title: Effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha on resistin expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and its mechanism.
abstract: In order to investigate the effect of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) on resistin expression in 3T3-L1 adipocytes, and further explore its mechanisms, the differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes were incubated with 0, 1, 10, 100 ng/mL TNFalpha respectively for 24 h, and then the expression of resistin was determined. The differentiated 3T3-L1 adipocytes were incubated with 100 ng/ mL TNFalpha for 3, 6, 24 h respectively, and then the expression of resistin mRNA was analyzed. 3T3-L1 adipocytes were induced to differentiate into mature adipocytes. The cells were randomly divided into 4 groups for culture. In the control group, no drugs were added. Cells of TNFalpha group were treated with 100 ng/mL TNFalpha. In Ro-31-8220 group, 5 micromol/L protein kinase C inhibitor Ro-31-8220 was added. With TNFalpha+Ro-31-8220 group, 100 ng/mL TNFalpha were added 1 h after the addition of 5 micromol/L Ro-31-8220. All adipocytes were cultured for 24 h. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blotting were employed to detect the expression of resistin gene. Our results showed that resistin protein and mRNA in 3T3-L1 adipocytes were inhibited by TNFalpha at different concentrations (P<0.01), and the inhibitory effect increased with the concentration (P<0.01). At the same concentrations, the inhibitory effect increased with time (P <0.01). Ro-31-8220 could inhibit its expression and the inhibitive effect remained unchanged with addition of TNFalpha (P>0.05). It was concluded that TNFalpha could inhibit the expression of resistin in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. The mechanism may be that the expression of resistin is partly controlled by protein kinase C signal conduction pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 30030, China.
authors.forename: Zaigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Muxun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lijun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hongwei
mesh_terms: D041721:3T3-L1 Cells; D017667:Adipocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D051379:Mice; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D052243:Resistin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D052243:Resistin; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha