended for obese individuals to improve metabolic health, but the underlying impairments that persist from a history of obesity remain unclear. Recent investigations demonstrate a persistent inflammatory state with weight loss and bariatric surgery, but the mechanism and impact are not fully understood. Additionally, these studies have not been performed in females although women are the majority of individuals undergoing weight loss interventions. METHODS The goal of this study was to determine the sex differences in metabolically induced inflammation after dietary weight loss (WL) or bariatric surgery. Following a 60% high-fat diet (HFD) for 12 weeks, C57Bl/6j mice underwent either a dietary switch to normal chow for WL or vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) and were evaluated 8 weeks after intervention. WL effects on myelopoiesis were further evaluated with bone marrow chimeras. RESULTS Both sexes had a decrease in adiposity and total weight following WL or VSG intervention. With HFD, females had very little inflammation and no further increase with WL, but males had persistent inflammation even after WL despite metabolic improvement. Interestingly, after VSG, myeloid inflammation was increased in the livers of males and to a lesser extent in females. CONCLUSIONS These studies demonstrate that regardless of sex, it is critical to assess an individuals' history of obesity rather than just rely on current weight status in medical decision-making. There are long-lasting effects on tissue inflammation in both sexes especially with surgical weight loss. Dietary change is overall most effective to improve meta-inflammation in obese males on its own or in combination with surgical weight loss.
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- Cameron Griffin
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 48309, USA
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- Department Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. .,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, D1205 MPB, 1500 E Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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Varghese M, Griffin C, McKernan K, Eter L, Lanzetta N, Agarwal D, Abrishami S, Singer K. Sex Differences in Inflammatory Responses to Adipose Tissue Lipolysis in Diet-Induced Obesity. Endocrinology 2019; 160:293-312. [PMID: 30544158 PMCID: PMC6330175 DOI: 10.1210/en.2018-00797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Males are known to have profound adipose tissue macrophage (ATM) accumulation in gonadal white adipose tissue (GWAT) during obesity, whereas females are protected from such an inflammatory response even with increased adiposity. The inflammatory tone in males is linked to insulin resistance and might be the underlying cause for sex differences in metabolic disease. Factors regulating the meta-inflammatory response remain unclear but enhanced lipid storage in females may explain the reduced inflammatory response to high-fat diets. In this study, we evaluated lean and obese females with stimulated lipolysis to understand whether a stress release of free fatty acids (FFAs) could induce female ATMs. We demonstrate that in both lean and obese females, GWAT CD11c- resident ATMs accumulate with β-3 adrenergic receptor-stimulated lipolysis. Lipolysis elevated serum FFA, triglyceride, and IL-6 levels in females that corresponded to significant phosphorylated hormone-sensitive lipase and adipose triglyceride lipase protein expression in obese female GWAT compared with males. Increased lipolytic response in obese females was associated with crown-like structures and induced Il6, Mcp1, Arg1, and Mgl1 expression in obese female GWAT, suggesting an environment of lipid clearance and adipose remodeling. With this finding we next investigated whether lipid storage and lipolytic mediators differed by sex. Diacylglycerol, ceramides, phospholipids, and certain fatty acid species associated with inflammation were elevated in male GWAT compared with obese female GWAT. Overall, our data demonstrate a role for GWAT lipid storage and lipolytic metabolites to induce inflammation in males and induce remodeling in females that might explain sex differences in overall metabolic health.
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- Mita Varghese
- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Disease, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Correspondence: Kanakadurga Singer, MD, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, D1205 MPB, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. E-mail:
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Daryabor G, Kabelitz D, Kalantar K. An update on immune dysregulation in obesity-related insulin resistance. Scand J Immunol 2019; 89:e12747. [PMID: 30593678 DOI: 10.1111/sji.12747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 12/22/2018] [Accepted: 12/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Obesity is associated with chronic low-grade inflammation of the adipose tissue (AT) that might develop into systemic inflammation, insulin resistance (IR) and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in severe obese rodents and humans. In the lean state, small normal adipocytes and AT macrophages interact with each other to maintain metabolic homeostasis but during obesity, enlarged adipocytes secrete inflammatory mediators and express immune receptors to recruit immune cells and aggravate the inflammation. The better understanding of the obesity-related inflammatory milieu and the sequential events leading to IR could be helpful in designing new preventive and therapeutic strategies. The present review will discuss the cellular and molecular abnormalities participating in the pathogenesis of obesity in obese individuals as well as high-fat diet (HFD)-fed mice, a mouse model of obesity.
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- Gholamreza Daryabor
- Department of Immunology, Shiraz Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Shiraz Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Yabal M, Calleja DJ, Simpson DS, Lawlor KE. Stressing out the mitochondria: Mechanistic insights into NLRP3 inflammasome activation. J Leukoc Biol 2018; 105:377-399. [PMID: 30589456 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.mr0318-124r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Inflammasomes are multimeric protein complexes that induce the cleavage and release of bioactive IL-1β and cause a lytic form of cell death, termed pyroptosis. Due to its diverse triggers, ranging from infectious pathogens and host danger molecules to environmental irritants, the NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome remains the most widely studied inflammasome to date. Despite intense scrutiny, a universal mechanism for its activation remains elusive, although, recent research has focused on mitochondrial dysfunction or potassium (K+ ) efflux as key events. In this review, we give a general overview of NLRP3 inflammasome activation and explore the recently emerging noncanonical and alternative pathways to NLRP3 activation. We highlight the role of the NLRP3 inflammasome in the pathogenesis of metabolic disease that is associated with mitochondrial and oxidative stress. Finally, we interrogate the mechanisms proposed to trigger NLRP3 inflammasome assembly and activation. A greater understanding of how NLRP3 inflammasome activation is triggered may reveal new therapeutic targets for the treatment of inflammatory disease.
