Changes in Expression of the Genes for the Leptin Signaling in Hypothalamic-Pituitary Selected Areas and Endocrine Responses to Long-Term Manipulation in Body Weight and Resistin in Ewes
Dorota Zięba-Przybylska , Weronika Biernat , Małgorzata Szczęsna , Katarzyna Kirsz , Justyna Barć , Tomasz Misztal
Abstract
Both long-term undernutrition and overnutrition disturb metabolic balance, which is mediated partially by the action of two adipokines, leptin and resistin (RSTN). In this study, we manipulated the diet of ewes to produce either a thin (lean) or fat (fat) body condition and investigated how RSTN affects endocrine and metabolic status under different leptin concentrations. Twenty ewes were distributed into four groups (n = 5): the lean and fat groups were administered with saline (Lean and Fat), while the Lean-R (Lean-Resistin treated) and Fat-R (Fat-Resistin treated) groups received recombinant bovine resistin. Plasma was assayed for LH, FSH, PRL, RSTN, leptin, GH, glucose, insulin, total cholesterol, nonesterified fatty acid (NEFA), high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol and triglycerides. Expression levels of a suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS-3) and the long form of the leptin receptor (LRb) were determined in selected brain regions, such as the anterior pituitary, hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, preoptic area and ventro- and dorsomedial nuclei. The results indicate long-term alterations in body weight affect RSTN-mediated effects on metabolic and reproductive hormones concentrations and the expression of leptin signaling components: LRb and SOCS-3. This may be an adaptive mechanism to long-term changes in adiposity during the state of long-day leptin resistance.Author | |
Journal series | International Journal of Molecular Sciences, ISSN 1422-0067, (N/A 140 pkt) |
Issue year | 2020 |
Vol | 21 |
No | 12 |
Pages | 1-15 |
Publication size in sheets | 0.7 |
Keywords in English | leptin; LRb; SOCS-3; RSTN; sheep; nutrition |
ASJC Classification | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
DOI | DOI:10.3390/ijms21124238 |
URL | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/12/4238 |
Language | en angielski |
License | Journal (articles only); author's original; ; after publication |
File | |
Score (nominal) | 140 |
Score source | journalList |
Publication indicators | : 2018 = 1.224; : 2018 = 4.183 (2) - 2018=4.331 (5) |
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Finansowanie | This work was supported by a grant from the National Science Center 2015/19/B/NZ9/01314. |
* presented citation count is obtained through Internet information analysis and it is close to the number calculated by the Publish or Perish system.
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