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High-Fat Diet Induces Distinct Metabolic Response in Interleukin-6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Knockout Mice.

Studies suggest interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) may be beneficial in obesity-related disorders with inconsistent results. This study was designed to investigate and compare their pathophysiological roles in lipid metabolism with gene knockout approach. Male wild-type (WT), IL-6 knockout (IL-6-/- ), and TNF-α knockout (TNF-α-/- ) mice were maintained on either a chow diet or a high-fat diet (HFD) for 12 weeks. Indices of lipid metabolism in blood, adipose, and liver were determined. Our data showed that IL-6-/- and TNF-α-/- mice were more pronounced in body weight gains, hypercholesterolemia, fasting and post-load hyperglycemia on a chow diet or a HFD compared with WT mice. In WT mice feeding on a HFD, lipolysis and glyceroneogenesis were enhanced, lipogenesis was inhibited in adipose tissue; lipogenesis was increased in liver tissue. IL-6-/- mice on a chow diet or a HFD showed similar metabolic phenotypes as WT mice on a HFD, since those mice had similar expression profiles of lipid-related genes in adipose tissue and liver. However, TNF-α-/- mice were different. Therefore, IL-6-/- and TNF-α-/- mice showed different hepatic triglyceride infiltration in response to different diets. Our study suggests that complete blockage of IL-6 and TNF-α is unbeneficial in obesity and obesity-related metabolic disorders in mice.

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