Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Immunity and Metabolism, Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
The Second Clinical Medicine, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
Front Immunol. 2022 Feb 25;13:827486. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.827486. eCollection 2022.
Obesity and its associated Metabolic Syndromes (Mets) represent a global epidemic health problem. Metabolic inflammation, lipid accumulation and insulin resistance contribute to the progression of these diseases, thereby becoming targets for drug development. Epidemiological data have showed that the rate of helminth infection negatively correlates with the incidence of obesity and Mets. Correspondingly, numerous animal experiments and a few of clinic trials in human demonstrate that helminth infection or its derived molecules can mitigate obesity and Mets induction of macrophage M2 polarization, inhibition of adipogenesis, promotion of fat browning, and improvement of glucose tolerance, insulin resistance and metabolic inflammation. Interestingly, sporadic studies also uncover that several helminth infections can reshape gut microbiota of hosts, which is intimately implicated in the pathogenesis of obesity and Mets. Overall, these findings indicate that the crosstalk between helminth and hosts may be a novel direction for obesity and Mets therapy. The present article reviews the molecular mechanism of how helminth masters immunity and metabolism in obesity.
肥胖及其相关的代谢综合征(Mets)是一个全球性的流行健康问题。代谢炎症、脂质积累和胰岛素抵抗促使这些疾病进展,因此成为药物开发的靶点。流行病学数据表明,寄生虫感染率与肥胖和 Mets 的发病率呈负相关。相应地,大量的动物实验和一些人体临床试验表明,寄生虫感染或其衍生分子可以减轻肥胖和 Mets 诱导的巨噬细胞 M2 极化、抑制脂肪生成、促进脂肪棕色化以及改善葡萄糖耐量、胰岛素抵抗和代谢炎症。有趣的是,零星的研究还揭示了几种寄生虫感染可以重塑宿主的肠道微生物群,这与肥胖和 Mets 的发病机制密切相关。总的来说,这些发现表明寄生虫与宿主之间的相互作用可能是肥胖和 Mets 治疗的一个新方向。本文综述了寄生虫如何在肥胖中控制免疫和代谢的分子机制。