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ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 9, Pages 1654-1659Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.170316
Keywords
obesity; endothelium; inflammation; insulin; vasculature
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- National Institutes of Health [R01 HL074097, HL084213]
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Objective-Experimental studies suggest that adipose inflammation is etiologically linked to obesity-induced systemic disease. Our goal was to characterize the state of inflammation in human fat in relation to vascular function and metabolic parameters in obese individuals. Methods and Results-We collected subcutaneous abdominal fat in 77 obese subjects (BMI >= 30 kg/m(2)) and quantified adipose macrophage population using targeted immunohistochemistry. Brachial artery vasodilator function was examined using high-resolution vascular ultrasound. In 50 subjects, an inflamed adipose phenotype characterized by tissue macrophage accumulation in crown-like structures was associated with systemic hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance (HOMA-IR 5.5 +/- 4.5 versus 2.6 +/- 1.9, P=0.002) and impaired endothelium-dependent flow-mediated vasodilation (8.5 +/- 4.4% versus 10.8 +/- 3.8%, P<0.05), as compared to subjects with quiescent noninflamed adipose architecture (n = 27). Macrophage retention in fat was linked to upregulated tissue CD68 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha mRNA expression in addition to increased plasma hs-CRP. Conclusions-In a cohort of obese subjects, we demonstrate that proinflammatory changes in adipose tissue are associated with systemic arterial dysfunction and insulin resistance. These findings suggest that adipose inflammation may be linked to vascular injury and increased cardiovascular risk in obese subjects.
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