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Direct in vitro effects of androgens and estrogens on ob gene expression and leptin secretion in human adipose tissue

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In the present study, we have explored, in vitro, the possibility that short exposure to androgens and estrogens for 24 h may directly influence leptin expression (ARNm and secretion) in sc adipose tissue from men and women. In men, only dihydrotestosterone at high concentration (100 nM) induced a reduction in leptin secretion and ob mRNA level. In women, 17β-estradiol (10–100 nM) increased ob mRNA expression (+180 to +500%) and leptin release (+75%). Moreover, in adipose tissue of women, the estrogen precursors testosterone (100 nM) and dehydroepiandrosterone (1 µM) also induced an increase in leptin secretion (+84 and +96%, respectively), an effect that was prevented by the aromatase inhibitor letrozole. Finally, the stimulatory effect of 17β-estradiol observed in women was antagonized by the antiestrogen ICI182780. Altogether, these results suggest that the sexual dimorphism of leptinemia in humans is mainly owing to the estrogen receptor-dependent stimulation of leptin expression in adipose tissue by estrogens and estrogen precursors in women.

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    Florence Machinal-Quélin, Marie-Noëlle Dieudonné, René Pecquery, Marie-Christine Leneveu &  Yves Giudicelli

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Machinal-Quélin, F., Dieudonné, MN., Pecquery, R. et al. Direct in vitro effects of androgens and estrogens on ob gene expression and leptin secretion in human adipose tissue. Endocr 18, 179–184 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1385/ENDO:18:2:179

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