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Serum amyloid A (SAA) increases in response to acute inflammatory stimuli and is modestly and chronically elevated in obesity. SAA3, an inducible form of SAA, is highly expressed in adipose tissue in obese mice where it promotes monocyte chemotaxis, providing a mechanism for the macrophage accumulation that occurs with adipose tissue expansion in obesity. Humans do not express functional SAA3 protein, but instead express SAA1 and SAA2 in hepatic as well as extrahepatic tissues, making it difficult to distinguish between liver and adipose tissue-specific SAA effects. SAA3 does not circulate in plasma, but may exert local effects that impact systemic inflammation. We tested the hypothesis that SAA3 contributes to chronic systemic inflammation and adipose tissue macrophage accumulation in obesity using mice deficient for  Saa3  ( Saa3   −/− ). Mice were rendered obese by feeding a pro-inflammatory high fat, high sucrose diet with added cholesterol (HFHSC). Both male and female  Saa3   −/−  mice gained less weight on the HFHSC diet compared to  Saa3 +/+   littermate controls, with no differences in body composition or resting metabolism. Female  Saa3   −/−  mice, but not males, had reduced HFHSC diet-induced adipose tissue inflammation and macrophage content. Both male and female  Saa3   −/−  mice had reduced liver  Saa1  and  Saa2  expression in association with reduced plasma SAA. Additionally, female  Saa3   −/−  mice, but not males, showed improved plasma cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoprotein profiles, with no changes in glucose metabolism. Taken together, these results suggest that the absence of  Saa3  attenuates liver-specific SAA (i.e., SAA1/2) secretion into plasma and blunts weight gain induced by an obesogenic diet. Furthermore, adipose tissue-specific inflammation and macrophage accumulation are attenuated in female  Saa3   −/−  mice, suggesting a novel sexually dimorphic role for this protein. These results also suggest that  Saa3  influences liver-specific SAA1/2 expression, and that SAA3 could play a larger role in the acute phase response than previously thought.

Deletion of Serum Amyloid A3 Improves High Fat High Sucrose Diet-Induced Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Hyperlipidemia in Female Mice