描述
Implicated in the regulation of food intake, energy expenditure and whole-body energy balance
Although leptin is a circulating signal that reduces appetite, in general, obese people have an unusually high circulating concentration of leptin. These people are said to be resistant to the effects of leptin, in much the same way that people with type 2 diabetes are resistant to the effects of insulin. The high sustained concentrations of leptin from the enlarged adipose stores result in leptin desensitization. The pathway of leptin control in obese people might be flawed at some point so the body doesn't adequately receive the satiety feeling subsequent to eating.; In addition to being a biomarker for body fat, serum leptin levels also reflect individual energy balance. Several studies have shown that fasting or following a very low calorie diet (VLCD) lowers leptin levels. It might be that on short term leptin is an indicator of energy balance. This system is more sensitive to starvation than to overfeeding. That is, leptin levels do not rise extensively after overfeeding. It might be that the dynamics of leptin due to an acute change in energy balance are related to appetite and eventually to food intake. Although this is a new hypothesis, there is already some data that supports it.; In fetal lung leptin is induced in the alveolar interstitial fibroblasts ("lipofibroblasts") by the action of PTHrP secreted by formative alveolar epithelium (endoderm) under moderate stretch. The leptin from the mesenchyme in turn acts back on the epithelium at the leptin receptor carried in the alveolar type II pneumocytes and induces surfactant expression which is one of the main functions of these type II pneumocytes.; Leptin (Greek leptos meaning thin) is a 16 kDa protein hormone that plays a key role in regulating energy intake and energy expenditure, including appetite and metabolism. Leptin is one of the most important adipose derived hormones. The Ob(Lep) gene (Ob for obese, Lep for leptin) is located on chromosome 7 in humans.; Once leptin has bound to the Ob-Rb receptor, it activates the stat3, which is phosphorylated and travels to the nucleus to, presumably, effect changes in gene expression. One of the main effects on gene expression is the down-regulation of the expression of endocannabinoids, responsible for increasing appetite. There are other intracellular pathways activated by leptin, but less is known about how they function in this system. In response to leptin, receptor neurons have been shown to remodel themselves, changing the number and types of synapses that fire onto them.; The role of Leptin/Leptin receptors in modulation of T cell activity in immune system was shown in experimentation with mice. It modulates the immune response to atherosclerosis, which is a predisposing factor in patients with obesity.; Thus, circulating leptin levels give the brain input regarding energy storage so it can regulate appetite and metabolism. Leptin works by inhibiting the activity of neurons that contain neuropeptide Y (NPY) and agouti-related peptide (AgRP), and by increasing the activity of neurons expressing ?-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (?-MSH). The NPY neurons are a key element in the regulation of appetite; small doses of NPY injected into the brains of experimental animals stimulates feeding, while selective destruction of the NPY neurons in mice causes them to become anorexic. Conversely, ?-MSH is an important mediator of satiety, and differences in the gene for the receptor at which ?-MSH acts in the brain are linked to obesity in humans.
InChI标识符
InChI=1S/C87H138N22O28S2/c1-41(2)27-48(88)72(121)97-50(18-21-65(89)112)73(122)93-36-68(115)95-61(38-110)84(133)104-54(28-42(3)4)77(126)98-52(20-23-67(91)114)75(124)106-59(33-70(117)118)82(131)100-53(24-26-139-11)76(125)102-55(29-43(5)6)78(127)105-58(32-46-35-92-49-16-13-12-15-47(46)49)81(130)99-51(19-22-66(90)113)74(123)101-56(30-44(7)8)79(128)107-60(34-71(119)120)83(132)103-57(31-45(9)10)80(129)108-62(39-111)86(135)109-25-14-17-64(109)85(134)94-37-69(116)96-63(40-138)87(136)137/h12-13,15-16,35,41-45,48,50-64,92,110-111,138H,14,17-34,36-40,88H2,1-11H3,(H2,89,112)(H2,90,113)(H2,91,114)(H,93,122)(H,94,134)(H,95,115)(H,96,116)(H,97,121)(H,98,126)(H,99,130)(H,100,131)(H,101,123)(H,102,125)(H,103,132)(H,104,133)(H,105,127)(H,106,124)(H,107,128)(H,108,129)(H,117,118)(H,119,120)(H,136,137)/t48-,50-,51-,52-,53-,54-,55-,56-,57-,58-,59-,60-,61-,62-,63-,64-/m0/s1