STIMULATION OF MUSCLE PROTEIN-DEGRADATION AND PROSTAGLANDIN-E2 RELEASE BY LEUKOCYTIC PYROGEN (INTERLEUKIN-1) - A MECHANISM FOR THE INCREASED DEGRADATION OF MUSCLE PROTEINS DURING FEVER
STIMULATION OF MUSCLE PROTEIN-DEGRADATION AND PROSTAGLANDIN-E2 RELEASE BY LEUKOCYTIC PYROGEN (INTERLEUKIN-1) - A MECHANISM FOR THE INCREASED DEGRADATION OF MUSCLE PROTEINS DURING FEVER
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm198303103081002
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
GOLDBERG, AL
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作者:
BARACOS, V;RODEMANN, HP;GOLDBERG, AL
To clarify the mechanisms underlying the loss of body protein during fever and sepsis, rat muscles were incubated with highly purified human leukocytic pyrogen. This polypeptide, which appears identical to interleukin-1, is released by leukocytes and signals the onset of fever in the hypothalamus. In muscles incubated at 37.degree. C, leukocytic pyrogen stimulated net protein degradation by 62-118% (P < 0.001). Proteolysis increased, but rates of muscle-protein synthesis did not change. The pyrogen also dramatically stimulated muscle synthesis of prostaglandin [PG] E2, which promotes protein breakdown in this tissue. Addition of indomethacin with leukocytic pyrogen prevented PG E2 synthesis and abolished the increase in proteolysis. The acceleration of protein breakdown induced by pyrogen was also blocked by Ep-475, an inhibitor of lysosomal thiol proteases. When muscles were incubated at 39.degree. C to mimic fever, protein breakdown increased, but addition of leukocytic pyrogen caused a further marked increase in proteolysis and PGE2 production. Human leukocytic pyrogen can act on skeletal muscle to stimulate intralysosomal proteolysis by increasing the production of PGE2. Cyclooxygenase inhibitors may be useful in the treatment of negative nitrogen balance in fever. The release of PGE2 induced by leukocytic pyrogen may account for the myalgia that accompanies fever.