Phosphodiesterase 3B (PDE3B) regulates NLRP3 inflammasome in adipose tissue.

ABSTRACT: Activation of inflammation in white adipose tissue (WAT), includes infiltration/expansion of WAT macrophages, contributes pathogenesis of obesity, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome. The inflammasome comprises an intracellular sensor (NLR), caspase-1 and the adaptor ASC. Inflammasome activation leads to maturation of caspase-1 and processing of IL1β, contributing to many metabolic disorders and directing adipocytes to a more insulin-resistant phenotype. Ablation of PDE3B in WAT prevents inflammasome activation by reducing expression of NLRP3, caspase-1, ASC, AIM2, TNFα, IL1β and proinflammatory genes. Following IP injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), serum levels of IL1β and TNFα were reduced in PDE3B(-/-)mice compared to WT. Activation of signaling cascades, which mediate inflam

SUBMITTER: Ahmad F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4913246 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature