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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
卷 189, 期 4, 页码 924-939出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2018.12.008
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- American Heart Association [17GRNT33671220]
- Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine and Department of Medical Physiology
- Lipedema Foundation
- NTH [R01-DIC55758, ROI-DK099110, P01-DK088761-01]
Obese adipose tissue expansion is an inflammatory process that results in dysreguLated lipolysis, increased circulating lipids, ectopic lipid deposition, and systemic insulin resistance. Lymphatic vessels provide a route of fluid, macromolecule, and immune cell clearance, and lymphangiogenesis increases this capability. Indeed, inflammation-associated lymphangiogenesis is critical in resolving acute and chronic inflammation, but it is largely absent in obese adipose tissue. Enhancing adipose tissue lymphangiogenesis could, therefore, improve metabolism in obesity. To test this hypothesis, transgenic mice with doxycycline-inducible expression of murine vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-D under a tightly controlled Tet-On promoter were crossed with adipocyte-specific adiponectin reverse tetracycline dependent transactivator mice (Adipo-VD) to stimulate adipose tissue specific lymphangiogenesis during 16-week high-fat diet induced obesity. Adipose VEGF-D over expression induced de novo lymphangiogenesis in murine adipose tissue, and obese Adipo-VD mice exhibited enhanced glucose clearance, lower insulin levels, and reduced liver triglycerides. On P-3 adrenergic stimulation, Adipo-VD mice exhibited more rapid and increased glycerol flux from adipose tissue, suggesting that the lymphatics are a potential route of glycerol clearance. Resident macrophage crown-like structures were scarce and total F4/80+ macrophages were reduced in obese AdipoVD s.c. adipose tissue with evidence of increased immune trafficking from the tissue. Augmenting VEGF-D signaling and lymphangiogenesis specifically in adipose tissue, therefore, reduces obesity associated immune accumulation and improves metabolic responsiveness.
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