PMID- 16691291 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060801 LR - 20220408 IS - 0021-9738 (Print) IS - 0021-9738 (Linking) VI - 116 IP - 6 DP - 2006 Jun TI - MCP-1 contributes to macrophage infiltration into adipose tissue, insulin resistance, and hepatic steatosis in obesity. PG - 1494-505 AB - Adipocytes secrete a variety of bioactive molecules that affect the insulin sensitivity of other tissues. We now show that the abundance of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) mRNA in adipose tissue and the plasma concentration of MCP-1 were increased both in genetically obese diabetic (db/db) mice and in WT mice with obesity induced by a high-fat diet. Mice engineered to express an MCP-1 transgene in adipose tissue under the control of the aP2 gene promoter exhibited insulin resistance, macrophage infiltration into adipose tissue, and increased hepatic triglyceride content. Furthermore, insulin resistance, hepatic steatosis, and macrophage accumulation in adipose tissue induced by a high-fat diet were reduced extensively in MCP-1 homozygous KO mice compared with WT animals. Finally, acute expression of a dominant-negative mutant of MCP-1 ameliorated insulin resistance in db/db mice and in WT mice fed a high-fat diet. These findings suggest that an increase in MCP-1 expression in adipose tissue contributes to the macrophage infiltration into this tissue, insulin resistance, and hepatic steatosis associated with obesity in mice. FAU - Kanda, Hajime AU - Kanda H AD - Department of Clinical Molecular Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. FAU - Tateya, Sanshiro AU - Tateya S FAU - Tamori, Yoshikazu AU - Tamori Y FAU - Kotani, Ko AU - Kotani K FAU - Hiasa, Ken-ichi AU - Hiasa K FAU - Kitazawa, Riko AU - Kitazawa R FAU - Kitazawa, Sohei AU - Kitazawa S FAU - Miyachi, Hitoshi AU - Miyachi H FAU - Maeda, Sakan AU - Maeda S FAU - Egashira, Kensuke AU - Egashira K FAU - Kasuga, Masato AU - Kasuga M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20060511 PL - United States TA - J Clin Invest JT - The Journal of clinical investigation JID - 7802877 RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Dietary Fats) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Triglycerides) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) SB - IM MH - 3T3 Cells MH - Adipose Tissue/cytology/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Chemokine CCL2/*blood/genetics MH - Dietary Fats MH - *Fatty Liver MH - Glucose/metabolism MH - Humans MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - Macrophages/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, Obese MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Obesity/*physiopathology MH - Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Triglycerides/metabolism PMC - PMC1459069 EDAT- 2006/05/13 09:00 MHDA- 2006/08/02 09:00 PMCR- 2006/06/01 CRDT- 2006/05/13 09:00 PHST- 2005/08/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2006/03/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2006/05/13 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/08/02 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/05/13 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2006/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 26498 [pii] AID - 10.1172/JCI26498 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Invest. 2006 Jun;116(6):1494-505. doi: 10.1172/JCI26498. Epub 2006 May 11.