title: TNF-alpha modulates cytokine and cytokine receptors in C2C12 myotubes.
abstract: Incubation of C2C12 differentiated myotubes in the presence of 1000 units/ml (100 ng/ml) of recombinant murine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) for up 6 h caused an important increase in mRNA content of the cytokine (10-fold at 6 h). The levels of expression of the two cytokine receptors were not changed by the cytokine at short-time intervals, but 48 h of treatment resulted in a decreased expression of TNFR1 (33%). Interestingly, the presence of the cytokine resulted in significant increases in mRNA content for the catabolic pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 (17-fold) and IFN-gamma (8-fold). Similarly, TNF-alpha also caused a moderate increased expression of different anti-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-9 (104%), IL-10 (24%) and IL-15 (47%). The results suggest that other cytokines may be involved in mediating TNF-alpha action in skeletal muscle and that anti-inflammatory cytokines may be released as a counter-regulatory mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Group, Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028-, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: LeBris S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Busquets
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: López-Soriano
authors.forename: Josep M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Argilés
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D016207:Cytokines / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D047888:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D016207:Cytokines; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D047888:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha