Human adipocyte extracellular vesicles in reciprocal signaling between adipocytes and macrophages
Kranendonk, Mariëtte E G; Visseren, Frank L J; van Balkom, Bas W M; Nolte-'t Hoen, Esther N M; van Herwaarden, Joost A; de Jager, Wilco; Schipper, Henk S; Brenkman, Arjan B; Verhaar, Marianne C; Wauben, Marca H M; Kalkhoven, Eric
(2014) Obesity (Silver Spring), volume 22, issue 5, pp. 1296 - 1308
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) released by human adipocytes or adipose tissue (AT)-explants play a role in the paracrine interaction between adipocytes and macrophages, a key mechanism in AT inflammation, leading to metabolic complications like insulin resistance (IR) were determined. METHODS: EVs released from in vitro differentiated adipocytes and AT-explants ex
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vivo were characterized by electron microscopy, Western blot, multiplex adipokine-profiling, and quantified by flow cytometry. Primary monocytes were stimulated with EVs from adipocytes, subcutaneous (SCAT) or omental-derived AT (OAT), and phenotyped. Macrophage supernatant was subsequently used to assess the effect on insulin signaling in adipocytes. RESULTS: Adipocyte and AT-derived EVs differentiated monocytes into macrophages characteristic of human adipose tissue macrophages (ATM), defined by release of both pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines. The adiponectin-positive subset of AT-derived EVs, presumably representing adipocyte-derived EVs, induced a more pronounced ATM-phenotype than the adiponectin-negative AT-EVs. This effect was more evident for OAT-EVs versus SCAT-EVs. Furthermore, supernatant of macrophages pre-stimulated with AT-EVs interfered with insulin signaling in human adipocytes. Finally, the number of OAT-derived EVs correlated positively with patients HOMA-IR. CONCLUSIONS: A possible role for human AT-EVs in a reciprocal pro-inflammatory loop between adipocytes and macrophages, with the potential to aggravate local and systemic IR was demonstrated.
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Keywords: Adipocytes, Adipokines, Adiponectin, Adipose Tissue, Cell Communication, Cell Differentiation, Cells, Cultured, Cytokines, Humans, Immunologic Factors, Inflammation, Insulin, Insulin Resistance, Macrophages, Monocytes, Obesity, Signal Transduction
ISSN: 1930-7381
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Note: Copyright © 2013 The Obesity Society.
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