B cells promote inflammation in obesity and type 2 diabetes through regulation of T-cell function and an inflammatory cytokine profile

  • Jason DeFuria
    Department of Microbiology,
  • Anna C. Belkina
    Cancer Research Center, and
  • Madhumita Jagannathan-Bogdan
    Department of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118;
  • Jennifer Snyder-Cappione
    Department of Microbiology,
  • Jordan David Carr
    Department of Microbiology,
  • Yanina R. Nersesova
    Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118;
  • Douglas Markham
    Department of Microbiology,
  • Katherine J. Strissel
    The Obesity and Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111; and
  • Amanda A. Watkins
    Renal Section and
  • Min Zhu
    Department of Microbiology,
  • Jessica Allen
    Department of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118;
  • Jacqueline Bouchard
    Department of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118;
  • Gianluca Toraldo
    Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118;
  • Ravi Jasuja
    Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118;
  • Martin S. Obin
    The Obesity and Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111; and
  • Marie E. McDonnell
    Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118;
  • Caroline Apovian
    Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118;
  • Gerald V. Denis
    Cancer Research Center, and
  • Barbara S. Nikolajczyk
    Department of Microbiology,

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公開日
2013-03-11
DOI
  • 10.1073/pnas.1215840110
公開者
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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<jats:p>Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have disease-associated changes in B-cell function, but the role these changes play in disease pathogenesis is not well established. Data herein show B cells from obese mice produce a proinflammatory cytokine profile compared with B cells from lean mice. Complementary in vivo studies show that obese B cell–null mice have decreased systemic inflammation, inflammatory B- and T-cell cytokines, adipose tissue inflammation, and insulin resistance (IR) compared with obese WT mice. Reduced inflammation in obese/insulin resistant B cell–null mice associates with an increased percentage of anti-inflammatory regulatory T cells (Tregs). This increase contrasts with the sharply decreased percentage of Tregs in obese compared with lean WT mice and suggests that B cells may be critical regulators of T-cell functions previously shown to play important roles in IR. We demonstrate that B cells from T2D (but not non-T2D) subjects support proinflammatory T-cell function in obesity/T2D through contact-dependent mechanisms. In contrast, human monocytes increase proinflammatory T-cell cytokines in both T2D and non-T2D analyses. These data support the conclusion that B cells are critical regulators of inflammation in T2D due to their direct ability to promote proinflammatory T-cell function and secrete a proinflammatory cytokine profile. Thus, B cells are potential therapeutic targets for T2D.</jats:p>

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