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Ghrelin is a newly discovered orexigenic peptide originating from the stomach. Circulating ghrelin levels reflect acute and chronic energy balance in humans. However, it is not known whether ghrelin also plays a role in energy homeostasis during fetal life. Forty-one small-for-gestational age (SGA) and 34 appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) infants were studied in order to determine whether cord blood ghrelin concentrations were different in SGA infants compared with AGA infants and the relationship to anthropometric measurements at delivery. The cord blood ghrelin concentrations of SGA infants (means+/-S.E.M.; 15.20+/-3.08 ng/ml) were significantly greater than of AGA infants (2.19+/-0.24 ng/ml) (P<0.0001). They were negatively correlated with the infants' birth weights (r=-0.481, P<0.0001) and with body mass index values (r=-0.363, P<0.001). The higher ghrelin concentrations were found in female infants (20.42+/-4.55 ng/ml) than in males (7.05+/-2.27 ng/ml) in the SGA group (P=0.042). These data provide the first evidence that cord ghrelin levels of SGA infants are greater than those of AGA infants and it is suggested that ghrelin is also affected by nutritional status in the intrauterine period.
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Leptin interacts with specific receptors in hypothalamic nuclei and modulates energy balance. Growing evidence has shown the association of obesity and hyperleptinaemia with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance. The aged Wistar rat shows peripheral insulin resistance in the absence of obesity and alterations of glucose homeostasis. However, it is not known whether, in these animals, the leptin action is altered. Here we studied the effect of ageing on plasma leptin concentration and the ability of hypothalamic nuclei to capture i.c.v.-injected digoxigenin-labelled leptin. Our data indicate that 24-month-old animals are hyperleptinaemic. However, daily food intake was greater in old animals, suggesting that they are leptin resistant. Leptin uptake in the hypothalamus was reduced in old rats. This uptake was a receptor-mediated process as demonstrated by displacement. Leptin accumulation in hypothalamic nuclei was partially colocalized with neuropeptide Y fibres. Immunohistochemical and western blot analyses showed a lower amount of the long form of leptin receptors in the hypothalamus of aged rats. Analysis by RT-PCR also demonstrated a decreased expression of leptin receptor mRNA in old animals. We conclude that the lower leptin uptake may be explained, at least in part, by a decreased amount of receptors in hypothalamic neurones of the aged rats.
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Starvation induces low bone mass and high bone marrow adiposity in humans, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. The adipokine leptin falls in starvation, suggesting that hypoleptinemia may be a link between negative energy balance, bone marrow fat accumulation, and impaired skeletal acquisition. In that case, treating mice with leptin during caloric restriction (CR) should reduce marrow adipose tissue (MAT) and improve bone mass. To test this hypothesis, female C57Bl/6J mice were fed a 30% CR or normal (N) diet from 5 to 10 weeks of age, with daily injections of vehicle (VEH), 1mg/kg leptin (LEP1), or 2mg/kg leptin (LEP2) (N=6–8/group). Outcomes included body mass, body fat percentage, and whole-body bone mineral density (BMD) via peripheral dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, cortical and trabecular microarchitecture via microcomputed tomography (μCT), and MAT volume via μCT of osmium tetroxide-stained bones. Overall, CR mice had lower body mass, body fat percentage, BMD, and cortical bone area fraction, but more connected trabeculae, vs N mice (P<0.05 for all). Most significantly, although MAT was elevated in CR vs N overall, leptin treatment blunted MAT formation in CR mice by 50% vs VEH (P<0.05 for both leptin doses). CR LEP2 mice weighed less vs CR VEH mice at 9–10 weeks of age (P<0.05), but leptin treatment did not affect body fat percentage, BMD, or bone microarchitecture within either diet. These data demonstrate that once daily leptin bolus during CR inhibits bone marrow adipose expansion without affecting bone mass acquisition, suggesting that leptin has distinct effects on starvation-induced bone marrow fat formation and skeletal acquisition.
