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Gutierrez, D.A.* ; Muralidhar, S.* ; Feyerabend, T.B.* ; Herzig, S. ; Rodewald, H.R.*

Hematopoietic Kit deficiency, rather than lack of mast cells, protects mice from obesity and insulin resistance.

Cell Metab. 21, 678-691 (2015)
DOI PMC
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Obesity, insulin resistance, and related pathologies are associated with immune-mediated chronic inflammation. Kit mutant mice are protected from diet-induced obesity and associated co-morbidities, and this phenotype has previously been attributed to their lack of mast cells. We performed a comprehensive metabolic analysis of Kit-dependent Kit(W/Wv) and Kit-independent Cpa3(Cre/+) mast-cell-deficient mouse strains, employing diet-induced or genetic (Lep(Ob/Ob) background) models of obesity. Our results show that mast cell deficiency, in the absence of Kit mutations, plays no role in the regulation of weight gain or insulin resistance. Moreover, we provide evidence that the metabolic phenotype observed in Kit mutant mice, while independent of mast cells, is immune regulated. Our data underscore the value of definitive mast cell deficiency models to conclusively test the involvement of this enigmatic cell in immune-mediated pathologies and identify Kit as a key hematopoietic factor in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Korrespondenzautor
Schlagwörter C-kit; Adipose-tissue; Kit(w-sh/w-sh) Mice; Immune Cells; Mutant Mice; In-vivo; W-wv; Mouse; Stabilization; System
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1550-4131
e-ISSN 1932-7420
Zeitschrift Cell Metabolism
Quellenangaben Band: 21, Heft: 5, Seiten: 678-691 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Elsevier
Verlagsort Cambridge
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Diabetes and Cancer (IDC)