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Adipokines as Immune Cell Modulators in Multiple Sclerosis. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221910845. [PMID: 34639186 PMCID: PMC8509121 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic inflammatory and demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS), is a major clinical and societal problem, which has a tremendous impact on the life of patients and their proxies. Current immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory therapies prove to be relatively effective; however, they fail to concomitantly stop ongoing neurological deterioration and do not reverse acquired disability. The proportion to which genetic and environmental factors contribute to the etiology of MS is still incompletely understood; however, a recent association between MS etiology and obesity was shown, with obesity greatly increasing the risk of developing MS. An altered balance of adipokines, which are white adipose tissue (WAT) hormones, plays an important role in the low-grade chronic inflammation during obesity by their pervasive modification of local and systemic inflammation. Vice versa, inflammatory factors secreted by immune cells affect adipokine function. To explore the role of adipokines in MS pathology, we will here review the reciprocal effects of adipokines and immune cells and summarize alterations in adipokine levels in MS patient cohorts. Finally, we will discuss proof-of-concept studies demonstrating the therapeutic potential of adipokines to target both neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration processes in MS.
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Leptin for over 25 years has been a central theme in the study of appetite, obesity, and starvation. As the major site of leptin production is peripheral, and the site of action of greatest interest is the hypothalamus, how leptin accesses the central nervous system (CNS) and crosses the blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been of great interest. We review here the ongoing research that addresses fundamental questions such as the sites of leptin resistances in obesity and other conditions, the causes of resistances and their relations to one another, the three barrier sites of entry into the CNS, why recent studies using suprapharmacological doses cannot address these questions but give insight into nonsaturable entry of leptin into the CNS, and how that might be useful in using leptin therapeutically. The current status of the controversy of whether the short form of the leptin receptor acts as the BBB leptin transporter and how obesity may transform leptin transport is reviewed. Review of these and other topics summarizes in a new appreciation of what leptin may have actually evolved to do and what physiological role leptin resistance may play. © 2021 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 11:1-19, 2021.
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- William A Banks
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA.,Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Leptin modulates gene expression in the heart, cardiomyocytes and the adipose tissue thus mitigating LPS-induced damage. Exp Cell Res 2021; 404:112647. [PMID: 34015313 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Leptin is an adipokine of pleiotropic effects linked to energy metabolism, satiety, the immune response, and cardioprotection. We have recently shown that leptin causally conferred resistance to myocardial infarction-induced damage in transgenic αMUPA mice overexpressing leptin compared to their wild type (WT) ancestral mice FVB/N. Prompted by these findings, we have investigated here if leptin can counteract the inflammatory response triggered after LPS administration in tissues in vivo and in cardiomyocytes in culture. The results have shown that LPS upregulated in vivo and in vitro all genes examined here, both pro-inflammatory and antioxidant, as well as the leptin gene. Pretreating mice with leptin neutralizing antibodies further upregulated the expression of TNFα and IL-1β in the adipose tissue of both mouse types, and in the αMUPA heart. The antibodies also increased the levels of serum markers for cell toxicity in both mouse types. These results indicate that under LPS, leptin actually reduced the levels of these inflammatory-related parameters. In addition, pretreatment with leptin antibodies reduced the levels of HIF-1α and VEGF mRNAs in the heart, indicating that under LPS leptin increased the levels of these mRNAs. In cardiomyocytes, pretreatment with exogenous leptin prior to LPS reduced the expression of both pro-inflammatory genes, enhanced the expression of the antioxidant genes HO-1, SOD2 and HIF-1α, and lowered ROS staining. In addition, results obtained with leptin antibodies and the SMLA leptin antagonist indicated that endogenous and exogenous leptin can inhibit leptin gene expression. Together, these findings have indicated that under LPS, leptin concomitantly downregulated pro-inflammatory genes, upregulated antioxidant genes, and lowered ROS levels. These results suggest that leptin can counteract inflammation in the heart and adipose tissue by modulating gene expression.
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Peek V, Neumann E, Inoue T, Koenig S, Pflieger FJ, Gerstberger R, Roth J, Matsumura K, Rummel C. Age-Dependent Changes of Adipokine and Cytokine Secretion From Rat Adipose Tissue by Endogenous and Exogenous Toll-Like Receptor Agonists. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1800. [PMID: 32973755 PMCID: PMC7466552 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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White adipose tissue but recently also brown adipose tissue have emerged as endocrine organs. Age-associated obesity is accompanied by prolonged and elevated lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced sickness symptoms and increased cytokine and adipokine levels in the circulation partially originating from adipose tissue. In the present study, ex vivo fat explants were used to investigate how the exogenous pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) LPS or the endogenous danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) high mobility group box-1 protein (HMGB1) and biglycan modulate the release of cytokines and adipokines/batokines and, thus, could influence systemic and/or local inflammation. The response of adipose tissue (epididymal, retroperitoneal, subcutaneous, and brown) was compared between young lean and old obese rats (2 vs. 24 months old). LPS induced a strong interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha release into the supernatant of all adipose tissue types investigated. HMGB1 (subcutaneous) and biglycan (retroperitoneal) led to an increased release of IL-6 and TNFalpha (HMGB1) and decreased visfatin and adiponectin (biglycan) secretion from epididymal adipose tissue (young rats). Visfatin was also decreased by HMGB1 in retroperitoneal adipose tissue of old rats. We found significantly higher leptin (all fat pads) and adiponectin (subcutaneous) levels in supernatants of adipose tissue from old compared to young rats, whereas visfatin secretion showed the opposite. The expression of the biglycan receptor Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 as well as the LPS and HMGB1 receptors TLR4 and receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) were reduced with age (TLR4/RAGE) and by stimulation with their ligands (subcutaneous). Overall, we revealed that adipokines/adipose-tissue released cytokines show some modulation of their release caused by mediators of septic (batokines) and sterile inflammation with potential implication for acute and chronic disease. Moreover, aging may increase or decrease the release of fat-derived mediators. These data show that DAMPS and LPS locally modulate cytokine secretion while only DAMPS but not LPS can locally alter adipokine secretion during inflammation.
