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Cytokine regulation of skeletal muscle fatty acid metabolism: effect of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha
Authors:Bruce Clinton R  Dyck David J
Affiliation:Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1. crbruce@uoguelph.ca
Abstract:IL-6 and TNF-alpha have been associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, abnormalities in muscle fatty acid (FA) metabolism are strongly associated with the development of insulin resistance. However, few studies have directly examined the effects of either IL-6 or TNF-alpha on skeletal muscle FA metabolism. Here, we used a pulse-chase technique to determine the effect of IL-6 (50-5,000 pg/ml) and TNF-alpha (50-5,000 pg/ml) on FA metabolism in isolated rat soleus muscle. IL-6 (5,000 pg/ml) increased exogenous and endogenous FA oxidation by approximately 50% (P < 0.05) but had no effect on FA uptake or incorporation of FA into endogenous lipid pools. In contrast, TNF-alpha had no effect on FA oxidation but increased FA incorporation into diacylglycerol (DAG) by 45% (P < 0.05). When both IL-6 (5,000 pg/ml) and insulin (10 mU/ml) were present, IL-6 attenuated insulin's suppressive effect on FA oxidation, increasing exogenous FA oxidation (+37%, P < 0.05). Furthermore, in the presence of insulin, IL-6 reduced the esterification of FA to triacylglycerol by 22% (P < 0.05). When added in combination with IL-6 or leptin (10 microg/ml), the TNF-alpha-induced increase in DAG synthesis was inhibited. In conclusion, the results demonstrate that IL-6 plays an important role in regulating fat metabolism in muscle, increasing rates of FA oxidation, and attenuating insulin's lipogenic effects. In contrast, TNF-alpha had no effect on FA oxidation but increased FA incorporation into DAG, which may be involved in the development of TNF-alpha-induced insulin resistance in skeletal muscle.
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