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Neuroimmune regulation of white adipose tissues

Journal

FEBS JOURNAL
Volume 289, Issue 24, Pages 7830-7853

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/febs.16213

Keywords

immune cells; lipolysis; neuroimmune; sympathetic; white adipose tissues

Funding

  1. National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFA0505800]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [31822018, 31770936, 91742106]
  3. Center for Life Sciences at Tsinghua University
  4. Institute for Immunology at Tsinghua University

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White adipose tissues are energy reserves and endocrine organs in the body, regulated by intercellular communications and neuronal control. Cellular diversity in response to energy states contributes to metabolic homeostasis and potential therapeutic opportunities for metabolic disorders are highlighted.
The white adipose tissues (WAT) are located in distinct depots throughout the body. They serve as an energy reserve, providing fatty acids for other tissues via lipolysis when needed, and function as an endocrine organ to regulate systemic metabolism. Their activities are coordinated through intercellular communications among adipocytes and other cell types such as residential and infiltrating immune cells, which are collectively under neuronal control. The adipocytes and immune subtypes including macrophages/monocytes, eosinophils, neutrophils, group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s), T and B cells, dendritic cells (DCs), and natural killer (NK) cells display cellular and functional diversity in response to the energy states and contribute to metabolic homeostasis and pathological conditions. Accumulating evidence reveals that neuronal innervations control lipid deposition and mobilization via regulating lipolysis, adipocyte size, and cellularity. Vice versa, the neuronal innervations and activity are influenced by cellular factors in the WAT. Though the literature describing adipose tissue cells is too extensive to cover in detail, we strive to highlight a selected list of neuronal and immune components in this review. The cell-to-cell communications and the perspective of neuroimmune regulation are emphasized to enlighten the potential therapeutic opportunities for treating metabolic disorders.

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