Obesity-induced pyroptotic adipocyte death leads to TREM2-dependent macrophage dysfunction and adipose tissue inflammation.

iScience 2026

Choi C, Lee J, Park G, Namgoong S, Lee YH

Abstract

Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is a key marker of lipid-associated macrophages (LAMs), but its role in adipose tissue homeostasis remains unclear due to conflicting results. This study aimed to investigate the role of TREM2 in adipose tissue inflammation and metabolic dysfunction during high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity. HFD feeding enhanced proteolytic cleavage of TREM2 in gonadal white adipose tissue (GWAT), driven by upregulation of the metalloproteinase ADAM10 and ADAM17.

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