Abstract
Brestoff et al. show that adipose-tissue-resident macrophages acquire mitochondria from neighboring adipocytes in a heparan-sulfate-dependent process that is impaired in obesity. Genetic disruption of mitochondria uptake by macrophages reduces energy expenditure and exacerbates diet-induced obesity in mice, indicating that intercellular mitochondria transfer to macrophages mediates systemic metabolic homeostasis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 270-282.e8 |
Journal | Cell Metabolism |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- beige adipose tissue
- brown adipose tissue
- horizontal mitochondria transfer
- immunometabolism
- intercellular mitochondria transfer
- macrophage
- metabolism
- mitochondria
- obesity
- white adipose tissue