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Jutant EM, Tu L, Humbert M, Guignabert C, Huertas A. The Thousand Faces of Leptin in the Lung. Chest 2020; 159:239-248. [PMID: 32795478 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.07.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Leptin is a pleotropic hormone known to regulate a wide range of systemic functions, from satiety to inflammation. Increasing evidence has shown that leptin and its receptor (ObR) are not only expressed in adipose tissue but also in several organs, including the lungs. Leptin levels were first believed to be elevated only in the lungs of obese patients, and leptin was suspected to be responsible for obesity-related lung complications. Aside from obesity, leptin displays many faces in the respiratory system, independently of body weight, as this cytokine-like hormone plays important physiological roles, from the embryogenic state to maturation of the lungs and the control of ventilation. The leptin-signaling pathway is also involved in immune modulation and cell proliferation, and its dysregulation can lead to the onset of lung diseases. This review article addresses the thousand faces of leptin and its signaling in the lungs under physiological conditions and in disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Etienne-Marie Jutant
- Université Paris-Saclay, School of Medicine, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; INSERM UMR_S 999, "Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies," Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Department of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine, Pulmonary Hypertension National Referral Center, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, School of Medicine, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; INSERM UMR_S 999, "Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies," Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, School of Medicine, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; INSERM UMR_S 999, "Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies," Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Department of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine, Pulmonary Hypertension National Referral Center, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, School of Medicine, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; INSERM UMR_S 999, "Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies," Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, School of Medicine, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; INSERM UMR_S 999, "Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies," Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Department of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine, Pulmonary Hypertension National Referral Center, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
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De Blasio MJ, Boije M, Kempster SL, Smith GCS, Charnock-Jones DS, Denyer A, Hughes A, Wooding FBP, Blache D, Fowden AL, Forhead AJ. Leptin Matures Aspects of Lung Structure and Function in the Ovine Fetus. Endocrinology 2016; 157:395-404. [PMID: 26479186 PMCID: PMC4701894 DOI: 10.1210/en.2015-1729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
In human and ovine fetuses, glucocorticoids stimulate leptin secretion, although the extent to which leptin mediates the maturational effects of glucocorticoids on pulmonary development is unclear. This study investigated the effects of leptin administration on indices of lung structure and function before birth. Chronically catheterized singleton sheep fetuses were infused iv for 5 days with either saline or recombinant ovine leptin (0.5 mg/kg · d leptin (LEP), 0.5 LEP or 1.0 mg/kg · d, 1.0 LEP) from 125 days of gestation (term ∼145 d). Over the infusion, leptin administration increased plasma leptin, but not cortisol, concentrations. On the fifth day of infusion, 0.5 LEP reduced alveolar wall thickness and increased the volume at closing pressure of the pressure-volume deflation curve, interalveolar septal elastin content, secondary septal crest density, and the mRNA abundance of the leptin receptor (Ob-R) and surfactant protein (SP) B. Neither treatment influenced static lung compliance, maximal lung volume at 40 cmH2O, lung compartment volumes, alveolar surface area, pulmonary glycogen, protein content of the long form signaling Ob-Rb or phosphorylated signal transducers and activators of transcription-3, or mRNA levels of SP-A, C, or D, elastin, vascular endothelial growth factor-A, the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2, angiotensin-converting enzyme, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ, or parathyroid hormone-related peptide. Leptin administration in the ovine fetus during late gestation promotes aspects of lung maturation, including up-regulation of SP-B.
