INTRODUCTION: Depression therapy has been linked to negative effects on energy metabolism, which can be attributed to various factors, including an ongoing inflammatory process commonly seen in metabolic disorders. Unhealthy lifestyle choices of patients and the impact of antidepressants on body weight and lipid and glucose metabolism also contribute to these metabolic side effects. Although not as pronounced as other psychopharmaceuticals, the increasing use of antidepressants raises concerns about their potential impact on public health. The study aimed to evaluate the short- and long-term effects of the antidepressant citalopram and its long-term combination with a special diet on metabolic parameters in mice. METHODS: Animals were randomly divided into 5 groups - control, control + special diet, citalopram (10 mg/kg for 35 days), citalopram + special diet (10 mg/kg for 35 days), and citalopram (10 mg/kg for 7 days). After a described time of administration, animals were anesthetized, blood and fat and liver tissues were collected. Biochemical parameters of lipid metabolism (total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides) and glucose were analyzed using spectrophotometry and relevant adipokines and cytokines were evaluated by ELISA. RESULTS: After a week of application of citalopram, we observed dyslipidemia that persisted even at the end of the 5-week experiment. Furthermore, after 5 weeks of citalopram administration, we observed a significant decrease in body weight gain and decreased leptin levels. Changes in lipid metabolism, higher levels of adipokines leptin and PAI-1 were observed due to the special diet after 5 weeks. CONCLUSIONS: Our research suggests that the effects of citalopram and a diet on the metabolism of mice can be significant, both in the short term (1 week) and in the long term (5 weeks).
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- citalopram * škodlivé účinky aplikace a dávkování farmakologie MeSH
- dieta s vysokým obsahem tuků škodlivé účinky MeSH
- dyslipidemie * chemicky indukované krev metabolismus MeSH
- glukosa * metabolismus MeSH
- játra metabolismus účinky léků MeSH
- krevní glukóza metabolismus účinky léků MeSH
- leptin * krev metabolismus MeSH
- lipidy * krev MeSH
- metabolismus lipidů * účinky léků MeSH
- myši MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- myši MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
The transient postnatal increase in circulating leptin levels, known as leptin surge, may increase later susceptibility to diet-induced obesity in rodents. However, the source of leptin during the surge needs to be better characterized, and the long-term effects of leptin are contradictory. Characterization of the interaction of leptin with the genetic background, sex, and other factors is required. Here, we focused on the impact of circulating leptin levels and several related variables, measured in 2- and 4-wk-old i) obesity-prone C57BL/6 (B6) and ii) obesity-resistant A/J mice. In total, 264 mice of both sexes were used. Posttranscriptionally controlled leptin secretion from subcutaneous white adipose tissue, the largest adipose tissue depot in mice pups, was the primary determinant of plasma leptin levels. When the animals were randomly assigned standard chow or high-fat diet (HFD) between 12 and 24 wk of age, the obesogenic effect of HFD feeding was observed in B6 but not A/J mice. Only leptin levels at 2 wk, i.e., close to the maximum in the postnatal leptin surge, correlated with both body weight (BW) trajectory throughout the life and adiposity of the 24-wk-old mice. Leptin surge explained 13 and 7% of the variance in BW and adiposity of B6 mice, and 9 and 35% of the variance in these parameters in A/J mice, with a minor role of sex. Our results prove the positive correlation between the leptin surge and adiposity in adulthood, reflecting the fundamental biological role of leptin. This role could be compromised in subjects with obesity.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The postnatal surge in circulating leptin levels in mice reflects particularly posttranscriptionally controlled release of this hormone from subcutaneous white adipose tissue. Leptinemia in 2-wk-old pups predicts both body weight and adiposity in adult mice fed a high-fat diet. The extent of these effects depends on genetically determined differences in propensity to obesity between C57BL/6 and A/J mice. The leptin effect on adiposity is compromised in the obesity-prone C57BL/6 mice.
