Stromal cells maintain immune cell homeostasis in adipose tissue via production of interleukin-33

T Mahlakõiv, AL Flamar, LK Johnston, S Moriyama… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
T Mahlakõiv, AL Flamar, LK Johnston, S Moriyama, GG Putzel, PJ Bryce, D Artis
Science immunology, 2019science.org
Obesity is driven by chronic low-grade inflammation resulting from dysregulated immune cell
accumulation and function in white adipose tissue (WAT). Interleukin-33 (IL-33) is a key
cytokine that controls innate and adaptive immune cell activity and immune homeostasis in
WAT, although the sources of IL-33 have remained controversial. Here, we show that WAT-
resident mesenchyme-derived stromal cells are the dominant producers of IL-33. Adipose
stem and progenitor cells (ASPCs) produced IL-33 in all WAT depots, whereas mesothelial …
Obesity is driven by chronic low-grade inflammation resulting from dysregulated immune cell accumulation and function in white adipose tissue (WAT). Interleukin-33 (IL-33) is a key cytokine that controls innate and adaptive immune cell activity and immune homeostasis in WAT, although the sources of IL-33 have remained controversial. Here, we show that WAT-resident mesenchyme-derived stromal cells are the dominant producers of IL-33. Adipose stem and progenitor cells (ASPCs) produced IL-33 in all WAT depots, whereas mesothelial cells served as an additional source of IL-33 in visceral WAT. ASPC-derived IL-33 promoted a regulatory circuit that maintained an immune tone in WAT via the induction of group 2 innate lymphoid cell–derived type 2 cytokines and maintenance of eosinophils, whereas mesothelial IL-33 also acted as an alarmin by inducing peritoneal immune response upon infection. Together, these data reveal a previously unrecognized regulatory network between tissue-resident progenitor cells and innate lymphoid cells that maintains immune homeostasis in adipose tissue.
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