Evidence that triiodothyronine decreases rat serum leptin concentration by down-regulation of leptin gene expression in white adipose tissue

Life Sciences
Lidia ZabrockaJulian Swierczynski

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...Continue Reading

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