PMID- 21962636 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120307 LR - 20111024 IS - 1618-1298 (Electronic) IS - 0171-9335 (Linking) VI - 90 IP - 12 DP - 2011 Dec TI - Conditioned medium from hypoxia-treated adipocytes renders muscle cells insulin resistant. PG - 1000-15 LID - 10.1016/j.ejcb.2011.06.004 [doi] AB - Adipose tissue hypoxia is an early phenotype in obesity, associated with macrophage infiltration and local inflammation. Here we test the hypothesis that adipocytes in culture respond to a hypoxic environment with the release of pro-inflammatory factors that stimulate macrophage migration and cause muscle insulin resistance. 3T3-L1 adipocytes cultured in a 1% O2 atmosphere responded with a classic hypoxia response by elevating protein expression of HIF-1alpha. This was associated with elevated mRNA expression and peptide release of cytokines TNFalpha, IL-6 and the chemokine monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1). The mRNA and protein expression of the anti-inflammatory adipokine adiponectin was reduced. Conditioned medium from hypoxia-treated adipocytes (CM-H), inhibited insulin-stimulated and raised basal cell surface levels of GLUT4myc stably expressed in C2C12 myotubes. Insulin stimulation of Akt and AS160 phosphorylation, key regulators of GLUT4myc exocytosis, was markedly impaired. CM-H also caused activation of JNK and S6K, and elevated serine phosphorylation of IRS1 in the C2C12 myotubes. These effects were implicated in reducing propagation of insulin signaling to Akt and AS160. Heat inactivation of CM-H reversed its dual effects on GLUT4myc traffic in muscle cells. Interestingly, antibody-mediated neutralization of IL-6 in CM-H lowered its effect on both the basal and insulin-stimulated cell surface GLUT4myc compared to unmodified CM-H. IL-6 may have regulated GLUT4myc traffic through its action on AMPK. Additionally, antibody-mediated neutralization of MCP-1 partly reversed the inhibition of insulin-stimulated GLUT4myc exocytosis caused by unmodified CM-H. In Transwell co-culture, hypoxia-challenged adipocytes attracted RAW 264.7 macrophages, consistent with elevated release of MCP-1 from adipocytes during hypoxia. Neutralization of MCP-1 in adipocyte CM-H prevented macrophage migration towards it and partly reversed the effect of CM-H on insulin response in muscle cells. We conclude that adipose tissue hypoxia may be an important trigger of its inflammatory response observed in obesity, and the elevated chemokine MCP-1 may contribute to increased macrophage migration towards adipose tissue and subsequent decreased insulin responsiveness of glucose uptake in muscle. CI - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. FAU - Yu, Junna AU - Yu J AD - Department of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Immuno Microenvironment and Disease of the Educational Ministry of China, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China. FAU - Shi, Lihuan AU - Shi L FAU - Wang, Hui AU - Wang H FAU - Bilan, Philip J AU - Bilan PJ FAU - Yao, Zhi AU - Yao Z FAU - Samaan, M Constantine AU - Samaan MC FAU - He, Qing AU - He Q FAU - Klip, Amira AU - Klip A FAU - Niu, Wenyan AU - Niu W LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111001 PL - Germany TA - Eur J Cell Biol JT - European journal of cell biology JID - 7906240 RN - 0 (Adiponectin) RN - 0 (Culture Media, Conditioned) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Glucose Transporter Type 4) RN - 0 (HIF1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Hif1a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Insulin) SB - IM MH - 3T3-L1 Cells MH - Adipocytes/cytology/*metabolism MH - Adiponectin/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Cell Hypoxia/physiology MH - Culture Media, Conditioned MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Glucose Transporter Type 4/biosynthesis MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/biosynthesis MH - Insulin/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - Macrophages/cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Muscle, Skeletal/cytology/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction EDAT- 2011/10/04 06:00 MHDA- 2012/03/08 06:00 CRDT- 2011/10/04 06:00 PHST- 2011/01/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/06/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/06/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/10/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/10/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/03/08 06:00 [medline] AID - S0171-9335(11)00126-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ejcb.2011.06.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Cell Biol. 2011 Dec;90(12):1000-15. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2011.06.004. Epub 2011 Oct 1.