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Obesity accelerates T cell senescence in murine visceral adipose tissue

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Shirakawa, Kohsuke, Yan, Xiaoxiang, Shinmura, Ken, Endo, Jin, Kataoka, Masaharu, Katsumata, Yoshinori, Yamamoto, Tsunehisa, Anzai, Atsushi +9 more·2016·Journal of Clinical Investigation

Abstract

Chronic inflammation in visceral adipose tissue (VAT) precipitates the development of cardiometabolic disorders. Although changes in T cell function associated with visceral obesity are thought to affect chronic VAT inflammation, the specific features of these changes remain elusive. Here, we have determined that a high-fat diet (HFD) caused a preferential increase and accumulation of CD44hiCD62LloCD4+ T cells that constitutively express PD-1 and CD153 in a B cell-dependent manner in VAT. These cells possessed characteristics of cellular senescence and showed a strong activation of Spp1 (encoding osteopontin [OPN]) in VAT. Upon T cell receptor stimulation, these T cells also produced large amounts of OPN in a PD-1-resistant manner in vitro. The features of CD153+PD-1+CD44hiCD4+ T cells were highly reminiscent of senescence-associated CD4+ T cells that normally increase with age. Adoptive transfer of CD153+PD-1+CD44hiCD4+ T cells from HFD-fed WT, but not Spp1-deficient, mice into the VAT of lean mice fed a normal diet recapitulated the essential features of VAT inflammation and insulin resistance. Our results demonstrate that a distinct CD153+PD-1+CD44hiCD4+ T cell population that accumulates in the VAT of HFD-fed obese mice causes VAT inflammation by producing large amounts of OPN. This finding suggests a link between visceral adiposity and immune aging.

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  • TNSF8+PDCD1+CD44hiCD4+ T cells accumulate in adipose tissue in obesity and show senescence features, including increased SPP1, CDKN2A and CDKN1A and decreased SATB1, DUSP10 and EEF1A1.

    “TNSF8+PDCD1+CD44hiCD4+ (CD153+PDCD+CD44hiCD4+) T cells accumulate in adipose tissue in obesity and show senescence features, including increased expression of SPP1, CDKN2A and CDKN1A and decreased expression of SATB1, DUSP10 and EEF1A1128.”

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    The section on high-fat-diet-induced T-cell accumulation (page unavailable) reports that CD153+PD-1+CD44hiCD4+ cells accumulate in the visceral adipose tissue of obese mice and show senescence features. It reports increased Spp1, Cdkn1a and Cdkn2b—not the claimed CDKN2A—and decreased Satb1, Dusp10 and Eef1a1. The finding is specifically in mice and visceral adipose tissue. (LLM, conf=0.91)

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  1. Stromnes IM, Goverman JM. Osteopon- tin-induced survival of T cells. Nat Immunol. 2007;8(1):19-20.

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Shirakawa, K., Yan, X., Shinmura, K., Endo, J., Kataoka, M., Katsumata, Y., Yamamoto, T., Anzai, A., Isobe, S., Yoshida, N., Itoh, H., Manabe, I., Sekai, M., Hamazaki, Y., Fukuda, K., Minato, N., & Sano, M.
Affiliations
  • Keio University (JP)
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
  • Hyogo Medical University (JP)
  • The University of Tokyo (JP)
  • Kyoto University (JP)
Corresponding author
  • Minato, Nagahiro
  • Sano, Motoaki
Venue
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Published
2016-11-07
Volume
126
Issue
12
Pages
4626-4639
ISSN
  • 0021-9738 (ISSN-L)
  • 1558-8238
OpenAlex
W2548313353
Cited by
271
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 32 · 2017: 16
FWCI
22.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Keio University
  • Japan Foundation for Aging and Health
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15H01160, 22590814, 24111008, 15H04825, 24111001, 15K19125)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Keywords
visceral obesity, T cell senescence, visceral adipose tissue inflammation, osteopontin, PD-1, CD4+ T cells, high-fat diet, immunosenescence, insulin resistance, CD44, L-selectin, adoptive transfer
MeSH terms
Animals, B-Lymphocytes, Dietary Fats, Inflammation, Obesity, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Antigens, CD, Cellular Senescence, Mice, Knockout, Intra-Abdominal Fat, Mice, Osteopontin

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