BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Hyperglycemia represents one of possible mediators for activation of immune system and may contribute to worsening of inflammatory state associated with obesity. The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of a short-term hyperglycemia (HG) on the phenotype and relative content of immune cells in circulation and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAAT) in obese women without metabolic complications. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Three hour HG clamp with infusion of octreotide and control investigations with infusion of octreotide or saline were performed in three groups of obese women (Group1: HG, Group 2: Octreotide, Group 3: Saline, n=10 per group). Before and at the end of the interventions, samples of SAAT and blood were obtained. The relative content of immune cells in blood and SAAT was determined by flow cytometry. Gene expression analysis of immunity-related markers in SAAT was performed by quantitative real-time PCR. RESULTS: In blood, no changes in analysed immune cell population were observed in response to HG. In SAAT, HG induced an increase in the content of CD206 negative monocytes/macrophages (p<0.05) and T lymphocytes (both T helper and T cytotoxic lymphocytes, p<0.01). Further, HG promoted an increase of mRNA levels of immune response markers (CCL2, TLR4, TNFα) and lymphocyte markers (CD3g, CD4, CD8a, TBX21, GATA3, FoxP3) in SAAT (p<0.05 and 0.01). Under both control infusions, none of these changes were observed. CONCLUSIONS: Acute HG significantly increased the content of monocytes and lymphocytes in SAAT of healthy obese women. This result suggests that the short-term HG can modulate an immune status of AT in obese subjects.

Franco Czech Laboratory for Clinical Research on Obesity 3rd Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Prague 10 CZ 100 00 Czech Republic; Department of Sport Medicine 3rd Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Prague CZ 100 00 Czech Republic

Franco Czech Laboratory for Clinical Research on Obesity 3rd Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Prague 10 CZ 100 00 Czech Republic; Department of Sport Medicine 3rd Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Prague CZ 100 00 Czech Republic; 2nd Internal Medicine Department Vinohrady Teaching Hospital Prague Czech Republic

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