Quantitative expression analysis of genes regulated by both obesity and leptin reveals a regulatory loop between leptin and pituitary-derived ACTH

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Renz, M
Tomlinson, E
Hultgren, B
Levin, N
Gu, QM
Shimkets, RA
Lewin, DA
Stewart, TA
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[1] Genentech Inc, Dept Endocrine Res, San Francisco, CA 94080 USA
[2] CuraGen Corp, Gene Discovery, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
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10.1074/jbc.275.14.10429
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Absence of the hormone leptin leads to dramatic increases in appetite, food intake, and adiposity, The primary site of action, at least with respect to appetite, is the hypothalamus. Leptin also has significant effects on the function(s) of peripheral organs involved in maintaining body composition. Some of these effects are mediated through direct interaction of leptin with its receptor on the target tissue, and some effects are indirectly mediated through secondary hormonal and neural pathways. Few of the genes that are responsible for regulating body composition and the peripheral effects of leptin are known. We have used a new gene profiling technology to characterize gene expression changes that occur in the pituitary, hypothalamus, fat, muscle, and liver in response to both obesity and treatment with exogenous leptin, These differences were then overlaid to allow the identification of genes that are regulated by obesity and at least partially normalized by leptin treatment. By using this process we have identified five genes (POMC, PC2, prolactin, HSGP25L2G, and one novel) that are both abnormally expressed in the pituitaries of obese mice and are sensitive to the effects of leptin, We also show that adrenocorticotropic hormone appears to be involved in a regulatory loop involving leptin.
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