PMID- 27392713 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170523 LR - 20171126 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 477 IP - 4 DP - 2016 Sep 2 TI - Androgen-androgen receptor system improves chronic inflammatory conditions by suppressing monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene expression in adipocytes via transcriptional regulation. PG - 895-901 LID - S0006-291X(16)31109-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.06.155 [doi] AB - Age-related decreases in sex hormones are closely related to chronic inflammation in obesity and metabolic diseases. Particularly, the molecular basis of androgen activity in regulating inflammation and controlling metabolism remains largely unknown. Obese adipocytes secrete monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), a key chemokine that promotes the infiltration of monocytes/macrophages into adipose tissue, thereby leading to metabolic disorders. Here, we studied the role of androgen-androgen receptor (AR) action in regulating MCP-1 expression in adipose tissue. We observed the induction of Mcp-1 expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes co-cultured with RAW264.7 macrophages. Additionally, Mcp-1 expression was upregulated by culturing in conditioned medium derived from inflammatory macrophages (M1-Mphi) containing tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). We found that sex hormones downregulated TNF-alpha-induced Mcp-1 and interleukin (Il)-6 expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Furthermore, luciferase-reporter analysis indicated that MCP-1 promoter activity was predominantly suppressed by dihydrotestosterone (DHT)-AR interactions through functional canonical nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) sites, whereas non-canonical NF-kappaB site containing important flanking sequences exhibited minor contributions to DHT-AR transcriptional repression. These findings suggested that androgen-AR suppressed obesity-induced chronic inflammation in adipose tissue. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Morooka, Nobukatsu AU - Morooka N AD - Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8512, Japan. Electronic address: amorooka@gunma-u.ac.jp. FAU - Ueguri, Kei AU - Ueguri K AD - Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8512, Japan. FAU - Yee, Karen Kar Lye AU - Yee KKL AD - Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8512, Japan; Human Resources Cultivation Center, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin-cho, Kiryushi, Gunma, 376-8515, Japan. FAU - Yanase, Toshihiko AU - Yanase T AD - Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan. FAU - Sato, Takashi AU - Sato T AD - Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8512, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160705 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (AR protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Androgens) RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Receptors, Androgen) SB - IM MH - 3T3-L1 Cells MH - Adipocytes/*metabolism MH - Androgens/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Chemokine CCL2/*metabolism MH - Chronic Disease MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Inflammation/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - RAW 264.7 Cells MH - Receptors, Androgen/*metabolism MH - *Transcriptional Activation OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adipocyte OT - Androgen OT - Androgen receptor, AR OT - Chronic inflammation OT - MCP-1 OT - Macrophage EDAT- 2016/07/10 06:00 MHDA- 2017/05/24 06:00 CRDT- 2016/07/10 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/06/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/05/24 06:00 [medline] AID - S0006-291X(16)31109-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.06.155 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2016 Sep 2;477(4):895-901. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.06.155. Epub 2016 Jul 5.