Distinct impaired regulation of SOCS3 and long and short isoforms of the leptin receptor in visceral and subcutaneous fat of lean and obese women.

Abstract

Animal studies have illustrated the importance of the expression in adipose tissue of the leptin receptor (OB-R), and of SOCS3 an inhibitor of the leptin signaling pathway, in body weight regulation. The aim of the present study was to investigate in human adipose tissues of the same patients the OB-R isoforms and SOCS3 expression. Subcutaneous and omental adipose tissues were obtained from 6 lean and 18 morbidly obese women. The long isoform OB-Rb mRNA mediating leptin signaling, and SOCS3 mRNA are abundantly present in the subcutaneous fat of lean women, but are 90% and 70% decreased (P<0.0001) in obese women. In visceral fat from lean and obese women, both OB-Rb and SOCS3 mRNA are detected at very low levels. Subcutaneous/visceral ratios for OB-Ra the short OB-R isoform, OB-Rb, and SOCS3 mRNA abundance strongly correlate with the insulin sensitivity index, HOMA-% S, (r=0.49, P<0.0001, r=0.42, P=0.0002 and r=0.38, P=0.0002, respectively) in both lean and obese patients without type 2 diabetes. The near absence of OB-Rb mRNA and the similarly decreased SOCS3 expression in obese adipose tissue may reflect a defective leptin signaling pathway that could play a role in the impairment of insulin sensitivity associated with excess adiposity.

• Authors: Karin Séron, Laetitia Corset, Francis Vasseur, Philippe Boutin, Javier Gómez-Ambrosi, Javier Salvador, Gema Frühbeck, Philippe Froguel
• Journal: Biochemical and biophysical research communications (Biochem Biophys Res Commun) Vol. 348 Issue 4 Pg. 1232-8 (Oct 06 2006) ISSN: 0006-291X [Print] United States
• PMID: 16920065 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Insulin
• LEPR protein, human
• Protein Isoforms
• RNA, Messenger
• Receptors, Cell Surface
• Receptors, Leptin
• SOCS3 protein, human
• Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein
• Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins

Topics

• Adult
• Female
• Gene Expression Regulation
• Humans
• Insulin (analysis)
• Intra-Abdominal Fat (metabolism)
• Middle Aged
• Obesity (diagnosis, genetics, metabolism)
• Omentum (metabolism)
• Protein Isoforms (genetics, metabolism)
• RNA, Messenger (metabolism)
• Receptors, Cell Surface (genetics, metabolism)
• Receptors, Leptin
• Subcutaneous Fat (metabolism)
• Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein
• Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Thinness (diagnosis, genetics, metabolism)