RGD Reference Report - Induction and modulation of acute-phase response by protein malnutrition in rats: comparative effect of systemic and localized inflammation on interleukin-6 and acute-phase protein synthesis. - Rat Genome Database

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Induction and modulation of acute-phase response by protein malnutrition in rats: comparative effect of systemic and localized inflammation on interleukin-6 and acute-phase protein synthesis.

Authors: Lyoumi, S  Tamion, F  Petit, J  Dechelotte, P  Dauguet, C  Scotte, M  Hiron, M  Leplingard, A  Salier, JP  Daveau, M  Lebreton, JP 
Citation: Lyoumi S, etal., J Nutr. 1998 Feb;128(2):166-74.
RGD ID: 1598510
Pubmed: PMID:9446838   (View Abstract at PubMed)

The acute-phase protein (APP) response is regulated by cytokines such as interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF), but may also be influenced by malnutrition. The aims of this study were as follows: 1) to determine in rats the effect of a protein-deficient diet on IL-6 mRNA expression in intestine, liver and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), and on alpha-1 acid glycoprotein (AGP) and alpha-2 macroglobulin (A2M) serum levels and hepatic mRNA expression; 2) to compare, in protein-deficient rats, the IL-6 and APP responses after a turpentine (TO)- or a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation; and 3) to determine the effect of a protein malnutrition on IL-6 mRNA expression in rat PBMC treated ex vivo with LPS. Interleukin-6 mRNA was present in intestine and PBMC but not in the liver of malnourished rats, and was absent in any tissue or cells of controls. A2M was present in the serum from malnourished rats but not after refeeding. AGP mRNA expression was not influenced by protein malnutrition. In malnourished rats, IL-6 serum level peaked later than in controls after TO and LPS treatment. In malnourished TO-treated rats, A2M mRNA increased earlier than in controls and remained detectable later than in controls. AGP mRNA expression after TO was not influenced by protein malnutrition. In PBMC of malnourished rats, LPS-induced IL-6 mRNA expression occurred earlier and lasted longer than in controls. Our results indicate that protein malnutrition by itself induces IL-6 and A2M expression, and that it modulates the APP response to inflammation.

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TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
response to nutrient  IEP 1598510 RGD 

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Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
A2m  (alpha-2-macroglobulin)


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