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- Miles J De Blasio
- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (M.J.D.B., M.B., A.D., A.H., F.B.P.W., A.L.F., A.J.F.), University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine (S.L.K.), University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (G.C.S.S., D.S.C.-J.), University of Cambridge, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0SW, United Kingdom; School of Animal Biology (D.B.), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 60095; and Department of Biological and Medical Sciences (A.J.F.), Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (M.J.D.B., M.B., A.D., A.H., F.B.P.W., A.L.F., A.J.F.), University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine (S.L.K.), University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (G.C.S.S., D.S.C.-J.), University of Cambridge, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0SW, United Kingdom; School of Animal Biology (D.B.), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 60095; and Department of Biological and Medical Sciences (A.J.F.), Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (M.J.D.B., M.B., A.D., A.H., F.B.P.W., A.L.F., A.J.F.), University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine (S.L.K.), University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (G.C.S.S., D.S.C.-J.), University of Cambridge, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0SW, United Kingdom; School of Animal Biology (D.B.), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 60095; and Department of Biological and Medical Sciences (A.J.F.), Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (M.J.D.B., M.B., A.D., A.H., F.B.P.W., A.L.F., A.J.F.), University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine (S.L.K.), University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (G.C.S.S., D.S.C.-J.), University of Cambridge, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0SW, United Kingdom; School of Animal Biology (D.B.), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 60095; and Department of Biological and Medical Sciences (A.J.F.), Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (M.J.D.B., M.B., A.D., A.H., F.B.P.W., A.L.F., A.J.F.), University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine (S.L.K.), University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (G.C.S.S., D.S.C.-J.), University of Cambridge, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0SW, United Kingdom; School of Animal Biology (D.B.), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 60095; and Department of Biological and Medical Sciences (A.J.F.), Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (M.J.D.B., M.B., A.D., A.H., F.B.P.W., A.L.F., A.J.F.), University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine (S.L.K.), University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (G.C.S.S., D.S.C.-J.), University of Cambridge, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0SW, United Kingdom; School of Animal Biology (D.B.), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 60095; and Department of Biological and Medical Sciences (A.J.F.), Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (M.J.D.B., M.B., A.D., A.H., F.B.P.W., A.L.F., A.J.F.), University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine (S.L.K.), University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (G.C.S.S., D.S.C.-J.), University of Cambridge, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0SW, United Kingdom; School of Animal Biology (D.B.), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 60095; and Department of Biological and Medical Sciences (A.J.F.), Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (M.J.D.B., M.B., A.D., A.H., F.B.P.W., A.L.F., A.J.F.), University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine (S.L.K.), University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (G.C.S.S., D.S.C.-J.), University of Cambridge, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0SW, United Kingdom; School of Animal Biology (D.B.), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 60095; and Department of Biological and Medical Sciences (A.J.F.), Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (M.J.D.B., M.B., A.D., A.H., F.B.P.W., A.L.F., A.J.F.), University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine (S.L.K.), University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (G.C.S.S., D.S.C.-J.), University of Cambridge, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0SW, United Kingdom; School of Animal Biology (D.B.), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 60095; and Department of Biological and Medical Sciences (A.J.F.), Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (M.J.D.B., M.B., A.D., A.H., F.B.P.W., A.L.F., A.J.F.), University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine (S.L.K.), University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (G.C.S.S., D.S.C.-J.), University of Cambridge, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0SW, United Kingdom; School of Animal Biology (D.B.), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 60095; and Department of Biological and Medical Sciences (A.J.F.), Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (M.J.D.B., M.B., A.D., A.H., F.B.P.W., A.L.F., A.J.F.), University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine (S.L.K.), University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (G.C.S.S., D.S.C.-J.), University of Cambridge, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0SW, United Kingdom; School of Animal Biology (D.B.), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia 60095; and Department of Biological and Medical Sciences (A.J.F.), Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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De Blasio MJ, Boije M, Vaughan OR, Bernstein BS, Davies KL, Plein A, Kempster SL, Smith GCS, Charnock-Jones DS, Blache D, Wooding FBP, Giussani DA, Fowden AL, Forhead AJ. Developmental Expression and Glucocorticoid Control of the Leptin Receptor in Fetal Ovine Lung. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0136115. [PMID: 26287800 PMCID: PMC4545393 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
The effects of endogenous and synthetic glucocorticoids on fetal lung maturation are well-established, although the role of leptin in lung development before birth is unclear. This study examined mRNA and protein levels of the signalling long-form leptin receptor (Ob-Rb) in fetal ovine lungs towards term, and after experimental manipulation of glucocorticoid levels in utero by fetal cortisol infusion or maternal dexamethasone treatment. In fetal ovine lungs, Ob-Rb protein was localised to bronchiolar epithelium, bronchial cartilage, vascular endothelium, alveolar macrophages and type II pneumocytes. Pulmonary Ob-Rb mRNA abundance increased between 100 (0.69 fractional gestational age) and 144 days (0.99) of gestation, and by 2-4-fold in response to fetal cortisol infusion and maternal dexamethasone treatment. In contrast, pulmonary Ob-Rb protein levels decreased near term and were halved by glucocorticoid treatment, without any significant change in phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (pSTAT3) at Ser727, total STAT3 or the pulmonary pSTAT3:STAT3 ratio. Leptin mRNA was undetectable in fetal ovine lungs at the gestational ages studied. These findings demonstrate differential control of pulmonary Ob-Rb transcript abundance and protein translation, and/or post-translational processing, by glucocorticoids in utero. Localisation of Ob-Rb in the fetal ovine lungs, including alveolar type II pneumocytes, suggests a role for leptin signalling in the control of lung growth and maturation before birth.
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Affiliation(s)
- Miles J. De Blasio
- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cambridge, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cambridge, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cambridge, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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