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- adipozita * MeSH
- bílá tuková tkáň metabolismus MeSH
- dieta s vysokým obsahem tuků * MeSH
- leptin * krev metabolismus MeSH
- myši inbrední C57BL * MeSH
- myši MeSH
- novorozená zvířata MeSH
- obezita * metabolismus MeSH
- tělesná hmotnost MeSH
- tuková tkáň metabolismus MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- myši MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
This study hypothesized that SCFA, acetate impacts positively on hypothalamic pyroptosis and its related abnormalities in experimentally induced PCOS rat model, possibly through NrF2/HIF1-α modulation. Eight-week-old female Wister rats were divided into groups (n = 5), namely control, PCOS, acetate and PCOS + acetate groups. Induction of PCOS was performed by administering 1 mg/kg body weight of letrozole for 21 days. After PCOS confirmation, the animals were treated with 200 mg/kg of acetate for 6 weeks. Rats with PCOS were characterized with insulin resistance, leptin resistance, increased plasma testosterone as well as degenerated ovarian follicles. There was also a significant increase in hypothalamic triglyceride level, triglyceride-glucose index, inflammatory biomarkers (SDF-1 and NF-kB) and caspase-6 as well as plasma LH and triglyceride. A decrease was observed in plasma adiponectin, GnRH, FSH, and hypothalamic GABA with severe inflammasome expression in PCOS rats. These were accompanied by decreased level of NrF2/HIF1-α, and the alterations were reversed when treated with acetate. Collectively, the present results suggest the therapeutic impact of acetate on hypothalamic pyroptosis and its related comorbidity in PCOS, a beneficial effect that is accompanied by modulation of NrF2/HIF1-α.
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- adiponektin metabolismus krev MeSH
- faktor 1 indukovatelný hypoxií - podjednotka alfa * metabolismus MeSH
- faktor 2 související s NF-E2 metabolismus MeSH
- folikuly stimulující hormon krev MeSH
- GABA metabolismus MeSH
- hormon uvolňující gonadotropiny metabolismus MeSH
- hypothalamus * metabolismus účinky léků patologie MeSH
- inzulinová rezistence MeSH
- krysa rodu rattus MeSH
- leptin krev metabolismus MeSH
- letrozol farmakologie MeSH
- luteinizační hormon krev MeSH
- modely nemocí na zvířatech MeSH
- potkani Wistar * MeSH
- pyroptóza * účinky léků MeSH
- syndrom polycystických ovarií * chemicky indukované metabolismus farmakoterapie patologie MeSH
- testosteron krev MeSH
- triglyceridy krev metabolismus MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- krysa rodu rattus MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
Leptin se produkuje v adipocytech a do regulačních neuronů v nucleus arcuatus hypotalamu přináší informaci o nutričním stavu organismu. Je klíčovou součástí homeostatického systému energetické rovnováhy. Deficit leptinu na podkladě patogenních variant LEP genu vede k rychle narůstající obezitě od prvních měsíců života a k pocitu neukojitelného hladu. Je provázen hyperinzulinemií, hypotyreózou, hypogonadotropním hypogonadismem a opožděným neuropsychickým a kognitivním vývojem. Často je narušena imunitní odpověď vlivem nižšího počtu a omezené proliferační schopnosti T lymfocytů. Většina dětí s deficitem leptinu trpí vážnými respiračními infekcemi s hypoxií, často potřebují hospitalizaci na jednotce intenzivní péče a 26 % z nich umírá v dětství. Léčba rekombinantním leptinem (metreleptinem) vede k ústupu obtíží. Druhou indikací podávání leptinu jsou lipodystrofické syndromy, u kterých leptin chybí v důsledku deficitu tukové tkáně. I tato onemocnění, pokud nejsou léčena, zkracují život v důsledku závažných metabolických komplikací.
Leptin is produced in adipocytes and transmits the information about nutritional status to regulation centers in hypothalamic arcuate nucleus. It represents a key component of the homeostatic system of energy balance. Leptin deficiency due to pathogenic variants of LEP gene manifests as progressive obesity since the first months of life and a constant perception of hunger. It is accompanied by hyperinsulinemia, hypothyroidism, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and delayed neuropsychological and cognitive development. The immune response is being impaired due to low number and limited proliferation capacity of T lymphocytes. Majority of children with leptin deficiency suffer from severe respiratory tract infections with hypoxia. They require frequent hospitalization at intensive care units, and 26% die within childhood. Therapeutic administration of recombinant leptin (metreleptin) is effective in LEP gene defects as well as in lipodystrophic syndromes with low leptin due to the fat tissue deficiency. Even lipodystrophic syndromes if untreated, reduce the life expectancy due to their serious metabolic sequalae.
