PMID- 34724561 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211227 LR - 20211227 IS - 1470-8728 (Electronic) IS - 0264-6021 (Linking) VI - 478 IP - 22 DP - 2021 Nov 26 TI - Fetuin-A regulates adipose tissue macrophage content and activation in insulin resistant mice through MCP-1 and iNOS: involvement of IFNgamma-JAK2-STAT1 pathway. PG - 4027-4043 LID - 10.1042/BCJ20210442 [doi] AB - In the context of obesity-induced adipose tissue (AT) inflammation, migration of macrophages and their polarization from predominantly anti-inflammatory to proinflammatory subtype is considered a pivotal event in the loss of adipose insulin sensitivity. Two major chemoattractants, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and Fetuin-A (FetA), have been reported to stimulate macrophage migration into inflamed AT instigating inflammation. Moreover, FetA could notably modulate macrophage polarization, yet the mechanism(s) is unknown. The present study was undertaken to elucidate the mechanistic pathway involved in the actions of FetA and MCP-1 in obese AT. We found that FetA knockdown in high fat diet (HFD) fed mice could significantly subdue the augmented MCP-1 expression and reduce adipose tissue macrophage (ATM) content thereby indicating that MCP-1 is being regulated by FetA. Additionally, knockdown of FetA in HFD mice impeded the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) reverting macrophage activation from mostly proinflammatory to anti-inflammatory state. It was observed that the stimulating effect of FetA on MCP-1 and iNOS was mediated through interferon gamma (IFNgamma) induced activation of JAK2-STAT1-NOX4 pathway. Furthermore, we detected that the enhanced IFNgamma expression was accounted by the stimulatory effect of FetA upon the activities of both cJun and JNK. Taken together, our findings revealed that obesity-induced FetA acts as a master upstream regulator of AT inflammation by regulating MCP-1 and iNOS expression through JNK-cJun-IFNgamma-JAK2-STAT1 signaling pathway. This study opened a new horizon in understanding the regulation of ATM content and activation in conditions of obesity-induced insulin resistance. CI - (c) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society. FAU - Chattopadhyay, Dipanjan AU - Chattopadhyay D AD - Endocrinology and Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Science), Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Santiniketan 731235, West Bengal, India. FAU - Das, Snehasis AU - Das S AD - Endocrinology and Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Science), Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Santiniketan 731235, West Bengal, India. FAU - Guria, Suktara AU - Guria S AD - Endocrinology and Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Science), Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Santiniketan 731235, West Bengal, India. FAU - Basu, Soumyadeep AU - Basu S AD - Endocrinology and Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Science), Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Santiniketan 731235, West Bengal, India. FAU - Mukherjee, Sutapa AU - Mukherjee S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5304-4598 AD - Endocrinology and Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Science), Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Santiniketan 731235, West Bengal, India. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Biochem J JT - The Biochemical journal JID - 2984726R RN - 0 (Ahsg protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nos2 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Adipose Tissue/*immunology/pathology MH - Animals MH - Chemokine CCL2/*immunology MH - *Macrophages/cytology/immunology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/*immunology MH - Obesity/*immunology MH - RAW 264.7 Cells MH - Stromal Cells MH - alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein/*immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Fetuin-A OT - IFNgamma; OT - MCP-1 OT - adipose tissue macrophage OT - inflammation OT - insulin resistance EDAT- 2021/11/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/28 06:00 CRDT- 2021/11/01 17:23 PHST- 2021/06/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/10/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/11/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/01 17:23 [entrez] AID - 230144 [pii] AID - 10.1042/BCJ20210442 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem J. 2021 Nov 26;478(22):4027-4043. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20210442.