Free Fatty Acid Increases the Expression of NLRP3-Caspase1 in Adipose Tissue Macrophages in Obese Severe Acute Pancreatitis.

Dig Dis Sci

Division of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China.

Published: June 2022

AI Article Synopsis

  • Obesity is a significant risk factor for severe acute pancreatitis, leading to necrosis of adipose tissue and increased inflammation driven by adipose tissue macrophages.
  • The study used a mouse model to compare the effects of severe acute pancreatitis in obese and lean mice, observing increased fat necrosis and pancreatic injury in the obese group, along with elevated inflammatory signals.
  • Treatment with the lipase inhibitor orlistat reduced inflammation and damage in obese mice, suggesting that free fatty acids from fat breakdown contribute to exacerbating inflammation in severe acute pancreatitis.

Article Abstract

Background And Aims: Obesity is an important risk factor for severe acute pancreatitis. The necrosis of epididymal adipose tissue occurs in severe acute pancreatitis. Adipose tissue macrophages play an important role in metabolic related inflammation. Therefore, we explored the potential mechanisms between adipose tissue macrophages and obesity-related severe acute pancreatitis.

Methods: Severe acute pancreatitis mice model was induced by caerulein with lipopolysaccharide. The severity of severe acute pancreatitis was evaluated according to the morphological, general, and biochemical change. We assessed the injury of epididymal white adipose tissue, pancreas, and adipose tissue macrophages in obese mice and lean mice with severe acute pancreatitis. Outcomes of caerulein-induced severe acute pancreatitis were studied in lean and obese mice with or without lipase inhibitor orlistat.

Results: Fat necrosis and pancreatic injury increased in the SAP groups. High levels of serum free fatty acid and triglyceride were increased significantly in the SAP group. The NLRP3-caspase1 inflammasome signal pathway in adipose tissue macrophages markedly enhanced in the SAP groups compared with control group. Free fatty acid can trigger macrophages inflammation through NLRP3-caspase1. Lipase inhibited by orlistat remarkably decreased in adipose tissue necrosis, and the levels of serum lipase, amylase, and pancreatic tissue damage decreased in the orlistat group compared with the SAP group. The NLRP3-caspase1 inflammasome pathway in adipose tissue macrophages markedly decreased in the orlistat groups compared with SAP group. The levels of serum free fatty acid and triglyceride were decreased significantly in the orlistat group.

Conclusions: Inflammation increases in adipose tissue macrophages of obese mice with severe acute pancreatitis. Free fatty acid generated via adipocyte lipolysis worsens inflammation in adipose tissue macrophages and the outcome of severe acute pancreatitis in obese mice through the NLRP3-caspase1 inflammasome pathway.

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