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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
Despite high leptin levels, most obese humans and rodents lack responsiveness to its appetite-suppressing effects. We demonstrate that leptin modulates NPY/AgRP and alpha-MSH secretion from the ARH of lean mice. High-fat diet-induced obese (DIO) mice have normal ObRb levels and increased SOCS-3 levels, but leptin fails to modulate peptide secretion and any element of the leptin signaling cascade. Despite this leptin resistance, the melanocortin system downstream of the ARH in DIO mice is over-responsive to melanocortin agonists, probably due to upregulation of MC4R. Lastly, we show that by decreasing the fat content of the mouse's diet, leptin responsiveness of NPY/AgRP and POMC neurons recovered simultaneously, with mice regaining normal leptin sensitivity and glycemic control. These results highlight the physiological importance of leptin sensing in the melanocortin circuits and show that their loss of leptin sensing likely contributes to the pathology of leptin resistance.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1550-4131
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
181-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Agouti-Related Protein, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Arcuate Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Body Composition, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Diet, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Dietary Fats, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Hypothalamus, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Leptin, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Melanocortins, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Neuropeptide Y, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Obesity, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Pro-Opiomelanocortin, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-Weight Loss, pubmed-meshheading:17339026-alpha-MSH
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Diet-induced obesity causes severe but reversible leptin resistance in arcuate melanocortin neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural