PMID- 16807303 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070215 LR - 20220408 IS - 0363-6143 (Print) IS - 0363-6143 (Linking) VI - 291 IP - 6 DP - 2006 Dec TI - ICAM-1 expression in adipose tissue: effects of diet-induced obesity in mice. PG - C1232-9 AB - Obesity has been linked to cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes and the metabolic syndrome, with elevated markers of systemic inflammation. Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is a transmembrane adhesion molecule involved in leukocyte migration to sites of inflammation. In human obesity, elevated expression of the soluble form of ICAM-1 (sICAM-1) is positively correlated with abdominal fat deposition. Increases in adiposity have also been correlated with macrophage infiltration into adipose tissue. Here we investigate adipose tissue production and transcriptional regulation of ICAM-1 in a mouse model of dietary obesity. After feeding mice a high-fat diet, ICAM-1 expression in serum and adipose tissue was analyzed by ELISA, Northern blotting, real-time quantitative PCR, and flow cytometry. After 6 mo on the high-fat diet, sICAM-1 levels significantly correlated with body weight and abdominal fat mass. ICAM-1 mRNA was expressed in adipose tissue of mice, with significantly higher levels in males than females. After only 3 wk, there were adipose tissue-specific increases in mRNAs for ICAM-1, IL-6, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in male mice. Analysis of the stromal-vascular fraction of male adipose tissue revealed CD11b-negative cells with increased surface ICAM-1 and CD34. We also found two populations of F4/80+, CD11b+, ICAM-1+ cells, one of which also expressed CD14 and CD11c and was increased in response to a high-fat diet. These results indicate that within 3 wk on a high-fat diet, male mice exhibited significant increases in pro-inflammatory factors and immune cell infiltration in adipose tissue that may represent links between obesity and its associated inflammatory complications. FAU - Brake, Danett K AU - Brake DK AD - Section of Leukocyte Biology, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030-2600, USA. FAU - Smith, E O'Brian AU - Smith EO FAU - Mersmann, Harry AU - Mersmann H FAU - Smith, C Wayne AU - Smith CW FAU - Robker, Rebecca L AU - Robker RL LA - eng GR - DK07664/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK60381/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20060628 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Cell Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Cell physiology JID - 100901225 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Antigens, Differentiation) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Dietary Fats) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (monocyte-macrophage differentiation antigen) RN - 126547-89-5 (Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1) SB - IM MH - Adipose Tissue/cytology/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/metabolism MH - Antigens, Differentiation/metabolism MH - Body Weight MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - *Diet MH - Dietary Fats MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/genetics/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Obesity/immunology/*metabolism MH - Protein Isoforms/genetics/metabolism MH - Transcription, Genetic EDAT- 2006/06/30 09:00 MHDA- 2007/02/16 09:00 CRDT- 2006/06/30 09:00 PHST- 2006/06/30 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/02/16 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/06/30 09:00 [entrez] AID - 00008.2006 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajpcell.00008.2006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2006 Dec;291(6):C1232-9. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00008.2006. Epub 2006 Jun 28.