Journal
LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 140, Issue -, Pages 19-28Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2015.05.002
Keywords
Leptin; Amylin; Ghrelin; Prolactin; Insulin receptor; High-fat diet; Obesity; Hippocampus; Alzheimer's disease; PGC-1 alpha; mTOR
Funding
- Generalitat de Catalunya (autonomous government of Catalonia) [2009/SGR00853]
- Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [SAF2011-23631]
- CONACYT (Mexico) [0177594]
- Project Prometeo from SENESCYT (Government of Ecuador)
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Leptin (Lop) is emerging as a pivotal molecule involved in both the early events and the terminal phases of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the canonical pathway, Lep acts as an anorexigenic factor via its effects on hypothalamic nucleus. However, additional functions of Lep in the hippocampus and cortex have been unravelled in recent years. Early events in the sporadic form of AD likely involve cellular level alterations which can have an effect on food intake and metabolism. Thus, AD can be conceivably interpreted as a multiorgan pathology that not only results in a dramatic neuronal loss in brain areas such as the hippocampus and the cortex (ultimately leading to a significant cognitive impairment) but as a disease which also affects body-weight homeostasis. According to this view, body-weight control disruptions are to be expected in both the early- and late-stage AD, concomitant with changes in serum Lep content, alterations in Lep transport across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and Lep receptor-related signalling abnormalities. Lep is a member of the adipokine family of molecules, while the Lep receptor belongs to the class I cytokine receptors. Since cellular response to adipokine signalling can be either potentiated or diminished as a result of specific ligand-receptor interactions, Lep interactions with other members of the adipokine family including amylin, ghrelin and hormones such as prolactin require further investigation. In this review, we provide a general perspective on the functions of Lep in the brain, with a particular focus on the sporadic AD. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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