Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 30, 579-585, Copyright © 1989 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Effect of tumor necrosis factor administration in vivo on lipoprotein lipase activity in various tissues of the rat

C Grunfeld, R Gulli, AH Moser, LA Gavin and KR Feingold
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

When added to murine adipocytes in culture, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) decreases the levels of lipoprotein lipase (LPL). Semb et al (1987. J. Biol Chem. 262: 8390-8394) have shown that administration of murine TNF to rats decreases lipoprotein lipase (LPL) in the epididymal fat pad with maximal inhibition requiring several hours. We have now tested the effects of treatment of rats with TNF on LPL activity in a variety of tissues and find that few show decreases in LPL under conditions that acutely increase serum triglycerides. Ninety minutes after treatment of male rats with human TNF (25 micrograms/200 g, i.v.), serum triglycerides rose 2.2-fold but there was no decrease in LPL activity in epididymal fat. Sixteen hours after TNF treatment LPL activity had decreased by 44% in epididymal fat, consistent with the previously reported data. In contrast, in female rats, no significant decrease was seen in LPL activity in parametrial adipose tissue at either 90 min or 16 hr after TNF administration despite increases in serum triglycerides (1.8-fold and 1.5-fold, respectively). There was little change in LPL activity in most other adipose tissue sites of male or female rats at either time after TNF treatment. No effect of TNF was seen on heart or diaphragm muscle LPL at any time. TNF treatment of both male and female rats produces consistent increases in de novo hepatic lipogenesis in vivo under conditions that increase serum triglycerides. It is unlikely that the limited effects of TNF on LPL in vivo can account for the rapid and sustained increase in serum triglycerides.
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