Proinflammatory cytokines regulate myogenic cell proliferation and fusion but have no impact on myotube protein metabolism or stress protein expression

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of the proinflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1-alpha (IL-1a), on myoblast proliferation and fusion and on myocyte protein metabolism and stress protein expression. Proliferation was suppressed...

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Published in:	Journal of interferon & cytokine research Vol. 18; no. 10; p. 879
Main Authors:	Ji, S Q, Neustrom, S, Willis, G M, Spurlock, M E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-10-1998
Subjects:	Cell Division - drug effects Cell Fusion - drug effects Heat-Shock Proteins - biosynthesis Humans Interleukin-1 - pharmacology Muscle Proteins - metabolism Myogenic Regulatory Factors - pharmacology Recombinant Proteins - pharmacology Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - pharmacology
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Summary:	The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of the proinflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1-alpha (IL-1a), on myoblast proliferation and fusion and on myocyte protein metabolism and stress protein expression. Proliferation was suppressed (p < 0.05) by both cytokines, alone and in combination, and at lower concentrations, the suppression was additive. Likewise, fusion was retarded (p < 0.05) by these cytokines alone and in combination. Myosin synthesis was not altered acutely or chronically by TNF-alpha alone or by the combination of this cytokine with IL-1alpha. Chronic exposure to TNF-alpha did not alter total cellular protein synthesis, but exposure to IL-1alpha and the cytokine combination resulted in an increase (14% to 19%, p < 0.05) in synthesis. Neither total cellular protein nor myosin degradation were influenced by either cytokine alone or by the combination. There was no detectable induction, acutely or chronically, of any of the stress proteins evaluated (HSC70, HSP70, or HSP60). These data suggest that cytokines may alter muscle growth and development prenatally and postnatally and that the changes in muscle protein metabolism during periods of immune challenge are not direct effects of TNF-alpha or IL-1alpha.
ISSN:	1079-9907
DOI:	10.1089/jir.1998.18.879