Apoptotic brown adipocytes enhance energy expenditure via extracellular inosine
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Apoptotic brown adipocytes enhance energy expenditure via extracellular inosine. / Niemann, Birte; Haufs-Brusberg, Saskia; Puetz, Laura; feickert, martin; Jaeckstein, Michelle Y; Hoffmann, Anne; Zurkovic, J; Heine, Markus; Trautmann, Eva-Maria; Müller, CE; Tönies, Anke; Schlein, Christian; Jafari, Azin; Eltzsching, Holger K; Gnad, Thorsten; Blüher, Matthias; Krahmer, Natalie; Kovacs, Peter; Heeren, Jörg; Pfeifer, Alexander.
in: NATURE, Jahrgang 609, Nr. 7926, 08.09.2022, S. 361–368.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Apoptotic brown adipocytes enhance energy expenditure via extracellular inosine
AU - Niemann, Birte
AU - Haufs-Brusberg, Saskia
AU - Puetz, Laura
AU - feickert, martin
AU - Jaeckstein, Michelle Y
AU - Hoffmann, Anne
AU - Zurkovic, J
AU - Heine, Markus
AU - Trautmann, Eva-Maria
AU - Müller, CE
AU - Tönies, Anke
AU - Schlein, Christian
AU - Jafari, Azin
AU - Eltzsching, Holger K
AU - Gnad, Thorsten
AU - Blüher, Matthias
AU - Krahmer, Natalie
AU - Kovacs, Peter
AU - Heeren, Jörg
AU - Pfeifer, Alexander
PY - 2022/9/8
Y1 - 2022/9/8
N2 - Brown adipose tissue (BAT) dissipates energy1,2 and promotes cardiometabolic health3. Loss of BAT during obesity and ageing is a principal hurdle for BAT-centred obesity therapies, but not much is known about BAT apoptosis. Here, untargeted metabolomics demonstrated that apoptotic brown adipocytes release a specific pattern of metabolites with purine metabolites being highly enriched. This apoptotic secretome enhances expression of the thermogenic programme in healthy adipocytes. This effect is mediated by the purine inosine that stimulates energy expenditure in brown adipocytes by the cyclic adenosine monophosphate–protein kinase A signalling pathway. Treatment of mice with inosine increased BAT-dependent energy expenditure and induced ‘browning’ of white adipose tissue. Mechanistically, the equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (ENT1, SLC29A1) regulates inosine levels in BAT: ENT1-deficiency increases extracellular inosine levels and consequently enhances thermogenic adipocyte differentiation. In mice, pharmacological inhibition of ENT1 as well as global and adipose-specific ablation enhanced BAT activity and counteracted diet-induced obesity, respectively. In human brown adipocytes, knockdown or blockade of ENT1 increased extracellular inosine, which enhanced thermogenic capacity. Conversely, high ENT1 levels correlated with lower expression of the thermogenic marker UCP1 in human adipose tissues. Finally, the Ile216Thr loss of function mutation in human ENT1 was associated with significantly lower body mass index and 59% lower odds of obesity for individuals carrying the Thr variant. Our data identify inosine as a metabolite released during apoptosis with a ‘replace me’ signalling function that regulates thermogenic fat and counteracts obesity.
AB - Brown adipose tissue (BAT) dissipates energy1,2 and promotes cardiometabolic health3. Loss of BAT during obesity and ageing is a principal hurdle for BAT-centred obesity therapies, but not much is known about BAT apoptosis. Here, untargeted metabolomics demonstrated that apoptotic brown adipocytes release a specific pattern of metabolites with purine metabolites being highly enriched. This apoptotic secretome enhances expression of the thermogenic programme in healthy adipocytes. This effect is mediated by the purine inosine that stimulates energy expenditure in brown adipocytes by the cyclic adenosine monophosphate–protein kinase A signalling pathway. Treatment of mice with inosine increased BAT-dependent energy expenditure and induced ‘browning’ of white adipose tissue. Mechanistically, the equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (ENT1, SLC29A1) regulates inosine levels in BAT: ENT1-deficiency increases extracellular inosine levels and consequently enhances thermogenic adipocyte differentiation. In mice, pharmacological inhibition of ENT1 as well as global and adipose-specific ablation enhanced BAT activity and counteracted diet-induced obesity, respectively. In human brown adipocytes, knockdown or blockade of ENT1 increased extracellular inosine, which enhanced thermogenic capacity. Conversely, high ENT1 levels correlated with lower expression of the thermogenic marker UCP1 in human adipose tissues. Finally, the Ile216Thr loss of function mutation in human ENT1 was associated with significantly lower body mass index and 59% lower odds of obesity for individuals carrying the Thr variant. Our data identify inosine as a metabolite released during apoptosis with a ‘replace me’ signalling function that regulates thermogenic fat and counteracts obesity.
U2 - 10.1038/s41586-022-05041-0
DO - 10.1038/s41586-022-05041-0
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 35790189
VL - 609
SP - 361
EP - 368
JO - NATURE
JF - NATURE
SN - 0028-0836
IS - 7926
ER -