Insulin and leptin acutely regulate cholesterol ester metabolism in macrophages by novel signaling pathways

Diabetes
Lisa O'RourkePeter R Shepherd

Abstract

Leptin is produced in adipose tissue and acts in the hypothalamus to regulate food intake. However, recent evidence also indicates a potential for direct roles for leptin in peripheral tissues, including those of the immune system. In this study, we provide direct evidence that macrophages are a target tissue for leptin. We found that J774.2 macrophages express the functional long form of the leptin receptor (ObRb) and that this becomes tyrosine-phosphorylated after stimulation with low doses of leptin. Leptin also stimulates both phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) activity and tyrosine phosphorylation of JAK2 and STAT3 in these cells. We investigated the effects of leptin on hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL), which acts as a neutral cholesterol esterase in macrophages and is a rate-limiting step in cholesterol ester breakdown. Leptin significantly increased HSL activity in J774.2 macrophages, and these effects were additive with the effects of cAMP and were blocked by PI 3-kinase inhibitors. Conversely, insulin inhibited HSL in macrophages, but unlike adipocytes, this effect did not require PI 3-kinase. These results indicate that leptin and insulin regulate cholesterol-ester homeostasis in macrophages and, therefore, defect...Continue Reading

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