Lipidomics of High Fat vs Control Mice
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ABSTRACT: Obesity exacerbates inflammation upon lung injury; however, the mechanisms by which obesity primes pulmonary dysregulation prior to injury are not well studied. Notably, little is known about how obesity dysregulates pulmonary polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) metabolism that is central to inflammation initiation and resolution. Herein, we first show with mass spectrometry that a high fat diet (HFD) administered to C57BL/6J mice increases the relative abundance of pulmonary PUFA-containing triglycerides and the concentration of PUFA-derived oxylipins, independent of an increase in total pulmonary PUFAs. Experiments with a genetic model of obesity did not recapitulate the effects of the HFD on the pulmonary oxylipin signature, suggesting a diet-driven effect. Subsequent pulmonary next-generation RNA sequencing showed complex and unique transcriptional regulation with a HFD. The HFD increased pathways related to glycerophospholipid metabolism, innate immunity, and inflammation including an elevation in B cell differentiation and signaling. Finally, computational integration of lipidomic with transcriptomic data revealed novel networks with the HFD between glycerophospholipid metabolism and B cell receptor signaling with specific oxylipins. Collectively, these data show obesity dysregulates pulmonary PUFA metabolism prior to lung injury, which may be a mechanism by which obesity primes the lungs to respond poorly upon infectious and/or inflammatory challenges.
ORGANISM(S): Mouse Mus Musculus
TISSUE(S): Lung
DISEASE(S): Obesity
SUBMITTER: Emily Weatherspoon
PROVIDER: ST002093 | MetabolomicsWorkbench | Wed Feb 23 00:00:00 GMT 2022
REPOSITORIES: MetabolomicsWorkbench
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