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- Verena Peek
- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Campus Kerckhoff, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, Japan
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.,Joachim Roth and Christoph Rummel, Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, Japan
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.,Joachim Roth and Christoph Rummel, Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Marburg, Germany
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Flatow EA, Komegae EN, Fonseca MT, Brito CF, Musteata FM, Antunes-Rodrigues J, Steiner AA. Elucidating the role of leptin in systemic inflammation: a study targeting physiological leptin levels in rats and their macrophages. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2017; 313:R572-R582. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00171.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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To elucidate the role of leptin in acute systemic inflammation, we investigated how its infusion at low, physiologically relevant doses affects the responses to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in rats subjected to 24 h of food deprivation. Leptin was infused subcutaneously (0–20 μg·kg−1·h−1) or intracerebroventricularly (0–1 μg·kg−1·h−1). Using hypothermia and hypotension as biomarkers of systemic inflammation, we identified the phase extending from 90 to 240 min post-LPS as the most susceptible to modulation by leptin. In this phase, leptin suppressed the rise in plasma TNF-α and accelerated the recoveries from hypothermia and hypotension. Suppression of TNF-α was not accompanied by changes in other cytokines or prostaglandins. Leptin suppressed TNF-α when infused peripherally but not when infused into the brain. Importantly, the leptin dose that suppressed TNF-α corresponded to the lowest dose that limited food consumption; this dose elevated plasma leptin within the physiological range (to 5.9 ng/ml). We then conducted in vitro experiments to investigate whether an action of leptin on macrophages could parallel our in vivo observations. The results revealed that, when sensitized by food deprivation, LPS-stimulated peritoneal macrophages can be inhibited by leptin at concentrations that are lower than those reported to promote cytokine release. It is concluded that physiological levels of leptin do not exert a proinflammatory effect but rather an anti-inflammatory effect involving selective suppression of TNF-α via an action outside the brain. The mechanism of this effect might involve a previously unrecognized, suppressive action of leptin on macrophage subpopulations sensitized by food deprivation, but future studies are warranted.
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- Elizabeth A. Flatow
- Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, New York; and
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- Department of Physiology, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Cinkajzlová A, Mráz M, Haluzík M. Lymphocytes and macrophages in adipose tissue in obesity: markers or makers of subclinical inflammation? PROTOPLASMA 2017; 254:1219-1232. [PMID: 28150048 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-017-1082-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Obesity is accompanied by the development of chronic low-grade inflammation in adipose tissue. The presence of chronic inflammatory response along with metabolically harmful factors released by adipose tissue into the circulation is associated with several metabolic complications of obesity such as type 2 diabetes mellitus or accelerated atherosclerosis. The present review is focused on macrophages and lymphocytes and their possible role in low-grade inflammation in fat. Both macrophages and lymphocytes respond to obesity-induced adipocyte hypertrophy by their migration into adipose tissue. After activation and differentiation, they contribute to the development of local inflammatory response and modulation of endocrine function of adipose tissue. Despite intensive research, the exact role of lymphocytes and macrophages within adipose tissue is only partially clarified and various data obtained by different approaches bring ambiguous information with respect to their polarization and cytokine production. Compared to immunocompetent cells, the role of adipocytes in the obesity-related adipose tissue inflammation is often underestimated despite their abundant production of factors with immunomodulatory actions such as cytokines or adipokines such as leptin, adiponektin, and others. In summary, conflicting evidence together with only partial correlation of in vitro findings with true in vivo situation due to great heterogeneity and molecular complexity of tissue environment calls for intensive research in this rapidly evolving and important area.
