High-fat diet induces systemic B-cell repertoire changes associated with insulin resistance

Mucosal Immunol. 2017 Nov;10(6):1468-1479. doi: 10.1038/mi.2017.25. Epub 2017 Apr 19.

Abstract

The development of obesity-associated insulin resistance is associated with B-lymphocyte accumulation in visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and is prevented by B-cell ablation. To characterize potentially pathogenic B-cell repertoires in this disorder, we performed high-throughput immunoglobulin (Ig) sequencing from multiple tissues of mice fed high-fat diet (HFD) and regular diet (RD). HFD significantly changed the biochemical properties of Ig heavy-chain complementarity-determining region-3 (CDRH3) sequences, selecting for IgA antibodies with shorter and more hydrophobic CDRH3 in multiple tissues. A set of convergent antibodies of highly similar sequences found in the VAT of HFD mice but not RD mice showed significant somatic mutation, suggesting a response shared between mice to a common antigen or antigens. These findings indicate that a simple high-fat dietary intervention has a major impact on mouse B-cell repertoires, particularly in adipose tissues.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • B-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • Cell Movement
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Complementarity Determining Regions / genetics*
  • Diet, High-Fat
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Immunoglobulin A / genetics*
  • Immunoglobulin A / metabolism
  • Inflammation / immunology*
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Intra-Abdominal Fat / immunology
  • Intra-Abdominal Fat / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Obesity / immunology*
  • Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / genetics*
  • Somatic Hypermutation, Immunoglobulin
  • Transcriptome

Substances

  • Complementarity Determining Regions
  • Immunoglobulin A
  • Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell