Thermogenic adipocytes promote HDL turnover and reverse cholesterol transport.
Thermogenic adipocytes promote HDL turnover and reverse cholesterol transport.
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DOI:
10.1038/ncomms15010
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发表时间:
2017-04-19
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Heeren J
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作者:
Bartelt A;John C;Schaltenberg N;Berbée JFP;Worthmann A;Cherradi ML;Schlein C;Piepenburg J;Boon MR;Rinninger F;Heine M;Toedter K;Niemeier A;Nilsson SK;Fischer M;Wijers SL;van Marken Lichtenbelt W;Scheja L;Rensen PCN;Heeren J
Brown and beige adipocytes combust nutrients for thermogenesis and through their metabolic activity decrease pro-atherogenic remnant lipoproteins in hyperlipidemic mice. However, whether the activation of thermogenic adipocytes affects the metabolism and anti-atherogenic properties of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) is unknown. Here, we report a reduction in atherosclerosis in response to pharmacological stimulation of thermogenesis linked to increased HDL levels in APOE*3-Leiden.CETP mice. Both cold-induced and pharmacological thermogenic activation enhances HDL remodelling, which is associated with specific lipidomic changes in mouse and human HDL. Furthermore, thermogenic stimulation promotes HDL-cholesterol clearance and increases macrophage-to-faeces reverse cholesterol transport in mice. Mechanistically, we show that intravascular lipolysis by adipocyte lipoprotein lipase and hepatic uptake of HDL by scavenger receptor B-I are the driving forces of HDL-cholesterol disposal in liver. Our findings corroborate the notion that high metabolic activity of thermogenic adipocytes confers atheroprotective properties via increased systemic cholesterol flux through the HDL compartment. Activation of brown adipose tissue (BAT) reduces the development of atherosclerosis in animal models. Here the authors show that BAT activation also increases reverse cholesterol transport and turnover of high-density lipoprotein, which likely contributes to the anti-atherosclerotic effect of BAT activation.