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- Anna Cinkajzlová
- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
- Centre of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
- Diabetes Centre, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Centre of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Diabetes Centre, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Department of Obesitology, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Mastronardi CA, Yu WH, McCann SM. Comparisons of the Effects of Anesthesia and Stress on Release of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, Leptin, and Nitric Oxide in Adult Male Rats. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2016; 226:296-300. [PMID: 11368420 DOI: 10.1177/153537020122600405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulates massive release of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) together with nitric oxide (NO) and a lessor release of leptin. We hypothesized that other types of stress such as that of surgery might also release these cytokines and NO. Adult male rats were anesthetized with ketamine/acepromazine/xylazine anesthesia (90 + 2 + 6 mg/ml, respectively) and an external jugular catheter was inserted for removal of blood samples (0.6 ml) at various times postoperatively. Plasma TNF-α was almost undetectable in decapitated rats and was near zero immediately following the placement of the jugular catheter (time zero [to]). As the rats awakened from anesthesia, there was a rise in TNF-α at 30 min that peaked at 2 hr with a 400-fold increase and then precipitously declined 40-fold to a level still greater than zero at 3 hr. At 6 hr on the following morning, TNF-α values were near zero, but following connection of tubing and withdrawal of the initial blood sample, there was a 100-fold increase 1 hr later, followed by a decline over the next 3 hr. In contrast, plasma [NO3/NO2] from decapitated rats was 117 μM. Values at t0 were decreased and plummeted 4-fold within 30 min, then rose slightly in the ensuing 3 hr. At 6 hr on the next day [NO3/NO2] values were lower than at t0 and declined gradually during the next 4 hr. Leptin gradually declined from pre-operative concentrations, reaching a minimum at 3 hr and its concentration was unaffected by the bleeding stress of the second day. We conclude that release of TNF-α, [NO3/NO2], and leptin are neurally controlled since plasma levels of all three declined as a result of anesthesia. TNF-α secretion was remarkably stress responsive, whereas NO release appeared to be suppressed by the combined operative and bleeding stress, and leptin was stress unresponsive.
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- C A Mastronardi
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70808-4124, USA
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Mastronardi CA, Paz-Filho G, Zanoni M, Molano-González N, Arcos-Burgos M, Licinio J, Wong ML. Temporal gene expression in the hippocampus and peripheral organs to endotoxin-induced systemic inflammatory response in caspase-1-deficient mice. Neuroimmunomodulation 2015; 22:263-73. [PMID: 25633245 PMCID: PMC4710542 DOI: 10.1159/000368310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Caspase-1 (casp1), a key protease involved in the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), controls the brain expression of a set of eight genes: Nos2 and Ptgs2 (nitric oxide synthase 2 and prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2, two inducible enzymes), Cxcl1 and Cxcl10 (C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 1 and ligand 10), Tgtp and Gbp2 (T cell-specific GTPase 1 and guanylate-binding protein 2, two GTPases), Adamts1 (a disintegrin-like and metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif, 1, a metalloprotease) and Il1rn (interleukin-1 receptor antagonist). Our objective was to ascertain whether casp1 also controlled the peripheral expression of these genes and, if so, to compare their central versus peripheral patterns of gene expression in immune and endocrine tissues during SIRS. METHODS Wild-type (wt) and casp1 knockout (casp1(-/-)) mice were injected with either saline or a high dose of endotoxin/lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 800 μg/mice i.p.). Saline-injected mice were immediately euthanized after injection, whereas LPS-injected mice were sacrificed 6 and 12 h after LPS administration. Hippocampal, splenic and adrenal gene expressions were determined by real-time PCR. RESULTS Overall, casp1(-/-) mice showed a lower inflammatory response than wt mice. The expression levels of powerful proinflammatory factors such as Nos2 and Ptgs2 was reduced in casp1(-/-) mice. Moreover, a hierarchical clustering analysis aimed at studying patterns of gene coexpression revealed large alterations in the hippocampal pattern of casp1(-/-) mice. Surprisingly, the expression of Adamts1 was increased in the hippocampus and adrenals of casp1(-/-) mice. CONCLUSIONS The resilience of casp1(-/-) mice to SIRS lethality is associated with a lower inflammatory response, loss of hippocampal gene coexpression patterns, and increased hippocampal Adamts1 gene expression. The latter might be beneficial for casp1(-/-) mice, since ADAMTS1 is likely to play a role in neuronal plasticity. The mechanisms described here may help the development of either novel biomarkers or therapeutic targets against SIRS/sepsis.
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- Claudio Alberto Mastronardi
- Genomics and Predictive Medicine Group, Genome Biology Department, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Genomics and Predictive Medicine Group, Genome Biology Department, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Center for Autoimmune Diseases Research (CREA), School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Genomics and Predictive Medicine Group, Genome Biology Department, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Mind and Brain Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Mind and Brain Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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Santos GA, Moura RF, Vitorino DC, Roman EAFR, Torsoni AS, Velloso LA, Torsoni MA. Hypothalamic AMPK activation blocks lipopolysaccharide inhibition of glucose production in mice liver. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2013; 381:88-96. [PMID: 23916575 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2013] [Revised: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Endotoxic hypoglycaemia has an important role in the survival rates of septic patients. Previous studies have demonstrated that hypothalamic AMP-activated protein kinase (hyp-AMPK) activity is sufficient to modulate glucose homeostasis. However, the role of hyp-AMPK in hypoglycaemia associated with endotoxemia is unknown. The aims of this study were to examine hyp-AMPK dephosphorylation in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated mice and to determine whether pharmacological hyp-AMPK activation could reduce the effects of endotoxemia on blood glucose levels. LPS-treated mice showed reduced food intake, diminished basal glycemia, increased serum TNF-α and IL-1β levels and increased hypothalamic p-TAK and TLR4/MyD88 association. These effects were accompanied by hyp-AMPK/ACC dephosphorylation. LPS-treated mice also showed diminished liver expression of PEPCK/G6Pase, reduction in p-FOXO1, p-AMPK, p-STAT3 and p-JNK level and glucose production. Pharmacological hyp-AMPK activation blocked the effects of LPS on the hyp-AMPK phosphorylation, liver PEPCK expression and glucose production. Furthermore, the effects of LPS were TLR4-dependent because hyp-AMPK phosphorylation, liver PEPCK expression and fasting glycemia were not affected in TLR4-mutant mice. These results suggest that hyp-AMPK activity may be an important pharmacological target to control glucose homeostasis during endotoxemia.
