Leptin stimulates catecholamine synthesis in a PKC-dependent manner in cultured porcine adrenal medullary chromaffin cells

Endocrinology
Kazuhiro TakekoshiToshiaki Nakai

Abstract

We have previously shown that murine recombinant leptin directly stimulates catecholamine synthesis through the long form of the leptin receptor (Ob-Rb) expressed in cultured porcine chromaffin cells. Additionally, we found that leptin activates IP3 production after PLC activation. It is well established that activation of PLC elicits IP3 production as well as an increase in diacylglycerol, a compound that stimulates PKC. Therefore, we investigated the involvement of PKC in leptin-induced catecholamine synthesis. Leptin was found to induce significant increases in PKC activity in a dose-dependent manner (1, 10, and 100 nM); chelation of extracellular Ca(2+) by EDTA abolished this PKC stimulatory activity. We also confirmed by Western blot analysis that leptin (at 100 nM) induced significant increases in Ca(2+)-dependent PKC alpha, -beta(I), and -gamma expression. The activity of the rate-limiting enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) in the biosynthesis of catecholamine is regulated at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. TH enzyme activity and TH mRNA levels induced by 100 nM leptin were significantly inhibited by the PKC inhibitor Ro 32-0432 as well as by EDTA. In addition, increases in TH protein and intracellular ...Continue Reading

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