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Volume 52 (2): 263-273, 2004
Copyright ©The Histochemical Society, Inc.
Regulation of Leptin mRNA and Protein Expression in Pituitary Somatotropes
Departments of Nutrition (IAM) and Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences (NA,GVC), College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
Correspondence to: Gwen V. Childs, PhD, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Slot 510, Little Rock, AR 72205. E-mail: ChildsGwenV{at}uams.edu
Leptin, the ob protein, regulates food intake and satiety and can be found in the anterior pituitary. Leptin antigens and mRNA were studied in the anterior pituitary (AP) cells of male and female rats to learn more about its regulation. Leptin antigens were found in over 40% of cells in diestrous or proestrous female rats and in male rats. Lower percentages of AP cells were seen in the estrous population (21 ± 7%). During peak expression of antigens, co-expression of leptin and growth hormone (GH) was found in 27 ± 4% of AP cells. Affinity cytochemistry studies detected 24 ± 3% of AP cells with leptin proteins and growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) receptors. These data suggested that somatotropes were a significant source of leptin. To test regulatory factors, estrous and diestrous AP populations were treated with estrogen (100 pM) and/or GHRH (2 nM) to learn if either would increase leptin expression in GH cells. To rule out the possibility that the immunoreactive leptin was bound to receptors in somatotropes, leptin mRNA was also detected by non-radioactive in situ hybridization in this group of cells. In estrous female rats, 39 ± 0.9% of AP cells expressed leptin mRNA, indicating that the potential for leptin production was greater than predicted from the immunolabeling. Estrogen and GHRH together (but not alone) increased percentages of cells with leptin protein (41 ± 9%) or mRNA (57 ± 5%). Estrogen and GHRH also increased the percentages of AP cells that co-express leptin mRNA and GH antigens from 20 ± 2% of AP cells to 37 ± 5%. Although the significance of leptin in GH cells is not understood, it is clearly increased after stimulation with GHRH and estrogen. Because GH cells also have leptin receptors, this AP leptin may be an autocrine or paracrine regulator of pituitary cell function.
(J Histochem Cytochem 52:263–273, 2004)
Key Words: leptin • growth hormone • reproduction • obesity • leptin mRNA • rat • estrous cycle • estrogen • GHRH
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