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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 62, 813-819, Copyright © 1995 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
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WR Beisel
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, USA.
Infection-induced malnutrition, the most common form of cytokine- induced malnutrition, results from the actions of proinflammatory cytokines, ie, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukins 1,6, and 8 (IL-1, IL-6, and IL-8). During acute generalized infections, these cytokines initiate the acute-phase reaction. This reaction is quite stereotyped, and includes fever, malaise, myalgia, headaches, cellular hypermetabolism, and multiple endocrine and enzyme responses. In addition, there is heightened catabolism of muscle proteins and many amino acids; flux of free amino acids into the liver; hepatic synthesis of acute-phase plasma proteins; sequestration of iron and zinc; gluconeo-genesis; insulin resistance; impaired cellular uptake of fatty acids from plasma triglycerides; sizable losses of body nitrogen, potassium, magnesium, phosphate, and zinc; retention of body salt and water; heightened metabolic degradation and/or loss of vitamins; and an activation of the immune system. The pathogenesis of cytokine-induced malnutrition is thus vastly different from the malnutrition caused by uncomplicated starvation. Cytokine-induced malnutrition can have a devastating effect on the immune system and its functions. Although proinflammatory cytokines are found in mucosal fluids, where they contribute to the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases, it is not known whether cytokines play a role in toxigenic, secretory diarrheas such as cholera, which cause huge losses of body water, electrolytes, and bicarbonate while exhibiting no systemic manifestations of an acute-phase reaction.
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