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Torres L, Camila Gonçalves Miranda M, Dantas Martins V, Caixeta F, de Almeida Oliveira M, Martins Trindade L, Carvalho de Assis H, Nascimento V, Pinheiro Rosa N, Gomes E, Oliveira Almeida S, Marquet F, Genser L, Marcelin G, Clément K, Russo M, Maria Caetano Faria A, Uceli Maioli T. Obesity-induced hyperglycemia impairs oral tolerance induction and aggravates food allergy. Mucosal Immunol 2023; 16:513-526. [PMID: 37302712 DOI: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2023.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) have been found to be associated with abnormalities in several organs, including the intestine. These conditions can lead to changes in gut homeostasis, compromising tolerance to luminal antigens and increasing susceptibility to food allergies. The underlying mechanisms for this phenomenon are not yet fully understood. In this study, we investigated changes in the intestinal mucosa of diet-induced obese mice and found that they exhibited increased gut permeability and reduced Treg cells frequency. Upon oral treatment with ovalbumin (OVA), obese mice failed to develop oral tolerance. However, hyperglycemia treatment improved intestinal permeability and oral tolerance induction in mice. Furthermore, we observed that obese mice exhibited a more severe food allergy to OVA, and this allergy was alleviated after treatment with a hypoglycemic drug. Importantly, our findings were translated to obese humans. Individuals with T2D had higher serum IgE levels and downregulated genes related to gut homeostasis. Taken together, our results suggest that obesity-induced hyperglycemia can lead to a failure in oral tolerance and to exacerbation of food allergy. These findings shed light on the mechanisms underlying the relationship among obesity, T2D, and gut mucosal immunity, which could inform the development of new therapeutic approaches.
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- Lícia Torres
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências dos Alimentos, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Laboratório de Imuno-inflamação, Departamento de Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências dos Alimentos, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunobiologia, Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo (ICB/USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Nutrition et Obesities; Systemic Approaches, NutriOmique, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Nutrition et Obesities; systemic approaches, NutriOmique, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Nutrition Department, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Nutrition et Obesities; systemic approaches, NutriOmique, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Visceral Surgery Department, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Nutrition et Obesities; Systemic Approaches, NutriOmique, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Nutrition et Obesities; systemic approaches, NutriOmique, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Nutrition Department, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Nutrition et Obesities; systemic approaches, NutriOmique, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Visceral Surgery Department, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Laboratório de Imunobiologia, Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo (ICB/USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Departamento de Nutrição, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Rouault C, Clément K, Marcelin G. Étude des acteurs cellulaires de la fibrose du tissu adipeux viscéral associés au contrôle de la glycémie au cours de l’obésité. NUTR CLIN METAB 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nupar.2021.12.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Marcelin G, Da Cunha C, Gamblin C, Suffee N, Rouault C, Leclerc A, Lacombe A, Sokolovska N, Gautier EL, Clément K, Dugail I. Autophagy inhibition blunts PDGFRA adipose progenitors' cell-autonomous fibrogenic response to high-fat diet. Autophagy 2020; 16:2156-2166. [PMID: 31992125 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2020.1717129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Adipose tissue (AT) fibrosis in obesity compromises adipocyte functions and responses to intervention-induced weight loss. It is driven by AT progenitors with dual fibro/adipogenic potential, but pro-fibrogenic pathways activated in obesity remain to be deciphered. To investigate the role of macroautophagy/autophagy in AT fibrogenesis, we used Pdgfra-CreErt2 transgenic mice to create conditional deletion of Atg7 alleles in AT progenitor cells (atg7 cKO) and examined sex-dependent, depot-specific AT remodeling in high-fat diet (HFD)-fed mice. Mice with atg7 cKO had markedly decreased extracellular matrix (ECM) gene expression in visceral, subcutaneous, and epicardial adipose depots compared to Atg7lox/lox littermates. ECM gene program regulation by autophagy inhibition occurred independently of changes in the mass of fat tissues or adipocyte numbers of specific depots, and cultured preadipocytes treated with pharmacological or siRNA-mediated autophagy disruptors could mimic these effects. We found that autophagy inhibition promotes global cell-autonomous remodeling of the paracrine TGF-BMP family landscape, whereas ECM gene modulation was independent of the autophagic regulation of GTF2IRD1. The progenitor-specific mouse model of ATG7 inhibition confirms the requirement of autophagy for white/beige adipocyte turnover, and combined to in vitro experiments, reveal progenitor autophagy dependence for AT fibrogenic response to HFD, through the paracrine remodeling of TGF-BMP factors balance. Abbreviations: CQ: chloroquine; ECM: extracellular matrix; EpiAT: epididymal adipose tissue; GTF2IRD1: general transcription factor II I repeat domain-containing 1; HFD: high-fat diet; KO: knockout; OvAT: ovarian adipose tissue; PDGFR: platelet derived growth factor receptor; ScAT: subcutaneous adipose tissue; TGF-BMP: transforming growth factor-bone morphogenic protein.
