PMID- 35806422 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220712 LR - 20230401 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 13 DP - 2022 Jul 3 TI - An Iron Refractory Phenotype in Obese Adipose Tissue Macrophages Leads to Adipocyte Iron Overload. LID - 10.3390/ijms23137417 [doi] LID - 7417 AB - Adipocyte iron overload is a maladaptation associated with obesity and insulin resistance. The objective of the current study was to determine whether and how adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs) regulate adipocyte iron concentrations and whether this is impacted by obesity. Using bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) polarized to M0, M1, M2, or metabolically activated (MMe) phenotypes, we showed that MMe BMDMs and ATMs from obese mice have reduced expression of several iron-related proteins. Furthermore, the bioenergetic response to iron in obese ATMs was hampered. ATMs from iron-injected lean mice increased their glycolytic and respiratory capacities, thus maintaining metabolic flexibility, while ATMs from obese mice did not. Using an isotope-based system, we found that iron exchange between BMDMs and adipocytes was regulated by macrophage phenotype. At the end of the co-culture, MMe macrophages transferred and received more iron from adipocytes than M0, M1, and M2 macrophages. This culminated in a decrease in total iron in MMe macrophages and an increase in total iron in adipocytes compared with M2 macrophages. Taken together, in the MMe condition, the redistribution of iron is biased toward macrophage iron deficiency and simultaneous adipocyte iron overload. These data suggest that obesity changes the communication of iron between adipocytes and macrophages and that rectifying this iron communication channel may be a novel therapeutic target to alleviate insulin resistance. FAU - Ameka, Magdalene K AU - Ameka MK AD - Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. FAU - Beavers, William N AU - Beavers WN AD - Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA. FAU - Shaver, Ciara M AU - Shaver CM AD - Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. FAU - Ware, Lorraine B AU - Ware LB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9429-4702 AD - Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. AD - Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. FAU - Kerchberger, Vern Eric AU - Kerchberger VE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0342-1965 AD - Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. AD - Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. FAU - Schoenfelt, Kelly Q AU - Schoenfelt KQ AD - Department of Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. FAU - Sun, Lili AU - Sun L AD - Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. FAU - Koyama, Tatsuki AU - Koyama T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8908-9165 AD - Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. FAU - Skaar, Eric P AU - Skaar EP AD - Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. FAU - Becker, Lev AU - Becker L AD - Department of Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. FAU - Hasty, Alyssa H AU - Hasty AH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7302-8045 AD - Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. AD - VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. LA - eng GR - 20POST35180180/American Heart Association/ GR - R01 DK121520/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK058404/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK058404/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK102960/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - CA68485/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - K08 HL136888/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - 18POST34030426/American Heart Association/ GR - K01 HL157755/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL136888/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute/ GR - R01 DK102960/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK121520/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220703 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - E1UOL152H7 (Iron) SB - IM MH - Adipocytes/metabolism MH - Adipose Tissue/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Inflammation/metabolism MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - Iron/metabolism MH - *Iron Overload/metabolism MH - Macrophages/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Obese MH - Obesity/metabolism MH - Phenotype PMC - PMC9267114 OTO - NOTNLM OT - adipose tissue macrophage OT - immunometabolism OT - iron OT - obesity OT - polarization COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/07/10 06:00 MHDA- 2022/07/14 06:00 PMCR- 2022/07/03 CRDT- 2022/07/09 01:13 PHST- 2022/06/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/06/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/07/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/07/09 01:13 [entrez] PHST- 2022/07/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/07/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/07/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms23137417 [pii] AID - ijms-23-07417 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms23137417 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jul 3;23(13):7417. doi: 10.3390/ijms23137417.