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Delayed body development with reduced triglycerides levels in leptin transgenic pigs

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TRANSGENIC RESEARCH
卷 31, 期 1, 页码 59-72

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DOI: 10.1007/s11248-021-00288-1

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Leptin transgenic pigs; Body development; Serum triglycerides; Lipid metabolism genes

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  1. National Key R&D Program of China [2019YFA0110700]
  2. Major Science and Technology Project of Yunnan Province [202102AA310047]
  3. Key R&D platform of BioMedicine in Yunnan Province
  4. Yunling Scholars Programme of Yunnan Province

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Leptin overexpressing transgenic pigs exhibited elevated levels of leptin protein and mRNA expression, leading to impaired growth, decreased subcutaneous fat, altered lipid metabolism, and dysregulation of lipid metabolism related genes at different fat depots and adipocytes levels. These findings suggest that leptin overexpression can disrupt the balance between lipolysis and lipogenesis, resulting in decreased subcutaneous fat depots and potential modeling for obesity and related metabolic disorders.
Leptin is a well-known adipokine that plays critical role in adiposity. To further investigate the role of leptin in adiposity, we utilized leptin overexpressing transgenic pigs and evaluated the effect of leptin on growth and development, fat deposition, and lipid metabolism at tissue and cell level. Leptin transgenic pigs were produced and divided into two groups: elevated leptin expression (leptin ( +)) and normal leptin expression group (control). Results indicated that leptin ( +) pigs had elevated leptin protein and mRNA expression levels and exhibited sluggish growth and development followed by decreased subcutaneous fat thickness, low serum triglycerides, saturated, unsaturated fatty acids and high cholesterol esters (p < 0.05). There were differences in the lipid metabolism related genes at different fat depots, including upregulation of PPAR gamma, AGPAT6, PLIN2, HSL and ATGL in subcutaneous, PPAR gamma in perirenal, and FAT/CD36 and PLIN2 in mesenteric adipose tissues and downregulation of AGPAT6 and ATGL in perirenal and AGPAT6 in mesenteric adipose tissues (p < 0.05). Additionally, in-vitro cultured leptin ( +) preadipocytes exhibited upregulation of PPAR gamma, FAT/CD36, ACACA, AGPAT, PLIN2, ATGL and HSL as compared to control (p < 0.05). These findings suggested that homeostasis imbalance in lipolysis and lipogenesis at adipose tissue and adipocytes levels led to low subcutaneous fat depots in leptin overexpression pigs. These pigs can act as model for obesity and related metabolic disorder.

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