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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY
Volume 45, Issue 8, Pages 1811-1820Publisher
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DOI: 10.1038/s41366-021-00850-1
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- Regione Campania POR FESR 2014-2020-Objective 1.2.-Realization of Technology Platform to fight oncologic diseases (RARE PLAT NET Project)
- Italian Association for the Cancer Research-AIRC [IG19001]
- Regione Campania POR FESR 2014-2020-Objective 1.2.-Realization of Technology Platform to fight oncologic diseases (SATIN Project)
- Regione Campania POR FESR 2014-2020-Objective 1.2.-Realization of Technology Platform to fight oncologic diseases (COEPICA Project)
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In individuals with severe obesity, inflammatory cytokines derived from adipose tissue contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes. Specifically, TNF alpha levels are elevated in adipose tissue and differentiated adipocytes from individuals with impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes, compared to those with normal glucose tolerance. The anti-inflammatory flavonoid quercetin may help attenuate this inflammatory response and potentially prevent the progression to type 2 diabetes in severe obesity.
Background Excessive adiposity provides an inflammatory environment. However, in people with severe obesity, how systemic and local adipose tissue (AT)-derived cytokines contribute to worsening glucose tolerance is not clear. Methods Ninty-two severely obese (SO) individuals undergoing bariatric surgery were enrolled and subjected to detailed clinical phenotyping. Following an oral glucose tolerance test, participants were included in three groups, based on the presence of normal glucose tolerance (NGT), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), or type 2 diabetes (T2D). Serum and subcutaneous AT (SAT) biopsies were obtained and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were isolated, characterized, and differentiated in adipocytes in vitro. TNFA and PPARG mRNA levels were determined by qRT-PCR. Circulating, adipocyte- and MSC-released cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors were assessed by multiplex ELISA. Results Serum levels of IL-9, IL-13, and MIP-1 beta were increased in SO individuals with T2D, as compared with those with either IGT or NGT. At variance, SAT samples obtained from SO individuals with IGT displayed levels of TNFA which were threefold higher compared to those with NGT, but not different from those with T2D. Elevated levels of TNF alpha were also found in differentiated adipocytes, isolated from the SAT specimens of individuals with IGT and T2D, compared to those with NGT. Consistent with the pro-inflammatory milieu, IL-1 beta and IP-10 secretion was significantly higher in adipocytes from individuals with IGT and T2D. Moreover, increased levels of TNF alpha, both mRNA and secreted protein were detected in MSCs obtained from IGT and T2D, compared to NGT SO individuals. Exposure of T2D and IGT-derived MSCs to the anti-inflammatory flavonoid quercetin reduced TNF alpha levels and was paralleled by a significant decrease of the secretion of inflammatory cytokines. Conclusion In severe obesity, enhanced SAT-derived inflammatory phenotype is an early step in the progression toward T2D and maybe, at least in part, attenuated by quercetin.
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