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- leptin * genetika metabolismus nedostatek terapeutické užití MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lipodystrofie diagnóza patologie terapie MeSH
- nemoci novorozenců MeSH
- regulace chuti k jídlu MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- přehledy MeSH
V přehledovém článku se budeme zabývat diagnostikou dětské nadváhy a obezity, diferenciální diagnostikou dětské obezity a zaměříme se na nové poznatky v regulaci jídelního chování. Shrneme komplikace tohoto metabolického onemocnění a zmíníme možnosti léčby obezity v dětském věku.
In the overview article, we will deal with the diagnosis of childhood overweight and obesity, the differential diagnosis of childhood obesity, and we will focus on new findings in the regulation of eating behavior. We will summarize the complications of this metabolic disease and mention the options for treating childhood obesity.
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- leptin * fyziologie metabolismus MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- menstruační cyklus fyziologie MeSH
- systém hypotalamus-hypofýza MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- přehledy MeSH
Obesity is a chronic, relapsing condition characterized by excess body fat. Its prevalence has increased globally since the 1970s, and the number of obese and overweight people is now greater than those underweight. Obesity is a multifactorial condition, and as such, many components contribute to its development and pathogenesis. This is the first of three companion reviews that consider obesity. This review focuses on the genetics, viruses, insulin resistance, inflammation, gut microbiome, and circadian rhythms that promote obesity, along with hormones, growth factors, and organs and tissues that control its development. It shows that the regulation of energy balance (intake vs. expenditure) relies on the interplay of a variety of hormones from adipose tissue, gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, liver, and brain. It details how integrating central neurotransmitters and peripheral metabolic signals (e.g., leptin, insulin, ghrelin, peptide YY3-36) is essential for controlling energy homeostasis and feeding behavior. It describes the distinct types of adipocytes and how fat cell development is controlled by hormones and growth factors acting via a variety of receptors, including peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma, retinoid X, insulin, estrogen, androgen, glucocorticoid, thyroid hormone, liver X, constitutive androstane, pregnane X, farnesoid, and aryl hydrocarbon receptors. Finally, it demonstrates that obesity likely has origins in utero. Understanding these biochemical drivers of adiposity and metabolic dysfunction throughout the life cycle lends plausibility and credence to the "obesogen hypothesis" (i.e., the importance of environmental chemicals that disrupt these receptors to promote adiposity or alter metabolism), elucidated more fully in the two companion reviews.
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- energetický metabolismus fyziologie MeSH
- inzulin metabolismus MeSH
- leptin * metabolismus MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- obezita * metabolismus MeSH
- tuková tkáň metabolismus MeSH
- tukové buňky metabolismus MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
- Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural MeSH
AIM: We aimed to determine whether the sodium/glucose cotransporter family member SGLT3, a proposed glucose sensor, is expressed in the intestine and/or kidney, and if its expression is altered in mouse models of obesity and in humans before and after weight-loss surgery. MAIN METHODS: We used in-situ hybridization and quantitative PCR to determine whether the Sglt3 isoforms 3a and 3b were expressed in the intestine and kidney of C57, leptin-deficient ob/ob, and diabetic BTBR ob/ob mice. Western blotting and immunohistochemistry were also used to assess SGLT3 protein levels in jejunal biopsies from obese patients before and after weight-loss Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB), and in lean healthy controls. KEY FINDINGS: Sglt3a/3b mRNA was detected in the small intestine (duodenum, jejunum and ileum), but not in the large intestine or kidneys of mice. Both isoforms were detected in epithelial cells (confirmed using intestinal organoids). Expression of Sglt3a/3b mRNA in duodenum and jejunum was significantly lower in ob/ob and BTBR ob/ob mice than in normal-weight littermates. Jejunal SGLT3 protein levels in aged obese patients before RYGB were lower than in lean individuals, but substantially upregulated 6 months post-RYGB. SIGNIFICANCE: Our study shows that Sglt3a/3b is expressed primarily in epithelial cells of the small intestine in mice. Furthermore, we observed an association between intestinal mRNA Sglt3a/3b expression and obesity in mice, and between jejunal SGLT3 protein levels and obesity in humans. Further studies are required to determine the possible role of SGLT3 in obesity.
