PMID- 33540898 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210409 LR - 20210409 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 3 DP - 2021 Feb 2 TI - Does C-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 2 (CCL2) Link Obesity to a Pro-Inflammatory State? LID - 10.3390/ijms22031500 [doi] LID - 1500 AB - The mechanisms of how obesity contributes to the development of cardio-metabolic diseases are not entirely understood. Obesity is frequently associated with adipose tissue dysfunction, characterized by, e.g., adipocyte hypertrophy, ectopic fat accumulation, immune cell infiltration, and the altered secretion of adipokines. Factors secreted from adipose tissue may induce and/or maintain a local and systemic low-grade activation of the innate immune system. Attraction of macrophages into adipose tissue and altered crosstalk between macrophages, adipocytes, and other cells of adipose tissue are symptoms of metabolic inflammation. Among several secreted factors attracting immune cells to adipose tissue, chemotactic C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2) (also described as monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1)) has been shown to play a crucial role in adipose tissue macrophage infiltration. In this review, we aimed to summarize and discuss the current knowledge on CCL2 with a focus on its role in linking obesity to cardio-metabolic diseases. FAU - Dommel, Sebastian AU - Dommel S AD - Medical Department III-Endocrinology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Germany Liebigstr. 20, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. FAU - Bluher, Matthias AU - Bluher M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0208-2065 AD - Medical Department III-Endocrinology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Germany Liebigstr. 20, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. AD - Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG), Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, University of Leipzig and University Hospital Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. LA - eng GR - 209933838/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20210202 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (CCL2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Chemokines) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) SB - IM MH - Adipocytes/physiology MH - Adipose Tissue/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Autoimmune Diseases/genetics/metabolism MH - Cardiovascular Diseases/genetics/metabolism MH - Chemokine CCL2/deficiency/genetics/*physiology MH - Chemokines/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Inflammation/*complications/genetics/physiopathology MH - Insulin Resistance MH - Macrophages/physiology MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/metabolism MH - Metabolic Syndrome/genetics/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Models, Animal MH - Molecular Targeted Therapy MH - Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism MH - Neoplasms/metabolism/pathology MH - Neural Tube Defects/genetics/metabolism MH - Obesity/*etiology/genetics/physiopathology MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - Signal Transduction PMC - PMC7867366 OTO - NOTNLM OT - adipokine OT - adipose tissue OT - chemokine OT - inflammation OT - obesity COIS- S.D. does not have any conflicts of interest to declare. M.B. received honoraria as a consultant and speaker from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, and Sanofi. EDAT- 2021/02/06 06:00 MHDA- 2021/04/10 06:00 PMCR- 2021/02/02 CRDT- 2021/02/05 01:01 PHST- 2020/12/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/01/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/01/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/02/05 01:01 [entrez] PHST- 2021/02/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/04/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/02/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms22031500 [pii] AID - ijms-22-01500 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms22031500 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Feb 2;22(3):1500. doi: 10.3390/ijms22031500.