Developmental Changes in ob Gene Expression and Circulating Leptin Peptide Concentrations

Author: devaskar S.U.   Ollesch C.   Rajakumar R.A.   Rajakumar P.A.  

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN: 0006-291X

Source: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol.238, Iss.1, 1997-09, pp. : 44-47

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Abstract

We examined the developmental changes in murine white and brown adipose tissue leptin and circulating immunoreactive total leptin concentrations. The =~4.4 kb leptin mRNA levels were higher at 2 and 7d postnatal ages, but declined to adult levels by the 14d stage and remained so until 160d. Paralleling the mRNA concentrations, leptin peptide levels also were higher at 2d, 7d, and 14d, declining to adult values by the 21d weaning stage. No difference in mRNA levels was observed between brown-enriched and white adipose tissue. No sexual dimorphism was observed in the leptin mRNA or peptide levels between 14 and 160d; however, at 2 and 7d, while no sex related differences were observed in the peptide levels, adipose mRNA concentrations were mildly higher in males than in the females. We conclude that leptin mRNA and peptide levels are higher during consumption of a high fat milk diet. High levels of leptin with increasing food intake and body weight gain signify hypothalamic leptin receptor resistance during the immediate postnatal period.

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