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IL-37 protects against obesity-induced inflammation and insulin resistance

ABSTRACT: Cytokines of the IL-1 family are important modulators of obesity-induced inflammation and the development of systemic insulin resistance. Here, we report that IL-37, a newly-described antiinflammatory member of the IL-1 family, affects obesity-induced inflammation and insulin resistance. IL-37 transgenic mice (IL-37tg) did not develop an obese phenotype in response to a high-fat diet (HFD). Unlike WT mice, IL-37tg mice exhibited reduced numbers of adipose tissue macrophages and preserved glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity after 16 weeks of HFD. A short-term HFD intervention revealed that the IL-37-mediated improvement in glucose tolerance is independent of bodyweight. IL-37tg mice manifested a beneficial metabolic profile with higher circulating levels of the anti-inflammatory adipokine adiponectin. In vitro treatment of differentiating adipocytes with recombinant IL-37 reduced adipogenesis. The beneficial effects of recombinant IL-37 involved activation of AMPK signaling. In humans, steady-state IL-37 adipose tissue mRNA levels were positively correlated with insulin sensitivity, lower adipose tissue levels of leptin and a lower inflammatory status of the adipose tissue. These findings reveal IL-37 as an important anti-inflammatory modulator during obesity-induced inflammation and insulin resistance in both mice and humans and suggest that IL-37 is a potential target for the treatment of obesity-induced insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Gene arrays were performed on epidydimal white adipose tissue samples from wild type and human IL37-overexpressing transgenic mice fed a high fat diet for 16 weeks.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Guido Hooiveld

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-58952 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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IL-37 protects against obesity-induced inflammation and insulin resistance.

Ballak Dov B DB van Diepen Janna A JA Moschen Alexander R AR Jansen Henry J HJ Hijmans Anneke A Groenhof Gert-Jan GJ Leenders Floris F Bufler Philip P Boekschoten Mark V MV Müller Michael M Kersten Sander S Li Suzhao S Kim SooHyun S Eini Hadar H Lewis Eli C EC Joosten Leo A B LA Tilg Herbert H Netea Mihai G MG Tack Cees J CJ Dinarello Charles A CA Stienstra Rinke R

Nature communications 20140903

Cytokines of the IL-1 family are important modulators of obesity-induced inflammation and the development of systemic insulin resistance. Here we show that IL-1 family member IL-37, recently characterized as an anti-inflammatory cytokine, ameliorates obesity-induced inflammation and insulin resistance. Mice transgenic for human IL-37 (IL-37tg) exhibit reduced numbers of adipose tissue macrophages, increased circulating levels of adiponectin and preserved glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity ...[more]

PMID: 25182023

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