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Ketogenesis activates metabolically protective γδ T cells in visceral adipose tissue [bulk RNA-Seq]

ABSTRACT: Ketone bodies are essential alternative fuels that allow humans to survive periods of glucose scarcity induced by starvation and prolonged exercise. A widely used ketogenic diet (KD), that is extremely high in fat with very-low carbohydrates, drives the host into using β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) for the production of ATP and lowers NLRP3-mediated inflammation. However, the extremely high fat composition of KD raises the question of how ketogenesis impacts adipose tissue to control inflammation and energy homeostasis. Using single-cell RNA sequencing of adipose tissue-resident immune cells, we identified that KD expands metabolically protective γδ T cells that restrain inflammation. However, a long-term KD caused obesity, impaired metabolic health and depleted the adipose resident γδ T cells. Moreover, mice lacking γδ T cells have impaired glucose homeostasis. We conclude that γδ T cells are mediators of protective immunometabolic responses that link fatty acid driven fuel utilization to reduced adipose tissue inflammation.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE137073 | GEO | 2019/09/10

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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