Macrophage-inducible C-type lectin underlies obesity-induced adipose tissue fibrosis

In obesity, a paracrine loop between adipocytes and macrophages augments chronic inflammation of adipose tissue, thereby inducing systemic insulin resistance and ectopic lipid accumulation. Obese adipose tissue contains a unique histological structure termed crown-like structure (CLS), where adipocy...

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Hauptverfasser: Tanaka, Miyako, Ikeda, Kenji, Suganami, Takayoshi, Komiya, Chikara, Ochi, Kozue, Shirakawa, Ibuki, Hamaguchi, Miho, Nishimura, Satoshi, Manabe, Ichiro, Matsuda, Takahisa, Kimura, Kumi, Inoue, Hiroshi, Inagaki, Yutaka, Aoe, Seiichiro, Yamasaki, Sho, Ogawa, Yoshihiro
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description In obesity, a paracrine loop between adipocytes and macrophages augments chronic inflammation of adipose tissue, thereby inducing systemic insulin resistance and ectopic lipid accumulation. Obese adipose tissue contains a unique histological structure termed crown-like structure (CLS), where adipocyte-macrophage crosstalk is known to occur in close proximity. Here we show that Macrophage-inducible C-type lectin (Mincle), a pathogen sensor for Mycobacterium tuberculosis , is localized to macrophages in CLS, the number of which correlates with the extent of interstitial fibrosis. Mincle induces obesity-induced adipose tissue fibrosis, thereby leading to steatosis and insulin resistance in liver. We further show that Mincle in macrophages is crucial for CLS formation, expression of fibrosis-related genes and myofibroblast activation. This study indicates that Mincle, when activated by an endogenous ligand released from dying adipocytes, is involved in adipose tissue remodelling, thereby suggesting that sustained interactions between adipocytes and macrophages within CLS could be a therapeutic target for obesity-induced ectopic lipid accumulation. The protein Mincle can sense pathogens and molecules associated with cell death. Here the authors show that Mincle expressed in macrophages is a mediator of obesity-induced fibrosis and inflammation of adipose tissue, and that Mincle knockout mice are protected from diet-induced metabolic dysfunction.
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