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- G A Santos
- Departamento de Medicina Interna, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas-UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) regulates the blood-to-brain passage of gastrointestinal hormones, thus informing the brain about feeding and nutritional status. Disruption of this communication results in dysregulation of feeding and body weight control. Leptin, which crosses the BBB to inform the CNS about adiposity, provides an example. Impaired leptin transport, especially coupled with central resistance, results in obesity. Various substances/conditions regulate leptin BBB transport. For example, triglycerides inhibit leptin transport. This may represent an evolutionary adaptation in that hypertriglyceridemia occurs during starvation. Inhibition of leptin, an anorectic, during starvation could have survival advantages. The large number of other substances that influence feeding is explained by the complexity of feeding. This complexity includes cognitive aspects; animals in the wild are faced with cost/benefit analyses to feed in the safest, most economical way. This cognitive aspect partially explains why so many feeding substances affect neurogenesis, neuroprotection, and cognition. The relation between triglycerides and cognition may be partially mediated through triglyceride's ability to regulate the BBB transport of cognitively active gastrointestinal hormones such as leptin, insulin, and ghrelin.
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- William A Banks
- GRECC, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System and Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98108, USA.
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Huff NK, Thompson DL, Mitcham PB, Storer WA. Hyperleptinemia in horses: Responses to administration of a small dose of lipopolysaccharide endotoxin in mares and geldings1. J Anim Sci 2010; 88:926-36. [DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Gautron L, Layé S. Neurobiology of inflammation-associated anorexia. Front Neurosci 2010; 3:59. [PMID: 20582290 PMCID: PMC2858622 DOI: 10.3389/neuro.23.003.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Accepted: 12/16/2009] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Compelling data demonstrate that inflammation-associated anorexia directly results from the action of pro-inflammatory factors, primarily cytokines and prostaglandins E2, on the nervous system. For instance, the aforementioned pro-inflammatory factors can stimulate the activity of peripheral sensory neurons, and induce their own de novo synthesis and release into the brain parenchyma and cerebrospinal fluid. Ultimately, it results in the mobilization of a specific neural circuit that shuts down appetite. The present article describes the different cell groups and neurotransmitters involved in inflammation-associated anorexia and examines how they interact with neural systems regulating feeding such as the melanocortin system. A better understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying inflammation-associated anorexia will help to develop appetite stimulants for cancer and AIDS patients.
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- Laurent Gautron
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX, USA
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Leptin concentrations and the immune-mediated reduction of feed intake in sheep infected with the nematode Trichostrongylus colubriformis. Br J Nutr 2009; 102:954-7. [PMID: 19785931 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114509359115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The hypothesis that increases in the concentration of the anorectic peptide leptin may be responsible for the immune-mediated reduction in feed intake (FI) during gastrointestinal parasitism in sheep was investigated. In a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design, the first factor was age at the start of infection (5 months old v. 17 months old). The second factor was parasite infection (no infection v. administration of eighty L3 infective Trichostrongylus colubriformis larvae/kg live weight (LW) per d three times per week for 77 d). The third factor was immunosuppressive therapy with a corticosteroid (no therapy or weekly intramuscular injection of 40 mg methylprednisolone acetate/30 kg LW). Relative to their uninfected counterparts, a 20 % reduction in FI per unit LW (FI/LW; g DM/kg LW) was observed in infected non-suppressed 5-month-old lambs from 21 to 63 d post-infection (P < 0.001) but not in comparable17-month-old ewes or in corticosteroid-treated lambs or ewes (P>0.05 for all), allowing the suggestion that the anorexia was a consequence of the developing immune response. The reduction in FI/LW in 5-month-old lambs was not associated with an increase in plasma leptin concentration. Furthermore, plasma leptin concentrations were greater in corticosteroid-treated animals (P < 0.001) and in 17-month-old animals (P < 0.001), none of which displayed an infection-induced reduction in FI/LW. Plasma leptin was positively correlated with carcass fat percentage in both 5-month-old (P = 0.016) and 17-month-old (P < 0.001) animals and did not appear to provide a direct feedback mechanism that restricted energy intake. The results do not support the hypothesis that an increase in circulating leptin is directly responsible for the immune-mediated anorexia in lambs during T. colubriformis infection.
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Steiner AA, Krall CM, Liu E. A reappraisal on the ability of leptin to induce fever. Physiol Behav 2009; 97:430-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2009] [Revised: 03/13/2009] [Accepted: 03/16/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Spencer SJ, Mouihate A, Galic MA, Ellis SL, Pittman QJ. Neonatal immune challenge does not affect body weight regulation in rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 293:R581-9. [PMID: 17507437 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00262.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The perinatal environment plays a crucial role in programming many aspects of adult physiology. Myriad stressors during pregnancy, from maternal immune challenge to nutritional deficiency, can alter long-term body weight set points of the offspring. In light of the increasing concern over body weight issues, such as obesity and anorexia, in modern societies and accumulating evidence that developmental stressors have long-lasting effects on other aspects of physiology (e.g., fever, pain), we explored the role of immune system activation during neonatal development and its impact on body weight regulation in adulthood. Here we present a thorough evaluation of the effects of immune system activation (LPS, 100 microg/kg ip) at postnatal days 3, 7, or 14 on long-term body weight, adiposity, and body weight regulation after a further LPS injection (50 microg/kg ip) or fasting and basal and LPS-induced circulating levels of the appetite-regulating proinflammatory cytokine leptin. We show that neonatal exposure to LPS at various times during the neonatal period has no long-term effects on growth, body weight, or adiposity. We also observed no effects on body weight regulation in response to a short fasting period or a further exposure to LPS. Despite reductions in circulating leptin levels in response to LPS during the neonatal period, no long-term effects on leptin were seen. These results convincingly demonstrate that adult body weight and weight regulation are, unlike many other aspects of adult physiology, resistant to programming by a febrile-dose neonatal immune challenge.