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Leptin, the product of the ob gene, is secreted from white adipocytes and regulates food intake and whole-body energy metabolism. In rodents and humans, leptin gene expression is under complex endocrine and metabolic control, and is strongly influenced by energy balance. Growth hormone (GH) has myriad effects on adipose tissue metabolism. The primary aim of this study was to determine the ability of GH to regulate leptin mRNA expression in bovine adipose tissue in vitro and in vivo. Incubation of subcutaneous adipose tissue explants for 24 h with GH alone had no effect on bovine leptin gene expression, whereas high concentrations of insulin or dexamethasone (DEX) potently stimulated bovine leptin mRNA abundance. GH, in combination with high concentrations of insulin, DEX, or both, attenuated the ability of insulin or DEX to stimulate leptin expression in vitro. These data indicate that GH can indirectly regulate leptin expression in vitro by altering the adipose tissue response to insulin or DEX. We extended these studies to examine the ability of GH to regulate leptin expression in vivo, using young castrate male cattle treated with no hormone (control) or GH (200 micrograms/kg body weight per day) for 3 days. GH increased plasma GH and insulin concentrations, but not those of cortisol or non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentrations. GH treatment increased adipose tissue leptin and IGF-1 mRNA concentrations (n=9, P>0.001). In addition, leptin abundance was highly correlated with adipose tissue IGF-1 mRNA in GH-treated animals (P>0.001). The timing of GH-induced changes in leptin gene expression preceded measurable GH effects on adiposity.
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Circulating concentrations of leptin in sheep correlate with body fatness and are affected by level of food intake and photoperiod. The present objective was to elucidate the short-term dynamics of leptin secretion. Frequent blood samples were taken over 48 h from 12 Soay rams after 16 weeks in short-day photoperiod (SD, 16 h darkness:8 h light) with freely available food, and then after 16 weeks in long days (16 h light:8 h darkness) with food freely available (LD) or restricted to 90% maintenance (LDR) (n=6/group). During the second 24 h of sampling, half were food deprived (n=6, SD and LD) and half had their meal times shifted (n=6, SD and LDR). A homologous RIA was developed, using antibodies raised in chicken against recombinant ovine leptin, to measure plasma concentrations. Simultaneous 24 h profiles of plasma insulin, glucose and non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) were measured. Plasma leptin was higher in LD than SD, and in LD than LDR, associated with higher food intake, liveweight and body condition score (adiposity), but tended to be lower in LDR than SD, associated with lower food intake, liveweight and body condition score. There was no evidence for a circadian rhythm of plasma leptin, but clear evidence for post-prandial peaks of low amplitude (15-36%) 2-8 h after meals given at normal and shifted times. Complete food deprivation caused a dramatic fall in plasma leptin to basal levels within 24 h. There was a positive association of plasma leptin with plasma insulin, and negative association with NEFA, both between meals and during fasting. Thus, plasma leptin concentrations in sheep are sensitive to short-term changes in energy balance, as well as to long-term photoperiod-driven changes in food intake and adiposity.
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Emerging evidence suggests a potential role of stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD)-1 in the control of body weight and energy homeostasis. The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of several energy balance-related factors (leptin, cerulenin, food deprivation, genotype, and gender) on SCD gene expression in chickens. In experiment 1, 6-week-old female and male broiler chickens were used. In experiment 2, two groups of 3-week-old broiler chickens were continuously infused with recombinant chicken leptin (8 μg/kg/h) or vehicle for 6 h. In experiment 3, two groups of 2-week-old broiler chickens received i.v. injections of cerulenin (15 mg/kg) or vehicle. In experiment 4, two broiler chicken lines (fat and lean) were submitted to two nutritional states (food deprivation for 16 or 24 h and feeding ad libitum). At the end of each experiment, tissues were collected for analyzing SCD gene expression. Data from experiment 1 showed that SCD is ubiquitously expressed in chicken tissues with highest levels in the proventriculus followed by the ovary, hypothalamus, kidney, liver, and adipose tissue in female, and hypothalamus, leg muscle, pancreas, liver, and adipose tissue in male. Female chickens exhibited significantly higher SCD mRNA levels in kidney, breast muscle, proventriculus, and intestine than male chickens. However, hypothalamic SCD gene expression was higher in male than in female (P < 0.05). Leptin increased SCD gene expression in chicken liver (P < 0.05), whereas cerulenin decreased SCD mRNA levels in muscle. Both leptin and cerulenin significantly reduced food intake (P < 0.05). Food deprivation for either 16 or 24 h decreased the hepatic SCD gene expression in fat line and lean line chickens compared with their fed counterparts (P < 0.05). The hypothalamic SCD mRNA levels were decreased in both lines only after 24 h of food deprivation (P < 0.05). In conclusion, SCD is ubiquitously expressed in chickens and it is regulated by leptin, cerulenin, nutritional state, and gender in a tissue-specific manner.
