title: Effects of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) on lipolytic activities of rat heart.
abstract: Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) inhibits lipoprotein lipase activity in cultured myocytes and in the Langendorff rat heart after 3 h perfusion with TNF of glucocorticoid-pretreated rats. TNF acutely stimulates glyc(ogen)olysis and concomitantly endogenous lipolysis. The latter was significantly increased only when rats had been pretreated with glucocorticoid or fed a trierucate-rich diet. Under these conditions, contractile activity of the Langendorff hearts was acutely increased by TNF. The mechanism of the acute increase of contractile function and the accompanying increased glycolytic and lipolytic activities, by TNF, may be explained by increased cytosolic Ca2+ and cAMP levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hülsmann
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dubelaar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000494:pharmacology; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008066:Lipolysis / Q000187:drug effects*; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D019344:Lactic Acid; D006003:Glycogen; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D005990:Glycerol; D006854:Hydrocortisone