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- Sarah J Spencer
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Department of Physiology and Biophysiscs, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Mastronardi C, Whelan F, Yildiz OA, Hannestad J, Elashoff D, McCann SM, Licinio J, Wong ML. Caspase 1 deficiency reduces inflammation-induced brain transcription. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:7205-10. [PMID: 17409187 PMCID: PMC1847598 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0701366104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a life-threatening medical condition characterized by a severe and generalized inflammatory state that can lead to multiple organ failure and shock. The CNS regulates many features of SIRS such as fever, cardiovascular, and neuroendocrine responses. Central and systemic manifestations of SIRS can be induced by LPS or IL-1beta administration. The crucial role of IL-1beta in inflammation has been further highlighted by studies of mice lacking caspase 1 (casp1, also known as IL-1beta convertase), a protease that cleaves pro-IL-1beta into mature IL-1beta. Indeed, casp1 knockout (casp1(-/-)) mice survive lethal doses of LPS. The key role of IL-1beta in sickness behavior and its de novo expression in the CNS during inflammation led us to test the hypothesis that IL-1beta plays a major role modulating the brain transcriptome during SIRS. We show a gene-environment effect caused by LPS administration in casp1(-/-) mice. During SIRS, the expression of several genes, such as chemokines, GTPases, the metalloprotease ADAMTS1, IL-1RA, the inducible nitric oxide synthase, and cyclooxygenase-2, was differentially increased in casp1(-/-) mice. Our findings may contribute to the understanding of the molecular changes that take place within the CNS during sepsis and SIRS and the development of new therapies for these serious conditions. Our results indicate that those genes may also play a role in several neuropsychiatric conditions in which inflammation has been implicated and indicate that casp1 might be a potential therapeutic target for such disorders.
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- Claudio Mastronardi
- *Center on Pharmacogenomics, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136
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- Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1761
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- Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1761
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- Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1761
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024; and
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- Facultad de Medicina, Centro de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos–Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina, Paraguay 2155, p.16. 1121 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- *Center on Pharmacogenomics, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136
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- *Center on Pharmacogenomics, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136
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Ribeiro R, Araújo A, Lopes C, Medeiros R. Immunoinflammatory mechanisms in lung cancer development: is leptin a mediator? J Thorac Oncol 2007; 2:105-8. [PMID: 17410023 DOI: 10.1016/s1556-0864(15)30035-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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This is a short review focusing on leptin immunoinflammatory mechanisms that ultimately may contribute to lung cancer development. We explored the complex and intricate interaction of leptin with immune cells to propose a pathway of inflammation-associated lung cancer development.
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- Ricardo Ribeiro
- Molecular Oncology--CI, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Porto, Portugal
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Steiner AA, Romanovsky AA. Leptin: at the crossroads of energy balance and systemic inflammation. Prog Lipid Res 2006; 46:89-107. [PMID: 17275915 PMCID: PMC1976277 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2006.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2006] [Revised: 11/10/2006] [Accepted: 11/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In addition to playing a central role in energy homeostasis, leptin is also an important player in the inflammatory response. Systemic inflammation is accompanied by fever (less severe cases) or hypothermia (more severe cases). In leptin-irresponsive mutants, the hypothermia of systemic inflammation is exaggerated, presumably due to the enhanced production and cryogenic action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. Mechanisms that exaggerate hypothermia can also attenuate fever, particularly in a cool environment. Another common manifestation of systemic inflammation is behavioral depression. Along with the production of interleukin (IL)-1beta, this manifestation is exaggerated in leptin-irresponsive mutants. The enhanced production of TNF-alpha and IL-1beta may be due, at least in part, to insufficient activation of the anti-inflammatory hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis by immune stimuli in the absence of leptin signaling. In experimental animals and humans that are responsive to leptin, suppression of leptin production under conditions of negative energy balance (e.g., fasting) can exaggerate both hypothermia and behavioral depression. Since these manifestations aid energy conservation, exaggeration of these manifestations under conditions of negative energy balance is likely to be beneficial.
