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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
Visfatin is an adipogenic adipokine with increased levels in obesity, properties common to leptin. Thus, leptin may modulate visfatin production in adipose tissue (AT). Therefore, we investigated the effects of leptin on visfatin levels in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and human/murine AT, with or without a leptin antagonist. The potential signaling pathways and mechanisms regulating visfatin production in AT was also studied. Real-time RT-PCR and Western blotting were used to assess the relative mRNA and protein expression of visfatin. ELISA was performed to measure visfatin levels in conditioned media of AT explants, and small interfering RNA technology was used to reduce leptin receptor expression. Leptin significantly (P < 0.01) increased visfatin levels in human and murine AT with a maximal response at leptin 10(-9) M, returning to baseline at leptin 10(-7) M. Importantly, ip leptin administration to C57BL/6 ob/ob mice further supported leptin-induced visfatin protein production in omental AT (P < 0.05). Additionally, soluble leptin receptor levels rose with concentration dependency to a maximal response at leptin 10(-7) M (P < 0.01). The use of a leptin antagonist negated the induction of visfatin and soluble leptin receptor by leptin. Furthermore, leptin-induced visfatin production was significantly decreased in the presence of MAPK and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors. Also, when the leptin receptor gene was knocked down using small interfering RNA, leptin-induced visfatin expression was significantly decreased. Thus, leptin increases visfatin production in AT in vivo and ex vivo via pathways involving MAPK and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling. The pleiotropic effects of leptin may be partially mediated by visfatin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benz..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Butadienes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chromones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Culture Media, Conditioned, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Leptin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Morpholines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nicotinamide..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitriles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Small Interfering, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Leptin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/U 0126
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1945-7170
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
150
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3530-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19389835-3T3-L1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Adipose Tissue, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Butadienes, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Chromones, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Culture Media, Conditioned, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Leptin, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Morpholines, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Nitriles, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Receptors, Leptin, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19389835-Sequence Analysis, DNA
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
In vivo and ex vivo regulation of visfatin production by leptin in human and murine adipose tissue: role of mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling pathways.
pubmed:affiliation
Endocrinology and Metabolism Group, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. b.k.tan.1@warwick.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't