Partial restoration of macrophage alteration from diet-induced obesity in response to Porphyromonas gingivalis infection.
Date
2013
Authors
Richard, Guilhem
Trivedi, Niraj
Belta, Calin
Amar, Salomon
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OA Version
Citation
Guilhem Richard, Niraj Trivedi, Calin Belta, Salomon Amar. 2013. "Partial restoration of macrophage alteration from diet-induced obesity in response to Porphyromonas gingivalis infection.." PLoS One, v. 8, issue 7, p. e70320
Abstract
Obesity is a chronic inflammatory disease that weakens macrophage innate immune response to infections. Since M1 polarization is crucial during acute infectious diseases, we hypothesized that diet-induced obesity inhibits M1 polarization of macrophages in the response to bacterial infections. Bone marrow macrophages (BMMΦ) from lean and obese mice were exposed to live Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) for three incubation times (1 h, 4 h and 24 h). Flow cytometry analysis revealed that the M1 polarization was inhibited after P. gingivalis exposure in BMMΦ from obese mice when compared with BMMΦ from lean counterparts. Using a computational approach in conjunction with microarray data, we identified switching genes that may differentially control the behavior of response pathways in macrophages from lean and obese mice. The two most prominent switching genes were thrombospondin 1 and arginase 1. Protein expression levels of both genes were higher in obese BMMΦ than in lean BMMΦ after exposure to P. gingivalis. Inhibition of either thrombospondin 1 or arginase 1 by specific inhibitors recovered the M1 polarization of BMMΦ from obese mice after P. gingivalis exposure. These data indicate that thrombospondin 1 and arginase 1 are important bacterial response genes, whose regulation is altered in macrophages from obese mice.
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