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- UMRS1269 INSERM/Sorbonne University, Nutriomics , Paris, France
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- UMRS1269 INSERM/Sorbonne University, Nutriomics , Paris, France
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- UMRS1269 INSERM/Sorbonne University, Nutriomics , Paris, France
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- Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN) , Paris, France
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- UMRS1269 INSERM/Sorbonne University, Nutriomics , Paris, France.,Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital, Nutrition department, Asssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris , Paris, France
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- UMRS1269 INSERM/Sorbonne University, Nutriomics , Paris, France
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Liu S, Marcelin G, Blouet C, Jeong JH, Jo YH, Schwartz GJ, Chua S. A gut-brain axis regulating glucose metabolism mediated by bile acids and competitive fibroblast growth factor actions at the hypothalamus. Mol Metab 2017; 8:37-50. [PMID: 29290621 PMCID: PMC5985052 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2017.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Revised: 11/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Bile acids have been implicated as important regulators of glucose metabolism via activation of FXR and GPBAR1. We have previously shown that FGF19 can modulate glucose handling by suppressing the activity of hypothalamic AGRP/NPY neurons. As bile acids stimulate the release of FGF19/FGF15 into the circulation, we pursued the potential of bile acids to improve glucose tolerance via a gut-brain axis involving FXR and FGF15/FGF19 within enterocytes and FGF receptors on hypothalamic AGRP/NPY neurons. METHODS A 5-day gavage of taurocholic acid, mirroring our previous protocol of a 5-day FGF19 treatment, was performed. Oral glucose tolerance tests in mice with genetic manipulations of FGF signaling and melanocortin signaling were used to define a gut-brain axis responsive to bile acids. RESULTS The taurocholic acid gavage led to increased serum concentrations of taurocholic acid as well as increases of FGF15 mRNA in the ileum and improved oral glucose tolerance in obese (ob/ob) mice. In contrast, lithocholic acid, an FXR antagonist but a potent agonist for GPBAR1, did not improve glucose tolerance. The positive response to taurocholic acid is dependent upon an intact melanocortinergic system as obese MC4R-null mice or ob/ob mice without AGRP did not show improvements in glucose tolerance after taurocholate gavage. We also tested the FGF receptor isoform necessary for the bile acid response, using AGRP:Fgfr1-/- and AGRP:Fgfr2-/- mice. While the absence of FGFR1 in AGRP/NPY neurons did not alter glucose tolerance after taurocholate gavage, manipulations of Fgfr2 caused bidirectional changes depending upon the experimental model. We hypothesized the existence of an endogenous hypothalamic FGF, most likely FGF17, that acted as a chronic activator of AGRP/NPY neurons. We developed two short peptides based on FGF8 and FGF17 that should antagonize FGF17 action. Both of these peptides improved glucose homeostasis after a 4-day course of central and peripheral injections. Significantly, daily average blood glucose from continuous glucose monitoring was reduced in all tested animals but glucose concentrations remained in the euglycemia range. CONCLUSIONS We have defined a gut-brain axis that regulates glucose metabolism mediated by antagonistic fibroblast growth factors. From the intestine, bile acids stimulate FGF15 secretion, leading to activation of the FGF receptors in hypothalamic AGRP/NPY neurons. FGF receptor intracellular signaling subsequently silences AGRP/NPY neurons, leading to improvements of glucose tolerance that are likely mediated by the autonomic nervous system. Finally, short peptides that antagonize homodimeric FGF receptor signaling within the hypothalamus have beneficial effects on glucose homeostasis without inducing hypoglycemia. These peptides could provide a new mode of regulating glucose metabolism.
