Desmosterol suppresses macrophage inflammasome activation and protects against vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis
Zhang X, McDonald JG, Aryal B, Canfrán-Duque A, Goldberg EL, Araldi E, Ding W, Fan Y, Thompson BM, Singh AK, Li Q, Tellides G, Ordovás-Montanes J, García Milian R, Dixit VD, Ikonen E, Suárez Y, Fernández-Hernando C. Desmosterol suppresses macrophage inflammasome activation and protects against vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2021, 118: e2107682118. PMID: 34782454, PMCID: PMC8617522, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2107682118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCholesterol biosynthetic intermediatesBiosynthetic intermediatesDependent inflammasome activationSingle-cell transcriptomicsMitochondrial reactive oxygen species productionFoam cell formationMacrophage foam cellsReactive oxygen species productionHuman coronary artery lesionsConversion of desmosterolTranscriptomic analysisMacrophage cholesterol metabolismPhysiological contextOxygen species productionLiver X receptor ligandsApoptosis-associated speck-like proteinRetinoid X receptor activationX receptor ligandsInflammasome activationAtherosclerotic plaquesSpeck-like proteinCholesterol homeostasisMacrophage inflammasome activationKey moleculesCell formationIL-33 causes thermogenic failure in aging by expanding dysfunctional adipose ILC2
Goldberg EL, Shchukina I, Youm YH, Ryu S, Tsusaka T, Young KC, Camell CD, Dlugos T, Artyomov MN, Dixit VD. IL-33 causes thermogenic failure in aging by expanding dysfunctional adipose ILC2. Cell Metabolism 2021, 33: 2277-2287.e5. PMID: 34473956, PMCID: PMC9067336, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.08.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOld miceType 2 innate lymphoid cellsInnate lymphoid cellsTissue-resident cellsCore body temperatureAdoptive transferIL-33ILC2 numbersTissue inflammationAged miceImmunometabolic responsesMetabolic impairmentLymphoid cellsDietary restrictionImmune systemILC2Functional defectsMiceBody temperatureFailureCellsInflammationTranscriptomic analysisInfectionStress response