PMID- 33562395 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210316 IS - 2304-8158 (Print) IS - 2304-8158 (Electronic) IS - 2304-8158 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 2 DP - 2021 Feb 7 TI - Rice Bran Oil Attenuates Chronic Inflammation by Inducing M2 Macrophage Switching in High-Fat Diet-Fed Obese Mice. LID - 10.3390/foods10020359 [doi] LID - 359 AB - Macrophages are involved in all inflammatory processes from killing pathogens to repairing damaged tissue. In the obese state, macrophages infiltrate into enlarged adipose tissue and polarize into pro-inflammatory M1 macrophages, resulting in chronic low-grade inflammation due to the secretion of inflammatory mediators. Rice bran oil (RBO) is an edible oil containing tocopherols, tocotrienols, and gamma-oryzanol. Previous research in normal diet-fed mice suggested that RBO mitigates inflammatory responses by modulating mitochondrial respiration of macrophages. Therefore, we investigated if RBO had an anti-inflammatory effect in diet-induced obese mice by assessing the expression of inflammatory markers in epididymal white adipose tissue (eWAT) and polarization of bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs). Rice bran oil exerted a local anti-inflammatory effect in white adipose tissue by suppressing the production of inflammatory mediators and upregulating transcription of anti-inflammatory genes. Rice bran oil also promoted anti-inflammatory M2 macrophage polarization in BMDMs thereby affecting systemic inflammation. Overall, our in vivo and ex vivo results highlight the potential of RBO as a dietary mediator that can ameliorate obesity-induced chronic low-grade inflammation by mediating the expression of inflammation-related factors and macrophage polarization. FAU - Park, Hyejeong AU - Park H AD - Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Korea. FAU - Yu, Seungmin AU - Yu S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2099-209X AD - Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Korea. FAU - Kim, Wooki AU - Kim W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3155-0238 AD - Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Korea. LA - eng GR - NRF-2019R1F1A1060839/Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning/ GR - PJ012795/Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210207 PL - Switzerland TA - Foods JT - Foods (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101670569 PMC - PMC7914799 OTO - NOTNLM OT - anti-inflammatory OT - chronic inflammation OT - high-fat diet OT - macrophage polarization OT - obesity OT - rice bran oil COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/02/11 06:00 MHDA- 2021/02/11 06:01 PMCR- 2021/02/07 CRDT- 2021/02/10 01:02 PHST- 2021/01/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/02/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/02/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/02/10 01:02 [entrez] PHST- 2021/02/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/02/11 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/02/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - foods10020359 [pii] AID - foods-10-00359 [pii] AID - 10.3390/foods10020359 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Foods. 2021 Feb 7;10(2):359. doi: 10.3390/foods10020359.