SP0045 Lipids and NKT Cells in Fat
Obesity-induced adipose tissue (AT) dysfunction results in a chronic low-grade inflammation that predisposes to the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. During the development of obesity, the AT-resident immune cell profile alters to create a pro-inflammatory state. Very recently,...
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| Published in: | Annals of the rheumatic diseases Vol. 74; no. Suppl 2; p. 12 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Kidlington
Elsevier Limited
01.06.2015
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| ISSN: | 0003-4967, 1468-2060 |
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| Summary: | Obesity-induced adipose tissue (AT) dysfunction results in a chronic low-grade inflammation that predisposes to the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. During the development of obesity, the AT-resident immune cell profile alters to create a pro-inflammatory state. Very recently, CD1d-restricted invariant (i)Natural Killer T (NKT) cells, a unique subset of lymphocytes that are reactive to so called lipid antigens, were implicated in AT homeostasis. Interestingly, recent data also suggest that human and mouse adipocytes can present such lipid antigens to iNKT cells in a CD1d-dependent fashion, but little is known about the lipid antigen presentation machinery in adipocytes. We have recently reported that adipocyte-induced Th1 and Th2 cytokine release by iNKT cells also occurred in the absence of exogenous ligands, suggesting the display of endogenous lipid antigen/CD1d complexes by 3T3-L1 adipocytes, and data will be presented on several cellular proteins implicated in this pathway. Overall, our findings indicate that adipocytes can function as non-professional lipid antigen presenting cells (APCs), which may present an important aspect of adipocyte-immune cell communication in the regulation of whole body energy metabolism and immune homeostasis.Disclosure of InterestNone declared |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 |
| ISSN: | 0003-4967 1468-2060 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.6786 |