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The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol. 85, No. 9 3338-3342
Copyright © 2000 by The Endocrine Society


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Elevated Levels of Interleukin 6 Are Reduced in Serum and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue of Obese Women after Weight Loss1

Jean-Philippe Bastard, Claude Jardel, Eric Bruckert, Patricia Blondy, Jacqueline Capeau, Martine Laville, Hubert Vidal and Bernard Hainque

Service de Biochimie (J.-P.B., C.J., P.B., B.H.), Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris; Service de Biochimie et Hormonologie Hôpital Tenon-Rothschild (J.-P.B., J.C.), AP-HP, Paris; INSERM U-402 (J.-P.B., J.C.), Faculté de Médecine Saint-Antoine, Université Paris VI, Paris; Service d’Endocrinologie (E.B.), Hôpital de la Pitié, AP-HP, Paris; INSERM U-449 (M.L., H.V.), Faculté de Médecine RTH Laënnec, Lyon; and Département de Biochimie (B.H.), UFR de Pharmacie, Université Paris V, Paris, France

Address correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Jean-Philippe Bastard, M.D., Ph.D., Service de Biochimie et Hormonologie, Hôpital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine, 75970 Paris Cedex 20, France. E-mail: jean-philippe.bastard{at}tnn.ap-hop-paris.fr

The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of adipose cytokines in the obesity-associated insulin resistance. To that end, we compared: 1) serum concentrations of interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor {alpha} (TNF{alpha}), and leptin in eight healthy lean control females and in android obese female without (n = 14) and with (n = 7) type 2 diabetes; and 2) the levels of these cytokines both in serum and in sc adipose tissue in the 14 obese nondiabetic women before and after 3 weeks of a very low-calorie diet (VLCD). As compared with lean controls, obese nondiabetic and diabetic patients were more insulin resistant and presented increased values for leptin, IL-6, TNF{alpha}, and C-reactive protein. In the whole group, IL-6 values were more closely related to the parameters evaluating insulin resistance than leptin or TNF{alpha} values. VLCD resulted in weight loss and decreased body fat mass (~3 kg). Insulin sensitivity was improved with no significant change in both serum and adipose tissue TNF{alpha} levels. In contrast, VLCD induced significant decreases in IL-6 and leptin levels in both adipose tissue and serum. These results suggest that, as for leptin, circulating IL-6 concentrations reflect, at least in part, adipose tissue production. The reduced production and serum concentrations after weight loss could play a role in the improved sensitivity to insulin observed in these patients.




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