Evidence That Triiodothyronine Decreases Rat Serum Leptin Concentration by Down-regulation of Leptin Gene Expression in White Adipose Tissue.
From: Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 1, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland.
Life sciences
- Publish Date: Aug 2006
- ISSN: 0024-3205
- Volume: 79
- Issue: 11
- Pages: 1114-20
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Zabrocka Lidia, Klimek Jerzy, Swierczynski Julian, et al. Evidence That Triiodothyronine Decreases Rat Serum Leptin Concentration by Down-regulation of Leptin Gene Expression in White Adipose Tissue.. Life Sci. Aug 2006;79:1114-20
Abstract
Conflicting results have been reported regarding the effect of triiodothyronine (T(3)) on serum leptin and adipose tissue leptin gene expression in human and animals. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of administration of increasing doses of T(3) on serum leptin concentration and on leptin mRNA abundance in white adipose tissue of rats. The results presented in this paper indicate that administration of single different doses of T(3) to euthyroid rats resulted dose dependent increases of serum total T(3) concentrations which are associated with a decrease in white adipose tissue leptin mRNA level. The leptin mRNA level in white adipose tissue was negatively correlated with serum total T(3) concentration (r=-0.8, p<0.001). Like white adipose tissue leptin mRNA level, serum leptin concentration decreased after T(3) administration, and was also negatively correlated with the serum T(3) concentration (r=-0.8, p<0.001). In contrast, administration of T(3) to the same rats led to a significant increase in white adipose tissue expression of the malic enzyme gene (malic enzyme activity and malic enzyme mRNA level), a known target gene for T(3). The results indicate that T(3) exerts a selective inhibitory effect on white adipose tissue leptin gene expression in vivo. A conclusion is that T(3) decreases rat serum leptin concentration by down-regulation of leptin gene expression in white adipose tissue.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Adipose Tissue, Animals, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Down-Regulation, Gene Expression, Leptin, Male, RNA, Messenger, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Triiodothyronine
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