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Ccrl2 deficiency deteriorates obesity and insulin resistance through increasing adipose tissue macrophages infiltration

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Ccrl2 deficiency deteriorates obesity and insulin resistance through increasing adipose tissue macrophages infiltration

Min Xu
Yu-Meng Wang
Wan-Qing Li
Cheng-Long Huang
Jun Li
Wen-Hua Xie
Hong-Xiang Zeng
Lin-Fen Tao
Xi Li
Genes & Diseases第9卷, 第2期pp.429-442纸质出版 2022-03-01在线发表 2020-08-31
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Obesity-induced inflammation, characterized by augmented infiltration and altered balance of macrophages, is a critical component of systemic insulin resistance. Chemokine-chemokine receptor system plays a vital role in the macrophages accumulation. CC-Chemokine Receptor-like 2 (Ccrl2) is one of the receptors of Chemerin, which is a member of atypical chemokine receptors (ACKR) family, reported taking part in host immune responses and inflammation-related conditions. In our study, we found ccrl2 expression significantly elevated in visceral adipose tissue (VAT) of high fat diet (HFD) induced obese mice and ob/ob mice. Systemic deletion of Ccrl2 gene aggravated HFD induced obesity and insulin resistance and ccrl2-/- mice showed aggravated VAT inflammation and increased M1/M2 macrophages ratio, which is due to the increase of macrophages chemotaxis in Ccrl2 deficiency mice. Cumulatively, these results indicate that Ccrl2 has a critical function in obesity and obesity-induced insulin resistance via mediating macrophages chemotaxis.

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Ccrl2InflammationInsulin resistanceMacrophagesObesity