Macrophages within adipose tissue play a key role in mediating inflammatory responses in adipose tissue that are associated with obesity-related metabolic complications. In an effort to identify novel proteins secreted from adipocytes that may negatively regulate macrophage inflammation, we found that peroxiredoxin (PRX)-like 2 activated in M-CSF stimulated monocytes (PAMM), a CXXC-type PRX-like 2 domain-containing redox regulatory protein, is a novel secreted protein with potent anti-inflammatory properties. PAMM is secreted from mature human adipocytes but not preadipocytes. Overexpression of PAMM significantly attenuated lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced macrophage inflammation. Incubation of macrophages with adipocyte-conditional medium treated with anti-PAMM antibody significantly enhanced LPS-induced interleukin-12 (IL-12) expression in Raw264.7 cells. In addition, incubation of Raw264.7 cells with purified PAMM protein had a similar anti-inflammatory effect. Moreover, forced expression of PAMM in Raw264.7 cells resulted in decreased LPS-induced ERK1/2, p38 and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) phosphorylation, suggesting that PAMM exerted the anti-inflammatory function probably by suppressing the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling pathway. Mutations in the CXXC motif of PAMM that suppressed its anti-redox activity were still able to suppress production of inflammatory cytokines in LPS-stimulated macrophages, suggesting that PAMM's anti-inflammatory properties may be independent of its antioxidant properties. Finally, PAMM was highly expressed in both white (WAT) and brown adipose tissues (BAT) and further increased in obesity status. Our results suggest that adipocyte-derived PAMM may suppress macrophage activation by inhibiting MAPK signalling pathway.
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November 27 2015
Adipocyte-derived PAMM suppresses macrophage inflammation by inhibiting MAPK signalling
Fang Guo;
Fang Guo
*Department of Pathophysiology, The Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
†Department of Basic Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64108, U.S.A.
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Hui He;
Hui He
*Department of Pathophysiology, The Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
†Department of Basic Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64108, U.S.A.
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Zhi-Chao Fu;
Zhi-Chao Fu
‡Institute of Translational Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, China
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Shengping Huang;
Shengping Huang
†Department of Basic Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64108, U.S.A.
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Tingtao Chen;
Tingtao Chen
‡Institute of Translational Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, China
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Christopher J. Papasian;
Christopher J. Papasian
†Department of Basic Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64108, U.S.A.
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Leslie R. Morse;
Leslie R. Morse
§Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, U.S.A.
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Yan Xu;
Yan Xu
║Department of Mineralized Tissue Biology, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, U.S.A
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Ricardo A. Battaglino;
Ricardo A. Battaglino
║Department of Mineralized Tissue Biology, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, U.S.A
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Xiao-Feng Yang;
Xiao-Feng Yang
¶Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, U.S.A.
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Zhisheng Jiang;
Zhisheng Jiang
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*Department of Pathophysiology, The Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, China
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Hong-Bo Xin;
Hong-Bo Xin
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‡Institute of Translational Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, China
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Mingui Fu
Mingui Fu
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†Department of Basic Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64108, U.S.A.
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Received:
January 05 2015
Revision Received:
September 21 2015
Accepted:
October 05 2015
Accepted Manuscript online:
October 05 2015
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
© 2015 Authors; published by Portland Press Limited
2015
Biochem J (2015) 472 (3): 309–318.
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Received:
January 05 2015
Revision Received:
September 21 2015
Accepted:
October 05 2015
Accepted Manuscript online:
October 05 2015
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Fang Guo, Hui He, Zhi-Chao Fu, Shengping Huang, Tingtao Chen, Christopher J. Papasian, Leslie R. Morse, Yan Xu, Ricardo A. Battaglino, Xiao-Feng Yang, Zhisheng Jiang, Hong-Bo Xin, Mingui Fu; Adipocyte-derived PAMM suppresses macrophage inflammation by inhibiting MAPK signalling. Biochem J 15 December 2015; 472 (3): 309–318. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BJ20150019
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