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- Monica Yabal
- III. Medical Department for Hematology and Oncology, Kinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Molecular and Translational Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Mei F, Yu J, Li M, Xiang M, Hong Y, Zhou Y, You Y, Xia H, Jin H, Wang W. Magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate alleviates liver injury in obese rats with acute necrotizing pancreatitis. Pathol Res Pract 2018; 215:106-114. [PMID: 30396756 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2018.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Revised: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE For patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP), a high body mass index (BMI) increases the likelihood of acute hepatic injury (AHI). In the current study, we explored whether magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate (MgIg) could alleviate ANP-induced liver injury in obese rats. METHODS Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were selected for the present study, and the ANP model was established by retrograde injection of 5% sodium taurocholate into the biliary-pancreatic duct. Thirty-six SD rats were randomly assigned to six groups: the normal (N), standard rat chow (SRC) normal (SN), SRC ANP (S-ANP), high-fat diet (HFD) normal (H-N), HFD ANP (H-ANP), and MgIg pretreatment HFD ANP (H-ANPT) groups. The rats in the H-ANPT group were treated with MgIg (30 mg/kg) intragastrically for 7 days before the ANP model was established. The rats were sacrificed 12 h after ANP was established, and the blood and pancreatic and liver tissues were collected. Differences in the physiology, pathology and cellular and molecular responses of the rats in each group were examined. RESULT Analyses of serum amylase lipase, alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase indicated that obesity aggravated ANP-induced hepatic injury and that MgIg improved liver function. The superoxide dismutase, malondialdehyde, M1 macrophage, M2 macrophage, neutrophil, NF-κB, IL-1β and caspase-3 levels in liver tissue showed that MgIg attenuated H-ANP-induced hepatic injury by inhibiting oxidative stress and inflammation. CONCLUSION Obesity aggravated ANP-induced liver injury via oxidative stress and inflammatory reactions. MgIg alleviated oxidative stress and decreased the inflammatory reaction, protecting the liver against the AHI induced by ANP in obese rats.
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- Fangchao Mei
- Dept of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China; Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China
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- Dept of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Digestive System Disease, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China
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- Dept of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China; Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China
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- Dept of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China; Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China
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- Dept of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China; Central Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China
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- Dept of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Digestive System Disease, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China
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- Dept of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Digestive System Disease, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China
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- Dept of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Digestive System Disease, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China
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- Dept of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Digestive System Disease, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China
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- Dept of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, Hubei Province, China.
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Cytometric analysis of adipose tissue reveals increments of adipocyte progenitor cells after weight loss induced by bariatric surgery. Sci Rep 2018; 8:15203. [PMID: 30315279 PMCID: PMC6185966 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33488-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Obesity-related comorbidities are, in large part, originated from the dysfunction of adipose tissue. Most of them revert after the normalization of body mass. Adipose tissue is essentially occupied by adipocytes. However, different populations of immunological cells and adipocyte precursor cells (AdPCs) are the main cellular components of tissue. During obesity, body fat depots acquire a low-level chronic inflammation and adipocytes increase in number and volume. Conversely, weight loss improves the inflammatory phenotype of adipose tissue immune cells and reduces the volume of adipocytes. Nevertheless, very little is known about the evolution of the human AdPCs reservoir. We have developed a flow cytometry-based methodology to simultaneously quantify the main cell populations of adipose tissue. Starting from this technical approach, we have studied human adipose tissue samples (visceral and subcutaneous) obtained at two different physiological situations: at morbid obesity and after bariatric surgery-induced weight loss. We report a considerable increase of the AdPCs reservoir after losing weight and several changes in the immune cells populations of adipose tissue (mast cells increase, neutrophils decrease and macrophages switch phenotype). No changes were observed for T-lymphocytes, which are discussed in the context of recent findings.
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Röszer T. Understanding the Biology of Self-Renewing Macrophages. Cells 2018; 7:cells7080103. [PMID: 30096862 PMCID: PMC6115929 DOI: 10.3390/cells7080103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Macrophages reside in specific territories in organs, where they contribute to the development, homeostasis, and repair of tissues. Recent work has shown that the size of tissue macrophage populations has an impact on tissue functions and is determined by the balance between replenishment and elimination. Macrophage replenishment is mainly due to self-renewal of macrophages, with a secondary contribution from blood monocytes. Self-renewal is a recently discovered trait of macrophages, which can have a major impact on their physiological functions and hence on the wellbeing of the organism. In this review, I discuss our current understanding of the developmental origin of self-renewing macrophages and the mechanisms used to maintain a physiologically stable macrophage pool.
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- Tamás Röszer
- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
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