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- Shunmei Liu
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- INSERM UMR S 1166, ICAN Institute, Faculte de Medecine Pitie-Salpetriere, 91 Boulevard de l'Hopital, 75013 Paris, France
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- MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, Metabolic Research Laboratories, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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Bonhoure N, Byrnes A, Moir RD, Hodroj W, Preitner F, Praz V, Marcelin G, Chua SC, Martinez-Lopez N, Singh R, Moullan N, Auwerx J, Willemin G, Shah H, Hartil K, Vaitheesvaran B, Kurland I, Hernandez N, Willis IM. Loss of the RNA polymerase III repressor MAF1 confers obesity resistance. Genes Dev 2015; 29:934-47. [PMID: 25934505 PMCID: PMC4421982 DOI: 10.1101/gad.258350.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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MAF1 is a global repressor of RNA polymerase III transcription that regulates the expression of highly abundant noncoding RNAs in response to nutrient availability and cellular stress. Thus, MAF1 function is thought to be important for metabolic economy. Here we show that a whole-body knockout of Maf1 in mice confers resistance to diet-induced obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by reducing food intake and increasing metabolic inefficiency. Energy expenditure in Maf1(-/-) mice is increased by several mechanisms. Precursor tRNA synthesis was increased in multiple tissues without significant effects on mature tRNA levels, implying increased turnover in a futile tRNA cycle. Elevated futile cycling of hepatic lipids was also observed. Metabolite profiling of the liver and skeletal muscle revealed elevated levels of many amino acids and spermidine, which links the induction of autophagy in Maf1(-/-) mice with their extended life span. The increase in spermidine was accompanied by reduced levels of nicotinamide N-methyltransferase, which promotes polyamine synthesis, enables nicotinamide salvage to regenerate NAD(+), and is associated with obesity resistance. Consistent with this, NAD(+) levels were increased in muscle. The importance of MAF1 for metabolic economy reveals the potential for MAF1 modulators to protect against obesity and its harmful consequences.
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- Nicolas Bonhoure
- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Mouse Metabolic Evaluation Facility, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA; Diabetes Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA; Diabetes Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Laboratory for Integrative and Systems Physiology, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Integrative and Systems Physiology, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; Mouse Metabolic Evaluation Facility, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA; Diabetes Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA; Diabetes Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA;
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Gautier EL, Ivanov S, Williams JW, Huang SCC, Marcelin G, Fairfax K, Wang PL, Francis JS, Leone P, Wilson DB, Artyomov MN, Pearce EJ, Randolph GJ. Gata6 regulates aspartoacylase expression in resident peritoneal macrophages and controls their survival. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 211:1525-31. [PMID: 25024137 PMCID: PMC4113942 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20140570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Gata6 regulates differentiation, metabolism and survival of peritoneal macrophages. The transcription factor Gata6 regulates proliferation and differentiation of epithelial and endocrine cells and cancers. Among hematopoietic cells, Gata6 is expressed selectively in resident peritoneal macrophages. We thus examined whether the loss of Gata6 in the macrophage compartment affected peritoneal macrophages, using Lyz2-Cre x Gata6flox/flox mice to tackle this issue. In Lyz2-Cre x Gata6flox/flox mice, the resident peritoneal macrophage compartment, but not macrophages in other organs, was contracted, with only a third the normal number of macrophages remaining. Heightened rates of death explained the marked decrease in peritoneal macrophage observed. The metabolism of the remaining macrophages was skewed to favor oxidative phosphorylation and alternative activation markers were spontaneously and selectively induced in Gata6-deficient macrophages. Gene expression profiling revealed perturbed metabolic regulators, including aspartoacylase (Aspa), which facilitates generation of acetyl CoA. Mutant mice lacking functional Aspa phenocopied the higher propensity to death and led to a contraction of resident peritoneal macrophages. Thus, Gata6 regulates differentiation, metabolism, and survival of resident peritoneal macrophages.
