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ArticleScientific reports2020

Fungal-like particles and macrophage-conditioned medium are inflammatory elicitors for 3T3-L1 adipocytes.

Chanawee Jakkawanpitak, Nongporn Hutadilok-Towatana, Decha Sermwittayawong

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Chanawee JakkawanpitakDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, 90110, Thailand.
Nongporn Hutadilok-TowatanaDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, 90110, Thailand.
Decha SermwittayawongDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, 90110, Thailand. decha.s@psu.ac.th.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8941-3642
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adipocytes from white-adipose tissue are known to produce inflammatory cytokines, which play a major role in energy balance and metabolism. While they can respond to pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMPs) such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from bacteria, it is not known whether adipocytes can be stimulated by fungal cells. Previously, adipocytes were shown to produce toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), a β-glucan receptor, suggesting that they could respond to β-glucan on the fungal cell wall. In this study, we show that heat-killed yeast induce an inflammatory response in adipocytes. Using fungal-like particles, namely laminarin-coated beads (LCB), we find that these particles trigger the expression of many key inflammatory genes in dose- and time-dependent fashions in adipocytes. These results suggest that β-glucan on the fungal cell wall is sufficient to elicit an inflammatory response in adipocytes. In addition, we show that both LCB and LCB-treated conditioned medium from RAW 264.7 murine macrophages (LCB-RM) induce the expression of those inflammatory genes through IKKβ-IκBα proteins. Together, we conclude that the fungal-like particles and the conditioned medium elicit an inflammatory response in adipocytes through the canonical or classical NF-κB pathway.

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3T3-L1 CellsAdipocytesAdipose Tissue, WhiteAnimalsbeta-GlucansCulture Media, ConditionedCytokinesGlucansInflammationLipopolysaccharidesMacrophagesMiceNF-kappa BNF-KappaB Inhibitor alphaSignal TransductionTumor Necrosis Factor-alphabeta-GlucansCulture Media, ConditionedCytokinesGlucanslaminaranLipopolysaccharidesNF-kappa BNF-KappaB Inhibitor alphaTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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