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- Alexandre A Steiner
- Systemic Inflammation Laboratory, Trauma Research, St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA
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Unno Y, Akuta T, Sakamoto YI, Horiuchi S, Akaike T. Nitric oxide-induced downregulation of leptin production by 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Nitric Oxide 2006; 15:125-32. [PMID: 16442319 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2005.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2005] [Revised: 11/21/2005] [Accepted: 12/10/2005] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Leptin secreted mainly by adipocytes plays an important role in insulin sensitivity in metabolic syndrome. Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in 3T3-L1 adipocytes is induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and several proinflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). Because the role of iNOS-derived nitric oxide (NO) in adipocyte function has not been fully clarified, the question that we addressed in the present study was whether iNOS-derived NO is involved in regulation of leptin secretion by adipocytes. Incubation of 3T3-L1 adipocytes for 12h with a mixture of IFN-gamma and LPS caused not only a 55% reduction in leptin secretion and a 52% reduction in leptin mRNA, but also significant induction of iNOS at both protein and mRNA levels. Inhibition of leptin secretion that had been induced by the IFN-gamma-LPS mixture was completely nullified by NOS inhibitors such as Nomega-monomethyl-L-arginine and aminoguanidine. Treatment of adipocytes with NO donors such as an NONOate and S-nitrosoglutathione produced an effect on leptin secretion similar to that of the IFN-gamma-LPS mixture. It is likely therefore that NO mediates downregulation of leptin caused by the IFN-gamma-LPS mixture in 3T3-L1 adipocytes, which suggests an important role for NO in adipocyte functions.
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- Yuka Unno
- Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Gautron L, Mingam R, Moranis A, Combe C, Layé S. Influence of feeding status on neuronal activity in the hypothalamus during lipopolysaccharide-induced anorexia in rats. Neuroscience 2005; 134:933-46. [PMID: 16039792 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.03.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2004] [Revised: 03/20/2005] [Accepted: 03/30/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Fasting attenuates disease-associated anorexia, but the mechanisms underlying this effect are not well understood. In the present study, we investigated the extent to which a 48 h fast alters hypothalamic neuronal activity in response to the anorectic effects of lipopolysaccharide in rats. Male rats were fed ad libitum or fasted, and were injected with i.p. saline or lipopolysaccharide (250 microg/kg). Immunohistochemistry for Fos protein was used to visualize neuronal activity in response to lipopolysaccharide within selected hypothalamic feeding regulatory nuclei. Additionally, food intake, body weight, plasma interleukin-1 and leptin levels, and the expression of mRNA for appetite-related neuropeptides (neuropeptide Y, proopiomelanocortin and cocaine-amphetamine-regulated transcript) were measured in a time-related manner. Our data show that the pattern of lipopolysaccharide-induced Fos expression was similar in most hypothalamic nuclei whatever the feeding status. However, we observed that fasting significantly reduced lipopolysaccharide-induced Fos expression in the paraventricular nucleus, in association with an attenuated lipopolysaccharide-induced anorexia and body weight loss. Moreover, lipopolysaccharide reduced fasting-induced Fos expression in the perifornical area of the lateral hypothalamus. Lipopolysaccharide-induced circulating levels of interleukin-1 were similar across feeding status. Finally, fasting, but not lipopolysaccharide, affected circulating level of leptin and appetite-related neuropeptides expression in the arcuate nucleus. Together, our data show that fasting modulates lipopolysaccharide-induced anorexia and body weight loss in association with neural changes in specific hypothalamic nuclei.
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- L Gautron
- Laboratoire des Régulations Neuroendocriniennes, EA 2972, Université Bordeaux I, 33400 Talence, France
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Kulcsár M, Jánosi S, Lehtolainen T, Kátai L, Delavaud C, Balogh O, Chilliard Y, Pyörälä S, Rudas P, Huszenicza G. Feeding-unrelated factors influencing the plasma leptin level in ruminants. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2005; 29:214-26. [PMID: 15885961 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2005.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2005] [Revised: 03/03/2005] [Accepted: 03/03/2005] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The triglyceride content of lipid depots associated with the current feeding level is the primary determinant of leptin gene expression and the circulating leptin level. In laboratory rodents and primates the plasma leptin is influenced also by the age, gender and physiological status (puberty, pregnancy, lactation, postpartum period), and by the health condition such as sepsis due to Gram-negative (GN) bacteria. Some pathologic conditions with intensive cytokine release evoke an increase in plasma leptin, which is thought to depress the subsequent feed intake. However, the effect of these secondary factors may be species-dependent, with still unknown clinical relevance in ruminants. In our ovine and bovine models plasma leptin increased after castration and dexamethasone treatment, decreased after experimental administration of synthetic androgens in castrated rams, but remained unchanged throughout the ovarian cycle and after ovariectomy. The circulating leptin level increased temporarily during synthetic progestin (fluorogestone) treatment in ewes, but similar changes were not seen in progesterone-supplemented ewes and norgestomet-treated cows. In a second trial on dairy cows we wanted to study whether elevated plasma leptin levels are induced by experimental endotoxin mastitis, or by natural outbreak of GN mastitis and puerperal metritis. Experimental endotoxin mastitis resulted in some-hour elevation in cortisol and insulin, with a simultaneous decrease in IGF-I and thyroid hormones. In the first 14 days of lactation GN mastitis induced the same endocrine alterations as the experimental endotoxin challenge, but in natural cases these changes varied within a wider range, and were more protracted and robust. Cows with puerperal metritis had more obvious catabolic changes in the early weeks of lactation, than their healthy counterparts. However, both mastitis and puerperal metritis failed to increase the circulating leptin level, showing that in cows the plasma leptin is not responsible for the anorexia associated with these inflammatory diseases.
