ArticleEndocrinology2016
Effect of Leptin Replacement on PCSK9 in ob/ob Mice and Female Lipodystrophic Patients.
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- Navigating Lipodystrophy: Insights from Laminopathies and Beyond.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Prognostic Value ofCancers · 2024Article
- PCSK9 Contributes to the Cholesterol, Glucose, and Insulin2 Homeostasis in Seminiferous Tubules and Maintenance of Immunotolerance in Testis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Article
- Advanced Lipoprotein Analysis Shows Atherogenic Lipid Profile That Improves After Metreleptin in Patients with Lipodystrophy.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2019Article
- Dorsal striatum dopamine oscillations: Setting the pace of food anticipatory activity.Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2019Review
- Liraglutide downregulates hepatic LDL receptor and PCSK9 expression in HepG2 cells and db/db mice through a HNF-1a dependent mechanism.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2018Article
- Obesity and type 2 diabetes are associated with elevated PCSK9 levels in young women.Pediatric diabetes · 2017Article
- PCSK9 targets important for lipid metabolism.Clinical research in cardiology supplements · 2017Review
- Tumour biology of obesity-related cancers: understanding the molecular concept for better diagnosis and treatment.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2016Review
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Abstract
Leptin treatment has beneficial effects on plasma lipids in patients with lipodystrophy, but the underlying mechanism is unknown. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) decreases low-density lipoprotein (LDL) clearance, promotes hypercholesterolemia, and has recently emerged as a novel therapeutic target. To determine the effect of leptin on PCSK9, we treated male and female ob/ob mice with leptin for 4 days via sc osmotic pumps (∼24 μg/d). Leptin reduced body weight and food intake in all mice, but the effects of leptin on plasma PCSK9 and lipids differed markedly between the sexes. In male mice, leptin suppressed PCSK9 but had no effect on plasma triglycerides or cholesterol. In female mice, leptin suppressed plasma triglycerides and cholesterol but had no effect on plasma PCSK9. In parallel, we treated female lipodystrophic patients (8 females, ages 5-23 y) with sc metreleptin injections (∼4.4 mg/d) for 4-6 months. In this case, leptin reduced plasma PCSK9 by 26% (298 ± 109 vs 221 ± 102 ng/mL; n = 8; P = .008), and the change in PCSK9 was correlated with a decrease in LDL cholesterol (r(2) = 0.564, P = .03). In summary, in leptin-deficient ob/ob mice, the effects of leptin on PCSK9 and plasma lipids appeared to be independent of one another and strongly modified by sex. On the other hand, in lipodystrophic females, leptin treatment reduced plasma PCSK9 in parallel with LDL cholesterol.
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