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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-12
pubmed:abstractText
Ghrelin, a stomach-derived orexigenic peptide, and leptin, a fat-derived anorexigenic hormone, act primarily in the hypothalamus to regulate energy homeostasis and have been reported to be regulated in opposite directions by acute and chronic changes in nutritional state. Nutritional, anthropometric, and hormonal predictors of circulating ghrelin have not yet been fully elucidated, and whether ghrelin is regulated by leptin in humans remains unknown. To address these questions, we performed cross-sectional and interventional studies. In 120 healthy men and women, ghrelin was negatively associated with leptin as well as overall and central adiposity, but not with total energy or specific macronutrient intake. The sexual dimorphism in ghrelin levels (higher levels in women than in men) and the negative correlation between ghrelin and insulin are largely mediated by central adiposity. In six lean men, complete fasting for 3 d resulted in a low leptin state without a major change in fat mass and abolished the meal-related secretory pattern of ghrelin without increasing 24-h ghrelin levels. In addition, recombinant human leptin administration in physiological and pharmacological doses did not regulate ghrelin over several hours to a few days. These data do not support a role for regulation of circulating ghrelin by leptin levels independently of changes in adiposity and suggest that the leptin and ghrelin systems for energy homeostasis function independently of each other in healthy humans.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
335-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Adipose Tissue, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Body Composition, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Body Constitution, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Body Mass Index, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Cross-Sectional Studies, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Diet, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Energy Intake, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Energy Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Fasting, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Food, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Ghrelin, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Hydrocortisone, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Leptin, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Peptide Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14715869-Sex Characteristics
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Ghrelin levels are not regulated by recombinant leptin administration and/or three days of fasting in healthy subjects.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't