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Min-Kyung Shin1,2, Bongkun Choi1,2, Eun-Young Kim1,2
1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Abstract:
Obesity is accompanied by chronic systemic inflammation characterized by macrophage infiltration of obese tissues, an elevated plasma level of inflammatory substances, and excessive accumulation of lipids. The pro-inflammatory factor pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is also elevated in obese tissues, suggesting its potential role in adipogenesis. We found by analyzing murine preadipocyte 3T3-L1 cells, and human adipocytes derived from mesenchymal stem cells, which locally elevated PTX3 in obese adipose tissue augments adipocyte differentiation and subsequent lipid accumulation. This occurs via the upregulation of adipogenesis-related transcription factors. PTX3 enhanced lipid accumulation in murine 3T3-L1 cells by upregulating the expression of neuropeptide Y (NPY)/NPY receptor (NPYR) expression in preadipocytes. Pharmacological inhibition by NPYR antagonists abolished these effects. NPY also promoted the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), a known trigger of adipogenesis. NPYR antagonists as well as antioxidant N-acetylcysteine showed anti-adipogenic effects by reducing the ROS levels, indicating that PTX3 mediates adipogenesis through NPY-dependent ROS production. These findings suggest that PTX3 plays a key role in the development of obesity by enhancing adipocyte differentiation and lipid synthesis via NPY/NPYR signaling. These observations provide a mechanistic explanation for the adipogenesis mediated by PTX3.
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