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The role of hypoleptinemia in the psychological and behavioral adaptation to starvation: Implications for anorexia nervosa.
Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 141:104807 (2022)
This narrative review aims to pinpoint mental and behavioral effects of starvation, which may be triggered by hypoleptinemia and as such may be amenable to treatment with leptin receptor agonists. The reduced leptin secretion results from the continuous loss of fat mass, thus initiating a graded triggering of diverse starvation related adaptive functions. In light of leptin receptors located in several peripheral tissues and many brain regions adaptations may extend beyond those of the hypothalamus-pituitary-end organ-axes. We focus on gastrointestinal tract and reward system as relevant examples of peripheral and central effects of leptin. Despite its association with extreme obesity, congenital leptin deficiency with its many parallels to a state of starvation allows the elucidation of mental symptoms amenable to treatment with exogenous leptin in both ob/ob mice and humans with this autosomal recessive disorder. For starvation induced behavioral changes with an intact leptin signaling we particularly focus on rodent models for which proof of concept has been provided for the causative role of hypoleptinemia. For humans, we highlight the major cognitive, emotional and behavioral findings of the Minnesota Starvation Experiment to contrast them with results obtained upon a lesser degree of caloric restriction. Evidence for hypoleptinemia induced mental changes also stems from findings obtained in lipodystrophies. In light of the recently reported beneficial cognitive, emotional and behavioral effects of metreleptin-administration in anorexia nervosa we discuss potential implications for the treatment of this eating disorder. We postulate that leptin has profound psychopharmacological effects in the state of starvation.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Review
Schlagwörter
Congenital Leptin Deficiency ; Depression ; Hypoleptinemia ; Lipodystrophy ; Metreleptin ; Ob/ob ; Reward System ; Starvation
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2022
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2022
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0149-7634
e-ISSN
1873-7528
Zeitschrift
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
Quellenangaben
Band: 141,
Artikelnummer: 104807
Verlag
Elsevier
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Helmholtz Institute for Metabolism, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG)
POF Topic(s)
30201 - Metabolic Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Helmholtz Diabetes Center
PSP-Element(e)
G-506500-001
WOS ID
WOS:000874773700010
Scopus ID
85135955973
PubMed ID
35931221
Erfassungsdatum
2022-11-14