Abstract

During obesity and high fat-diet (HFD) feeding in mice, sustained low-grade inflammation includes not only increased pro-inflammatory macrophages in the expanding adipose tissue, but also bone marrow (BM) production of invasive Ly6Chigh monocytes. As BM adiposity also accrues with HFD, we explored the relationship between the gains in BM white adipocytes and invasive Ly6Chigh monocytes in vivo and through ex vivo paradigms. We find a temporal and causal link between BM adipocyte whitening and the Ly6Chigh monocyte surge, preceding the adipose tissue macrophage rise during HFD. Phenocopying this, ex vivo treatment of BM cells with conditioned media from BM adipocytes or from bona fide white adipocytes favoured Ly6Chigh monocyte preponderance. Notably, Ly6Chigh skewing was preceded by monocyte metabolic reprogramming towards glycolysis, reduced oxidative potential and increased mitochondrial fission. In sum, short-term HFD changes BM cellularity, resulting in local adipocyte whitening driving a gradual increase and activation of invasive Ly6Chigh monocytes.

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  1. Parastoo Boroumand

    Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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  2. David C Prescott

    Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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  3. Tapas Mukherjee

    Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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  4. Philip J Bilan

    Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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  5. Michael Wong

    Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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  6. Jeff Shen

    Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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  7. Ivan Tattoli

    Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathopysiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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  8. Yuhuan Zhou

    Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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  9. Angela Li

    Research Institute, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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  10. Tharini Sivasubramaniyam

    Research Institute, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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  11. Nan Shi

    Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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  12. Lucie Y Zhu

    Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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  13. Zhi Liu

    Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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  14. Clinton Robbins

    Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathophysiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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  15. Dana J Philpott

    Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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  16. Stephen E Girardin

    Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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  17. Amira Klip

    Cell Biology Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research FDN-143203 (FDN-143203)

  • Amira Klip

Canadian Institutes of Health Research FDN-14333 (FDN-14333)

  • Dana J Philpott

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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Animal experimentation: Mouse protocols followed the strictest protocols dictated by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research guidelines and were approved by the animal care committee (Protocol #20011850 to S.E.G. and 483 D.J.P., University of Toronto; and #1000047074 to A.K., The Hospital for Sick Children).

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© 2022, Boroumand et al.

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  1. Parastoo Boroumand
  2. David C Prescott
  3. Tapas Mukherjee
  4. Philip J Bilan
  5. Michael Wong
  6. Jeff Shen
  7. Ivan Tattoli
  8. Yuhuan Zhou
  9. Angela Li
  10. Tharini Sivasubramaniyam
  11. Nan Shi
  12. Lucie Y Zhu
  13. Zhi Liu
  14. Clinton Robbins
  15. Dana J Philpott
  16. Stephen E Girardin
  17. Amira Klip
(2022)
Bone marrow adipocytes drive the development of tissue invasive Ly6Chigh monocytes during obesity
eLife 11:e65553.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.65553

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