Figure 2.
Indirect coculture of macrophages with adipocytes promotes adipocyte mRNA expression of inflammatory factors. Quantitative reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR was performed using adipocyte mRNA. Adipocyte mRNA was isolated with and without prior indirect coculture with THP-1 macrophages, with and without costimulation using lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (10 ng/ml). mRNA expression of 3T3-L1-expressed IL-6, Mcp-1, and Rantes was enhanced with macrophage coculture and further enhanced by costimulation with LPS. Values represent the means of at least three independent experiments with s.e.m. *P < 0.05.