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Fgr kinase is required for proinflammatory macrophage activation during diet-induced obesity

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Acín-Pérez, Rebeca, Iborra, Salvador, Martí-Mateos, Yolanda, Cook, Emma C. L., Conde-Garrosa, Ruth, Petcherski, Anton, Muñoz, Mª del Mar, Martínez de Mena, Raquel +8 more·2020·Nature Metabolism

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Proinflammatory macrophages are key in the development of obesity. In addition, reactive oxygen species (ROS), which activate the Fgr tyrosine kinase, also contribute to obesity. Here we show that ablation of Fgr impairs proinflammatory macrophage polarization while preventing high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity in mice. Systemic ablation of Fgr increases lipolysis and liver fatty acid oxidation, thereby avoiding steatosis. Knockout of Fgr in bone marrow (BM)-derived cells is sufficient to protect against insulin resistance and liver steatosis following HFD feeding, while the transfer of Fgr-expressing BM-derived cells reverts protection from HFD feeding in Fgr-deficient hosts. Scavenging of mitochondrial peroxides is sufficient to prevent Fgr activation in BM-derived cells and HFD-induced obesity. Moreover, Fgr expression is higher in proinflammatory macrophages and correlates with obesity traits in both mice and humans. Thus, our findings reveal the mitochondrial ROS-Fgr kinase as a key regulatory axis in proinflammatory adipose tissue macrophage activation, diet-induced obesity, insulin resistance and liver steatosis.

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  • In the context of obesity, matrix mtROS and not Nox2-derived ROS were crucial for activation of FGR.

    “In contrast to the study by Garaude et al., matrix mtROS and not Nox2-derived ROS were crucial for activation of FGR, supporting the observation of other studies that ROS have to be produced in direct vicinity of the regulated target and do not excessively saturate the cell until they hit their target at random [29,30,37,61,125,273].”

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Acín-Pérez, R., Iborra, S., Martí-Mateos, Y., Cook, E. C. L., Conde-Garrosa, R., Petcherski, A., Muñoz, M. D. M., Martínez de Mena, R., Krishnan, K. C., Jiménez, C., Bolaños, J. P., Laakso, M., Lusis, A. J., Shirihai, O. S., Sancho, D., & Enríquez, J. A.
Affiliations
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
  • Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (ES)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
  • University of Eastern Finland (FI)
Corresponding author
Sancho, David
Venue
Nature Metabolism
Published
2020-09-17
Volume
2
Issue
9
Pages
974-988
ISSN
2522-5812 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3087729805
Cited by
83
References
51
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 18
FWCI
7.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Metabolism (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Aging (R21AG060456, R21AG063373)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (P01HL028481)
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA232056)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R00DK120875, K99DK120875, R01DK099618, R01DK117850)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
Keywords
inflammatory macrophages, diet-induced obesity, high-fat diet, macrophage polarization, reactive oxygen species, electron transport chain, insulin resistance, hepatic steatosis, lipolysis, fatty acid oxidation, adipose tissue macrophages, bone marrow-derived cells, cellular bioenergetics
MeSH terms
Animals, Bone Marrow Cells, Fatty Liver, Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, Macrophage Activation, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mitochondria, Liver, Obesity, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Reactive Oxygen Species, Mice, Knockout, src-Family Kinases, Adipose Tissue, White, Interleukin-1beta, Diet, High-Fat

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