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JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
Volume 57, Issue 6, Pages B225-B231Publisher
GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY AMER
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/57.6.B225
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- NIA NIH HHS [R01-AG18381] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK 20541] Funding Source: Medline
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Leptin has been shown to modulate total body fat and visceral fat distribution and to enhance insulin action in young rats. We hypothesize that failure of leptin action may contribute to the increase in visceral fat and insulin resistance in aging. By chronic subcutaneous infusion of leptin over 7 days, we increased leptin levels in young rats to match the levels in aging ad libitum fed rats. Leptin induced an similar to50% decrease in food intake compared with saline controls, an similar to50% decrease in visceral fat, and improved hepatic (fourfold) and peripheral (30%) insulin action (euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp technique) compared with the pair-fed group (p < .001). Although the plasma leptin level was doubled in aging rats, leptin failed to produce a significant change in food intake, in fat mass and its distribution, and in hepatic and peripheral insulin action. Increasing plasma leptin levels failed to suppress leptin gene expression in aging rats as compared with the similar to50% suppression seen in young rats (p < .01). We propose that leptin resistance may play a causative role in the metabolic decline seen with aging.
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