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Deficiency in adipocyte chemokine receptor CXCR4 exacerbates obesity and compromises thermoregulatory responses of brown adipose tissue in a mouse model of diet‐induced obesity
Author(s) -
Yao Longbiao,
HeuserBaker Janet,
HerleaPana Oana,
Zhang Nan,
Szweda Luke I.,
Griffin Timothy M.,
BarlicDicen Jana
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fj.14-249797
Subject(s) - adipose tissue , medicine , endocrinology , adipocyte , adipose tissue macrophages , brown adipose tissue , biology , white adipose tissue , chemokine , prdm16 , cxcr4 , thermogenin , chemokine receptor , receptor
The chemokine receptor CXCR4 is expressed on adipocytes and macrophages in adipose tissue, but its role in this tissue remains unknown. We evaluated whether deficiency in either adipocyte or myeloid leukocyte CXCR4 affects body weight (BW) and adiposity in a mouse model of high‐fat‐diet (HFD)‐induced obesity. We found that ablation of adipocyte, but not myeloid leukocyte, CXCR4 exacerbated obesity. The HFD‐fed adipocyte‐specific CXCR4‐knockout (AdCXCR4ko) mice, compared to wild‐type C57BL/6 control mice, had increased BW (average: 52.0 g vs. 35.5 g), adiposity (average: 49.3 vs. 21.0% of total BW), and inflammatory leukocyte content in white adipose tissue (WAT), despite comparable food intake. As previously reported, HFD feeding increased uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) expression (fold increase: 3.5) in brown adipose tissue (BAT) of the C57BL/6 control mice. However, no HFD‐induced increase in UCP1 expression was observed in the AdCXCR4ko mice, which were cold sensitive. Thus, our study suggests that adipocyte CXCR4 limits development of obesity by preventing excessive inflammatory cell recruitment into WAT and by supporting thermogenic activity of BAT. Since CXCR4 is conserved between mouse and human, the newfound role of CXCR4 in mouse adipose tissue may parallel the role of this chemokine receptor in human adipose tissue.—Yao, L., Heuser‐Baker, J., Herlea‐Pana, O., Zhang, N., Szweda, L. I., Griffin, T. M., Barlic‐Dicen, J., Deficiency in adipocyte chemokine receptor CXCR4 exacerbates obesity and compromises thermoregulatory responses of brown adipose tissue in a mouse model of diet‐induced obesity. FASEB J. 28, 4534–4550 (2014). www.fasebj.org