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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-13
pubmed:abstractText
The treatment of rats and mice with leptin causes dramatic body fat reduction and in some cases even disappearance of fat tissue. Here, we report the effects of leptin (10 and 100 ng.mL-1) on isolated rat adipocytes maintained for 15 h in culture. Leptin decreased the incorporation of acetate into total lipids by 30%. A reduction in this incorporation (42%) was still observed after the leptin-cultivated adipocytes were exposed to a supra-physiological insulin concentration (10 000 microU.mL-1). On the other hand, leptin increased acetate degradation by 69% and the maximal activity of citrate synthase by 50% in isolated adipocytes. It also increased oleate degradation by 35 and 50% at concentrations of 10 and 100 ng. mL-1, respectively. Eventually, leptin upregulated the uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) mRNA level by 63% and had no effect on uncoupling protein-3 (UCP3) mRNA in isolated adipocytes. The upregulation of UCP2 mRNA might have contributed to the stimulation of acetate and fatty acid degradation by leptin. The peripheral effects of leptin observed in this study are in line with the general energy dissipating role postulated for this hormone and for UCP2. They suggest mechanisms by which adipocytes regulate their fat content by an autocrine pathway without the participation of the central nervous system.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Acetates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Citrate (si)-Synthase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fatty Acids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insulin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ion Channels, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Leptin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lipids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Malate Dehydrogenase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Transport Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitochondrial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oleic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/malate dehydrogenase..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/mitochondrial uncoupling protein 3
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5952-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Acetates, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Adipocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Citrate (si)-Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Citric Acid Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Fatty Acids, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Ion Channels, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Leptin, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Lipids, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Malate Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Mitochondrial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Oleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10998055-Rats, Wistar
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Leptin stimulates uncoupling protein-2 mRNA expression and Krebs cycle activity and inhibits lipid synthesis in isolated rat white adipocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physical Education, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't