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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
Besides its actions on the regulation of appetite, leptin has also been implicated in regulating reproductive and immune functions. Because leptin-deficient mice are more susceptible to lipopolysaccharide- and tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced shock, which is associated with lower levels of interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), we investigated whether leptin is a direct regulator of IL-1Ra in human monocytes. In human moncytic cells, leptin was capable of inducing a 6- to 10-fold increase in secreted IL-1Ra in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Moreover, leptin induced the messenger RNA for IL-1Ra within 8 h and specifically activated the promoter for this gene. However, leptin had no effect on the expression or secretion of IL-1 in THP-1 cells. This effect of leptin on monocytic cells requires the presence of the functional leptin receptor OB-Rb, which we have shown to be present in human monocytes by RT-PCR and by measuring the activation of the Jak/STAT pathway. In summary, we have demonstrated that leptin is capable of inducing the expression and secretion of IL-1Ra by human monocytes, an effect that is potentially mediated through the presence of functional leptin receptors on these cells. These findings suggest that leptin may have immunomodulatory functions in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
783-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11158047-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Leptin, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Monocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Polymyxin B, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Receptors, Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Receptors, Leptin, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Sialoglycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11158047-Transfection
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Leptin directly induces the secretion of interleukin 1 receptor antagonist in human monocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't