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Peptide YY (PYY)3-36 is a gut-derived hormone, with a proposed role in central mediation of postprandial satiety signals, as well as in long-term energy balance. In addition, recently, the ability of the hormone to regulate gonadotropin secretion, acting at pituitary and at hypothalamus has been reported. Here, we examined PYY3-36 effects on thyrotropin (TSH) secretion, both in vitro and in vivo. PYY3-36-incubated rat pituitary glands showed a dose-dependent decrease in TSH release, with 44 and 62% reduction at 10−8 and 10−6 M (P < 0.05 and P < 0.001 respectively), and no alteration in TSH response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone. In vivo, PYY3-36 i.p. single injection in the doses of 3 or 30 cg/kg body weight, administered to rats fed ad libitum, was not able to change serum TSH after 15 or 30 min. However, in fasted rats, PYY3-36 at both doses elicited a significant rise (approximately twofold increase, P < 0.05) in serum TSH observed 15 min after the hormone injection. PYY3-36 treatment did not modify significantly serum T4, T3, or leptin. Therefore, in the present paper, we have demonstrated that the gut hormone PYY3-36 acts directly on the pituitary gland to inhibit TSH release, and in the fasting situation, in vivo, when serum PYY3-36 is reduced, the activity of thyroid axis is reduced as well. In such a situation, systemically injected PYY3-36 was able to acutely activate the thyrotrope axis, suggesting a new role for PYY3-36 as a regulator of the hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid axis.
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Exogenous GH is used extensively in the USA to stimulate milk production in dairy cattle but its effectiveness is reduced in undernourished animals. It has been proposed that GH increases milk yield by stimulating IGF-I secretion and that this IGF-I-response is nutritionally sensitive and thus acts as a 'sensor' of energy balance. To investigate this possibility, we placed lactating rats on three planes of nutrition, ad libitum, 50% or 25% of ad libitum for 48 h. Subgroups of these animals were treated for 48 h with bromocriptine, to suppress prolactin secretion, and anti-rat GH, to neutralize GH action. From 24 to 48 h some of the treated animals were assessed for their milk yield response to prolactin or GH. Food restriction reduced milk yield in control rats by approximately 50% and was accompanied by a catabolic state, as judged by lipid mobilization from adipose tissue and by low concentrations of serum insulin, IGF-I, triiodothyronine and thyroxine, and increased serum nonesterified fatty acid concentrations. In animals fed ad libitum, anti-rat GH plus bromocriptine treatment produced an 80% decrease in milk yield and a dramatic fall in the activity of acetyl-CoA carboxylase in mammary tissue. GH was able to stimulate milk yield when given from 24 to 48 h; however, its effectiveness decreased progressively as food intake was reduced. The milk yield response to GH was accompanied by an increase in serum IGF-I concentrations and this response also decreased progressively with reduction of food intake, consistent with the hypothesis that IGF-I determines the milk yield response to GH and thus regulates GH action on the mammary gland in a nutritionally dependent fashion. However, the milk yield response to prolactin and the milk yield of control rats decreased in line with food intake without any changes in serum IGF-I concentrations. This clearly indicates that factors other than IGF-I are responsible for restricting milk yield. In order to assess other possible candidates for this role, we monitored serum glucose, non-esterified fatty acids, insulin triiodothyronine and thyroxine concentrations, but found no evidence for any simple relationship between these parameters and the milk yield response to prolactin and GH. Surprisingly we found that the ability of GH or prolactin to prevent epithelial cell loss in in the mammary gland was completely insensitive to nutrient intake, despite the fact that IGF-I is considered to be an important survival factor for mammary epithelial cells. Finally, we also demonstrated that, at least during short-term food restriction, the lactating rat is capable of mobilizing significant amounts of lipid from adipose tissue, such that it could provide the total output of triglyceride in milk, which is much greater than has previously been proposed.
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. 2000 ). Leptin acts on hypothalamic receptors to modulate energy balance as a signal to control food intake and energy expenditure ( Campfield et al. 1995 , Ahima et al. 1996 ). In regulating energy homeostasis, leptin is the most effective when
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) from the hypothalamus, thus causing reproductive quiescence ( Bergendahl et al . 1991 , Cameron et al . 1991 , Wahab et al . 2013 a , b ). Initiation of reproductive function is delayed by conditions of negative energy balance while, in adults
