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Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and
* Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
1Correspondence: Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18–20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. E-mail: Thomas.Stulnig{at}akh-wien.ac.at
Unbound cis-unsaturated free (i.e., nonesterified) fatty acids (FFA) inhibit T lymphocyte activation in vitro and therefore may exert immunosuppressive effects. However, in blood serum the major proportion of FFA is tightly bound to albumin, whereas unbound FFA are hardly detectable. Since serum FFA elevation occurs under pathological conditions like insulin resistance or cancer, which are often associated with a disturbed immune response, we addressed the question of whether increased serum FFA concentrations could affect T lymphocyte activation under in vivo conditions. Our studies revealed that 1) addition of pure long-chain cis-unsaturated FFA in the absence of albumin inhibited calcium response in cultured Jurkat T cells. 2) In healthy volunteers, serum FFA elevation by a lipid/heparin infusion, including predominantly unsaturated fatty acids, decreased calcium response of cultured T cells in contrast to studies without heparin. 3) Most notably, stepwise increasing serum FFA by lipid/heparin infusion also inhibited calcium response of simultaneously isolated autologous peripheral blood T lymphocytes as well as their CD4+ and CD8+ subsets. In conclusion, our data emphasize that serum FFA elevation is able to exert immunosuppressive effects in vivo.—Stulnig, T. M., Berger, M., Roden, M., Stingl, H., Raederstorff, D., Waldhäusl, W. Elevated serum free fatty acid concentrations inhibit T lymphocyte signaling.
Key Words: signal transduction • calcium signaling • lipids • antigen receptors • glycosylphosphatidylinositols
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