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CHAPTER IV<br />

PREADIPOCYTES MEDIATE LPS-INDUCED INFLAMMATION AND<br />

INSULIN RESISTANCE IN PRIMARY CULTURES OF NEWLY<br />

DIFFERENTIATED HUMAN ADIPOCYTES<br />

Recent data suggest that proinflammatory cytokines secreted from adipose tissue<br />

contribute to the morbidity associated with obesity. However, characterization of the cell<br />

types involved in inflammation and how these cells promote insulin resistance in human<br />

adipocytes are unclear. We simulated acute inflammation using endotoxin<br />

lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to define the roles of non-adipocytes in primary cultures of<br />

human adipocytes. LPS induction of the mRNA levels of proinflammatory cytokines (e.g.,<br />

IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α, IL-1β) occurred primarily in the non-adipocyte fraction of newly<br />

differentiated human adipocytes. Non-adipocytes were characterized as preadipocytes<br />

based on their abundant mRNA levels of preadipocyte markers preadipocyte factor-1<br />

(Pref-1) and adipocyte enhancer protein-1 (AEBP-1) and only trace levels of markers for<br />

macrophages and myocytes. The essential role of preadipocytes in inflammation was<br />

confirmed <strong>by</strong> modulating the degree of differentiation in the cultures from ~0-90%. LPS<br />

induced-proinflammatory cytokine expression and nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB) and<br />

mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling decreased as differentiation<br />

increased. LPS-induced cytokine expression in preadipocytes was associated with<br />

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