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- M Kulcsár
- Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, P.O. Box 2, H-1400 Budapest, Hungary
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Gómez-Ambrosi J, Becerril S, Oroz P, Zabalza S, Rodríguez A, Muruzábal FJ, Archanco M, Gil MJ, Burrell MA, Frühbeck G. Reduced adipose tissue mass and hypoleptinemia in iNOS deficient mice: effect of LPS on plasma leptin and adiponectin concentrations. FEBS Lett 2004; 577:351-6. [PMID: 15556608 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2004] [Revised: 10/05/2004] [Accepted: 10/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the lack of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) on body weight and adipose tissue mass as well as on plasma leptin and adiponectin in basal conditions and 6 h after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration in mice. Body weight was not different among male, six-week-old wild-type (WT) and iNOS-/- animals. However, the amount of epididymal white adipose tissue (EWAT) in iNOS-/- mice was significantly reduced (P<0.05). Circulating leptin and leptin mRNA in EWAT were decreased in iNOS-/- mice (P<0.05 and P<0.01, respectively). Plasma adiponectin and adiponectin mRNA were unchanged. LPS administration increased plasma leptin in both genotypes (P<0.05). Neither genotype nor treatment changed plasma adiponectin. In summary, iNOS-/- mice exhibited normal body weight but reduced adipose mass accompanied by hypoleptinemia. Leptin responsiveness to LPS in iNOS-/- mutants is preserved, showing that the LPS-induced rise in leptin is independent of the presence of functional iNOS. In addition, iNOS deficiency or LPS does not influence expression and circulating levels of adiponectin.
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- Javier Gómez-Ambrosi
- Metabolic Research Laboratory, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, Edificio CIFA, University of Navarra, Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.
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Huszenicza G, Jánosi S, Gáspárdy A, Kulcsár M. Endocrine aspects in pathogenesis of mastitis in postpartum dairy cows. Anim Reprod Sci 2004; 82-83:389-400. [PMID: 15271468 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2004.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In well-managed dairy herds some environmental pathogens including Gram-negative (GN) strains (E. coli and others) have been recognized recently as the predominant causative microbes of mastitis in the peri-parturient period. In early weeks of lactation hyperketonaemia may predispose the high-producing cows for GN mastitis. In GN mastitis cytokines, eicosanoids and oxygen radicals are released, which are responsible for the local and systemic symptoms. Experimental administration of endotoxin induces a complex endocrine cascade. Similar changes in plasma levels of cortisol, insulin, insulin-like growth factor-I and thyroid hormones are seen also in severe cases of GN mastitis. However, leptin is not responsible for the anorexia associated with severe mastitis in ruminants. Mastitis can postpone the resumption of ovarian cyclic activity in dairy cows when its outbreak occurs between days 15 and 28 after calving (at the expected time of first ovulation). In cyclic cows severe cases of GN mastitis can induce premature luteolysis or prolong the follicular phase.
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- G Huszenicza
- Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, P.O. Box 2, H-1400 Budapest, Hungary.
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Nonaka N, Hileman SM, Shioda S, Vo TQ, Banks WA. Effects of lipopolysaccharide on leptin transport across the blood–brain barrier. Brain Res 2004; 1016:58-65. [PMID: 15234252 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.04.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Leptin is a 16-kDa protein secreted by fat cells and transported into the brain where it decreases appetite and increases body temperature. Leptin transport is saturable and regulated by epinephrine, triglycerides, and starvation. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is derived from bacterial cell walls and also decreases appetite and increases body temperature. LPS is known to increase leptin levels in serum and to affect the passage of other regulatory proteins across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Here, we examined the ability of LPS, at doses which induce weight loss, to modify the BBB transport of radioactive leptin (I-Lep). The transport rate of intravenously injected I-Lep was decreased by 50-60% from 8 to 12 h after a single i.p. injection of LPS (3 mg/kg). The effect of LPS was dose-dependent. In comparison to the brain/serum ratio, the baseline cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)/serum ratio for I-Lep was much lower and not inhibited by LPS. LPS did not affect I-Lep transport when studied by the brain perfusion method nor was Ob-Ra mRNA expression in isolated brain microvessels altered, demonstrating that a circulating factor rather than altered BBB function was responsible for inhibition. Brain perfusion showed that LPS was not this factor. Serum leptin was doubled and serum triglycerides increased by 44% after LPS administration, suggesting these to be the circulating inhibitory factors. In conclusion, a single dose of LPS has long-lasting effects on the transport of serum leptin across the BBB that are likely mediated through self-inhibition and triglycerides.
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- Naoko Nonaka
- Department of Physiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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Mastronardi CA, Yu WH, McCann SM. Resting and circadian release of nitric oxide is controlled by leptin in male rats. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:5721-6. [PMID: 11960027 PMCID: PMC122838 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.082098499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Because leptin stimulates nitric oxide (NO) release from the hypothalamus and anterior pituitary gland, we hypothesized that it also might release NO from adipocytes, the principal source of leptin. Consequently, plasma concentrations of leptin and NO, estimated from its metabolites NO(3) and NO(2) (NO(3)-NO(2)), were measured in adult male rats. There was a linear increase of both leptin and NO(3)-NO(2) with body weight that was associated with a parallel rise in fat mass. These findings indicate that release of leptin and NO is directly related to adipocyte mass. Furthermore, there was a parallelism in circadian rhythm of both substances, with peaks at 0130 h and nadirs at 0730 h. Measurement of both leptin and NO(3)-NO(2) in plasma from individual rats revealed that NO(3)-NO(2) increased linearly with leptin. Incubation of epididymal fat pads with leptin or its i.v. injection in conscious rats increased NO(3)-NO(2) release. The release of NO(3)-NO(2) in vivo and in vitro exceeded that of leptin by many fold, indicating that leptin activates NO synthase. Leptin increased tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha release at a 100-fold lower dose than required for NO release in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that it also may participate in leptin-induced NO release. However, because many molecules of leptin were required to release a molecule of TNF-alpha in vivo and in vitro, we believe that leptin-induced TNF-alpha release is an associated phenomenon not involved in NO production. The results support the hypothesis that adipocytes play a major role in NO release by activating NO synthase in the adipocytes and the adjacent capillary endothelium.
