Abstract
White adipose tissue (WAT) remodeling is dictated by coordinated interactions between adipocytes and resident stromal-vascular cells; however, the functional heterogeneity of adipose stromal cells has remained unresolved. We combined single-cell RNA-sequencing and FACS to identify and isolate functionally distinct subpopulations of Pdgfrβ stromal cells within visceral WAT of adult mice. Ly6c- Cd9- Pdgfrβ cells represent highly adipogenic visceral adipocyte precursor cells (“APCs”), whereas Ly6c Pdgfrβ cells represent fibro-inflammatory progenitors (“FIPs”). FIPs lack adipogenic capacity, display pro-fibrogenic/proinflammatory phenotypes, and can exert an anti-adipogenic effect on APCs. The pro-inflammatory and adipogenic phenotypes of Pdgfrβ cells are regulated, at least in part, by Nr4a nuclear receptors. These data highlight the functional heterogeneity of visceral WAT perivascular cells, and provide insight into potential cell-cell interactions impacting adipogenesis and inflammation. These improved strategies to isolate FIPs and APCs from visceral WAT will facilitate the study of physiological WAT remodeling and mechanisms leading to metabolic dysfunction.
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