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- Emmanuel L Gautier
- Department of Pathology and Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Cell Biology, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ 08084
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- Department of Cell Biology, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ 08084
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology and Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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We previously mapped a locus on BALB/c chromosome 2 associated with protection from leptin-deficiency-induced obesity. Here, we generated the corresponding congenic mouse strain by introgression of a segment of C57BL/6J chromosome 2 to the BALB/c background to confirm the genotype-phenotype associations. We found that the BALB/c alleles decreased fat mass expansion by limiting adipocyte hyperplasia and adipocyte hypertrophy. This was concomitant to an increase in adipocyte triglyceride lipase (ATGL)-mediated triglyceride breakdown and prolongation of ATGL half-life in adipose tissue. In addition, BALB/c alleles on chromosome 2 exerted a cell-autonomous role in restraining the adipogenic potential of preadipocytes. Within a 9.8-Mb critical interval, we identified a nonsynonymous coding single nucleotide polymorphism in the gene coding for the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2L6 (Ube2l6, also known as Ubch8) and showed that the BALB/c allele of Ube2l6 is a hypomorph leading to the lack of UBE2L6 protein expression. Ube2l6 knockdown in 3T3-L1 adipocytes repressed adipogenesis. Thus, altered adipogenic potential caused by Ube2l6 knockdown is likely critically involved in BALB/c obesity resistance by inhibiting adipogenesis and reducing adipocyte numbers. Overall, we have identified a loss-of-function mutation in Ube2l6 that contributes to the chromosome 2 obesity quantitative trait locus.
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- Genevieve Marcelin
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
- Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
- Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
- Corresponding author: Streamson C. Chua, Jr.,
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Gautier EL, Chow A, Spanbroek R, Marcelin G, Greter M, Jakubzick C, Bogunovic M, Leboeuf M, van Rooijen N, Habenicht AJ, Merad M, Randolph GJ. Systemic analysis of PPARγ in mouse macrophage populations reveals marked diversity in expression with critical roles in resolution of inflammation and airway immunity. J Immunol 2012; 189:2614-24. [PMID: 22855714 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1200495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Although peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) has anti-inflammatory actions in macrophages, which macrophage populations express PPARγ in vivo and how it regulates tissue homeostasis in the steady state and during inflammation remains unclear. We now show that lung and spleen macrophages selectively expressed PPARγ among resting tissue macrophages. In addition, Ly-6C(hi) monocytes recruited to an inflammatory site induced PPARγ as they differentiated to macrophages. When PPARγ was absent in Ly-6C(hi)-derived inflammatory macrophages, initiation of the inflammatory response was unaffected, but full resolution of inflammation failed, leading to chronic leukocyte recruitment. Conversely, PPARγ activation favored resolution of inflammation in a macrophage PPARγ-dependent manner. In the steady state, PPARγ deficiency in red pulp macrophages did not induce overt inflammation in the spleen. By contrast, PPARγ deletion in lung macrophages induced mild pulmonary inflammation at the steady state and surprisingly precipitated mortality upon infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae. This accelerated mortality was associated with impaired bacterial clearance and inability to sustain macrophages locally. Overall, we uncovered critical roles for macrophage PPARγ in promoting resolution of inflammation and maintaining functionality in lung macrophages where it plays a pivotal role in supporting pulmonary host defense. In addition, this work identifies specific macrophage populations as potential targets for the anti-inflammatory actions of PPARγ agonists.
