abstract

• Skeletal muscle and adipose tissue are the two largest organs in the body. Skeletal muscle is an effector organ, and adipose tissue is an organ that stores energy; in addition, they are endocrine organs that secrete cytokines, namely myokines and adipokines, respectively. Myokines consist of myostatin, interleukin (IL)-8, IL-15, irisin, fibroblast growth factor 21, and myonectin; adipokines include leptin, adiponectin, resistin, chemerin, and visfatin. Furthermore, certain cytokines, such as IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α, are released by both skeletal muscle and adipose tissue and exhibit a bioactive effect; thus, they are called adipo-myokines. Recently, novel myokines or adipokines were identified through the secretomic technique, which has expanded our knowledge on the previously unknown functions of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue and provide a new avenue of investigation for obesity treatment or animal production. This review focuses on the roles of and crosstalk between myokines and adipokines in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue that modulate the molecular events in the metabolic homeostasis of the whole body.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

authors

• Li, Fengna
• Li, Yinghui
• Duan, Yehui
• Hu, Chien-an "Andy"
• Tang, Yulong
• Yin, Yulong

publication date

• February 2017

published in

• Cytokine & growth factor reviews  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cytogfr.2016.10.003

PubMed ID

• 27765498

start page

• 73

end page

• 82

volume

• 33

number