Chronic Leptin Treatment Inhibits Liver Mitochondrial α-Glycerol-β-phosphate Dehydrogenase in Euthyroid Rats

Abstract

Leptin modulates the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis and peripheral metabolism of thyroid hormones (THs). We have studied the effect of acute and chronic leptin treatment upon liver mitochondrial glycerol phosphate dehydrogenase activity (mGPD), whose expression and activity are TH dependent. We performed 2 experiments: 1) acute leptin treatment - LepA: adult rats received a single leptin injection (8 μg/100 g BW); 2) chronic leptin treatment - LepC: adult rats received leptin (8 μg/100 g BW) daily, for 6 days. In both experiments, control groups were saline-treated. All rats were sacrificed 2 hours after the last dose. Liver mGPD activity was determined by colorimetric method. Liver D1 activity was measured by the release of ¹²⁵I from ¹²⁵I-rT3. Serum hormones were measured by RIA. LepA rats showed higher serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) (+ 64%, p<0.05), free T4 (+ 34%, p<0.05), free T3 (+ 64%, p<0.05), and liver D1 activity (+ 85%, p<0.05), but no change in mGPD activity. Since THs increase mGPD activity, the unchanged level in the acute experiment is suggestive of an inhibitory role of leptin. LepC rats presented lower mGPD activity (-1.7-fold, p<0.05) and higher liver D1 activity (+ 32%, p<0.05), but no alteration in serum TSH and free THs. Our results show that leptin downregulates mGPD activity, mainly when hyperleptinemia is chronic.

leptin - mitochondrial glycerol phosphate dehydrogenase - deiodinase - thyroid hormones - TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) - rat

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