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Bornstein, S.R.* ; Uhlmann, K.* ; Haidan, A.* ; Ehrhart-Bornstein, M.* ; Scherbaum, W.A.*

Evidence for a novel peripheral action of leptin as a metabolic signal to the adrenal gland: Leptin inhibits cortisol release directly.

Diabetes 46, 1235-1238 (1997)
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The crucial role of glucocorticoids in obesity and insulin resistance and the actions of the OB protein leptin on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis suggest that there is an important interaction of leptin with the glucocorticoid system. Therefore, we designed a study to test the effect of leptin directly on adrenocortical steroidogenesis. Primary cultures of bovine adrenocortical cells were incubated with increasing concentrations (10-1,000 ng/ml) of recombinant mouse leptin for 24 h, and the effects of leptin on basal and ACTH-stimulated cortisol secretion were determined. The accumulation of P450 17alpha mRNA following incubation with ACTH (10 nmol/l) and leptin (10-1,000 ng/ml) was analyzed by Northern blot. Adrenocortical cells were characterized by immunohistochemical staining for 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone. Leptin (10-1,000 ng/ml) inhibited basal and ACTH-stimulated cortisol release. At a concentration that occurs in obese individuals in vivo (100 ng/ml), it reduced basal cortisol secretion to 52.7 +/- 37% (mean +/- SE). The rise in cortisol secretion following maximal ACTH stimulation (10 nmol/l) was blunted to 55.2 +/- 27%. At more physiological concentrations of ACTH (0.1 nmol/l), the inhibition of cortisol release by coincubation with low doses of leptin (10 ng/ml) was even more pronounced, leading to a reduction to 32.8% (1,248 +/- 134 vs. 410 +/- 157 nmol/l). Addition of OB protein (10-1,000 ng/ml) led to a dose-dependent reduction of ACTH-stimulated cytochrome P450 17alpha mRNA accumulation (from 80 to 45%), suggesting that leptin regulates adrenal steroidogenesis at the transcriptional level. These data clearly demonstrate that leptin inhibits cortisol production in adrenocortical cells and therefore appears to be a metabolic signal that directly acts on the adrenal gland.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 1997
HGF-Berichtsjahr 0
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0012-1797
e-ISSN 1939-327X
Zeitschrift Diabetes
Quellenangaben Band: 46, Heft: 7, Seiten: 1235-1238 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag American Diabetes Association
Verlagsort Alexandria, VA.
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Pancreatic Islet Research (IPI)
PubMed ID 9200662
Erfassungsdatum 1997-12-31