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- Emmanuel L Gautier
- Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Marcelin G, Liu SM, Li X, Schwartz GJ, Chua S. Genetic control of ATGL-mediated lipolysis modulates adipose triglyceride stores in leptin-deficient mice. J Lipid Res 2012; 53:964-972. [PMID: 22383686 PMCID: PMC3329395 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m022467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2011] [Revised: 02/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Dissecting the genetics of complex traits such as obesity allows the identification of causal genes for disease. Here, we show that the BALB/c mouse strain carries genetic variants that confer resistance to obesity induced by leptin-deficiency or a high-fat diet (HFD). We set out to identify the physiological and genetic bases underlying this phenotype. When compared with C57BL6/J ob/ob mice (B6), BALB/c ob/ob mice exhibited decreased food intake, increased thermogenic capacity, and improved fat catabolism, each of which can potentially modify obesity. Interestingly, analysis of F1 ob/ob (progeny of B6 ob/+ × BALB/c ob+) mice revealed that obesity resistance in BALB/c ob/ob mice principally relied upon improved fat mobilization. This was mechanistically explained by increased adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) content in adipocytes, along with increased lipolysis and fatty acid oxidation. We conducted a genome-wide scan and defined a quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 2. BALB/c alleles on chromosome 2 not only associated with the obesity resistance phenotype but also supported increased ATGL content in adipose tissue. In summary, our study provides evidence that leptin-independent control of adipocyte lipolysis rates directly modifies the balance of macronutrient handling and is sufficient to regulate fat mass in the absence of alterations in food intake and energy expenditure.-Marcelin, G., S-M. Liu, X. Li, G. J. Schwartz, and S. Chua.
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- Genevieve Marcelin
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461;; Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461;; Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
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Luo N, Marcelin G, Liu SM, Schwartz G, Chua S. Neuropeptide Y and agouti-related peptide mediate complementary functions of hyperphagia and reduced energy expenditure in leptin receptor deficiency. Endocrinology 2011; 152:883-9. [PMID: 21285324 PMCID: PMC3040058 DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-1135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and agouti-related peptide (AGRP) can produce hyperphagia, reduce energy expenditure, and promote triglyceride deposition in adipose depots. As these two neuropeptides are coexpressed within the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus and mediate a major portion of the obesity caused by leptin signaling deficiency, we sought to determine whether the two neuropeptides mediated identical or complementary actions. Because of separate neuropeptide receptors and signal transduction mechanisms, there is a possibility of distinct encoding systems for the feeding and energy expenditure aspects of leptin-regulated metabolism. We have genetically added NPY deficiency and/or AGRP deficiency to LEPR deficiency isolated to AGRP cells. Our results indicate that the obesity of LEPR deficiency in AGRP/NPY neurons can produce obesity with either AGRP or NPY alone with AGRP producing hyperphagia while NPY promotes reduced energy expenditure. The absence of both NPY and AGRP prevents the development of obesity attributable to isolated LEPR deficiency in AGRP/NPY neurons. Operant behavioral testing indicated that there were no alterations in the reward for a food pellet from the AGRP-specific LEPR deficiency.
