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Synergistic effect of rhTNF-alpha and rhIL-1 alpha in inducing anorexia in rats

Z. J. Yang, M. Koseki, M. M. Meguid, J. R. Gleason and D. Debonis
Department of Surgery, University Hospital, State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse 13210.

To investigate whether there is a synergistic effect of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha (rhTNF-alpha) and recombinant human interleukin-1 alpha (rhIL-1 alpha) in inducing anorexia, 32 rats with jugular catheters were studied (8 rats/group): controls received normal saline; the IL-1 group received rhIL-1 alpha (10 micrograms/kg); the TNF group received rhTNF-alpha (30 micrograms/kg); and the IL-1 + TNF group received the same concentration of both rhIL-1 alpha+rhTNF-alpha for 3 days; solutions were then switched to normal saline. No significant decrease in light- and dark-phase food intake occurred during infusion of subeffective rhTNF-alpha. Food intake was decreased on the first rhIL-1 alpha infusion day because of a decreased meal number during the dark phase. A significant decrease in food intake occurred with combined infusion of rhIL-1 alpha+rhTNF-alpha because of a reduction in meal number during dark phase and meal size during light phase. Our results show that rhIL-1 alpha and rhTNF-alpha, when administered concurrently, had a synergistic effect in inducing anorexia, suggesting that low concentrations of these cytokines as produced endogenously may have potential effects on other biological functions in vivo.

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