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- C A Mastronardi
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808-4124, USA
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Mastronardi CA, Yu WH, Srivastava VK, Dees WL, McCann SM. Lipopolysaccharide-induced leptin release is neurally controlled. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:14720-5. [PMID: 11724949 PMCID: PMC64748 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.251543598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/12/2001] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Our hypothesis is that leptin release is controlled neurohormonally. Conscious, male rats bearing indwelling, external, jugular catheters were injected with the test drug or 0.9% NaCl (saline), and blood samples were drawn thereafter to measure plasma leptin. Anesthesia decreased plasma leptin concentrations within 10 min to a minimum at 120 min, followed by a rebound at 360 min. Administration (i.v.) of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) increased plasma leptin to almost twice baseline by 120 min, and it remained on a plateau for 360 min, accompanied by increased adipocyte leptin mRNA. Anesthesia largely blunted the LPS-induced leptin release at 120 min. Isoproterenol (beta-adrenergic agonist) failed to alter plasma leptin but reduced LPS-induced leptin release significantly. Propranolol (beta-receptor antagonist) produced a significant increase in plasma leptin but had no effect on the response to LPS. Phentolamine (alpha-adrenergic receptor blocker) not only increased plasma leptin (P < 0.001), but also augmented the LPS-induced increase (P < 0.001). alpha-Bromoergocryptine (dopaminergic-2 receptor agonist) decreased plasma leptin (P < 0.01) and blunted the LPS-induced rise in plasma leptin release (P < 0.001). We conclude that leptin is at least in part controlled neurally because anesthesia decreased plasma leptin and blocked its response to LPS. The findings that phentolamine and propranolol increased plasma leptin concentrations suggest that leptin release is inhibited by the sympathetic nervous system mediated principally by alpha-adrenergic receptors because phentolamine, but not propranolol, augmented the response to LPS. Because alpha-bromoergocryptine decreased basal and LPS-induced leptin release, dopaminergic neurons may inhibit basal and LPS-induced leptin release by suppression of release of prolactin from the adenohypophysis.
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- C A Mastronardi
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808-4124, USA
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Ingvartsen KL, Boisclair YR. Leptin and the regulation of food intake, energy homeostasis and immunity with special focus on periparturient ruminants. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2001; 21:215-50. [PMID: 11872319 DOI: 10.1016/s0739-7240(02)00119-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The biology of leptin has been studied most extensively in rodents and in humans. Leptin is involved in the regulation of food intake, energy homeostasis and immunity. Leptin is primarily produced in white adipose tissue and acts via a family of membrane bound receptors, including an isoform with a long intracellular domain (OB-Rb), and many isoforms with short intracellular domains (Ob-Rs). OB-Rb is predominantly expressed in the hypothalamic regions involved in the regulation of food intake and energy homeostasis. The other isoforms are distributed ubiquitously and are found in most peripheral tissues in far greater abundance than OB-Rb. The effects of leptin on food intake and energy homeostasis are central and are mediated via a network of orexigenic neuropeptides (neuropeptide Y, galanin, galanin-like peptide, melanin-concentrating hormone, orexins, agouti-related peptide) and anorexigenic neuropeptides (corticotropin-releasing hormone, pro-opiomelanocortin, alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone and cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript). In addition, leptin acts directly on immune cells to stimulate hematopoesis, T-cell immunity, phagocytosis, cytokine production, and to attenuate susceptibility to infectious insults. Emerging data in ruminants suggest that leptin is dynamically regulated by many factors and physiological states. Thus, leptin is secreted in a pulsatile fashion, but without a marked diurnal rhythm. A positive relationship between adiposity and plasma leptin concentration exists in growing and lactating ruminants. The concentration of plasma leptin increases during pregnancy, starts to decline 1--2 wk before parturition, and reaches a nadir in early lactation. The reduction of plasma leptin at parturition is likely to promote centrally mediated adaptations required in periods of energy deficit, but could have negative effects on immune cell function. Future research is needed in ruminants to address the roles played by leptin and the central nervous system in orchestrating metabolism during the periparturient period and during infectious diseases.
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- K L Ingvartsen
- Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Research Centre Foulum, DK-8830, Tjele, Denmark.
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McCann SM. Release of leptin and its effect on hormone release from human pituitary adenomas. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2001; 55:161-2. [PMID: 11531921 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2001.01338.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- S M McCann
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808-4124, USA
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McCann SM, Kimura M, Yu WH, Mastronardi CA, Rettori V, Karanth S. Cytokines and pituitary hormone secretion. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 2001; 63:29-62. [PMID: 11358117 DOI: 10.1016/s0083-6729(01)63002-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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- S M McCann
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70808-4124, USA
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