PMID- 20056828 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100326 LR - 20100222 IS - 1945-7170 (Electronic) IS - 0013-7227 (Linking) VI - 151 IP - 3 DP - 2010 Mar TI - An increase in the circulating concentration of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 elicits systemic insulin resistance irrespective of adipose tissue inflammation in mice. PG - 971-9 LID - 10.1210/en.2009-0926 [doi] AB - Chronic inflammation in adipose tissue is thought to be important for the development of insulin resistance in obesity. Furthermore, the level of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is increased not only in adipose tissue but also in the circulation in association with obesity. However, it has remained unclear to what extent the increased circulating level of MCP-1 contributes to insulin resistance. We have now examined the relevance of circulating MCP-1 to the development of insulin resistance in mice. The plasma concentration of MCP-1 was increased chronically or acutely in mice to the level observed in obese animals by chronic subcutaneous infusion of recombinant MCP-1 with an osmotic pump or by acute intravenous infusion of MCP-1 with an infusion pump, respectively. Whole-body metabolic parameters as well as inflammatory changes in adipose tissue were examined. A chronic increase in the circulating level of MCP-1 induced insulin resistance, macrophage infiltration into adipose tissue, and an increase in hepatic triacylglycerol content. An acute increase in the circulating MCP-1 concentration also induced insulin resistance but not macrophage infiltration into adipose tissue. In addition, inhibition of signaling by MCP-1 and its receptor CCR2 by administration of a novel CCR2 antagonist ameliorated insulin resistance in mice fed a high-fat diet without affecting macrophage infiltration into adipose tissue. These data indicate that an increase in the concentration of MCP-1 in the circulation is sufficient to induce systemic insulin resistance irrespective of adipose tissue inflammation. FAU - Tateya, Sanshiro AU - Tateya S AD - Division of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0017, Japan. FAU - Tamori, Yoshikazu AU - Tamori Y FAU - Kawaguchi, Takayuki AU - Kawaguchi T FAU - Kanda, Hajime AU - Kanda H FAU - Kasuga, Masato AU - Kasuga M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100107 PL - United States TA - Endocrinology JT - Endocrinology JID - 0375040 RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Ccr2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Dietary Fats) RN - 0 (Receptors, CCR2) SB - IM MH - Adipose Tissue/immunology MH - Animals MH - Chemokine CCL2/administration & dosage/*blood MH - Dietary Fats/adverse effects MH - Fatty Liver/etiology MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - Macrophages/physiology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Obesity/complications/immunology/*metabolism MH - Receptors, CCR2/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction EDAT- 2010/01/09 06:00 MHDA- 2010/03/27 06:00 CRDT- 2010/01/09 06:00 PHST- 2010/01/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/01/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/03/27 06:00 [medline] AID - en.2009-0926 [pii] AID - 10.1210/en.2009-0926 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Endocrinology. 2010 Mar;151(3):971-9. doi: 10.1210/en.2009-0926. Epub 2010 Jan 7.