Amino acids stimulate Akt phosphorylation, and reduce IL‐8 production and NF‐κB activity in HepG2 liver cells
- 3 November 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
- Vol. 54 (11), 1568-1573
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.200900438
Abstract
Hepatic insulin resistance and inflammatory cytokine production contribute to the manifestation of the metabolic syndrome. As amino acids have been implicated in modulating insulin signaling and inflammation, we have investigated the effects of glutamine, leucine and proline on markers of inflammation and insulin sensitivity in HepG2 liver cells. Cells were incubated with IL-1β (5 ng/mL) to stimulate IL-8 production. After 24 h, glutamine inhibited IL-8 production significantly (pp<0.001). Insulin-induced (1 nM) Akt phosphorylation was reduced in cells treated with tumour necrosis factor-α (10 ng/mL) for 24 h, but was partly restored by simultaneous incubation with glutamine, leucine and proline (25 mM). Phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase-3β was unaffected by insulin stimulation and amino acid treatment. Our results indicate that glutamine, leucine and proline attenuate IL-8 production, probably through inhibition of NF-κB, and that they increase Akt phosphorylation in HepG2 cells.Keywords
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