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BASIC RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY
Volume 113, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00395-018-0702-1
Keywords
Metabolic syndrome; Purinergic receptors; Immune cell infiltration; Find-me signal; Inflammation
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- German Research Foundation [DFG STA 1446/2-1, ZI 743/7-1]
- German Cardiac Society (DGK)
- German Society of Internal Medicine (DGIM)
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Sterile inflammation of visceral fat, provoked by dying adipocytes, links the metabolic syndrome to cardiovascular disease. Danger-associated molecular patterns, such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP), are released by activated or dying cells and orchestrate leukocyte infiltration and inflammation via the purinergic receptor -P2Y2. The gene expression of ATP receptor -P2Y2 did not change in several tissues in the course of obesity, but was increased within epididymal fat. Adipose tissue from P2Y2 -/-mice consuming high-fat diet (HFD) contained less crown-like structures with a reduced frequency of adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs). This was likely due to decreased leukocyte migration because of missing VCAM-1 exposition on -P2Y2 deficient hypertrophic adipose tissue endothelial cells. Accordingly, P2Y2 -/-mice showed blunted traits of the metabolic syndrome: they gained less weight compared to P2Y2 +/+ controls, while intake of food and movement behaviour remained unchanged. Liver and adipose tissue were smaller in P2Y2 -/-animals. Insulin tolerance testing (ITT) performed in obese P2Y2 -/-mice revealed a better insulin sensitivity as well as lower plasma C-peptide and cholesterol levels. We demonstrate that interfering with somatic -P2Y2 signalling prevents excessive immune cell deposition in diet-induced obesity (DIO), both attenuating adipose tissue inflammation and ameliorating the metabolic phenotype. Thus, blocking the -P2Y2 cascade may be a promising strategy to limit metabolic disease and its sequelae.
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