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Effects of interleukin-15 on lipid oxidation: disposal of an oral [(14)C]-triolein load.

Abstract
Interleukin 15 (IL-15) has previously been shown to have important effects on lipid metabolism in adipose tissue, particularly influencing the rate of the de novo fatty acid synthesis. The results presented here show that chronic administration to rats (100 microg/kg body weight) has important effects on the metabolic fate of an exogenous [(14)C]-triolein load, decreasing the incorporation of lipid into adipose tissue and significantly increasing the total (14)CO(2) formation from [(14)C]-triolein. Skeletal muscle and possibly liver seem to be the main organs involved in the action of IL-15 on lipid oxidation, since the presence of the cytokine in incubated EDL muscle with [(14)C]-palmitic acid increased (14)CO(2) formation by 39%. Concerning the mechanism, the results suggest that the transport of fatty acids into mitochondria could be involved in the action of IL-15 since the cytokine clearly increases the presence of L-CPT-I and CPT-II in liver tissue. In addition, IL-15 treatment resulted in a significant increment in the gene expression of PPARdelta, a transcription factor clearly related with lipid catabolism in many tissues. Altogether, the results presented here suggest that IL-15 alters exogenous lipid partitioning, limiting adipose tissue uptake and favouring oxidation.
AuthorsVanessa Almendro, Sílvia Busquets, Elisabet Ametller, Neus Carbó, Maite Figueras, Gemma Fuster, Josep M Argilés, Francisco J López-Soriano
JournalBiochimica et biophysica acta (Biochim Biophys Acta) Vol. 1761 Issue 1 Pg. 37-42 (Jan 2006) ISSN: 0006-3002 [Print] Netherlands
PMID16458591 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Interleukin-15
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Triolein
Topics
  • Animals
  • Interleukin-15 (genetics, pharmacology)
  • Male
  • Organ Specificity
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (genetics)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Triolein (metabolism)

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