TY - JOUR
T1 - Obesity-Associated Hypermetabolism and Accelerated Senescence of Bone Marrow Stromal Stem Cells Suggest a Potential Mechanism for Bone Fragility
AU - Tencerova, Michaela
AU - Frost, Morten
AU - Figeac, Florence
AU - Nielsen, Tina Kamilla
AU - Ali, Dalia
AU - Lauterlein, Jens Jacob Lindegaard
AU - Andersen, Thomas Levin
AU - Haakonsson, Anders Kristian
AU - Rauch, Alexander
AU - Madsen, Jonna Skov
AU - Ejersted, Charlotte
AU - Højlund, Kurt
AU - Kassem, Moustapha
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Obesity is associated with increased risk for fragility fractures. However, the cellular mechanisms are unknown. Using a translational approach combining RNA sequencing and cellular analyses, we investigated bone marrow stromal stem cells (BM-MSCs) of 54 men divided into lean, overweight, and obese groups on the basis of BMI. Compared with BM-MSCs obtained from lean, obese BM-MSCs exhibited a shift of molecular phenotype toward committed adipocytic progenitors and increased expression of metabolic genes involved in glycolytic and oxidoreductase activity. Interestingly, compared with paired samples of peripheral adipose tissue-derived stromal cells (AT-MSCs), insulin signaling of obese BM-MSCs was enhanced and accompanied by increased abundance of insulin receptor positive (IR+) and leptin receptor positive (LEPR+) cells in BM-MSC cultures. Their hyper-activated metabolic state was accompanied by an accelerated senescence phenotype. Our data provide a plausible explanation for the bone fragility in obesity caused by enhanced insulin signaling leading to accelerated metabolic senescence of BM-MSCs. Tencerova et al. show that in human obesity, BM-MSCs exhibit a hypermetabolic state defined by upregulation of insulin signaling with enhanced adipogenesis and increased intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to a senescence bone microenvironment contributing to bone fragility. Moreover, increased abundance of IR+ and LEPR+ BM-MSCs is characteristic of this phenotype, with an activated metabolic rate in obese subjects.
AB - Obesity is associated with increased risk for fragility fractures. However, the cellular mechanisms are unknown. Using a translational approach combining RNA sequencing and cellular analyses, we investigated bone marrow stromal stem cells (BM-MSCs) of 54 men divided into lean, overweight, and obese groups on the basis of BMI. Compared with BM-MSCs obtained from lean, obese BM-MSCs exhibited a shift of molecular phenotype toward committed adipocytic progenitors and increased expression of metabolic genes involved in glycolytic and oxidoreductase activity. Interestingly, compared with paired samples of peripheral adipose tissue-derived stromal cells (AT-MSCs), insulin signaling of obese BM-MSCs was enhanced and accompanied by increased abundance of insulin receptor positive (IR+) and leptin receptor positive (LEPR+) cells in BM-MSC cultures. Their hyper-activated metabolic state was accompanied by an accelerated senescence phenotype. Our data provide a plausible explanation for the bone fragility in obesity caused by enhanced insulin signaling leading to accelerated metabolic senescence of BM-MSCs. Tencerova et al. show that in human obesity, BM-MSCs exhibit a hypermetabolic state defined by upregulation of insulin signaling with enhanced adipogenesis and increased intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to a senescence bone microenvironment contributing to bone fragility. Moreover, increased abundance of IR+ and LEPR+ BM-MSCs is characteristic of this phenotype, with an activated metabolic rate in obese subjects.
KW - adipogenesis
KW - adipose-derived stem cells
KW - bone marrow skeletal stem cells
KW - differentiation potential
KW - insulin signaling
KW - obesity
KW - skeletal fragility
U2 - 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.04.066
DO - 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.04.066
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31091445
AN - SCOPUS:85065169436
SN - 2211-1247
VL - 27
SP - 2050-2062.e6
JO - Cell Reports
JF - Cell Reports
IS - 7
ER -
