title: The effects of macrophage-derived cytokines on lipid metabolism in chicken (Gallus domesticus) hepatocytes and adipocytes.
abstract: 1. The effects of avian and mammalian cytokines on avian lipid metabolism were compared using cultured chicken hepatocytes and adipocytes. 2. Conditioned medium from an endotoxin-stimulated chicken macrophage cell line was used as a source of chicken cytokines. Incubation of chicken adipocytes with conditioned medium greatly decreased their lipoprotein lipase activity. 3. Inhibition of lipoprotein lipase synthesis in similar experiments in mammals has been attributed to the effects of TNF-alpha and/or IL-1, but recombinant human TNF-alpha and IL-1 had no effect on lipoprotein lipase activity in chicken adipocytes. 4. Conditioned medium from chicken macrophages produced a 2-fold increase in lipogenesis in chicken adipocytes but had no effect on lipogenesis in chicken hepatocytes. 5. The results point to major differences between mammals and birds in the way that lipid metabolism responds to cytokines and provide further evidence that mammalian cytokines are ineffective in birds.
authors.affiliation: AFRC Institute for Grassland and Animal Production, Poultry Department, Midlothian, UK.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Butterwith
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Griffin
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase