周围血液iNKT细胞表现出激活的形状,既增加了细胞亡,也导致肥胖症的功能障碍
Chloé Wilkin1, Nathalie Esser1,2, Cédric Lassence3
1Laboratory of Immunometabolism and Nutrition, GIGA-Immunobiology, ULiège, Liège, Belgium.
Frontiers in immunology
|September 26, 2025
概括
肥胖会通过激活不变天然杀手T (iNKT) 细胞和对单细胞的CD1d进行上调来损害免疫功能. 减肥手术逆转了这些与肥胖相关的免疫变化,这表明CD1d和iNKT细胞功能障碍之间存在联系.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 代谢障碍 代谢障碍 代谢障碍
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 肥胖与慢性炎症和免疫细胞功能障碍有关.
- 不变的自然杀手T (iNKT) 细胞是通过CD1d识别脂质抗原的关键免疫细胞.
- 功能失调的iNKT细胞可能导致肥胖症免疫监测受损.
研究的目的:
- 研究肥胖或不肥胖个体中iNKT细胞的激活,亡和功能.
- 为了检查CD1d在肥胖症单细胞上的表达及其与iNKT细胞状态的相关性.
- 评估减肥手术对iNKT细胞和肥胖症中CD1d表达的影响.
主要方法:
- 来自肥胖或不肥胖个体的外周血液iNKT细胞的分析.
- 评估iNKT细胞激活,细胞亡和对刺激的反应.
- 流细胞计,以评估单细胞子集上的CD1d表达.
- 减肥手术前后免疫参数的比较.
主要成果:
- 在肥胖个体中,iNKT细胞的激活和亡增加,特别是CD4子集.
- 肥胖与中等和非经典单细胞上调的CD1d相关,与iNKT细胞功能障碍相关.
- 腹腔外科手术显著逆转了iNKT细胞激活,低反应性和单细胞CD1d调节.
结论:
- 肥胖诱导iNKT细胞激活和功能障碍,可能通过单细胞上增加的CD1d表达来调解.
- 上调的CD1d可能会增强脂质抗原的呈现,有助于肥胖症中iNKT细胞的激活.
- 腹腔外科手术通过逆转iNKT细胞和CD1d变化,显示出恢复肥胖患者免疫平衡的潜力.
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