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- dospělí MeSH
- down regulace MeSH
- exprese genu MeSH
- hmotnostní úbytek MeSH
- inzulin metabolismus MeSH
- inzulinová rezistence MeSH
- jejunum metabolismus MeSH
- leptin nedostatek metabolismus MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- messenger RNA genetika metabolismus MeSH
- modely nemocí na zvířatech MeSH
- myši inbrední C57BL MeSH
- myši MeSH
- obezita genetika metabolismus MeSH
- protein - isoformy MeSH
- střevní sliznice metabolismus MeSH
- tenké střevo metabolismus MeSH
- transkriptom MeSH
- transportní proteiny pro sodík a glukosu biosyntéza genetika metabolismus MeSH
- žaludeční bypass MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- myši MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
The possibility to use leptin therapeutically for lowering glucose levels in patients with type 1 diabetes has attracted interest. However, earlier animal models of type 1 diabetes are severely catabolic with very low endogenous leptin levels, unlike most patients with diabetes. Here, we aim to test glucose-lowering effects of leptin in novel, more human-like murine models. We examined the glucose-lowering potential of leptin in diabetic models of two types: streptozotocin-treated mice and mice treated with the insulin receptor antagonist S961. To prevent hypoleptinemia, we used combinations of thermoneutral temperature and high-fat feeding. Leptin fully normalized hyperglycemia in standard chow-fed streptozotocin-treated diabetic mice. However, more humanized physiological conditions (high-fat diets or thermoneutral temperatures) that increased adiposity - and thus also leptin levels - in the diabetic mice abrogated the effects of leptin, i.e., the mice developed leptin resistance also in this respect. The glucose-lowering effect of leptin was not dependent on the presence of the uncoupling protein-1 and was not associated with alterations in plasma insulin, insulin-like growth factor 1, food intake or corticosterone but fully correlated with decreased plasma glucagon levels and gluconeogenesis. An important implication of these observations is that the therapeutic potential of leptin as an additional treatment in patients with type 1 diabetes is probably limited. This is because such patients are treated with insulin and do not display low leptin levels. Thus, the potential for a glucose-lowering effect of leptin would already have been attained with standard insulin therapy, and further effects on blood glucose level through additional leptin cannot be anticipated.
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- bílá tuková tkáň metabolismus MeSH
- diabetes mellitus 1. typu metabolismus MeSH
- experimentální diabetes mellitus metabolismus MeSH
- glukagon metabolismus MeSH
- glukoneogeneze MeSH
- hnědá tuková tkáň metabolismus MeSH
- insulinu podobný růstový faktor I metabolismus MeSH
- inzulin metabolismus MeSH
- kortikosteron metabolismus MeSH
- krevní glukóza účinky léků metabolismus MeSH
- kyselina pyrohroznová metabolismus MeSH
- leptin metabolismus farmakologie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- modely nemocí na zvířatech MeSH
- myši knockoutované MeSH
- myši MeSH
- peptidy farmakologie MeSH
- přijímání potravy MeSH
- receptor inzulinu antagonisté a inhibitory MeSH
- spotřeba kyslíku MeSH
- transkriptom MeSH
- uncoupling protein 1 genetika metabolismus MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- myši MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
BACKGROUND: The study of the mechanisms controlling wound healing is an attractive area within the field of biology, with it having a potentially significant impact on the health sector given the current medical burden associated with healing in the elderly population. Healing is a complex process and includes many steps that are regulated by coding and noncoding RNAs, proteins and other molecules. Nitric oxide (NO) is one of these small molecule regulators and its function has already been associated with inflammation and angiogenesis during adult healing. RESULTS: Our results showed that NO is also an essential component during embryonic scarless healing and acts via a previously unknown mechanism. NO is mainly produced during the early phase of healing and it is crucial for the expression of genes associated with healing. However, we also observed a late phase of healing, which occurs for several hours after wound closure and takes place under the epidermis and includes tissue remodelling that is dependent on NO. We also found that the NO is associated with multiple cellular metabolic pathways, in particularly the glucose metabolism pathway. This is particular noteworthy as the use of NO donors have already been found to be beneficial for the treatment of chronic healing defects (including those associated with diabetes) and it is possible that its mechanism of action follows those observed during embryonic wound healing. CONCLUSIONS: Our study describes a new role of NO during healing, which may potentially translate to improved therapeutic treatments, especially for individual suffering with problematic healing.
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- embryo nesavčí cytologie metabolismus fyziologie MeSH
- glukosa metabolismus MeSH
- hojení ran * MeSH
- leptin metabolismus MeSH
- oxid dusnatý metabolismus MeSH
- regulace genové exprese MeSH
- signální transdukce MeSH
- Xenopus laevis MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
