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Transgenic mice with ectopic expression of constitutively active TLR4 in adipose
tissues do not show impaired insulin sensitivity.
Authors Ono-Moore KD, Zhao L, Huang S, Kim J, Rutkowsky JM, Snodgrass RG, Schneider DA,
Quon MJ, Graham JL, Havel PJ, Hwang DH
Submitted By Submitted Externally on 5/25/2018
Status Published
Journal Immunity, inflammation and disease
Year 2017
Date Published 12/1/2017
Volume : Pages 5 : 526 - 540
PubMed Reference 28776958
Abstract Chronic low-grade inflammation is associated with obesity and diabetes. However,
what causes and mediates chronic inflammation in metabolic disorders is not well
understood. Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) mediates both infection-induced and
sterile inflammation by recognizing pathogen-associated molecular patterns and
endogenous molecules, respectively. Saturated fatty acids can activate TLR4, and
TLR4-deficient mice were protected from high fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity and
insulin resistance, suggesting that TLR4-mediated inflammation may cause
metabolic dysfunction, such as obesity and insulin resistance., We generated two
transgenic (TG) mouse lines expressing a constitutively active TLR4 in adipose
tissue and determined whether these TG mice would show increased insulin
resistance., TG mice fed a high fat or a normal chow diet did not exhibit
increased insulin resistance compared to their wild-type controls despite
increased localized inflammation in white adipose tissue. Furthermore, females
of one TG line fed a normal chow diet had improved insulin sensitivity with
reduction in both adiposity and body weight when compared with wild-type
littermates. There were significant differences between female and male mice in
metabolic biomarkers and mRNA expression in proinflammatory genes and negative
regulators of TLR4 signaling, regardless of genotype and diet., Together, these
results suggest that constitutively active TLR4-induced inflammation in white
adipose tissue is not sufficient to induce systemic insulin resistance, and that
high fat diet-induced insulin resistance may require other signals in addition
to TLR4-mediated inflammation.




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