Placental leptin receptor isoforms in normal and pathological pregnancies

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Challier, J
Galtier, M
Bintein, T
Cortez, A
Lepercq, J
Hauguel-de Mouzon, S
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[1] Inst Cochin Genet Mol, Dept Endocrinol, F-75014 Paris, France
[2] Hop Tenon, Serv Anatomopathol, F-75020 Paris, France
[3] Hop St Vincent de Paul, F-75014 Paris, France
[4] ICGM, F-75014 Paris, France
[5] Univ Paris 06, F-75252 Paris 05, France
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10.1053/plac.2002.0805
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Q [生物科学];
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Alternate mRNA splicing of human leptin receptor generates four membrane isoforms with different C-terminal sequences. They differ by the length of their intracellular domain which include specific motifs crucial for the specificity of leptin signalling. As a step towards functional studies, we have characterized leptin receptors in human placenta from normal pregnancies and pregnancies associated with diabetes and pre-eclampsia. Leptin and leptin receptors were visualized by immunohistochemistry of placentas obtained from first and third trimester pregnancies. Antibodies against N and C-terminal epitopes showed signals in the apical membrane of the syncytiotrophoblast in early and term placental villi as well As in JAr and BeWo derived trophoblast cells. In addition, a distinct isoform recognized by its extracellular juxtamembrane epitope was exclusively localized in cytotrophoblast cells and likely stains the soluble receptor. At contrast with the transmembrane receptors, the expression of this isoform is increased in placentas of pre-eclamptic and diabetic women which synthesize more leptin than placenta from uncomplicated pregnancy. These data demonstrate that short and long transmembrane leptin receptors are expressed in the trophoblast and indicate that leptin synthetized within the placenta can act locally through both receptor isoforms. Being also accessible to leptin from maternal origin, these transmembrane receptors may signal differently in pregnancy with normal and increased leptin production. The co-localization. of leptin and the soluble receptor isoform suggests that this isoform serves for modulating maternal free leptin levels through modification of leptin binding capacities. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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