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Adipose tissue immunology, inflammation and exosomes in regulating insulin sensitivity in people with obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

ABSTRACT: Background and Aims: Insulin resistance is a key factor in the pathogenesis of NAFLD. We evaluated the importance of subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAAT) inflammation and both plasma and SAAT-derived exosomes in regulating insulin sensitivity in people with obesity and NAFLD. Methods: Adipose tissue inflammation (macrophage and T cell content and gene expression of proinflammatory cytokines), liver and whole-body insulin sensitivity (assessed by a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp and glucose tracer infusion), and 24-hour serial plasma cytokine concentrations were evaluated in three groups stratified by adiposity, insulin sensitivity and intrahepatic triglyceride (IHTG) content: 1) metabolically-healthy lean (LEAN; n=14); 2) metabolically-healthy obese with normal IHTG content (OB-NL; n=28); and 3) metabolically-unhealthy obese with NAFLD (OB-NAFLD; n=28). The effect of plasma and SAAT-derived exosomes on insulin action (insulin-stimulated Akt phosphorylation) in human skeletal muscle myotubes was assessed in a subset of participants. Results: Proinflammatory macrophages, proinflammatory CD4 and CD8 T cell populations, and gene expression of several cytokines in SAAT were greater in the OB-NAFLD than the OB-NL and LEAN groups. However, with the exception of PAI-1, which was greater in the OB-NAFLD than the LEAN and OB-NL groups, 24-hour plasma cytokine concentration areas-under-the-curve (AUC) were not different between groups. The percentage of proinflammatory macrophages and plasma PAI-1 concentration AUC were inversely correlated with both hepatic and whole-body insulin sensitivity. Compared with exosomes from OB-NL participants, plasma and SAAT-derived exosomes obtained from the OB-NAFLD group impaired insulin action in myotubes. Conclusion: These results suggest SAAT-derived exosomes and PAI-1 are involved in the pathogenesis of systemic insulin resistance in people with obesity and NAFLD. ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT02706262.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE156906 | GEO | 2021/10/01

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Adipose tissue immunology, inflammation and exosomes in regulating insulin sensitivity in people with obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

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