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Cachectin/tumor necrosis factor decreases human adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase mRNA levels, synthesis, and activity

SK Fried and R Zechner
Laboratory of Human Behavior and Metabolism, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.

The effects of the cytokine cachectin/tumor necrosis factor (TNF) on human adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase (LPL) were studied. TNF is produced by activated macrophages and is thought to play a role in mediating hypertriglyceridemia and wasting of adipose tissue triglyceride stores (cachexia) that often accompany infection and malignancy. TNF effects were studied in human adipose tissue fragments maintained in organ culture in the presence of insulin and dexamethasone to induce high LPL activity. Addition of TNF to the culture medium for 20 h caused a dose-dependent inhibition of LPL activity to an average of 37% of controls at 50 U/ml TNF. This inhibition of LPL activity was explained by specific decreases in levels of LPL mRNA (to 40% of controls) and rates of LPL synthesis determined by biosynthetic labeling and immunoprecipitation (to 32% of controls). The decline in LPL synthesis was specific, as it occurred despite a small increase in overall protein synthesis in the presence of TNF. Comparable decreases in LPL activity were observed when TNF was added to adipose tissue cultured solely in the presence of insulin. Thus, similar to results in rodent models, TNF is a potent inhibitor of LPL gene expression in human adipose tissue. TNF may therefore play a role in the disorders of triglyceride catabolism and the pathogenesis of cachexia that occur with stimulation of the immune system in humans.
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