Body weight regain often causes failure of obesity therapies while the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown.In this study,we report that immune cells,especially CD4+T cells,mediate the‘memory’of previous obe...Body weight regain often causes failure of obesity therapies while the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown.In this study,we report that immune cells,especially CD4+T cells,mediate the‘memory’of previous obese status.In a weight gain-loss-regain model,we found that C57BL/6J mice with an obesity history showed a much faster rate of body weight regain.This obesity memory could last for at least 2 months after previously obese mice were kept at the same body weight as non-obese mice.Surprisingly,such obesity memory was abrogated by dexamethasone treatment,whereas immunodeficient Rag1−/−and H2A−/−mice failed to establish such memory.Rag1−/−mice repossessed the obesity memory when immune cells or CD4+T cells isolated from previously obese mice were transferred.Furthermore,depletion of CD4+T cells led to obesity memory ablation.Taken together,we conclude that CD4+T cells mediate obesity memory and promote weight regain.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant 31301217)the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grants 2015BAI08B02 and 2014BAI02B01).
文摘Body weight regain often causes failure of obesity therapies while the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown.In this study,we report that immune cells,especially CD4+T cells,mediate the‘memory’of previous obese status.In a weight gain-loss-regain model,we found that C57BL/6J mice with an obesity history showed a much faster rate of body weight regain.This obesity memory could last for at least 2 months after previously obese mice were kept at the same body weight as non-obese mice.Surprisingly,such obesity memory was abrogated by dexamethasone treatment,whereas immunodeficient Rag1−/−and H2A−/−mice failed to establish such memory.Rag1−/−mice repossessed the obesity memory when immune cells or CD4+T cells isolated from previously obese mice were transferred.Furthermore,depletion of CD4+T cells led to obesity memory ablation.Taken together,we conclude that CD4+T cells mediate obesity memory and promote weight regain.