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- Na Luo
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 12401, USA
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Marcelin G, Chua S. Contributions of adipocyte lipid metabolism to body fat content and implications for the treatment of obesity. Curr Opin Pharmacol 2010; 10:588-93. [PMID: 20860920 DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2010.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2010] [Revised: 05/10/2010] [Accepted: 05/16/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Obesity is a chronic disease that increases susceptibility to various diseases, particularly cardiovascular dysfunction, type 2 diabetes, and some types of cancer. In this review, we highlighted recent evidence in mouse models that support a potential benefit of increasing adipose lipid utilization through stimulating lipolysis in adipose tissue and fatty acid oxidation. Brown adipocyte development within white adipose tissue of humans suggests that mouse models may be applicable to human obesity. Consequently, new therapies should target adipose tissue to specifically reduce fat mass through controlled triglyceride utilization.
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- Genevieve Marcelin
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, USA
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Diatloff-Zito C, Nicole A, Marcelin G, Labit H, Marquis E, Bellanné-Chantelot C, Robert JJ. Genetic and epigenetic defects at the 6q24 imprinted locus in a cohort of 13 patients with transient neonatal diabetes: new hypothesis raised by the finding of a unique case with hemizygotic deletion in the critical region. J Med Genet 2007; 44:31-7. [PMID: 16971482 PMCID: PMC2597920 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2006.044404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2006] [Revised: 08/09/2006] [Accepted: 08/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Transient neonatal diabetes (TND) is a rare form of diabetes usually present in the first few days after birth that resolves within 1 year but that has a tendency to recur later in life. It can be associated with chromosome 6 paternal uniparental disomy (UPD), paternal duplications or loss of maternal methylation at the 6q24 imprinted locus. OBJECTIVE To report on a cohort of 13 sporadic TND cases, including five with birth defects (congenital abnormalities of heart, brain and bone) and eight without. RESULTS The hallmarks of diabetes were similar in patients with or without 6q24 defects. The chromosome 6 abnormalities in our patients (n = 13) included 2 of 13 (approximately 15.4%) cases of paternal UPD6, 2 of 11 (approximately 18%) cases of complete and 3 of 11 (approximately 27%) cases of partial loss of the maternal methylation signature upstream of ZAC1-HYMAI imprinted genes in non-UPD cases, and 1 of 13 (approximately 7.7%) cases of hemizygotic deletion. CONCLUSION The deletion was found in a patient with severe congenital abnormalities. This genetic lesion was not reported previously. The hypothesis of an effect on regulatory elements critical for imprinting and tissue-specific gene expression in early development by the deletion is raised. The data presented here may contribute to the diagnosis and the understanding of imprinting in the region.
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Peil KP, Goodwin JG, Marcelin G. Surface concentrations and residence times of intermediates on samarium oxide during the oxidative coupling of methane. J Am Chem Soc 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/ja00172a039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Peil KP, Goodwin JG, Marcelin G. An examination of the oxygen pathway during methane oxidation over a lithium/magnesia catalyst. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/j100353a009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Marcelin G, Stockhausen NJ, Post JFM, Schutz A. Dynamics and ordering of intercalated water in layered metal hydroxides. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/j100348a048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kogelbauer A, Nikolopoulos A, Goodwin J, Marcelin G. Gas Phase Synthesis of MTBE on Post-Synthesis Modified Zeolites. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2991(08)63720-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
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Lo MY, Agarwal S, Galy L, Marcelin G. A study of the oxidative coupling and total oxidation of methane over supported antimony oxide catalyst. Catal Today 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/0920-5861(88)87004-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- E. I. Ko
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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- Gulf Research & Development Company, Pittsburgh, PA 15230
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- Gulf Research & Development Company, Pittsburgh, PA 15230
- Current address: Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
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Levine RD, Ben-Shaul A, Parr CA, Polanyi JC, Wong WH, Tardy DC, Douglas DJ, Sloan JJ, Dagdigian PJ, Menzinger M, Wren DJ, Marcus RA, Ham DO, Struve WS, Krenos JR, McFadden DL, Herschbach DR, Moutinho AMC, McNamee PE, Lacman K, Marcelin G, Brooks PR. General discussion. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1973. [DOI: 10.1039/dc9735500307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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