第18回徳島医学会賞受賞論文 Cbl-b欠損によるマクロファージの活性化を介した耐糖能異常

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  • Cbl-b欠損によるマクロファージの活性化を介した耐糖能異常
  • Cbl-b ケッソン ニ ヨル マクロファージ ノ カッセイカ オ カイシタ タイトウノウ イジョウ
  • Deficiency of Cbl-b gene enhances infiltration and activation of macrophages in adipose tissue and causes peripheral insulin resistance in mice

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Obesity is a major cause of insulin resistance and is considered a chronic low-grade inflammatory disease. Substantial evidence has accumulated in recent years that chronic infiltration and activation of macrophages in white adipose tissue underlie the obesity-related component of these insulin resistant states. In the present study, we examined the role of Cbl-b, ubiquitin ligase, in insulin action. Elderly Cbl-b-deficient mice（Cbl-b－/－mice）developed glucose intolerance and peripheral insulin resistance. Deficiency of Cbl-b gene was associated with infiltration of macrophages into the WAT and expression of cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1. Furthermore, Vav1, a key factor in macrophage activation, was highly phosphorylated in peritoneal Cbl-b－/－macrophages, compared with wild type macrophages, suggesting that Cbl-b deficiency induces macrophage activation. Our results suggest that Cbl-b is a negative regulator of macrophage activation, and that macrophage activation by Cbl-b deficiency, at least in part, contributes to the peripheral insulin resistance and glucose intolerance.

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