Adipocyte Inflammation Is Essential for Healthy Adipose Tissue Expansion and Remodeling

Wernstedt Asterholm I, Tao C, Morley TS, Wang QA, Delgado-Lopez F, Wang ZV, Scherer PE.

Abstract

Chronic inflammation constitutes an important link between obesity and its pathophysiological sequelae. In contrast to the belief that inflammatory signals exert a fundamentally negative impact on metabolism, we show that proinflammatory signaling in the adipocyte is in fact required for proper adipose tissue remodeling and expansion. Three mouse models with an adipose tissue-specific reduction in proinflammatory potential were generated that display a reduced capacity for adipogenesis in vivo, while the differentiation potential is unaltered in vitro. Upon high-fat-diet exposure, the expansion of visceral adipose tissue is prominently affected. This is associated with decreased intestinal barrier function, increased hepatic steatosis, and metabolic dysfunction. An impaired local proinflammatory response in the adipocyte leads to increased ectopic lipid accumulation, glucose intolerance, and systemic inflammation. Adipose tissue inflammation is therefore an adaptive response that enables safe storage of excess nutrients and contributes to a visceral depot barrier that effectively filters gut-derived endotoxin.

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Título según WOS: Adipocyte Inflammation Is Essential for Healthy Adipose Tissue Expansion and Remodeling
Título según SCOPUS: Adipocyte inflammation is essential for healthy adipose tissue expansion and remodeling
Título de la Revista: CELL METABOLISM
Volumen: 20
Número: 1
Editorial: Cell Press
Fecha de publicación: 2014
Página de inicio: 103
Página final: 118
Idioma: English
URL: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1550413114002137
DOI:

10.1016/j.cmet.2014.05.005

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS - Comment in Obesity: Rethinking inflammation and adipocyte homeostasis. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2014 Aug;10(8):446. doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2014.103. Epub 2014 Jul 1.