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Rosiglitazone regulates IL-6-stimulated lipolysis in porcine adipocytes
1College of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, Shanxi Province 041000, People's Republic of China. yyqing71@163.com
Abstract:
Interleukin (IL)-6, a proinflammatory cytokine, stimulates adipocyte lipolysis and induces insulin resistance in obese and diabetic subjects. However, the effects of the anti-diabetic drug rosiglitazone on IL-6-stimulated lipolysis and the underlying molecular mechanism are largely unknown. In this study, we demonstrated that rosiglitazone suppressed IL-6-stimulated lipolysis in differentiated porcine adipocytes by inactivation of extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK). Meanwhile, rosiglitazone enhanced the lipolysis response of adipocytes to isoprenaline. In addition, rosiglitazone significantly reversed IL-6-induced down-regulation of several genes such as perilipin A, peroxisome proliferators activated receptor gamma (PPARγ), and fatty acid synthetase, as well as the up-regulation of IL-6 mRNA. However, mRNA expression of PPARγ coactivator-1 alpha (PCG-1α) was enhanced by rosiglitazone in IL-6-stimulated adipocytes. These results indicate that rosiglitazone suppresses IL-6-stimulated lipolysis in porcine adipocytes through multiple molecular mechanisms.
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